Sherri Coale
Sherri Coale
Sherri Kay Coale is the current head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team...
bad ball forced timing
Offensively we just sputtered. (UT's defense) forced our feeders to make bad decisions. Our timing getting the ball to (Paris) was just miserable.
ball free game kinds loose lose maybe rebound tough
Maybe you lose a game by a bucket, a free throw, a rebound or a loose ball there are all kinds of things working up to the loss. She just made a tough shot.
ball blow hard playing scores today
Today we had a combination of playing really, really hard and the ball going in the basket, particularly from 3-point range. When you do those two things together, scores can blow up pretty quickly.
anne coach courtney floor nancy next watched
I just watched film of Anne Donovan and Nancy Lieberman and Cheryl Miller, and I've never been on the floor next to them when they played. But I've never in my 10 years as coach been on the floor with anything like Courtney Paris.
changing conference freshman graduation lost players talented
The Big 12 Conference lost a lot of talented players to graduation, but there are a lot of new names. It's kind of a changing of the guard. It is a very talented freshman group.
beat everybody fine matter point
I'm fine with it. It does not really matter to me. You have to beat everybody at some point anyway.
celebrate euphoria games granted played proud single special taking team
I'm really proud of this team and what we've accomplished. Securing a Big 12 championship with games yet to be played is a pretty special accomplishment and we're not taking it for granted for one single second. We're just not going to celebrate it with all the euphoria yet, because there's so much out there still that we can do.
carrot directed dog front glad good hunting
I'm really glad that we have this carrot of going undefeated, to dangle out there in front of them to keep them directed and going after a prize. It's like a good hunting dog - they need something to chase.
game proud realize team throw unity win
I'm so proud of our kids. I thought they competed well and showed team unity throughout. I realize we set the game back 15 years with our turnovers. You throw it to them 32 times and win - we must have done something right.
anytime crazy fight hand sure
At the end of this week, they're going to hand a trophy. And anytime they're going to hand a trophy, we're going to go fight like crazy to make sure they hand it to us.
blow easier good looks score
We got some good looks and converted. Sometimes that's easier said than done, and we were able to blow the score up.
energy
We had to expend so much energy just to get back into the game, and we could never get over that hump.
chance given grief heard minutes number occasions rest trust
Courtney, we were able to play her 24, 25, 26 minutes on a number of occasions in Big 12 play. So we get a chance to rest her ... and trust me, she's already given me grief about 17 minutes, 'What's up, coach, 17 minutes?' I already heard that.
defense early good half holding job
Early in the half we did a good job of holding them off. We did enough on defense to keep them from scoring.