re: LSU 97, Alabama 94 - Recap

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It sucks that Carmouche had to be benched for the Tennessee game. He could have limited McRae and given us a shot to win.

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On getting the start today after sitting out the last game...
"I won't say it gave me extra motivation. But I felt like I could have helped my team back at Tennessee. Just sitting there watching the team struggle and knowing I could have helped and probably won the game was tough. So I pretty much owed this one to my team so I was going to come out today and give it all I had on both sides of the ball."

On defending Alabama's Trevor Releford...
"He was having a pretty good game and Coach [Jones] was looking for somebody to stop him. Andre [Stringer] kind of told Coach that he wanted the assignment. I guess Coach really saw it in my eyes, I didn't say anything - I just wanted to guard him and lock him down. He's a great player and he's a tough guy to guard, but we needed those stops and I just kept fighting and tried to be everywhere that he was and not let him see another pass; I just pretty much denied him the whole way."