Mark Ehlen
Mark Ehlen
half lack letting played shows strongly tonight tradition
To play a first half like we played tonight shows a lack of pride. I feel strongly about the tradition we have here at Toledo, and we're letting that tradition down big time.
defense good job knew man maybe putting sure won zone
We started out in a man-to-man and they were putting it to us. I thought we'd go to zone and see if we could maybe take them out of their perimeter game. I'm not sure if we accomplished that but our defense won it for us. We knew we had to get out on their three-point shooters and we did a good job with that.
crystal generating guards point ranks senior solid team top trouble
And that's for a team that has had trouble generating a lot of points. Crystal has had a very solid senior year. I think she ranks with all of the top point guards in the league.
bit chances convert couple loss played second team
I'm really at a bit of a loss with this team right now. I thought we played a tad better in the second half, but we don't need a tad better - you need to play a lot better. We had a couple chances to get back into the game, but we couldn't convert enough and get enough stops.
enthusiasm games half last loved offense played positives sustain three
I loved our first half enthusiasm and intensity; it was played better than most games we've played, especially the last three games. There are a lot of positives we just need to be able to sustain our offense for a whole game.
concerned direction far happens reached step
This is it; as far as I'm concerned we've reached the bottom. Anything that happens from here is a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned.
entire game minutes played took
Their X's are better than our O's. They took us out of our game in the first half. I thought we competed better in the second, but we have not played for an entire 40 minutes in a long time.
team
Anything that I've said to the team hasn't been effective. I've been mad, I've stomped, I've screamed, I've been encouraging and positive, and nothing matters.
bit defense game gave generate half offense offensive second struggled
It was a game where we struggled to find any offensive rhythm. In the second half our defense gave us some things, and we were able to generate a little bit of offense to get back in the game.
continued good sign
It's a good sign for this team. We've continued to fight. I can't be disappointed in that.
advantage good mistake teams time took
They took advantage of every mistake we made. That's what good teams do at this time in the year.
against bowling figure game played team
You play a game like we played against Bowling Green, and you think we're on the right track. I can't figure this team out. I just can't figure them out.
against figure great half hard life players second sucked team trying
For the life of me, I'm at my wit's end trying to figure out how to get this team to play hard for 40 minutes. Against BG, we had a great first half and sucked the second half; against these guys, we sucked the first half and had a great second half, but not great enough. We've got a lot of players who just want to participate and don't want to compete.
good michigan prouder western
I can't be prouder of my team's accomplishment. We had nothing to play for and Western Michigan is a pretty good team.