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Quotes: Louisville 65, Duke 48
1/10/2016 4:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Duke Head Coach Joanne McCallie
Opening Statement:
“I'd just like to compliment Louisville. I think they played a great game, particularly in the first half. We turned the ball over too much, and the second half was even, but it wasn't significant after that first half. So, there were some good lessons for us, and I thought No. 25 (Asia Durr) did a great job for them. Durr, she's a terrific player, and she showed great poise as a freshman to do what she did. And again, their offensive rebounding by Walton, in particular, the eight offensive rebounds I thought was outstanding. They played very aggressively, and you can't just spot a team. Not in this league. You got to come out ready to play for 40 minutes, and we did not, and so again, compliment Louisville. I thought they played very well.”
On scoring 50, 95, 48, respectively, and trying to get offense consistently flowing:
“Turnovers. Very simple. You can't give the ball to the other team. It's a two-point opportunity you take away from yourself. It's a two-point opportunity you give them. It's a four-point turnaround. If we want to score points, we can't turn the ball over.”
On whether Louisville deserves a top-25 ranking:
“Oh, absolutely. Yeah they lost. I know they lost early. I don't believe they had Durr, did they? Durr's a big difference, a big difference in that game. She might be the best player on the team, meaning, you hadn't found that out yet, per se. She's a terrific basketball player, and has the right kind of poise. She does not get rattled, so I would say, 'Of course, yeah.' What's ironic, actually, is they're better than last year's team. I remember last year's team came to Durham (ranked) eight, I think, and we were something lower than that. They're better than last year's team.
On first impression of the KFC Yum! Center:
“Well, of course, I don't like it at all after that game. No, but it was great, I'm joking. It was great to see that fan support. I love to see fan support women's basketball. I think that's fantastic. They had a good crowd, and I think that's really, really important. Really important.”
On whether Crystal Primm is OK after being knocked out of the game:
"She got hit hard. She's fine. She was just a little shook up there, but she's a first year learning her way, but she'll be ok.”
Redshirt Sophomore Guard Rebecca Greenwell
On coming home and playing in front of family:
“It's good to know that I have good support, but it obviously wasn't the way we wanted to play, and I'm disappointed about that.”
On struggling on the road this year and if she sees anything different from the freshmen:
"We just need to play more poised. It's obvious that we get a little frazzled on the road, and we just need to take care of that, and that comes with leadership, and we just need to work on that and cut our turnovers for sure.”
On what the team does moving forward after a loss and how to improve:
“It just comes down to the fundamentals. We talk about it every game. Defense and rebounding, and especially turnovers. Those three things are going to get you in any game you have to come to each game with that in your mind and whenever you don't do those things, then it's obviously not going to turn out the way you want, so we've just got to focus on the fundamentals.”
Sophomore Forward Azurá Stevens
On playing with Mariya Moore with USA Basketball and having a chance to talk to her:
"No I didn't, but I got to talk to Jeff (Walz), and it was good, but you know. Bad result.”
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