Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball point guard for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Associationand Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. The third selection in the 2011 WNBA Draft, she had a successful first season in which she was selected for the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game and named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 February 1989
adjust move tough
It was tough going in there (under the basket). The first thing you think about is the 10 she's already blocked. I just had to try to make her move and adjust my shot.
ball scared
Every game, we try to faze (opponents) with our pressure. We want them to be scared to get the ball in bounds.
ball game scared
Every game we come out with pressure. We want them to be scared to get the ball in.
amazing coming compete felt nervous
I was nervous coming in. But once you get on that court, its such an amazing experience. I just felt right out there. I really wanted to go in there and compete and show that we should be there.
gives teams view
(But) this gives us our first view of what teams are like at state.
ability adjust air block great shot
She has a great ability to block your shot. You just have to try to get her up in the air and adjust your shot around her.
ball players shot
When my shot isn't dropping, I've got to go to other players who can score. We have a lot players who can put the ball in the basket.
super teams weaknesses
It's super important to come and get on teams early. We like to find weaknesses and then take advantage.
basketball job leader leadership provided role step
It's my role as a leader to step up and get the job done. We have a really young basketball team, and I provided a leadership role.
came goal pressure start wore
It's unbelievable. That was our goal from the start and we came out and accomplished it. I think our pressure just wore on them.
biggest played team
That's the biggest team I've ever played against.
against both clean coming forget last teams win
It's going to be a battle. We need to forget about our last win against them. Both teams are coming out with clean slates now. Anything can happen. We just have to play hard.
bench definitely faith sitting tried
It was definitely frustrating sitting on the bench in the first quarter. I had faith in my teammates, and then when I got out there, I just tried to get to the basket.
dropping momentum needed seemed shifted shots tough towards
It seemed like our shots weren't dropping for us like they were the first half, and it seemed like everything was going in for them. The momentum was shifted towards them and it was tough for us to get it back, but we did what we needed to do, I guess.