Quotes from Utah-USC Monday Night
12/4/2006 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2006
Post-Game Quotes - USC vs. Utah - Dec. 4, 2006
Utah Head Coach Elaine Elliott
"They (USC) finally got better energy in the second half. The first 30 minutes belonged to us, but they took over the final 10. They are a very athletic team and when they play to their potential they are very good."
"It's really exciting to play in these types of games. This helps our ability to get wins in close games and stay positive."
"We struggled at the free-throw line, which can lose you games. But in the end Kalee (Whipple) got two big ones."
"We have a huge turnover problem, without a doubt, and it didn't get any better tonight."
"We are really happy, we're just going to keep learning lessons. We don't have that take-over core of players or player, so we made a lot of mistakes tonight. It will develop. But right now we don't have it and it showed."
Utah Freshman Forward Kalee Whipple
"We knew that they would make a run, it was just about how we answered. Whether we would score and answer back. We knew we had to keep playing."
"We grow a ton from these wins. We are young and growing each day. A win against a team like this really helps a lot."
USC Assistant Coach Derek Wynn
"They really out-executed us before those last 10 minutes of the game. It was too little too late for us. We didn't have that sense of urgency that we needed to have coming into the game and that came back to bite us. They did a good job on us defensively. We didn't knock down shots or cut into their defense. We stepped up our defense in the second half and that's what led to the 48-point second half. We didn't have that same defensive intensity in the first half. We know that Utah is a great program. I hope we didn't overlook them."