Player Postgame Quotes
Nicole Michael, Sr., G
On the keys to the game for both teams:
“I think it was rebounding. I think that was definitely the key to the game for us. The key was also to stop (Shenneika Smith). She played great. She is only a freshman but she is going to be great in the BIG EAST.”
On what sparked the 14-2 run in the second half to claim the lead:
“Everyone just picked it up. We got confident and we knew we didn’t want to lose so everyone just played harder.”
On missing her first 10 shot attempts:
“It was rough, the first 10 shots. I kept my head up and Coach (Hillsman) told me to just keep trying to score. “
On what the team’s mindset is moving forward:
“The mindset is moving on and going for a win on Saturday.”
Tyler Ash, So., G
On making big shots throughout the game:
“I’m only supposed to shoot it when I’m open so I was taking the shots.”
On losing a BIG EAST game at home:
“It hurts, but we know we have to take it game-by-game. We still have 10 more games.”
On what the team needed to do better:
“We need to work on our rebounding. I think that if we did better a rebounding at the end of the game then we would have won.”
Vionca Murray, Sr., F
On if the game plan changed for the second half:
“It was a little different. We ran a couple of plays because they were doing a different defense so we did all that would could to stay inside.”
On the play of St. John’s Shenneika Smith:
“She took a lot of good shots, and she made a lot of them. She is a good player and she is going to be effective in the BIG EAST so we just have to correct that if we see them again.”
On what the team can take away from the loss:
“We definitely didn’t come out in the first half like we wanted to. We should have come out a lot stronger. Like Coach (Hillsman) said, we win if we score 75 points. We have to keep our turnovers down and we need to work on rebounding. After every loss in a game, we go to practice and we work harder.”
