Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan
Anne Theresa Donovanis an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun...
changes defender flow lose offense takes
We lose Betty's points, her energy. She takes a defender away from Lauren. So it changes the flow of our offense for sure.
came focused game half hurt lauren rely
We just had to rely so much on Lauren in the first half and she really came up big for us. You know she wasn't 100 percent, but sometimes when you're hurt you are focused only on the game itself.
floor happen home surprised
We just got steamrolled on our home floor and that doesn't happen very often. It surprised me that we could never get a grip.
came clock crowd cut felt good minutes second
The second half, we came out and cut it to 10, and felt real good about the momentum. The crowd was in it, with just two minutes off the clock and already we had done that damage.
higher seed wnba
The way of the WNBA playoffs, it does not put the higher seed at an advantage, ... You have to go in there and make the most of it.
game impacts last several
Saturday's game is important for several reasons. It is the last regular-season game, and it not only has implications for us but it impacts other teams.
offensive rebound talk three
Betty's three is what everyone will talk about, but (Burse's) offensive rebound was huge.
anybody betty determined lose losing marquee needed player three
Betty is a marquee player in this league. I think she needed to see our commitment. And after losing three players, we were determined not to lose anybody this year.
backup compete expect labeled looked maybe people rise team tech texas tremendous
Texas Tech had a very disappointing season, and Erin didn't have a lot of people around her. I think people looked at that team as underachieving and maybe labeled Erin the same way. But she had a tremendous pre-draft camp. When you put her with better players, she's able to rise to the occasion. I expect that she is really going to compete for that backup spot.
chance chancellor coming conference court envisioned games great home houston move onto van western
To be drilled on your home court is not how any of us envisioned this. Coming in here with two home games and home-court advantage, we thought we had a great chance to move onto the Western Conference finals. ... I have to give Van Chancellor and Houston a ton of credit.
brand cool defense including keeping patience returning standing
There's no standing around in this camp. The defense is brand new, including to the returning players, so keeping my patience and cool now is important.
advantage feels games good home left playoff second seed western
It feels good (clinching a playoff spot). But there are still two more home games left and we would like to have homecourt advantage with that second seed (in the Western Conference).
everybody people playing season surprised
I think everybody is disappointed how the season finished. I think many people are surprised we're not playing right now.
envisioned finish note season
To finish the season on this note is not how any of us envisioned this.