Leslie Crane
Leslie Crane
chess confident game match mental time within
It's always a chess match this time of year. It's more mental than anything else and I don't want to say we feel confident about anyone, but we feel confident within our own game in what we can do and take away from people.
defended games gave hard home momentum tough
It's huge. They gave us two hard games back-to-back on our home court. We defended it and showed how tough we are and that momentum will take us through conference.
anyway breaks choosing four matter qualified tournament
It is something we've wanted to do, but it's not anything that makes or breaks our program. We've got four (conference) championships anyway ... We've already qualified for a postseason tournament anyway, so it's just a matter of choosing which one we want to go to.
anxious bit compete develop game harder next physical room single sore stiff talked taste weight
After the pre-draft camp, we talked about it and she talked about how sore and stiff she was and I told her this is first look at how it's going to be every day after practice. You have to compete every single day on a very physical level. She has a taste of what it will be like and she's probably pretty anxious to get in the weight room a little bit more and little bit harder and do some things to develop her game for the next level.
games help hostile people prepare push road
We have been able to push down people who have come back at us. We need to have games like that to prepare us for down the road when we go back to Oakland and help us when we get into hostile situations.
close february finding games happy night teams time tough ways year
This time of year you're just not going to close out opponents. This is February and it is a tough month. Teams are getting better; teams know how to take things away from you, just like we know how to take things away from people. Games night in and night out are going to be like this. I'm happy because we're still finding ways to win.
excited fans great happy illinois stay
We're excited and happy that we are in the post-season. It's great that we will get to stay in Illinois so our fans will be able to come see the game.
amanda experience good minutes walker younger
We have to get experience for our younger kids. Of the younger players, Amanda Walker got some good minutes in.