Suzy Merchant
Suzy Merchant
Suzy Merchant is the current head coach for the Michigan State University Women's Basketball team. She is married to Gary Rakan and has two young sons, Tyler Rakan and Brady Rakan...
bit emotional full hands hope spirit stronger
We're going to have our hands full in the first round. I hope our emotional spirit comes back a little bit stronger than it was tonight.
alive happy
We're just happy to be still alive in March. I'll just keep it that simple.
defending good job tonight
We didn't do a very good job of defending dribble-drives tonight and I think we're better than that.
came foul line seemed time
I thought (Deville) came in and got to the foul line a lot. It seemed like every time we subbed, they went right at that kid.
care good kids time
I think when you become a really good team, that every time you take the floor, you don't care who you're going against. I think our kids have that mindset.
balance besides biggest nice ryan
I thought the biggest thing was our bench. We had a nice balance besides Ryan and Nikki and our starters.
coming great job kids mentally physically prepared
I thought our kids did a great job of coming mentally and physically prepared for this game.
bowling came green handle
I think Bowling Green really came out and came after us and we didn't handle that very well.
certainly extremely gave
Kent can be extremely explosive. I was certainly frustrated. They just gave it to us.
coming edge emotional gates great job proving sure win
I think they had the emotional edge on us for sure and I thought they did a great job coming out of the gates and proving they wanted to win this one.
expect fully game war
I fully expect every game we play from here on out to be a war and a possession-by-possession game.
realize six
I didn't realize it was six years. That's pretty brutal.
both certainly good minutes ryan
I certainly thought we got really good minutes from both of them, and they had to play a lot of minutes for us, Ryan did especially.
certainly felt good job kids nice sure
I certainly felt like our kids did a really nice job of making sure the shooters didn't get good looks.