Merrill is just one of those workhorses _ she does everything. She's a role player, but sometimes that's what you fear the most. When she got the ball down low, she beat us one on one. She did a good job on defense. She did a heck of a job. |
Merrill is just one of those workhorses - she does everything. She's a role player, but sometimes that's what you fear the most. When she got the ball down low, she beat us one on one. She did a good job on defense. She did a heck of a job. |
Merrill is one of those players that does everything. She may be a role player, but those are the players I fear the most. She definitely impacted the game on both the offensive and defensive end. |
Nikki has been in a lull for awhile. I'm glad to see she's stepping up and doing the things that she does well. |
Ohio State is obviously one of the best teams in the country. They just have all-around great athletes, great defenders. They're gonna try to get up and down the floor as much as they can. They're gonna pressure us as much as they can. They're gonna look to take us out of our game. |
Overall, I'm fairly pleased. We're overachieving in some spots, but we need to be better in other spots. As many coaches say, I'm pleased but not satisfied. |
Purdue played great defense and we didn't knock down some open shots. Then we started fouling a lot, and we really didn't play the way we wanted to. |
Purdue played great defense. We didn't knock down shots. When that doesn't happen, it just manifests itself and continues to go bad. |
Purdue played great defense. We didn't knock down some open shots and obviously when that happens, it manifests itself. |
The Big Ten tournament is pretty much up for grabs. Any team that steps on the floor can win that game. |
The game of basketball is a game of runs. They got within 11, but we were able to keep on coming. |
The last two years we lost the first game of this tournament, so this is a big step for the program. Michigan gave us a good battle. They've got some great talent on that team. We did some good things in the first half to separate ourselves. |
Their pressure didn't hurt us, we played against that up there. We just didn't knock down shots and we had that deer-in-the-headlight look. ... We were rusty offensively, and when a lot of things go like that, it continues the domino effect. |
There are other teams that get beat by 35 and 40, and they still get into the tournament, so it's really not up to me. It's up to the committee. |
There are tough games night in and night out, and anybody can beat anybody. It's everything I thought it would be. |