Devan Downey
Devan Downey
Devan Deangelo Downeyis an American professional basketball player...
calming mistake teammates trusting worried
I'm just calming down and playing. My teammates are trusting me. I'm not so worried that I'm going to make a mistake and they're going to be mad.
explosive figured knew
I knew Padgett wasn't an explosive shot-blocker, so I figured I could get it to the rim.
coffin shut somebody
Somebody was going to get their coffin shut tonight, and it wasn't going to be us.
deserved focus game hard plays practices whatever
I told 'E' before the game that I'm going to look to you as much as possible. He's a senior. He deserved for us to just focus on him and let him do whatever he wanted to do. He plays hard and practices hard. We just wanted to get him the ball.
carolina feeling gut south
I just had a gut feeling that South Carolina was the place for me.
couple games gave last nobody playing ready step
He told me, 'You have to step up, you haven't been doing it, it's not the Devan I know.' But he used some different words. He had me ready to play. The last couple of games I've been playing bad, but nobody gave it to me like he gave it to me. I wanted to show up.
hurdles overcame proud tonight
I'm so proud of our team. We have been through so much together. We overcame a lot of hurdles all year. Even tonight we didn't give any excuses.