Syracuse vs. South Florida Post-Game Player Quotes
Syracuse vs. South Florida
Carrier Dome – Syracuse, N.Y.
February 8, 2009
Nicole Michael, Junior, Forward
On what the team needs to do:
“Not giving up, that’s all. We just can’t give up and keep playing hard.”
On South Florida’s performance:
“We expected these things because we scouted them a lot. They ran on transition and got a lot of transition points. They played well. They played a great game.”
On playing BIG EAST opponents:
“I don’t think it’s any different, I think we just have to keep playing harder. We’re in the BIG EAST now, so it’s tough. We just have to play our opponents hard and box out rebounds and keep working hard.”
On the game:
“Honestly I don’t know. We obviously didn’t get it done. We gave up a lot of transition shots and they made them.”
On whether her performance mattered:
“Not really because we lost. My performance really doesn’t matter with a loss.”
On the anxiety of making the NCAA Tournament:
“We’re not giving up. We have six more games. We’re not going to give up. We never give up.”
Chandrea Jones, Senior, Guard
On the team’s current slump:
“We’re really just not hitting shots. Everybody goes through their slump, and I guess we’re still in our slump. We just have to get out of it, and keep competing and playing hard.”
On the team:
“Everybody can contribute. Everybody plays a part on the team.”
On the team’s goals:
“We just have to keep playing hard and keep working for it. Our goal is to win, but we didn’t get it. That’s what we keep working for, and we never give up.”
On the team’s struggles during the game:
“We kept shooting them, but we just weren’t making shots.”
On the game:
“We gave up a lot of transition shots and I think if we would have taken care of the ball more, we could have had a chance.”
On what the team needs to improve on:
“Everybody needs to get on the same page and get our focus back.”
