Royce Chadwick
Royce Chadwick
credit games gas giving goes night nine percent played product pull shot
All the credit goes to Tulsa. They played exceptionally well. The shot 55 percent and got better as the night went on and we shot 30 percent and got worse. It's a product of the times we're in (five games in nine days). You have to fight. We were giving it everything we had, but we weren't able to pull enough gas out of the tank.
game good
This is as good of a game as you'll see in January.
afternoon best came clear great sunday watch weather
First I want to say 'thank you' to all the fans. It was a great crowd. It was a Sunday afternoon with clear weather and they came out to watch us and these seniors. I'm grateful. We did the best that we could do.
career games hard hope last reality season senior sink starts tough
Senior Day is unique. It's always tough for a lot of reasons. It's hard for them to know that it's their last to play at home. The reality of the season starts to sink in. There are no more games left. But some of them come out and have career performances. I just hope we're ready.
class senior took
This senior class took us from nothing to something.
bad gotten hope missing people settle shake team trying voice work
We've been a team that has ebbed and flowed all year. When we're good, we're going, but when we're bad (we're not). We haven't gotten a voice to shake us out of it. We've got people trying to play us out of it, but we're missing a voice. We've just got to go to work Sunday, settle down and say 'ok, we've got this' and hope for a better end to the weekend.
aggressive basketball best played season shot
We played our best basketball of the season in the first half. We were very aggressive and shot the ball very well.
accustomed settle
We've just got to settle and get accustomed to some new roles. If we can that, we'll be fine.
effort good number team top
We just had a good team effort tonight. That's the number one seed, we're in the top five. It should be that kind of game.
almost bench came carried four hit michele points rebounds saved shooting tonight
We didn't play very well tonight to tell you the truth. If our bench didn't come to the rescue, we would have been in trouble. Michele Hagan had a big night with 13 points and 13 rebounds in 13 minutes. That's almost a triple-double. And Jill saved us in the first half. We weren't shooting very well, and she came in and hit some threes and got four rebounds. The bench carried us tonight.
needed
We did the things we needed to win. We just didn't do enough of them.
focus high today tournament
We get to go into the tournament on a high note. We had to get a 'W' today to get our focus right going into the tournament.
anytime bid excited great ncaa offer opportunity pumped tournament
We're excited anytime there's an offer of an NCAA Tournament bid at the end of the rainbow. This is a great opportunity to show what we're made of, and we're pumped for the occasion.
dues gel hardest last late paid proud seemed sure team time vigor year
We sure paid our dues this year. It seemed like every time we thought that we got it, we had to back up, regroup, reshuffle and refocus. Last year we were able to gel in late February, but this team never really did. This was one of the hardest years I've ever been through. But, I'm most proud of their fight, vigor and tenacity.