Charli Thorne
Charli Thorne
asked couple players slow
Obviously, we got off to a slow start. I asked a couple of my players if they wanted to go home.
chance exciting game huge regular season situation tie win
It was a huge game for us. Obviously, we have to win out to have any chance for regular season championship. It would be a really exciting situation if we don't at least tie it would be very exciting for us to get the No. 2 seed.
arizona continued game second
The second game isn't going to be anything like the first game; it never is. Arizona has continued to get better.
executing gotten motion offense together
Offensively, we are working too much individually. We've gotten away from working together in our motion offense and executing our two-man game.
blessing giving opportunity terms
There was a blessing in there in terms of giving us one more opportunity to grow.
good hard proved realize sacrificed somebody team worked
Sometimes I just feel like this team doesn't realize how good they are. They've worked too hard and sacrificed too much to let somebody take what they've proved so far. It's so much about us. It really is.
bright certainly chance fresh fully improve side tournament win window
There is certainly a bright side to that (UCLA) game. You win 10 in a row. You're a young team. You still have a lot that you can improve on, and you know you haven't fully peaked. Here we are with a chance to really look at the shortcomings that we had in the Pac-10 Tournament and regroup. We have a long window to get fresh again.
beginning further last minds next season step
We set out at the beginning of the season to take the next step this year. So I know that in their minds that's their goal, to go at least one step further than we went last year. I think that would be outstanding for us to be able to do.
best close shooter taking
Close is their best 3-point shooter and you don't give her a 3-pointer. We weren't taking things away.
asked awesome capable challenged couple experience settled starting
I asked a couple of them, 'Do you want to go home?' I just challenged them to do the things they are capable of doing and they did. We just settled down and starting playing. I don't know when we've been down that much. It's an awesome experience to be able to go through and be able to win.
basketball best playing road
It's unfortunate that we are not playing our best basketball during this road stretch. It stings. We need to clamp down.
freshmen huge reasons
Danielle has come up huge for us all year. Our freshmen are one of the reasons why we're here right now. If someone is struggling, we have a lot of weapons.
ability awesome bench blend deep people stepped team veterans
That's the awesome blend of this team -- the veterans and the new players. We have the ability to sub deep into our bench and different people have stepped up on different days.
close few games good growing high matured needed played playing stanford stopped
It started in the Stanford game. We matured and got more aggressive, and stopped playing not to lose. Not having any close games in the preseason and the high ranking (No. 9), all of that played into us having to go through some things, which was good for us. We are young, and we needed to have a few growing pains.