Katie Gearlds
Katie Gearlds
Kathryn Ann "Katie" Gearldsis a former American professional women's basketball player who formerly played with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association...
given hit huge individual lindsay point step stretch talent team
There's just so much individual talent on this team that at any given point someone is going to step up and make a play. Lindsay was huge down the stretch and Erin hit some big buckets for us.
gets given individual point step talent team
There is so much individual talent on this team that at any given point someone is going to step up and make a play. When someone gets it going, we're going to go to them.
finished great honor team testimony
It's a great honor. It's just a testimony of how our team finished this year.
fall four good job kept physical players post punching strong team
They're a hard-nosed, physical team and that's what they live by. We didn't fall down, we kept punching back. I thought our post players did a good job in there. (Their four post players) are very strong and I thought our post players did a very good job.
coach focused says talented team
Coach Curry says we're better listeners, but I think we're just really focused on what we have to do. We all feel that we have a very talented team with a lot of potential.
focus game hopefully teams worry
Hopefully we can focus on just that one game and not worry about the other 62 teams in the bracket. We've just got to play our game.
figure game hate stop team trying weapons
There are so many weapons in her game that just make us so much better. I'd hate to be the other team trying to figure out how to stop her.
beat bracket feeling looked penn remember team thinking
I looked at the bracket and I thought about it. I've been thinking about (2004, when she made the all-tournament team as a freshman) a lot lately. I remember the feeling of celebrating after we beat Penn State. Hopefully, that's one we can duplicate.
across best country couple fear hang ncaa ourselves position realize successful teams worry
You come to Purdue to hang a banner. We were successful this year. We put ourselves in position to hang a couple banners. The best thing to realize is, we don't have to worry about making the NCAA tournament. I think a lot of teams across the country should fear Purdue.
good job
We have to do a good job of getting out and contesting their shots.
fortunate guts leave played
We're very fortunate to get the win. Let's leave it at that. We let it frustrate us. We're human; we're going to make mistakes, and they played their guts out.
fights-and-fighting kept run
We went on a run and they made a little run of their own. Give them credit, they kept fighting.
days extreme four games players playing three win
To win four games in four days and have two or three players playing 40 minutes, that's extreme toughness.
moral victory win
There's no moral victory here; we wanted to win and that's why it hurts.