Utah vs. Minnesota Postgame Quotes
11/17/2009 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2009
Head coach Elaine Elliott
"We were better tonight than were then [Friday], we were also more comfortable tonight, we were home. This team is so new and it is so young...What we now have is a sophomore or freshman playing every single position in either a starting or backup role."
"We are really happy that we got the W because we certainly made enough mistakes with that six to eight point lead that we almost lost the game, but we also made just enough good plays that we didn't lose the game. We have to address what it is that is going to keep making us better, and better, and better and better. We also want to make sure the kids know that we are quite proud and happy for what they're doing well. We like to keep a good balance on that."
"I feel like we certainly expect to be able to improve, we're not looking at this game and going `wow we hit on all cylinders and that's what it took.' We hit on enough and we have many, many more to work on."
"We just came out like we wanted it, we wanted to win, I felt like we wanted it as bad or even badder than they wanted it."
"I was struggling with my shot a little bit [in the first half] but I think it was just important for me to not get down, and to come out in the second half, and it was just a new game. We started a new half, it's a new time, and just forget about the first half. We struggled a little bit but it was more than just offense, it was on defense."
"We had to body up, stay active, make sure that they weren't getting rebounds, because a lot of their game film we watched was them getting offensive and defensive rebounds, so that was a huge thing for us, making sure that we won the boards."