Shay Doron
Shay Doron
Shay Doronis an Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli league. She plays for Maccabi Ashdod...
game love opens players post
When you have two post players like that, as a guard, you just have to love that. It just opens the game for us so much.
duke game losses people saying statement
This was a big statement game for us. People were saying we were overrated. They were writing us off. The only losses we have are to Duke and Tennessee.
deadly games national nobody player single stepped stop team won
Every player stepped up so big and in different games and that's what makes our team so dangerous. This team is so deadly at every single position, which is why we won the national championship, because nobody can stop us in any position.
arm biggest feeling game knew leave lost move needed team trying
I lost the feeling in my arm and I was trying to move it. I didn't want to leave the game. I mean, it's the biggest game of my life. I knew my team needed me on the court.
almost beat country games great knew left point season team time turning
That was kind of the turning point of our season. We knew we could play with anyone. But when we almost beat the No. 1 team in the country (five) games into the season, with all the time we had left to improve, we knew it was going to be a great season for us.
close equal games strength
In the past, they were just better, honestly. Now they're not better, we're at equal strength and that's why our games have been so close this year.
ball contest front game great hands plan shots
The game plan was to keep Latta in front of us. She's a great player, but we wanted to contest all of her shots and keep the ball out of her hands as much as possible.
reality years games
The reality is our season prepared us so well that if we have to play Duke in the second game, we've done that three times this year. We've played North Carolina and Duke back-to-back that this would be the third time. We're just very prepared for this moment.
deadly national nobody single stop team won
This team is so deadly at every single position, which is why we won a national championship. Nobody can stop us at any position.
ahead career dreamed exactly great hoped kept saying signed
We just kept saying this is exactly what we wanted and what we hoped for and dreamed for when I signed at Maryland. She's going to have a great career ahead of her.
compete focus good past position season worked
We feel proud. We worked really hard. But it's a new season now. What we did in the past put us in good position to compete for a championship, but now we have to focus on our future.
anyone definitely expected gotten instilled reality since winning
We've just kind of instilled a winning mentality, that we can do it and we can play with anyone and it's been there since I've gotten there. So nothing's changed. It's reality and we definitely expected it.
beat biggest difference good proven
We've proven we can beat them. We know we can beat them. The biggest difference is, we're just as good as they are.
ball contested front hands sure took
We just wanted to keep her in front of us. We wanted to keep the ball out of her hands as much as we could and make sure she took contested shots.