Nykesha Sales
Nykesha Sales
Nykesha Simone Salesis a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, she most recently played in the Bosnian league for the ZKK Mladi Krajisnik club. Her primary position is the small forward. Her second position is shooting guard. In 1999 Sales was added to the roster of the USA FIBA Senior National Team. Her brother Brooks Sales played forward for Villanova from 1998–2002, and currently plays overseas in Spain for the Club Baloncesto Breogán of Lugo...
against dig wall
I think usually when we are against the wall we probably dig a little deeper,
corner great guess lucky released running saw time
I was in the corner and got a great pick. I saw the time running down and I just released the ball. I guess I was lucky enough that it went in.
bounce bring definitely home hopefully work
Hopefully we can bounce back and bring it back home, but we definitely have a lot of work to do.
guard knock playing post practice smaller
Playing with her in practice, you know what she can do. You know she can rebound. You know she can guard some of those smaller post players, and obviously, she can knock down that three.
beaten certain extra gives home hopefully playing push realize teams
Playing at home gives most teams an extra push to play well, so hopefully we?ll be all right. But we realize they have beaten us and we need to play a certain way to beat them.
minutes playing playoffs prepare
Playing 40 minutes is a priority. We have to try and play like that to prepare for the playoffs because they're right around the corner.
great listen personally players teams understand ways yelling
He comes in yelling and you listen and don't take it personally because you understand him. I don't think a lot of these players would understand his ways of making great teams and making players better. He is a lot different than most coaches.
chuck coming ended left nine people points run seconds slower time trying
We had nine seconds left, ... We were trying to run a play. It was going a little slower than we wanted it to. I had the ball. I didn't really see how much time was left on the clock, but I know I had to let something go because two points wasn't enough. With like two seconds left I had to heave it. ... There were people coming at me, so I had to chuck it up. I don't think it was what we wanted, but that's what we ended up with.
chunk cover decided finish good hands held hoped
I decided to just cover it because she was still right there; she didn't go away and I know how her hands are. I didn't think it was a good idea to chunk it because she's got bionic wrists. I just held on to it and hoped to finish out the game.
matters wins
All that matters is who wins at the end of the year.
ball major mistakes people trying
The major thing was the turnovers, they were huge, ... Most of them were our mistakes. We were trying to get the ball to people who weren't open.