One more mom. One more. |
Our defense and ball handling killed us. Probably what bothered me most is that we went into overtime and mishandled the ball and didn't execute. |
Our philosophy has always been you better pack your defense and your board work on the road. Because those ugly nights and those poor shooting nights — you just have to grind games out. Today, we just had to grind it out. |
Our team respects Texas. They have beaten us four in a row and beat us by 10 last year in Knoxville. We were not surprised. |
Our team responded coming out of halftime. I never even imagined coaching 900 games and it is just wonderful. |
Parker has been handling the ball and bringing it up the floor, running some point as well. Ideally we'd like her closer to the basket, but it's not like she has to stay on the perimeter. |
She gives our basketball team a lot of energy. She helps us improve our early offense, our transition, with her ability to push tempo. From that standpoint, it was good. I thought she tried to do a little too much (Tuesday) night. I think she?s still trying to get back in the groove. |
She got a concussion. She was out today. We'll evaluate her to see if she'll be back tomorrow. |
She has more poise and more composure than any of us, and it shows up on the court. She has really matured as a leader and understands how to impact and communicate with her team in a way that does bring calmness. She even calms me down. |
She has played a key role for us this season. Now, it's time for this team to step up and find out what they are made of. |
She made playing basketball fun due to her ability to connect with her players. Personally, I am going to miss her tremendously and I know the game is going to miss her. |
She reached out at a time that meant a lot to me. |
She responded maybe even better than I had anticipated. I thought it was important for her to get some quality minutes and as things played out, I wanted to give her more. I had gone in thinking maybe 12 minutes, and she played 17 minutes. |
She taught me that it's OK to let down your guard and allow your players to get to know you. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. |
She was tough. She's a freshman, but I thought she played more like a veteran tonight. |