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...
becoming great job team
Jenny has come back very well. She's really done a great job becoming a team leader. She's been just a workhorse.
ball best dive guess hustle job percent within
I guess it's part of a person's instincts. If they want to hustle after the ball, if they're going to dive on the ball or they're going to give 110 percent all the time, that's probably within the individual. And it really doesn't take a lot out of me, because I'm so used to doing it, and I want to get the job done and I always want to do the best I can.
exciting good group job time
It's real exciting to be in the tournament. It's my first time with this group of young ladies, and we really have done a pretty good job this year.
ball beat fear good heck job role
Merrill is just one of those workhorses - she does everything. She's a role player, but sometimes that's what you fear the most. When she got the ball down low, she beat us one on one. She did a good job on defense. She did a heck of a job.
battle playing
Jenny has been a real inspiration in her battle to come back and Cyndi has done an outstanding job. I think we're playing pretty well at this point.
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.
coaches fairly pleased
Overall, I'm fairly pleased. We're overachieving in some spots, but we need to be better in other spots. As many coaches say, I'm pleased but not satisfied.
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.
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.
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.
broke executing foul half noise players second
We just didn't have our composure. We broke (the press) early, in the first half, (and in) the second half but I think (with) the noise and the crowd, we weren't executing and because of foul trouble, we had some players that were inexperienced. And that was a big key.
focus mental
We'll get some rest, re-energize and get that focus back. It's all about the mental edge.
defense finally good playing run second
We were able to, in the second half, get a little run going, finally playing some good defense and getting some rebounding and run in transition, and that's our game.
good half hit open second shots tale took
We battled and did some really good things. It was a tale of two periods. We took it to them in the second half after they hit their open shots in the first.