Student-Athlete Quotes
Nicole Michael
On the seven-point loss:
“We just went out there and played hard and competed like coach told us to.”
On what a big crowd and big game means for the team:
“The crowd was great and that helps a lot. I think we play more intense with a big crowd like that. It helps you compete with a big crowd like that and it’s hard to lose a lot of games here.”
On whether this was the first game that felt like this:
“No. Playing Louisville the crowd was great and we came out and won by 23. We played hard.”
On how she played 27 minutes not feeling well:
“I don’t know. I just found it and played hard. I just had to believe if I kept playing hard the outcome would be great.”
On the big rebounding difference in the second half:
“I mean it was an intense game. The second half we got a little tired, but I feel like in that half the rebounds were pretty much just going their way.”
On whether they felt shocked playing close with the No. 1 Connecticut:
“No, I feel we’re ready to play against anyone. In the BIG EAST conference and not in our conference, we are going to play ranked teams, so we cannot feel that way against UConn. We just played strong and came out to compete.”
Erica Morrow
On open shot late in the game:
“Well obviously I missed the shot, but we run that play all the time. We run it in practice and I just did not knock the shot down. I would still take it again.”
On the team’s confidence:
“A lot of people were doubting how good we were going to be and if we could compete at a top level, so just to show that we can play close with the No. 1 team in the nation is good, even though like coach said there are no moral victories. We showed we could compete.”
