Postgame Quotes
2/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 16, 2010
Head Coach Terri Mitchell
About the game...
"Louisville came out blazing in the second half shooting 66.7 percent and I don't know how many games you are going to win when your opponent shoots like that. They got hot and it just continued. I thought we were fighting and we were there, but they kept converting and we would convert every other (possession). We can't hang with a team like that when that happens. We continue to go through these hard lessons about what it takes to win in the BIG EAST. I know our players are fighters and are women of character. The bottom line is we go back to work. We will never stop working and never stop trying to find a way to win. We just have to get better. We have to knock down open shots. Louisville knocked down open shots and we didn't. We have to put consecutive stops together. It doesn't get easy when you are in a skid like we are and the games that we have lost. But, we have to get back up. We have to stand up, get stronger and focus on our next opponent. That is a life lesson. Everything in life, that when you get knocked down you have to stand back up and get that much stronger. We have to become stronger, mentally and physically, and we won't give up."
About the remainder of conference play...
"Right now we are just trying to get ready for DePaul. We have three days to prepare for a team that plays very well and has a lot of confidence. We have to understand the things that we did the last time we played them. It was a great first half at their place, but in the second half they played zone and we couldn't convert the chances that we had. We expected multiple defenses from DePaul and we have to be ready for both man and zone. We also have to be ready for the way they run up and down the court. All the games are big at this point and we can't think about four, we have to think about one and get the team ready for Saturday."