Watch Akron Zips players talk after beating Buffalo at MAC Tournament
Zips seniors Tavari Johnson, Amani Lyles, Evan Mahaffey and Shammah Scott talk postgame about their nail-biting win over Buffalo in the MAC tourney.
Video Transcript
I just feel like obviously we had a lead.
like coach said, there were things that we did good, things that we did bad.
we just have to clean up on some of those things moving forward.
obviously the goal is to win the game.
We did that.
we'll watch film and learn from our mistakes and make sure it doesn't happen again.
Just keep staying sharp.
I think our poise was great.
I think no matter what shot they hit, I feel like nobody was flustered.
Everybody stayed pretty dialed into the next play.
nobody was yelling at each other.
Obviously, we don't want them to do that, but I think, down the stretch, we showed a lot of just heart with not letting, one thing affect the next play, and I know Coach preaches that to us a lot, especially me.
When I got here, I was very, very mental on the last play, not the next play.
So I think everybody showed that and was focused on getting a stop at the end no matter what happened.
we know they're not gonna stop playing.
We know they're not gonna stop playing hard.
they've done that not just against us, but against numerous teams where they were down, and they came, they kept fighting and kept coming back, two zeros.
last game, they literally started They were playing literally two zeros.
So it's who they are.
It's who they are.
It's their culture.
they're not gonna quit, and like Coach said earlier, the coach has done a great job with that team and how they've been playing lately.
They did a-- they did a lot of the same thing.
They do what they do really well.
they got shooters.
They got drivers.
They got, big men that are good and, the two guards, Sable.
Sable really, he led them, and he had a good game.
He started shooting well at the end, which brought them back, them and their bigs.
And yeah, him and Bachelor really helped their, their team at the end.
Obviously, like, they came back.
We didn't give up, and we was able to finish out strong and end with a victory, and I feel like that's the main thing that matters in March.
Like, obviously, you wanna win the right way, but as long as you get the win, we can focus on the, the improvement after that.
So I would say that.
