Sharon Versyp
Sharon Versyp
Sharon Versyp is an American former basketball player and current head coach of the Purdue University women's basketball team. She was Indiana's High School Miss Basketball in 1984 and an All-American at Purdue...
ball beat fear good heck job role
Merrill is just one of those workhorses - she does everything. She's a role player, but sometimes that's what you fear the most. When she got the ball down low, she beat us one on one. She did a good job on defense. She did a heck of a job.
coaches fairly pleased
Overall, I'm fairly pleased. We're overachieving in some spots, but we need to be better in other spots. As many coaches say, I'm pleased but not satisfied.
beat teams
There are other teams that get beat by 35 and 40, and they still get into the tournament, so it's really not up to me. It's up to the committee.
bench came change defense gave great scoring
We had some great bench play today. Carrie, Annika and Leah came in and gave us some great scoring and great defense to change the tide.
passion
What we try to do is try to hassle and take things away. We just try to play with a lot of passion and a lot of heart.
defense finally good playing run second
We were able to, in the second half, get a little run going, finally playing some good defense and getting some rebounding and run in transition, and that's our game.
good half hit open second shots tale took
We battled and did some really good things. It was a tale of two periods. We took it to them in the second half after they hit their open shots in the first.
both separated
I don't know how they could have separated us. I thought if they'd take one, they'd take both of us.
great indiana state
Indiana State is a great team. With in-state teams, it is always a rivalry, but we've got to play our game.
meet nice walk
It's nice when you walk in a room, and you meet kids, and they give you a hug. They need me as much as I need them right now.
exciting good group job time
It's real exciting to be in the tournament. It's my first time with this group of young ladies, and we really have done a pretty good job this year.
against continues domino hurt knock played pressure rusty shots
Their pressure didn't hurt us, we played against that up there. We just didn't knock down shots and we had that deer-in-the-headlight look. ... We were rusty offensively, and when a lot of things go like that, it continues the domino effect.
good impressed
I'm only as good as they are. You're going to be so impressed by all of them.
ball best dive guess hustle job percent within
I guess it's part of a person's instincts. If they want to hustle after the ball, if they're going to dive on the ball or they're going to give 110 percent all the time, that's probably within the individual. And it really doesn't take a lot out of me, because I'm so used to doing it, and I want to get the job done and I always want to do the best I can.