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3/20/2006 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 20, 2006
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Utah Head Coach Elaine Elliott's News Conference - Monday, March 20, 2006
Opening Statement:
"This is very exciting for us.
On freshman forward Joh-Teena Filipe's play:
"Jo has good feet. She has a lot to learn as a freshman. She keeps working hard. We thought we could use her quickness. She is a great rebounder. She's coming along. She has a bright future and we've found a place to use her."
On
On the playing only seven student-athletes:
"It wasn't a factor tonight. Kim (Smith) and Shona (Thorburn) play a lot of minutes. Everyone else rotates quite a bit. It's the makeup of the team right now. Kim and Shona usually get their rest in between games."
Utah Student-Athlete's News Conference - Monday, March 20, 2006
Utah senior forward Kim Smith
On being down by 15 points for the second straight game:
"We decided that we're not going to try and do it again (in future games). It's a testament to our team that we believe in ourselves and can battle back."
On team-wide contributions:
"Everybody came in and contributed tonight."
Utah senior guard Shona Thorburn
On making it to the Sweet 16:
"We've never been there before so I'm not sure what it feels like to be there. We started conference play 0-2 and things weren't looking good. We've come so far since January as a team and individuals."
On team-wide contributions:
"In the second half, everyone who played hit a huge shot for us. Everybody contributing was awesome."
Utah senior guard Julie Larsen
"All of our team has come together and we're playing hard as a team."
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Arizona State Head Coach Charli Turner Thorne's News Conference - Monday, March 20, 2006
Opening Statement:
"Our hats are off to
"I was asked in an earlier press conference if we lost if I'd be disappointed. Absolutely not. We did a lot of very good things this year; we were undefeated at home, tied the school record for all-time wins. We're disappointed in our performance, but that doesn't take away from the season we had."
On
On her team relaxing after jumping out to a big lead:
"We did relax a little bit. Our youth showed a bit in the backcourt. I'm not blaming [our young guards], because our entire team relaxed a little bit. We felt good going into half time. I saw our team press a little bit, when
"To let a big lead like that go, we don't normally do that. The cardinal sin in our program is to foul. All the fouls showed that we weren't in the right place, defensively, that we needed to be. Our returners will take a lot from this and take it into next year."
On her team's ranking and expectations
"Last year, we had a bunch of seniors and we were the underdogs. This year, we had younger players and were favored. I am so confident going into next year and being the team to beat."
"I've always said that when you're scoring you never get tired. We weren't scoring so we got tired. They were scoring and didn't get tired. Their players are used to playing all those minutes every night and mine aren't. When it mattered,
Arizona State Student-Athlete's News Conference - Monday, March 20, 2006
Senior forward Kristen Kovesdy
On the start of the game and what happened afterwards:
"We came out strong in the first half, but we weren't able to put our foot down when we needed to. We just didn't get it done tonight."
Junior forward Emily Westerberg
On what
"They played great defense, and our offense became stagnant. Our hats are off to them."
Senior forward Amy Denson
On the career she has had:
"Obviously, I'm disappointed about losing. I think Kristen and I are blessed and thankful for everything that we got out of this program. I know that we made the right decision four years ago."
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