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...
follow minutes second
We just have to play 20 minutes and follow it up with another 20 minutes in the second half.
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.
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.
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.
keeps sitting
She keeps us busy. She doesn't want us sitting around getting sluggish.
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.
break needed playing
I think we needed that. We were just playing with them the whole game, we had to break away at some point.
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.
happens virginia west win
It can be a little more difficult. You want to say that it's not but I think that we'll be ready. It's a championship. We want to win a championship and Rutgers just happens to be -- I mean, West Virginia just happens to be the opponent.
creates good whenever
Whenever we play good defense, it creates our offense.
feeding learned less playing settle together
When we're playing well together we just want to keep getting the ball. You just keep feeding off it. We learned how well we can play, we just can't settle for anything less in the future.
chance coming definitely lost regular
We definitely know it's another chance. We lost the regular season, but coming out in the (Big East) tournament, we have another chance to show what we're made of.