Shay Doron
Shay Doron
Shay Doronis an Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli league. She plays for Maccabi Ashdod...
ahead career dreamed exactly great hoped kept saying signed
We just kept saying this is exactly what we wanted and what we hoped for and dreamed for when I signed at Maryland. She's going to have a great career ahead of her.
compete focus good past position season worked
We feel proud. We worked really hard. But it's a new season now. What we did in the past put us in good position to compete for a championship, but now we have to focus on our future.
deadly games national nobody player single stepped stop team won
Every player stepped up so big and in different games and that's what makes our team so dangerous. This team is so deadly at every single position, which is why we won the national championship, because nobody can stop us in any position.
beat biggest difference good proven
We've proven we can beat them. We know we can beat them. The biggest difference is, we're just as good as they are.
ball contested front hands sure took
We just wanted to keep her in front of us. We wanted to keep the ball out of her hands as much as we could and make sure she took contested shots.
ball last night obviously point teammates tonight
Obviously as a point guard, I want to get my teammates the ball first. But I can still score, and I had a lot of opportunities last night and tonight to do that.
ball hands hit
She pump-faked, my hands were up, all ball hit my hand. That was it.
final gone nobody playing team three
Nobody can say they've gone from a 10-18 team in three years to playing in the Final Four.
coach coming educated faith leap looked parents programs sister turning
It was a leap of faith, but it was an educated leap. We looked at what Coach B had done turning around programs and who was coming in. My parents and my sister and I did a lot of research.
beat definitely nervous proven tides
The tides haven't completely turned, but we're definitely even now. We're not nervous now, and we've proven we can beat them. We know we can beat them, and we know we can play with them.
anyone country except expect front mean name number single win
Does anyone expect us to win at this point? No, except for us. We're the underdogs. Just because of a little number in front of our name doesn't mean every single person in the country doesn't think otherwise.
crystal draws goes guards obviously players post
Crystal obviously is our No. 1 option. Everything goes through her. She spreads the game, especially for the guards and the other post players because she draws so much attention.
ball both came crystal falling feeling shots
Crystal and I have been through this a lot. Both of our shots were falling tonight. We were feeling it. The ball came to us and we did what we always do, which is score.
fun reason win
There was no other reason to come back, just basketball. I wanted to win and have fun at the same time.