Mel Thomas
Mel Thomas
Melanie Eileen "Mel" Thomas was born August 26, 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Jeff and Mary Thomas She is an American basketball player who played for the University of Connecticut Huskies from 2004-2008...
keeps sitting
She keeps us busy. She doesn't want us sitting around getting sluggish.
cd coach everybody glue keeps listens sure
I think CD is like the glue that keeps it all together. She?s the one that makes sure everybody listens and does everything right. She keeps coach in check, she?s the one that keeps everything organized. She?s like our mom. Without her, I think we would be lost.
country everywhere girl leading
We just take it personally. This girl is the leading scorer in the country and you don't want her to score. Everywhere she goes, that's all we were thinking: She's not getting the ball.
freak happened minutes react score sure teams
There will be times when we won?t score for 10 minutes and some teams may freak out because that?s not really happened to them before. Unfortunately -- or fortunately, I?m not really sure -- it?s happened to us, so we know how to react to it.
beginning building conscious definitely early gone gotten guess hard kick knowing needs openings practice realizing shoot since time true trust year
Early in the year she had a hard time knowing when to shoot and when to kick it out. As practice has gone on, I think she's realizing what she needs to do and where to see the openings when it's her shot. I have trust in her, but it's gotten a lot more since the beginning of the season. So I guess it's true that's she's building it up. It's not a conscious thing I think about, but I definitely feel I trust her more than the beginning of the season.
double kick opening option people presence scoring
Brittany's presence is really important to us because she's another scoring option in the lane. Being able to kick it in to her and having people double is opening it up for all of us. Or if she can score, that's an option, too.
couple great matter past shooting worried
I think shooters just go up and down. (Strother) hasn't been shooting well the past couple of games, but she'll come out of it. It's just a matter of time. It's Ann. She's a great shooter; I'm not worried about her at all.
ball brings came carries challenges coach gets played plays pushes team took
I think coach always challenges you when you're not doing well and I think she just took the challenge and came out and played really well. When Renee plays well it just carries our whole team, and especially when she gets after it defensively and she pushes the ball it just brings our team to a whole other level.
expected guarantee
I guarantee no one expected them to come this far.
following leading playing
She's leading us. She's doing everything and she's playing very aggressively. We're just following her.
follow minutes second
We just have to play 20 minutes and follow it up with another 20 minutes in the second half.
learn might shows tried
That's one thing I've tried to learn from her. She might get frustrated, but she never shows it.
excited
It?s getting better every day. I?m just excited to go out and play again.
excited initial longer notice took
It took a little longer than I thought it would to see initial results. But now it's getting better every day and I can notice the difference. I'm just excited to go out there and play again.