Charli Thorne
Charli Thorne
against anybody compete point talent winning
We've established a winning tradition. I feel at this point that we have the talent to compete against anybody in the nation.
hold points problem score team
I don't know why we couldn't hold any team under 60 points a game. Now the problem is, can we score 61 points?
america fans good obviously playing west worry
If we're playing at America West Arena, obviously we're not at home, but our 4,000 fans will make it feel like home. That's a pretty good advantage, but it just is what it is. It's not something that we worry about.
came kid mentally tough toughness
She's a tough kid -- physically, mentally and emotionally tough. We haven't even had her that long, but her toughness is something she came here with.
asked couple players slow
Obviously, we got off to a slow start. I asked a couple of my players if they wanted to go home.
control teams
We can only control what we do, not what other teams do.
chance game home hurt perfect
We don't really look at the records. We just go out one game at a time. It's always a chance that being perfect at home could hurt us, but we don't let it get to us.
amount either time
With that amount of time off, you can either get better or things can go the other way.
choice error good knew margin saw seen team
This team is making me look good right now. We had no choice. We had no margin of error and, honestly, because we had seen everybody. We saw what they had, and we saw what we had, and we knew we were the better team.
best capable challenged start taking
We just weren't getting after it. (Oregon State's Mandy Close) is their best three-point shooter. You don't give her a three-pointer. We weren't taking things away. I just challenged them to start doing the things that they're capable of doing, and they did.
eight execute game last minutes obviously three
We didn't execute three times in a row. We didn't execute the last eight minutes of the game either. Obviously that was the difference.
challenged team year
We've been challenged all year long by our opponents. We're the team that they want to beat, which could make their season.
handle hard worked
We've worked hard to get here. Now we have to see if we can handle it.
close few games good growing high matured needed played playing stanford stopped
It started in the Stanford game. We matured and got more aggressive, and stopped playing not to lose. Not having any close games in the preseason and the high ranking (No. 9), all of that played into us having to go through some things, which was good for us. We are young, and we needed to have a few growing pains.