California-Oregon Postgame Quotes
02/09/08 | Women's Basketball
Jr. G Tamika Nurse
"Today, our offense was flat. We couldn't score. We have to execute what we are running."
"I think we came out a little flat. I don't know when you're going to win shooting 20%."
"Their [
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Fr. F Nicole Canepa
"I think our post players on defense did well. They [
"On offense, they [Cal] got a lot more stops than us. We got shots, but we weren't getting second and third shots and they were."
"We need to work extra hard in practice and keep competing against each other."
California Head Coach Joanne Boyle
On the 12-2 run to begin the second half:
“That has been kind of a pattern for us, coming out strong in the second half. We talked at halftime about all the opportunities we had to score, and how we were not focused on free throws and boxing out.”
“We played much better in the second half, and were able to get a lot of transition buckets early due to our blocking out and rebounding. Those key changes made the difference in the second half.”
“Defense and rebounding have been our emphasis all year. [Alexis Gray-Lawson] was doing great early defending [
“We get stops; we are a good running team.”
“It will be nice to be back home next weekend. The
California Players
G Alexis Lawson-Gray:
On their first time winning here since 1993:
“This game just boosts our confidence. It's good to know that we can play anywhere, but we can't be celebrating for too long. We have to get on the bus, get back home to rest and then get right back into practice Monday.”
C Devanei Hampton:
“I thought it was just a good game. It was a great defensive game and everything was working really well for us today.”
“Our coaches talk to us about defense every day and tell us that defense will win games for us and as you guys have seen today that's what did it for us.”
G Alexis Lawson-Gray:
On the run at the beginning of the second half:
“It's always important to come out and play hard in the beginning, and those five minutes were big for us and we were able to execute and stay focused.”
C Devanei Hampton:
Rebounding:
“At half time that's what Coach really focused on, us not getting on the boards enough. So after the half we came out, got a body on somebody and pushed out the margin.”
