Laurie Pirtle
Laurie Pirtle
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.
against game mistakes needed press seemed
It seemed like the game would never end. We made tentative mistakes against their press and weren't attacking. We really needed this win.
environment hung kids together tough
The kids really hung together in a tough environment tonight.
leader though
Even though she's a freshman, she's a big leader on the team.
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.
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.
changed chose time
We started with a box-and-one, then changed what we did every time down the floor. I don't know that it really mattered. She kind of scored when she chose to.
It just didn't feel like it was the right thing to do at the right time.
mistakes
They're making mistakes they won't be making in another two weeks.
both few fought game guts hard physical teams
It was a really hard fought game and a very physical one. Both teams showed a lot of guts and at the end they made a few more plays.
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.
emotional kids overtime
The overtime was an emotional issue. Our kids were shell-shocked that we were in that situation.
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.
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.