Stanford-Oregon Postgame Quotes
Oregon Head Coach Bev Smith
“Stanford is a very, very good ball team. They’re very well coached. They had a very good game plan. They played very deliberately today in terms of knowing what they wanted to get done.”
“In the fist half, I was pleased with our performance defensively. In order to beat a ninth-ranked team, you have to have that consistency the entire game. We just couldn’t find a solution to their defensive game plan and we just didn’t shoot the ball as well as we usually do.”
“I’m not sure our focus and concentration was where it needed to be with this being senior day, but we still have a lot of basketball to play this year.”
On Eleanor Haring reaching 1,000 points:
“An incredible accomplishment for an incredible young lady. She’s been so consistent for us all year. I thought she played with some presence and composure. For her to get 1,000 points is very deserving.”
“We played a very good team today and I don’t think we played our best and when those two things collide, it’s going to be a disappointment.”
On the seniors:
“It’s a special class. It’s a class I’ve gotten to know very well. All five are really ambitious young women. They’re all going to graduate. They’re a group of young ladies that have been through some ups and downs but they’ve stayed tough and stayed on course.”
“They’ve been so much a part of this program because they’ve been here as long as I have.”
Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer:
"Our team really had to work hard. Oregon has lots of offensive weapons."
On Freshman F/C Jayne Appel:
"Jayne is a big force inside. She can score against anybody, and we just need to keep getting the ball in to her, and that will open up the perimeter."
Stanford junior G Candice Wiggins
"It's really fun playing at Oregon. They play really well at home, and their crowd is really into it."
Oregon Players
Freshman G Taylor Lilley:
"Our shooting percentage wasn't too high. We weren't getting very good looks. Once we moved the ball around, we were getting better looks, but we weren't doing that enough."
"They were really hitting their shots, and they had a really good inside-out game going on."
On Wiggins:
"We have to be aware of where she is. And when we went zone, she was knocking shots down from two feet behind the three-point line. We just weren't getting out her quick enough."
Senior F Eleanor Haring:
On senior day:
"I tried to do my best to not think about it. It still hasn't sunk in. I feel like there is going to be more. It would have been a lot better if we had got the win."
"It was huge for us to get the split. We need to just forget about this game, and keep the momentum from the Cal game."
Senior F Jessie Shetters:
On getting back out on the court:
"It felt really good. I've had so much energy just walking around on campus because I haven't been able to play, so it was good to play again."ecause I haven't been able to play, so it was good to play again."
