Gabe DeVoe, Marcquise Reed Quotables after Clemson's win over Auburn
***Note: These are unedited transcriptions from the postgame press conference***
Q. Gabe, you shot well tonight. Can you talk us through what was working for you?
GABE DeVOE: Going out and playing with confidence. My teammates believe in me. I believe in myself. Going out there playing free-minded and shooting the ball with confidence.
Q. What kind of a statement do you think you made tonight with this big win?
MARCQUISE REED: I think it's a statement game. I think we showed how hard we can compete defensively. I think it's a real good game for us moving forward.
GABE DeVOE: Just going out and competing for 40 minutes. Felt like we didn't let up at all. I think in the first half we had 15 stops in a row, I think. Going out and sticking to the game plan and competing defensively on every possession.
Q. Gabe, that second half of the first half, that 10 minutes, they're 0-18. How much do you attribute that to how much defense you played, how well you played and how much was it, man, this team just couldn't knock 'em down?
GABE DeVOE: A little of both. I felt like they had a couple of good looks and they we want able to knock 'em down, but we play well defensively like that. The easy looks don't go in all the time. I think pressure and our defense intensity really bottled them up offensively.
Q. When the walk-ins came in there at the end the crowd showed them appreciation. What is it like to see your teammates get that response from the fans?
MARCQUISE REED: It was good to see them get out there. They never get to play, but they compete so hard in practice. So for them to get out there on this big stage gets our team excited.
GABE DeVOE: They work hard for us. Sometimes they're 30, 40 minutes doing scout team stuff. So to go out there was a big thing for them and we're just as happy for them on the sidelines because they work just as hard as us all season.
Q. What's it feel like to come through like both of you do tonight in essentially the biggest game of your lives? What was the motivation and what does it feel like now?
MARCQUISE REED: I think it's just our preparation. We prepare better than anybody in the country, I believe. So just preparing day after day. That gives us motivation and confidence playing each and every game.
GABE DeVOE: You work this hard all year to be in this position. You want to show up on the biggest stages and so far we've been able to do that. Going out, playing with confidence and believing in our team.