Shirley Egner
Shirley Egner
hang heads nice scheme season tough wins youthful
When you look at everything in the scheme of things, 20 wins is nice because we have a very youthful team. It's always tough to see your season end, but we don't have anything to hang our heads about.
chelsea couple fill gave players spot
We'll have to try to fill her spot by committee. We need a couple players to give us what Chelsea gave us.
allen matter players reminds teams
She reminds me so much of Allen Iverson. Cassandra is one of those players who no matter what teams try, is not going to back down from a challenge.
ask floor left
She left everything on the floor and that is all we can ask of our players, to compete.
effort great huge played pleased road
We did enough to get out of here with a road win, which was huge for us. I was real pleased with our effort and I thought we played really great defense.
best conference far finalist hands player tells
I think she was by far the best perimeter player in the conference -- hands down. And she was a finalist for player of the year. That tells you something.
bit focused game half mentally run second sleep slow tried
Platteville tried to slow the game down and lulled us to sleep. They focused a little bit more in the second half and mentally got into the game. We have to get out and run and use our athleticism.
gain helped momentum welcoming win
That win (at Oshkosh) was huge. It couldn't have helped with our preparation any better. We were able to gain some momentum and confidence. We're welcoming the challenge.
great motivation prolong
I think it's going to be a classic. It should be a great game. Our motivation is to prolong our season.
answer challenge stepped
I thought we really stepped up to the challenge is this game. We were able to answer their runs. When they went on another run, I thought we really buckled down.
ball foul heck helped trouble
I think it helped us out a lot when Knapp got in foul trouble. She's one heck of a ball player.
focused intense loss meeting talked team
We were very focused and intense tonight. We had a team meeting after the loss at Eau Claire and talked about some things. I thought we were more focused tonight.
came couple good lead point season strong time weeks win
We wanted to keep it a double-digit lead and not let them get it under 10. For the first time in a couple weeks we came out strong and got out to a good start. At this point in the season a win is a win.
home knew protect seed trying
We need to protect our home turf. We're trying for the No. 1 seed in the (WIAC) tournament. We knew it was going to come down to this.