Arizona State-Oregon Postgame Quotes
01/03/08 | Women's Basketball
Oregon Head Coach Bev
Smith Quotes
“Obviously, there was just too much pressure on
“They did a nice job keeping us out of the paint. When you
have that happening, they can focus on
“Our team can win these games. Our inexperience at times
really hurt us. We just didn't do a good job hanging onto the ball.”
“Those [
“I think with about five minutes left we hit the wall
mentally as well as physically, and that's when our inexperience kicked in.”
On Saturday's
“It's really important. Any time you play at home in the
Pac-10, it's important to get as many wins as you can. We need to be able to
handle the ball and get the ball inside.”
“We have to continue to fundamentally improve. Both Tamike [Nurse] and Kaela [Chapdelaine] had some open looks and just didn't hit them because they were rushed.”
Fr. C Ellyce
Ironmonger
“I think from this you always learn something. I think I
need to be stronger.”
“We weren't quite sure where we were (on defense), and they
took advantage of the overplay we gave them.”
On Saturday's
“We need to play with more
intensity than we did tonight. We really need to win it, and I think we can.”
“We didn't take care of the ball
enough, and I think that was the main factor.”
So. G
What went wrong tonight?
“Turnovers. Especially against
“We had a couple good runs out
there, but we kind of lost it in the end when it mattered.”
“We really didn't have a lot of
inside presence tonight. We had good looks, but they just weren't going down
tonight.”
On her injury:
“I feel so much better. I don't feel the pain as much. It just feels so good to run without pain.”
Sr. G Kaela Chapdelaine
“We just need to go back and think about our fundamentals. Turnovers killed us. As leaders on this team, we just need to get back to taking care of the ball and being poised.”
“There were parts of the game
where we were very aggressive and passed well, but we needed to be like that
for 40 minutes.”
“We know how to win ugly, I thought
“I thought we did a good job fronting their posts and then Lilley had great game as well.”
On being 3-0 in Pac-10
“I feel we have our team together now and it's been fun, and I think our best basketball is ahead of us; we definitely have not peaked.”
#34 Lauren Lacey
“Definitely our defense picked it up inside in the second
half, it's always physical in the inside in the Pac-10 and has great inside
players.”
“The credit goes to the guards for getting the ball to me. I think we wore them down with our constant substitutions.”
#20 Briann January
“Lauren played huge for us and made it easy to get her the ball.”
“Lilley has stepped up her and is really playing well.”
