Jennifer Shoaf
Jennifer Shoaf
against ashley ball control defense handle tonight
Tonight her defense was still pretty special. Tonight she also had to take on offense, she had to handle the ball a lot against the press. We had a lot of inexperience out there, and Ashley had to go back and control some of that.
easy missed surprised
We missed a lot of easy shots, but we've been doing that all year. It wasn't like that surprised me.
challenge playing
We challenge her every night. We get on her a lot about playing big, playing your size.
adjusted blown danger personnel sinking stop
We were in real danger of being blown out right at the beginning. We couldn't get anything going on offense, and we couldn't stop them. We were struggling, sinking quick. But we adjusted personnel and our defense.
easy time worry
That's not an easy time to be playing. But we'll worry about it if we get there. We just want to be there.
ball carrying chance create defense definitely finding hold offense teams ways
Defense is definitely carrying us. At times we just can't put the ball in the ocean. We keep finding ways with our defense to hold teams down enough to give our offense a chance to create or get something to go in.
common force guards kids played pressure younger
She's a common force for us. The younger kids were so nervous. There was so much pressure because all of our guards are our young kids. They've never played in a do-or-die situation.
effort fault finishing kids seemed
I can't fault my kids for their effort and their heart. It seemed like we were one little play from finishing it off and we couldn't do it.
ashley feels good needed
I told him Ashley hadn't done anything for two days. I told him if nothing else, I needed her for defense. He said if she feels good enough, let her go.
choice zone
With the lineup we had out there, we really didn't feel like we had a choice. Brittany (Powell) and Erica aren't our two quickest players, so we had to play a zone just to keep (Ledford) contained.
felt hit mode
Hicks hit the 3, and we felt like it was ours. But we went into celebration mode a little early.
good knew potential shoot shot understand
We knew she had the potential. We had to get her to understand what a good shot is in our system. Every shot is a good shot to her. She'll shoot every time.
beat believe happen night ourselves people played shot upset
We played aggressively. Some people may not believe this, but the upset didn't happen tonight. I feel the upset was when they beat us. That night we shot ourselves out of it and beat ourselves.
supposed surprised
We've surprised a lot of people. We've even surprised us. We weren't supposed to be here.