Sharon Versyp
Sharon Versyp
Sharon Versyp is an American former basketball player and current head coach of the Purdue University women's basketball team. She was Indiana's High School Miss Basketball in 1984 and an All-American at Purdue...
gave good played rice
Cyndi, Jenny, and Angie played unbelievable today. Rice is a good team. They never gave up.
floor steps team ten tournament win
The Big Ten tournament is pretty much up for grabs. Any team that steps on the floor can win that game.
basketball best challenge fortunate great opportunity pressure
It's a great challenge and a great opportunity for us. We're fortunate in that we have nothing to lose. We're not under any pressure and we'll just go out and play the best basketball that we can.
continue domino knock rusty
We just didn't knock down shots, we had that deer-in-the-headlights look, and Jenny and Nikki didn't score. We were rusty offensively, and I think when all that happens, a lot of things continue the domino effect.
arms contest defense effort feet hoped kept played shoot team top
We wanted to make them shoot over the top of us. Contest every shot. Our team effort was amazing. The defense was everything I hoped it would be. We kept our feet moving, our arms moving, played with so much energy.
beat double game limit touches triple
We have to limit her touches and let everyone else beat us. We have to take her out of the game with double and triple teams.
ball games shooting win
We have to make shots. You're not going to win many ball games shooting 29 percent.
step tonight
Tonight was a big step for us and a big step for the program.
coming everybody focus game knew presents step taking trying
We knew coming in here that the focus would be on trying to take Davenport out of the game and taking Packer out of the game. That presents opportunities for everybody else to step up and that's what happened.
focus mental
We'll get some rest, re-energize and get that focus back. It's all about the mental edge.
passion
What we try to do is try to hassle and take things away. We just try to play with a lot of passion and a lot of heart.
bench came change defense gave great scoring
We had some great bench play today. Carrie, Annika and Leah came in and gave us some great scoring and great defense to change the tide.
extremely ride special win
We are going to make this ride extremely special and we're going to have a lot of fun. This is a top-10 program, and we're going to win the big one.
beat teams
There are other teams that get beat by 35 and 40, and they still get into the tournament, so it's really not up to me. It's up to the committee.