Melanie Balcomb
Melanie Balcomb
Melanie Balcomb, was the head coach of the Vanderbilt women's basketball team...
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.
aggressive drive guards played
I think we played well down the stretch. Our guards need to be more aggressive and drive more from the perimeter.
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.
bigger game grow
I didn't grow up with the rivalry, either. In this conference, every game is a big game. You can't make it any bigger than any other game.
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.
ball easy gave heads mentality missed turned
We missed shots, turned the ball over, gave them easy baskets, then put our heads down. What's disappointing is the mentality that we weren't able to get out of.
hit took
She took big 3s and she hit them when she was open.
age amazing coached dominate high level pressure tremendous
She's coached at a very young age at a very high level with a lot of pressure from Day 1. It's a tremendous, tremendous place to be in and to be able to dominate a sport that long and be able to do something like that, it's amazing to me.
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.
familiar hope
And I hope the rims are familiar when we shoot.
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.
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.
count depend floor games key people played situations three
I like that. It's been three games where we really depend on those two juniors. We have a lot of new people on the floor in key situations and we have to count on Dee and Carla. I like how they've played in the first three (SEC) games.
anybody deserves maybe pleased situation wants
I don't think that's a situation that anybody wants to be in or maybe deserves to be in. We're just pleased that we're at home.