Beth Dunkenberger
Beth Dunkenberger
Beth Dunkenbergeris in her fifth season with the Tulane Green Wave and fourth as assistant basketball coach. After serving as the program's director of operations during the 2011-12 season, Dunkenberger assists in all facets of the Tulane team including game planning, recruiting and supervising the student-athletes' academic progress. Previously she had been the head women's basketball coach at Virginia Tech since 2004. In seven seasons at the helm, guided the Hokies to three postseason appearances. The 2006 squad reached the...
came carrie defense defensive good great laura mason played
But we've got some pretty good defensive guards. Carrie Mason is smart. And Laura Haskins came in and played some great defense as well.
either played ranked stepped sync teams time top year
I thought that Connecticut stepped up and played like one of the top 10 teams in the country, and I know they've been ranked there all year long. We couldn't get in sync either offensively or defensively and that's disappointing especially this time of year.
chemistry team
Everybody's really new too; it's not like there's a lot of team chemistry there.
along close dropping entire focused found games group manage proud schedule stayed step time win
I'm very proud that this group stayed focused for the entire non-conference schedule and did manage to go through it without dropping one. We had some very close games along the way, but we found a way to win those. Now it's time to step back out and see what we can do.
defense difference intensity mark order pick second talked until
We talked about having to pick up our intensity on defense in order to make a difference in that game. I don?t think we really did that until the 14-minute mark in that second half, and when we did, that?s when we were able to go on a big run.
hold nerves nice slow start sure though tonight
Tonight I had to prod (the team) a little bit. I?m sure nerves play into that, but it?s nice to see us ? even though we had a slow start ? hold them to 51 points.
falling shots situation
We were flat, we didn't play well. We got into a situation where shots weren't falling for us, and we got frustrated.
aggressive defensive key stretch
Down the stretch I thought we were aggressive on offense, but the key for us was defensive rebounding.
altered deal great pain playing post
She was playing really good. She was a trooper and went back in there, but she was in a great deal of pain and it altered our post substitutions.
altered deal great obviously pain post
She was a trooper, she went back in there, but obviously she was in a great deal of pain at that point. It altered our post substitution. She was having such a great first half.
focused fun game group report scouting stay
They're a fun group to be around. You don't want to put a damper on who they are as people. As long as they stay focused and they know the scouting report and they know the game plan, then we'll let them be them.
couple
That's probably my fault, I probably should have called a couple timeouts and crawled up on 'em a little more.
dominance key nice rewarded season successful thus
It's nice to see her rewarded for dominance on the boards. She has been a big key to our successful season thus far.
bit
They're still huge. They're big, strong, athletic. They can make you be a little bit off.