Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan is the former head coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Virginia. Ryan also coached the American women's basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000 but is currently in remission. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Ryan was also inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012...
expect half kept second veteran
We just kept going to her in the second half and she just kept delivering. That's what you expect from your veteran players.
adjusted boards defending good half indication job kids second
I thought that we really adjusted well from the first half to the second half, which is a good indication of how well these kids do at adjusting. We did a much better job of defending penetration and we got on the boards a lot better.
beat free half second throws
In the second half we beat them on the floor, but the free throws made the difference. You can't do much about that.
couple home lost
We lost a couple at home when we didn't play very well. That made the difference.
ball bit hole ourselves shoot start
We got ourselves in a little bit of a hole to start the game. We didn't shoot the ball very well, and we did some things that were uncharacteristic.
best game ourselves physical pride
It was a physical game and we pride ourselves on being a physical team. But we let their physicality get the best of us.
There was a lot of fouls in the game. That kind of disrupts your rhythm.
bought defense fact pleased team
Our defense is usually pretty good. I'm pleased where we are now. This team has bought into the fact that if we want to win, we have to play defense.
character courage good match played point run though
Even though we got down a little bit, we still made a little run to come back. We played a pretty good first half. We showed a lot of character and courage in the first half, being able to match them point for point.
basically coming doubt exactly floor game help improve job needed tonight tremendous
I wanted her to basically take a look at things from the floor to see defensively how she could improve upon her game and help our team. I thought she did a tremendous job tonight coming off the bench. I doubt it will be permanent. She did exactly what I needed her to do tonight.
amount bigger card credit decrease extra home money pay paying reduce starter
We don't put extra money into our savings. We decrease the amount we pay to reduce our credit card debt. We still live in a starter home. I'm not even considering a bigger home because we're paying all that money in gas.
balanced scoring somebody
We had very balanced scoring tonight. Somebody was there to make the play for us.
came played poise proud
I was very proud of our play, especially down the stretch. I thought we played with poise and maturity, and the things we've been working on really came to the forefront.
tendency
We just went cold. We have a tendency to do that.