Laurie Pirtle
Laurie Pirtle
aura pitt position themselves work
Pitt is a neck-up team, in that they 'think' when they are on the court, and they put themselves in a position to win. They are having fun, and they work hard. There is an aura about them. You can just feel it when you are around them.
east faced fits prototype teams
There are 11 teams in the Big East that we hadn't faced before, so you could say it fits into the prototype of the year.
against both execute game good help plan stuff
We had a game plan to help each other out defensively and really execute our stuff on offense. We did both of those things against a really good team.
leader though
Even though she's a freshman, she's a big leader on the team.
chances course few last offensive percent played shoot teams worked
We've really worked on our offensive rebounds. The last few teams we've played have been the better rebounding teams in the league, so we have had to improve. Of course when you shoot 26 percent you get a lot of chances for offensive rebounds.
both came execution fought hard kids man ready teams week worked zone
We really had worked hard this week on getting ready and the kids really came through with the execution of our zone and made them go man to man. I thought both teams had fought really, really hard.
came cork hot pitt played players resilient stopped walker
Pitt played an extraordinary game. We let Walker and Winn do what we didn't want them to do. And even when we stopped them, some other players came through for Pitt. But in the end, Winn and Walker were the difference. They were resilient and put a cork in it. They are hot right now.
intensity overtime rest
I think we were just shell-shocked going into the overtime. We didn't come out with the same intensity in overtime that we had the rest of the game.
aggressive both game guts kids passion pulling teams tie together
I think it was a hard-fought game and both teams showed a lot of guts to play aggressive basketball. Our kids showed a lot of passion and pulling together to come back the way we did to tie it up and take it to overtime.
ended game last
That was a game of runs, and we ended up with the last run.
aggressive comeback fought game kids knocked passion press proud
Our kids showed a lot of passion in our comeback and I'm proud of the way they fought to put the game into overtime. We got aggressive with our press and knocked them back on their heels.
energy gave matched quick
We couldn't get matched up on her quick enough before she put too many (3s) down. It just gave them a real energy level.
best conference kids playing team
We were 10-1 and playing with a lot of confidence. We wanted the kids to see the best team in the conference and see how it's going to be.
aspect madness march tangible wanting
We are in March Madness, and this is what you really do this for in the long run. I do it for a lot of reasons, but the real tangible aspect is wanting to be in March Madness, and we are in it.