Melanie Balcomb
Melanie Balcomb
Melanie Balcomb, was the head coach of the Vanderbilt women's basketball team...
athletic carolina chance great happen north talented win worked works
North Carolina works their butt off, and they happen to be athletic and talented and that's a combination I think is very tough. That's why I think they have a great chance to win it. They didn't let us outwork them. We worked hard, but they did too.
broke checking couple easy huge second start steals stripped transition
The big thing was that we broke down defensively at the start of the second half. Checking out was a huge problem. On offense, we didn't execute. LSU had some steals and stripped us a couple of times. They got some easy transition buckets off steals.
checking hard huge hurt offensive worked
Rebounding was a huge concern. We worked hard on checking them out and not being able to hurt us on the offensive boards.
familiar hope
And I hope the rims are familiar when we shoot.
hit took
She took big 3s and she hit them when she was open.
ball develop moving sharing shows starting tonight
That's what we've been doing. Moving the ball around and sharing the ball. Tonight we had 32 assists on 35 baskets, and that's really nice. It shows me that we're really starting to develop as a team.
changed defense effort finishing mentally playing zero
We had to be mentally tough. We were down, and they were playing well. We changed our defense and got some stops. Finishing with a 13-0 run, it is the zero I like. I like the effort on defense.
confidence north played team time
We're a better team than the first time we played North Carolina. We have better confidence in what we are doing.
added expect freshman nice
What's really nice about having freshman is that you don't expect much of them. So when they do good, it's an added bonus.