June Daugherty
June Daugherty
June Daugherty is an American women's college basketball coach, currently serving as head coach at Washington State University. turned around the WSU women's basketball program by bringing in top-ranked recruiting classes, has improved attendance numbers and has overseen student-athletes who place premiums on academics and community service. Prior to becoming a head coach, Daugherty served as an assistant coach at Kent State Universityand Stanford Universityunder Tara Vanderveer. During the 2011-2012 season, Daugherty led the Cougars to one of the most...
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Our defense has been very good all year and it was amazing tonight.
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These guys took care of business starting us out 7-2. That in itself weighed very heavy on the committee.
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Being able to recruit the pipeline out of Timberline has been really good for us. The Idaho spud connection has been fabulous.
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It's unbelievable really and is a testament to each of them on how they've handled the adversity that has just come down the pike. It certainly made them all stronger and wiser. But at that same time you're like, 'Why? Why do those kids have to go through all of that?' They handle things so well and sports teaches lifelong lessons and they certainly have grown as people.
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She and the other two captains have done a great job bringing these kids as far as they've gotten, and Kayla and the other two have got a little more work to do.
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It was a long time ago, but we wanted to make sure we started off the conference play really well. That early in the season, of course it was really important and of course it's a statement game.
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Eighteen months is a long time to just be out there playing in an open gym and not being coached. Not being able to work on your conditioning, your strength, your game the way you would be in an organized and disciplined situation.
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I'm very, very proud of the team and the program. It's great to be back in the big dance.
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I think everybody in basketball knows that about 70 percent of the rebounds go opposite of from where you shoot it. So we just figure if you get more players on the opposite side, we've got a chance mathematically to grab a lot more boards.
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The doctors asked a lot about what had happened. They revisited, if you will, a chronological timeline of what happened before, how she felt.
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It's a great statement for the city with everything that's going on.
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Her scoring has improved. She needs to continue working on it. When she gets those open looks it gives us more scoring opportunities.
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It just seemed like we weren't fighting hard, we were getting frustrated at how well Oregon was doing and not converting it into our energy. We made some adjustments defensively and we just kept saying if we go out there and fight hard and leave it on the court we'll be happy.
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How intense her role will be now and whether she has a title, we'll determine that in a couple days. My thoughts are she will be a valuable asset whether her title is student coach or not. We look forward to that continued leadership from her.