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3/29/2010 10:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
OPENING STATEMENT
It was a very interesting basketball game. It was a very hard fought, physical contest. I'm very proud of our team's efforts and the fight they showed out there. I think that there was a lot of fight and hustle on both sides with both teams. It was a possession basketball game. Everything about a possession basketball game is critical, and that's what it was: A very exciting, possession basketball game.
Did your team get nervous toward the end of the game?
I think our players were trying to attack. When Krystal Thomas was fouled out, that's the game. There's the story. That's it.
What did you think of Krystal Thomas's defense against (Brittney) Griner?
She was critically responsible for making (Brittney) Griner work so hard. What Krystal Thomas did was tremendous and outstanding. Obviously, Brittney Griner is just a young, developing, excellent player. She's very hard to defend. If you take our best 6-4 player (Krystal Thomas) out of the game for the last three minutes, it changes the game enormously. And they took advantage, and (Brittney) Griner scored right away.
We did the best we could with what we had. Our kids were great. Our team fought very, very hard. They shouldn't be hard on themselves at all. They're just terrific people. Just did a lot of great things on the floor. But we didn't have anyone over 6-0 for pretty much the last three minutes on the floor.
The young freshman, Allison (Vernerey), is doing terrific as well, but with this environment was a little much to expect her to be the difference maker Krystal (Thomas) was. I just wish Krystal (Thomas) could have finished that game. That's all. That would have made it interesting.
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