Leslie Crane
Leslie Crane
anxious bit compete develop game harder next physical room single sore stiff talked taste weight
After the pre-draft camp, we talked about it and she talked about how sore and stiff she was and I told her this is first look at how it's going to be every day after practice. You have to compete every single day on a very physical level. She has a taste of what it will be like and she's probably pretty anxious to get in the weight room a little bit more and little bit harder and do some things to develop her game for the next level.
along basics conference confident feet last situation sure three winning won
It's not a situation of panic, that's the last thing you want to do. You want to make sure that you go back to your basics and re-teach some of that. We have to take things in stride. I've said all along that this conference can be won with three losses. I'm confident that we can get back on our feet and back to our winning ways.
continues hard hope motivate rest saw sitting team worked
I hope, with the rest of the team sitting here, that it's motivation. They saw how hard she worked in her career. I hope this continues to motivate them.
confidence laura pleased shooting
I'm pleased with how Laura is shooting the ball. She has a lot of confidence right now.
defended games gave hard home momentum tough
It's huge. They gave us two hard games back-to-back on our home court. We defended it and showed how tough we are and that momentum will take us through conference.
against attacked covering good job
They did a pretty good job of covering her up. I didn't think we attacked as well against that zone.
effort game good great nice offensive played sarah today
We got a lot of good offensive effort from a lot of different people. Sarah played a great game today ... offensively, defensively, doing some nice things. This is the way that we feel like she's going to be able to play all of the time.
afford ball control few tempo turn
When you out-rebound teams, you can afford to turn the ball over a few more times because you control the tempo of the game.
break everybody illinois talks western
Everybody talks about how Western Illinois has never been there. It's something that we've wanted to do, but we don't think it'll make or break our program.
along care losses opportunity pop three win
I've said all along that three losses will win the Mid-Con. I think losses will pop up for some other teams. We just want to take care of us and we have every opportunity to do that.
difficult experience players younger
This is something new for the new and younger players in our program. Sometimes your experience can play into that and make it a little more difficult for your team.
heard knew nobody people
Nobody really knew where she was going to be picked. I heard people say that after the first two picks, anything was possible.
absolutely amaze ceases
She does not play like a freshman. She had absolutely no jitters and she never ceases to amaze me.
basketball college health impress job next responsibility somewhat
She is going there to impress an employer. As a professional basketball player, your responsibility is your body, your health and your play. It is somewhat of a job in college when you're on scholarship but even more so at the next level.