VIDEO: Markell Johnson Talks After NC State’s 78-71 Victory Over #7 Auburn

Junior Point Guard Markell Johnson talked with the media after NC State’s 78-71 victory over #7 Auburn tonight. Johnson had a career high 27 points, and a career high 5 three pointers. The video is ABOVE, and a bulleted breakdown is BELOW.

• On what was working for him when he scored 10 straight: Just confidence. Coach Keatts told us to get our swagger back, and to go back out there and play with confidence.
• We just take the same approach into every game. I don’t know what it is, but you play harder against those kind of teams.
• On the key to creating turnovers in the 1st half: Ball pressure. Not helping off strong. Getting over ball screens.
• We let things slip away from us against Wisconsin. I think if we would have got that win, we would have built our character up a lot.