Gail Goestenkors
Gail Goestenkors
Gail Ann Goestenkors, is an American basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. Previously, she was an assistant coach of the Los Angeles Sparks. Indiana Fever,...
athletic extremely help likes prepare team
I don't know, we may see them again, we may not see them again. If nothing else it has help to prepare us for any other team that we may see who is extremely athletic and likes to press.
ball blocking changes extremely game gets shots transition
When she's blocking shots, I think it's extremely intimidating to the opponent, and it also changes shots and that gets the transition game going. She gets the ball out quickly.
beat difficult extremely great team three
It's always difficult to beat a team three times. It's extremely difficult to beat a great team three times.
against coming defense extremely felt great knew pleased second strong team
We knew we were coming up against a strong team with a great tradition. I'm extremely pleased with our effort, especially with our defense in the second half, which I felt was the difference.
aggressive anybody athletic extremely great job shut transition traps
They're extremely athletic and they do a great job with their traps and presses. They are extremely aggressive and they get out in transition better than anybody in the country. And they are really well balanced. You can't just shut down one person.
anybody extremely great job transition
They do a great job with their presses, their traps. They're extremely aggressive. They get out in transition probably better than anybody in the country, and they're really well-balanced.
aggressive extremely physical point
I think it was their pressure. And that's not just your point guard, it was all of us. They're extremely aggressive and very physical, and I don't think we responded to their physical play very well.
three
We just see it as three games. It's it's own entity. That's our only focus.
affect great looking lost maryland people record teams thinking
We just lost to two great teams ... but I think people are looking at our record thinking we're on a downslide. Because Maryland is such a great team, I don't think it should affect our seeding.
anxious pleased ready word
We were ready to play from the word 'go'. I was very pleased with our start. I was a little anxious to see how we'd come out and if we'd be a little off our rhythm, and we weren't. We were ready.
certainly needed tone
We certainly needed her. She set the tone for us.
exciting great
It was an exciting game. It was a great game. But it was just one game.
both dates game hard home ironic ncaa playing schedule season tried trying work year
I've been trying to get back home with my team. It's kind of ironic that we both tried hard to schedule a game this year during the season and unfortunately the dates did not work out and we're now playing each other in the NCAA Tournament.
against crystal great knew sidelines three
Crystal would make a great play, and I would be on the sidelines cheering, 'Yea, Crystal,' and then I would be going, 'Oh, my God,' because I knew I had to play against her for three more years.