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.
came confidence found good helps knowing needed open ready
I just came out ready to shoot. I just found myself open a lot and I just came in knowing that I needed to contribute. It was nice. My confidence hasn't been down or anything, but it's always good to have good nights. It helps a lot.
cincinnati love
I love it when they can come. They're all Cincinnati fans, so it's pretty interesting.
game struggle taking team
Taking her out of her game makes their team struggle a lot more.
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.
came definitely played
They came out and played really hard. They definitely outworked us on the boards.
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.
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.
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.
coach flush forget happy toilet
Coach was not happy with us. He told us we just need to flush this (game) down the toilet and forget about it.
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.
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.