UCLA-Oregon Postgame Quotes
Oregon Head Coach Bev Smith
"They did a great job. We wanted to run when we had numbers in transition. I think our team did a good job getting the ball inside and getting it back outside."
"I thought Tamika [Nurse] had one of her best games at Oregon just in terms of her decision making. She just had an outstanding game for us."
"Our key tonight was to try and make them shoot over us. I thought generally we did a good job on the defensive end."
"We just play big. They have big hearts and they play smart. I really liked our I.Q. tonight."
"You control your destiny when you look after that basketball. I thought we played on our terms most of the game and made them come out and get us."
"I thought our team really had some great focus, even after losing Wednesday night here against Oregon State. I think this team has grown a lot and we’re just going to keep on growing. I liked our competitiveness tonight. That kind of discipline is frustrating for opponents."
Oregon Player Quotes:
G # 30 Cicely Oaks
"We’re happy that we have two wins in a row. We’ve had a lot of close games and it’s just nice to come away with the win."
On rebounding:
"We know it’s something we need to do. We’re not getting Jessie [Shetters] back anytime soon, so offensively I do what I can and on defense I just work really hard to get rebounds."
"As long as we execute on both ends of the floor and play for a full 40 minutes I think we’ll be fine, we just have to stay focused."
G #3 Tamika Nurse:
"I can’t say that I had a stellar week last week but tonight I really wanted to come out and work hard and have a better game."
On getting fatigued:
"We all play a lot of minutes and we do get tired but we work hard at practice and then have days to rest so I don’t feel too fatigued during games."
"I prefer to play an up-tempo type of game; I think that’s why I play better against UCLA because it’s more of a footrace with them, they like to push the ball verse OSU where they like to slow the game down."
"We feel pretty good going into Saturday’s game, we’re on a winning streak in the Pac-10! Obviously we feel pretty good and we know that we can play with anybody."
