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...
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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.
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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).
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She's a great player. In the second half she was trying to take it over. We had (Tanisha) Wright on her for a while and Betty doubled on her pretty well.
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Very happy about the defense tonight. Holding them to 19 points and 20-percent shooting in the first half was solid, and I was happy to see that we didn't let up in the second half.
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We relied too much on Lauren in the first half. We made sure (Betty) knew she had the green light. Her second half was the difference.
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In the second half we encouraged (Lennox) because we know they would focus in Lauren Jackson. Most impressive on her play was her ability to to knock down open shots and get to the free throw line.
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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.
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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.
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We lose Betty's points, her energy. She takes a defender away from Lauren. So it changes the flow of our offense for sure.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.