Syracuse Orangewomen Quotes
Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech
Manley Field House, Syracuse NY
January 31, 2004
Head Coach Keith Ceiplicki
On the game:
" I thought we played hard. I thought we played to win. "
"We have a small margin of error and once we use that margin up it's tough for us to win."
"I thought we hung in today against a top 25 team, and obviously, I give Virginia Tech credit for imposing their game upon us to get the win."
"The biggest area that we can take better control of in determining our success is our physicalness in terms of our rebounds. I believe we're starting to take pride in our defense, but now we need to finish plays. That's just another step in this whole process."
Syracuse Player Quotes
Junior Rochelle Coleman
On scoring 16 points in first half:
"I felt the same throughout the game. I shot strong first, then in and out in the second. You know, it's basketball…it's an up and down sport and it happens."
On whether or not she’s a streak shooter:
"I go out to play hard every game and that's not being streaky. If my shot falls or not, I'm coming to play every game.”
Senior Julie McBride
On playing physical:
"That's something we just need to work on, getting more physical and just going to get the ball. I think they beat us on that…they had a lot of offensive rebounds, and put backs, and a couple and-ones (three-point plays), so I think that really hurt us."
On the difference in shot selection between the first and second halves:
"I think it's no different than any other game that we played. The second half we got lay ups, more lay ups than the first half, and that happens every game. Some games we shoot lay ups in the first half and threes in the second half…it's something we do every game."
Junior Sarah Wegrzynowicz
On playing All-BIG EAST center Ieva Kublina:
"She's a very good player. We tried to keep her out of the lane as much as possible."
"We were trying to anticipate her getting the ball and when she got the ball, be physical with her and make her take a tougher shot."
