Baylor, UConn Postgame Quotes
11/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2016
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Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016
Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, Conn.)
Attendance: 9,049
BAYLOR POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Kim Mulkey
On the post play tonight:
"I think Kalani (Brown) getting in foul trouble early took us out of a rotation and things that we wanted to do. But again, we have to go back and look at the film and figure out why we got so few post touches. We're a team that has five post players that can play and four seemed to be the magical number tonight. I think they each only had four shot attempts. I think we have to ask ourselves was it foul trouble, was it not demanding the ball, was it the guards not being able to deliver passes, was it Connecticut's defense? So we'll go back and look at the film and get better."
On if she was surprised by Connecticut tonight:
"No. I knew they could shoot it really well, I knew they ran a lot of stuff. They did exactly what you expect them to do. I thought in the first half our turnovers and their ability to get offensive boards was critical. In the second half, I thought our turnovers and our inability to get post touches and late in the shot clock when we were on defense they hit big shots."
On the difference in the last seven minutes of play:
"Toughness. Just flat out toughness, taking balls away from posts when they threw it in there. A turnover here or there, just cuts for them on offense. Just toughness - that's all it was."
UCONN POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Geno Auriemma
On Learning from Florida State game:
"I think we learned this understanding that this is the way it is going to go. We are only in game two and they have already been through experiences that you sometimes don't go through in an entire season."
On tonight's performance:
"Relative to last Monday night, we really earned it. We were good tonight. We were good when we had to be good."
On Dangerfield's performance:
"With Crystal since day one it's been a show me what you have and show me why you came to Connecticut type of deal. It took a while and we are still not there yet, she has a long way to go. But she was one of the best guards in the country coming in and were she goes from here will be fun to watch."
Were you surprised by her performance tonight?
"Both positively and negatively, I am really struggling with what the expectations should be for this team. It has been a headache enduing thing for me because I have no idea where expectations should be. Those last seven minutes they surprised me in a good way."
