Any time you shoot 28 percent, you're not going to beat anybody, and that's exactly what happened in the second half. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. |
Coaching has always been in the back of my mind. ... I always felt I was an extension of the coach on the basketball floor. I had some discussions with Ed a couple of weeks ago. He brought this to me and I had time to think about it. |
I'm pleased that the ladies really got back into the ball game. We just weren't able to execute our game plan for 40 minutes. |
I've been staying up late watching film and I'm still trying to get acclimated. I'm trying to put these players in a place where they can be successful. |
Real estate just never gave me that competition, that camaraderie. This is giving me that, just to get back into the basketball arena on the other side with coaching. |
She's a very explosive player. |
She's a very explosive player. She's already a scorer. You don't have to teach her much on the perimeter. |
She's coming from a great program, so the things she can do will work well with our system. |
That's what I'm using this [period] as. A transition. |
The key tonight was we were able to keep the No. 1 offensive (rebounding) team to just nine offensive rebounds. |
The second half we didn't come back with the same intensity. When you turn the ball over, especially against a team like that, it is going to be very difficult to get back in the ball game. |
They put on a tremendous show. |
They're ecstatic, delighted that I'm back on the stage, so to speak. |
We just weren't able to capitalize on some of the mismatches we had created. They had a lot of three-point shots that opened it up for them. |
We knew they were going to make a run, and we got out (of) the gate early. We couldn't play all our (starters) the entire 20 minutes of the first half, so we had to make some substitutions and they took advantage. They changed the momentum, and it got them right back into the ball game. |