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Terrence Jones and Darius Miller Quotes

Terrence Jones and Darius Miller answered a few questions during today’s presser. Miller talked about the upcoming Christmas break which starts after tomorrow’s game while Terrence Jones speaks about the foul trouble in recent games and trying to do what the coaches want from him.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]

[B][SIZE=3]#1, Darius Miller, G, Jr.[/SIZE][/B]

[B][I]On if he likes the early start time of the game Wednesday …[/I][/B]
“Yeah, we’ve talked about it a little bit. I think a few guys are ready to get home and spend time with their families. It seems like the time worked out for all of us.”

[B][I]On how it is making the adjustment from high school to college in regard to the time you get off for Christmas …[/I][/B]
“It was kind of tough. I think my first year we practiced on Christmas so it was definitely kind of tough on us not being able to spend much time with our families.”

[B][I]On how much time they are getting off for Christmas …[/I][/B]
“Three or four days and that’s real good, everyone is happy about it.”

[B][I]On if he’s looking forward to not touching a basketball for three or four days …[/I][/B]
“I’m pretty sure well all do a little something with basketball, but like I said just being able to spend time with family is going to be really important to us.”

[B][I]On if everybody at home wants to talk hoops …[/I][/B]
“They always do, especially with me being right around the corner. They always talk about UK hoops when I go home.”

[B][SIZE=3]#3, Terrence Jones, F, Fr.[/SIZE][/B]

[B][I]On if it’s tough to get up for every game …[/I][/B]
“No, it’s just you pretty much have to come prepared every game and (Coach Calipari) wants you to play the same way. Just trying to stay in the flow of the game is kind of tough.”

[B][I]On how to be discretionary with his fouls …[/I][/B]
“For me the last couple of games my fouls have been on offense. Just playing fast in the dribble-drive you have to slow the game down in your head is one thing. I need to focus more on just not having dumb fouls on offense.”

[I][B]On when he’s not in the flow, what’s going wrong …[/B][/I]
“I’m talking to coaches during the whole game asking them what I need to work on and what I need to do right now. That’s one thing I learned in high school to do. I had zero rebounds the first half, I played six minutes and coach told me I had zero rebounds and there’s no way I should have zero rebounds in a half. I told him I would try to get ten for him this half.”

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