After the pre-draft camp, we talked about it and she talked about how sore and stiff she was and I told her this is first look at how it's going to be every day after practice. You have to compete every single day on a very physical level. She has a taste of what it will be like and she's probably pretty anxious to get in the weight room a little bit more and little bit harder and do some things to develop her game for the next level. |
Everybody talks about how Western Illinois has never been there. It's something that we've wanted to do, but we don't think it'll make or break our program. |
I always tell our kids that the first 10 minutes of the second half is the difference in the ballgame. We came down and maintained pressure defensively and offensively. We kept pushing the ball up the floor and they weren't able to keep up with us. |
I didn't tell anyone. Not Zane, not any of the other players. I didn't want that distraction. |
I had coaches tell me that had we not done that, she wouldn't have been on the radar screen. |
I hope, with the rest of the team sitting here, that it's motivation. They saw how hard she worked in her career. I hope this continues to motivate them. |
I think the two of them do a good job of looking for one another. They've been playing long enough now where they've experienced a lot of high-low situations and can do that very well. |
I'm pleased with how Laura is shooting the ball. She has a lot of confidence right now. |
I've said all along that three losses will win the Mid-Con. I think losses will pop up for some other teams. We just want to take care of us and we have every opportunity to do that. |
It comes down to effort and desire. Our effort was there against Oakland. We held them to a very low shooting percentage, but we just didn't go get the ball when the shot went up. That second and third effort is what we're striving to get back at this point and time. |
It is something we've wanted to do, but it's not anything that makes or breaks our program. We've got four (conference) championships anyway ... We've already qualified for a postseason tournament anyway, so it's just a matter of choosing which one we want to go to. |
It was rough. Regardless, you just have got to continue to play through and make adjustments. I felt like we were able to do that. |
It's always a chess match this time of year. It's more mental than anything else and I don't want to say we feel confident about anyone, but we feel confident within our own game in what we can do and take away from people. |
It's huge. They gave us two hard games back-to-back on our home court. We defended it and showed how tough we are and that momentum will take us through conference. |
It's not a situation of panic, that's the last thing you want to do. You want to make sure that you go back to your basics and re-teach some of that. We have to take things in stride. I've said all along that this conference can be won with three losses. I'm confident that we can get back on our feet and back to our winning ways. |