Post Game Quotes vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Nov 19, 2011 | Women's Basketball

Nov. 19, 2011

Freshman guard Lauren McGraw
"I felt like today since we didn't have our energy player, (Ramses Lonlack), I thought I should step up a little and help bring some more energy that she usually brings.

Head Coach Melissa McFerrin
"We had done a little bit in the first half to let Pine Bluff believe they could play with us and I told them in the locker room that was a mistake, so we wanted to start out really strong in the second half and I thought Brittany Carter was really key in that. She came out right from the tip and early in the second and was committed to playing hard and just making plays.

It was nice to see Brittany and Nicole get back in the scoring column. Brittany was playing on her front foot instead of her back foot and was being a little bit cautious, so she went in to attack mode today. She got going from the three-point line, she took good shots, she stayed pretty disciplined in what she was trying to do, she didn't worry about the contact today. She's got to get used to getting hit and hitting shots. Our team is built around Brittany, Nicole and Jasmine doing the heavy lifting in our half court offense in terms of scoring. Then we need everyone else to play their roles.

Jasmine has been disappointed the last few games with the way she's been shooting free-throws. She worked hard on it over the summer. She is a force. When we can throw her the basketball, the other team has to react to that. If she has one-on-one coverage, she can score, if she's doubled, she's done a pretty good job of being patient and passing it out.

It was nice to get those three (Nicole Dickson, Brittany Carter, Jasmine Lee) going, we just need everyone else to play their roles. I thought Lauren McGraw played well today. She tipped some balls, got some steals, hit some layups, I'm really starting to see Lauren McGraw's mental capacity come in to play here. She makes simple plays that not every player sees and she did that two or three times this evening.

I challenged some of the other players to bring some of that energy and enthusiasm that we usually get from (Ramses Lonlack). I thought Danay Collier did some of that, I think Lauren McGraw did that, I think Bilqis' voice was a little more prominent and I thought that was good, she needs to grow in to that role, I think I had to do part of that today, but overall I thought our team realized Ramses was not with us and by committee they stepped in to fill that void.