Essence Carson
Essence Carson
Essence Carsonis an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 July 1986
CityPaterson, NJ
ask coming definitely madness march seed team upset
This is definitely March Madness. There's madness all over the place. A 16 seed can upset a higher-ranked team and you ask yourself, 'How does that happen?' But everybody's coming out to play.
conscious held works
It works that way with a lot of things in life. Once you're held accountable for something, you put in a lot more and make a more conscious effort.
defensive
As a defensive team, that's what you want to see. You want to make them scramble. Just to see that look in their eyes, it made us see that we still had a chance.
eventually team understand
I understand what I have to do and what the team needs. Eventually it will come back around, and at the right time.
chance everywhere guys recruiting willing
It's a lot different for the guys who go here, there and everywhere on recruiting trips. A lot of them aren't willing to take a chance to come here.
coach game hope tricks
Honestly, I just hope I know by game time. You know how Coach always has tricks up her sleeve.
definitely eyes final front learning life seize
It was definitely a learning experience, but this one was different because we had it right in front of our eyes and we didn't seize the moment. Now we're on our final life line.
came
Once we came back, we came back strong. We were focused. We didn't want to feel that way again.
call definitely
You can call it that. Yes, you can definitely call it that.
basketball definitely guys gym leave people shortcut study time
We were there all day. In between, we had study hall, so we didn't leave the gym at all. Some people are like, 'Wow, you guys go for a really long time.' It was like a full-time job, 9-to-5. But it's like, hey, what you put in is definitely what you get out and you can't shortcut yourself. We put in the work. It's time to play the basketball we know how to play.
aspect focus game great looking mental potential
We feel we have enough potential and talent. We have the mental aspect and focus. We?re just looking to go into this game very focused. It should be a great match-up.
known
We like to play like what we're known for.
cut head knew tough
We knew if we cut the head off it would be tough for them.
cut game head knew rough stopping testimony
We knew that she was their go-to player. We knew that if we cut the head off then it was going to be a rough game for them, so that was our focus. Not only in stopping her, but it was a testimony to what we can really do on defense.