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...
battle feels players proud talked
It's just feels good. I never talked about it with my players, I'm very internal; but I think the players knew. Our team's always going to go to battle and that's what I'm so proud of.
hurts proud
It hurts because you didn't want to lose, but someone always has to in the end. But I'm very proud of these ladies.
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.
display great poor sealed
Davenport and Hoskins put on a great display together. We got off to a poor start, and that pretty much sealed the deal.
couple happen open whatever wide win
I don't think we need to win it to get in, but I think we need to win a couple games. Whatever can happen in the tournament, it's really wide open for anybody.
couple win
I don't think we need to win it to get in. I just think we need to win a couple of games.
cut game next overcome shot
I thought we really had a shot when we cut it to two. And then we made some not-smart turnovers. That's not how you're going to overcome a deficit. The next thing you know, it's a 10-, 11-point game again.
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.
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.
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.
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.