Mark Trakh
Mark Trakh
Mark Trakh is the head women's basketball coach at New Mexico State. He previously held the head coaching position of the women's basketball team at the University of Southern California...
force kids knock left people shots wide
We were going with a triangle-and-two and a diamond-and-one. It's like pick-your-poison with them. We wanted to force the other kids to knock down shots and they did. We left people wide open.
happy hard played shots
Camille made some big shots there at the end. I thought we played hard and I was happy with how we executed down the stretch.
good month second selection shot team teams turned
They turned up the intensity, and having a team as young as ours, our shot selection wasn't as good in the second half. They're young and we're young. We're going to be different teams a month from now.
against excellent game hard honest luckily playing tough
To be honest with you, ASU had its first off game of the year, and luckily it was against us. (ASU) will come out playing hard and go after it today. They are an excellent team. We know we are in for a tough game.
buzz monster question ran seven stanford teams
We just ran into a buzz saw. I don't want to make excuses. We just didn't play well. A lot of teams play seven people. I think it was a question of Stanford being a monster out there tonight.
commands double player skilled smith
Brooke Smith commands a double down. She's so skilled and her footwork is so good. She's like an old-time player with her back to the basket, and she's got all the moves.
both close game games luckily played proud teams won
Luckily we won the game by two, but I thought it was a well-played game. Both teams played very, very well, and I'm just proud of the kids. We won a lot of close games this year.
few freshmen including jump learning next playing scary year
I thought there would be a little learning curve, but they're athletic, they're strong, they all jump really, really well. They're not playing like freshmen. They're not playing like freshmen at all. They're going to be scary in the next few years I'm including this year in the next few years.
die game goes inside kid sudden time wonder
I wonder about that. If you've got a big kid that you go into all the time and all of a sudden that big kid goes one for 10, do you say you live by the inside game and you die by the inside game?
beat conference good people quite saying survivor teams win
For the survivor of this, it's going to be quite an accomplishment. There are a lot of good teams in the conference and a lot of people can beat other people. It's going to be saying something to win this tournament.
four fun happens knock last
Have fun, knock down some threes and see what happens in the last four minutes.
due tough
What makes her so tough is that she's so athletic. But you know, she's due for an off game.
cease game good kids surprise weekend
We're a game out of first place right now, so who knows? These kids never cease to surprise me with the things they can do so, you know, let's just go out and play. If we get two (wins) this weekend we're really really in a good position.
four instead last lose minutes played
Those last four minutes we played not to lose instead of to win, that's something we can't do.