I think [the Georgia Tech game] helped this team grow up a bit. We bent but we didn’t break.

I thought that we started with [defensive] good intensity. But it just seemed to me that when our shots are not going, it seems to affect us on both ends of the court. I thought...

A 16-day break is extremely long and it clearly affected us in this game. We missed a lot of easy shots and our free throw shooting was abominable.

If we can be fortunate enough to win there, we’ll have a chance to play at home again.

No team could get a rhythm out there. That’s what made it an ugly game.

I think it?s a great honor for him, one that we all knew would come at some point or another. He?s one in a million.

It’s a huge boost for us. You can’t put too much emphasis on one game in the ACC. You have to stay focused and on an even keel, win or lose.

I thought Denesha had a great first half. She played a very strong first half and really gave us some energy off the bench and was able to put the ball in the basket.

We had a really good start.

He seemed upbeat and excited about the changes he was making. There was no indication there was anything wrong.

You have to give Tech credit for not letting us get closer. They were hitting their shots tonight.

I thought they did a great job in the first half, especially finishing, making shots and driving the score up. I thought they read things well and really did a nice job finishing the game.

I’m disappointed to a point. I knew we were on the board, but I knew our status was tenuous because of our conference record. … It was disappointing to see some of the other teams...

We gave her the chance to get some experience, but it wasn’t the game plan at all. I had to make sure I had post players to end the game, because they’re a very big...

He was a great asset to our program. He made me a better coach just because he was never afraid to challenge or make suggestions and stand strongly behind how he felt. There was no...

There is not too much rest in the ACC. There is no easy game in the ACC.

They try to hold scores down in the 50s. They’re kind of a pain in the neck to play actually.

I thought they did a nice job defending us, but we weren’t hitting our shots. When you miss shots and they respond with baskets on the other end, the lead evaporates quickly.

We are not going to approach this game any differently than any other game that we have played. But, obviously, we [will face] some prolific scorers, and we are going to have to be very...

A lot of times [against Virginia Tech], we would play well on a defensive possession and then the ball would get tipped and we wouldn’t come down with the board or we’d have an offensive...

I thought defensively we did a really good job on a team that averages 83 points per game. I was very pleased with our execution at both ends of the court.

Whether you win or lose in this league, you cannot put too much emphasis on one game. We don’t put too much stock on getting too high or low, but more on being even.

I don’t know what happened to us, but the doors blew off. Carolina exposed about everything that was wrong about our team in that one stretch there, and that was all she wrote.

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I thought we got off to a really slow start. We missed a lot of shots and that took us out of it.

It is going to be exciting because we have a chance to win a championship. I think that is how you get them excited. This is a championship. You are not just playing games. You...

A lot of people think it is important about starting, but it really isn’t. It is about trying to maximize the talent that you have on your team.

I am glad to play at home in front of our fans. I would never be upset to play at home. I am glad to put this team in front of its fans. Our fans...

With these guys, they have to understand that you have to make it go your way. You have to put a little more into it. You have to bring the ball down. We just don’t...

I thought we did a nice job of forcing turnovers and that was a key to winning the game. They got within five and we had to force a few turnovers in order to put...

She has worked extremely hard on her offensive game so I was starting to run things for her in the first half.

Even though we got down a little bit, we still made a little run to come back. We played a pretty good first half. We showed a lot of character and courage in the first...

Just for activities, we drive between 60 to 90 miles a week. And now my daughter’s thinking about dance next year, and my son 4-H.

I thought that we got into [our] transition offense, but they were doubling in the post and they were very physical. They just got back [on defense]. Some days that is going to happen, you...

She is just walking now, just barely walking. That was a pretty bad injury.

I wanted her to basically take a look at things from the floor to see defensively how she could improve upon her game and help our team. I thought she did a tremendous job tonight...

The physicality of the game is something that you have to adjust to. You have to adjust to those things and this team usually adjusts to that. They’re pretty good with the physical part of...

I thought we stayed right with them. It was just that one lull that put us in a hole that was difficult to climb out of. But I thought we did a good job climbing.

They are a team that doesn’t quit on you. They are very feisty, aggressive and difficult to defend. The clock was at a snail’s pace at the end.

We were hitting tonight. We took good shots, and we finished.

We just kept going to her in the second half and she just kept delivering. That’s what you expect from your veteran players.

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I think that we executed very well. In most offenses, we got what we wanted. … We had some bad shots tonight for sure. That is what shooting percentages indicate — that we are not...

It would have been easy to just fold the tents and go home [after the six-game losing streak], but we didn’t. It just shows you that they love to play the game. They got better...

Our defense is usually pretty good. I’m pleased where we are now. This team has bought into the fact that if we want to win, we have to play defense.

There was a lot of fouls in the game. That kind of disrupts your rhythm.

We just went cold. We have a tendency to do that.

We were a little leg-tired. That’s not an excuse. We should have overcome that.

What makes them No. 1 and separates them from us right now is their ability to play 40 minutes and to put 11 people on the court that can stay at a very high level...

I was very proud of our play, especially down the stretch. I thought we played with poise and maturity, and the things we’ve been working on really came to the forefront.