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USC Trojans coach Eric Musselman discusses their struggles from losing player to injury. Musselman talks about losing 4 of their players have affected their toughness, he also mentioned that they need to make foul shots.
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00:00Gabe Dines reached four fouls with 8.29 to go.
00:03How much did that impact your game plan going forward?
00:06We've got to make foul shots.
00:08We're 5 of 14 from the foul line, playing the number five team in the country.
00:11We out-rebound them.
00:12We couldn't have a better defensive scheme.
00:14We held them to 41% from the field.
00:16It's one of the most efficient offensive teams in the league.
00:20We're not going to get a call against them.
00:21We found that out in the conference tournament, and we found it out again tonight.
00:24I don't know how you inbound the ball, and then they get a timeout,
00:27and the ball's already been inbounded.
00:30We led for 21 minutes out of the game against the number five team in the country.
00:37I don't know.
00:38We made an adjustment at halftime on Braden Smith.
00:41He had 18 points.
00:42He had four the second half.
00:45We're running out of bodies.
00:48There's no excuse.
00:49I know we lost the game, but you take four players off any team in this league.
00:54The fight, the scrappiness, toughness, it was there.
01:00You don't out-rebound Purdue if you're not playing with toughness with their size.
01:06So I don't know what to say.
01:10You know, Jerry Easter, I mean, that was the guy that was going to guard Smith.
01:15So you deal with the hand you're dealt.
01:19I don't know how else to say it.
01:21I don't know.
01:21There's no one.
01:22I don't know how else to say it.
01:24No.
01:24I don't know.
01:25I don't know.
01:26I don't know.
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