Postgame Quotes
11/26/11 | Women's Basketball
Oregon 89, UC Irvine 77
Postgame Quotes
November 25, 2011 - Matthew Knight Arena
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Oregon Head Coach Paul Westhead
Opening comments...
"The first half was a push, it was a struggle and we had to make adjustments. We needed more energy and at the half, we picked up our full court press, picked up our pace and we started knocking down shots. We earned this win."
On Weaver filling in...
"She's never been a shy player. Without Megan Carpenter, who has been our filler for Jasmin Holliday and Amanda Johnson, we needed Weaver to fill in and she really helped out. She's offensive minded and filled in nicely."
On Megan Carpenter's injury...
"After she hit her head on Thursday, the team doctor decided to hold her out of the game today. She's listed as day-to-day and we don't expect her to play on Sunday."
On Amanda Johnson...
"Good game out of Amanda today, 17 (points) and nine (rebounds). We are almost always disappointed when she doesn't get a double-double now."
On the slow start...
"We were slowed down and once we start standing around and missing shots, we're beatable. We just need to keep the tempo up."
On UCI's Kassandra McCalister...
"We made the adjustment to contain her drive to the basket, but once we did that, she started making the outside shots."
Guard Jordan Loera
On team's slow start...
"At halftime we addressed our slow start and said that we need to make sure that we pick our intensity up. We came out pushing the ball up the court and we could tell that they were getting tired."
On streak of 3 pointers to finish the game...
"I just got going out there. I started feeling it as the second half started and after that it was second nature to me and I felt like there wasn't a shot that I couldn't hit towards the end."
Forward Amanda Johnson
On turn around at the start of the second half...
"Once our shots start falling we are able to gain momentum. We really fed off each other's energy out there today."
