"They always ran this lob play for him, and they always got it," Andre Hollins recalls. "One time, it was at home I think my junior year, his senior year, he got that lob play and then coming down, they got it in transition and one of his teammates threw it off the backboard. He caught it and dunked it.
"I always knew he had bounce."
"I've got a couple friends at home that can jump out the gym, so I just throw it up to them and they go get it," said Mathieu, another Tennessee native who played his high school ball in Knoxville. "I'm getting really good at the lob, and Austin's making it easy. He's going to catch it every time. … Austin jumps out of the gym. It's sneaky, too. You won't expect it, and then he just dunks all on you."