Nyla Milleson
Nyla Milleson
Nyla Milleson is the women's basketball coach of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She was formerly head coach at Missouri State, but was relieved of coaching duties after the 2012-13 season. Her NCAA DI record was 105-87 . Milleson began her coaching career in 1989-90 as the head coach of Junction City High School, where she turned a struggling program into one of the top-ranked teams in the state of Kansas. In just her third season, she helped Junction...
bus games luck percent pure ride win
It would have been a long bus ride home. You have to have some luck to win big games and 99 percent of this win was pure luck. We dodged one.
game run trade
I wouldn't trade our 19-game run for this one game today.
challenge excited four games three trying win
We are excited about this opportunity. It's going to be a new challenge ? trying to win three games in four days.
best fired game knew tough
We knew they were going to be tough here, and this game would be nothing like the one at our place in December. We knew they would be fired up and we were going to get their best shot, and we did.
energy games great happen last played
In the 31 games we've played this year, we've had that happen in 29 of them now. In the last 12 or 13 minutes, I thought we had great energy and kind of exploded.
goes ugly win
It was an ugly win. But it goes in the 'win' column. You don't put ugly in the win column, you put wins.
easy finally second
We finally got it going in the second half. We got some easy baskets off our defense, but we also executed better on offense.
ball came capable good heart movement played searching soul team
We had a little heart-to-heart talk, a little soul searching at halftime. Then I thought we came out and played the way this team is capable of playing. We got after it defensively, had some good ball movement and, most important, we had some energy.
barely describe imagine journey seniors taken words
Who could imagine the journey these seniors have taken us on? I can barely find the words to describe them.
absolutely competitor fierce hates molly
Molly is a fierce competitor who absolutely hates to lose.
couple impact
We've got to find a couple of impact players.
best played time
That's some of the best Bethany has played in her time here. The things that she does don't show up in the (stat sheet), but she does what she does best.
target year
It may be the first year we play without a big target on our backs. They will like that challenge. I think it will be good.
exactly excited fans front home
We're just excited to be home and play in front of our fans again. It's exactly what we need.