Baylor, Iowa State Postgame Quotes
1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Recap | Box Score | Notes | USATSI Photo Gallery 
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 5,532
BAYLOR POSTGAME QUOTES
Baylor Head Coach Kim Mulkey
On Iowa State's defenseà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"They want you to play their tempo and I think we did for the most part, but that's because they made us. I think that they took away transition baskets, they mixed up their defense and we were just never in the flow in continuity so give those guys credit. But you also have to give our kids credit. That team makes 8-10 threes just about every game and I thought we were very good defensively and I thought it affected us offensively. [Alexis] Prince and [Alexis] Jones took great shots and they'll make those shots most of the time and it's what they did on the defensive end of the floor that probably affected some of those misses."
On Baylor's defenseà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Start with (Jones), she was the one assigned to (Seanna Johnson) at the beginning of the game. (ISU coach Bill Fennelly) changed his lineup so that put Jones on her. Had he not changed his lineup, then we would have had a different player, that would have been Nina [Davis] on her as a four player. I just thought that on the defensive end of the floor, that's hard to defend. Our kids are big even on the perimeter, Prince, and getting over screens, pulling Kalani [Brown] away. I just thought that we worked hard on the defensive end guys."
Senior Nina Davis
On getting fired upà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"I just came out and kind of made my first shot and got the and-one early so I just wanted to be a spark for the team. We knew they were going to come out with some type of jump defense and have a lot of energy so I just wanted to give us a spark tonight."
On playing well with Kalani Brownà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"I wanted to pay her back for the Kansas game, she was giving me a lot of open shots when they were doubling her so I just wanted to kind of feed her so when the roles are reversed, she'll give me the ball back."
Senior Alexis Jones
On her approach to guarding Seanna Johnsonà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"I just didn't want her to take me off the dribble or get her any open looks."
On shooting troublesà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"As long as we're winning, it doesn't matter to me."
ISU Head Coach Bill Fennelly
Opening statementà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"You guys probably get tired of writing the same stuff on the opposing coaches, don't you? We almost did a Spurs thing and left Bridget [Carleton] and Jadda [Buckley] and rested them. I think they're bigger than our men's team. They're great, they're well-coached. I was proud of our effort, that's by far the best team we've played, it's not even close. I'm sure it will be a UConn-Baylor final in Dallas, which will be great for the sport. I will say that Jadda and Bridget could have played for Baylor tonight, that's how good they were. It just keeps going here, doesn't it?"
On how this year's Baylor team ranksà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Last night when you're sitting in your hotel room and you can't sleep because if you go to sleep you're going to have nightmares about what you're playing and if you lay there and keep watching video, you're never going to sleep. I told my wife that this reminds me of their championship team, and again, that was a great team, but there's nothing they don't have. You got size, you got depth, you got great experience, people know their roles, they play their roles, they defend, I don't know what they don't have that would prevent you from saying they're going to be there in the end. I think they're going to be one of those teams that will certainly have a great chance to be there in the end."
On how Baylor got awayà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"If you look at the Baylor history and you put highlight tapes together for your team and you see a score and it's 18-15 and 15-12 and the next highlight it's 42-21. You just walk in to a haymaker and for us to stay in there, we had some wide open shots because we got lucky and ran some stuff but you've got to make them. We missed a couple layups, we missed a couple threes, and because they're so good defensively, you rush things, so you know it's coming. You've got five fingers and a lot of holes coming at you, you just want to compete. To be honest with you, our team has struggled to compete for 40 minutes and what I told them before the game is probably right now the scoreboard is turned off in there and no one's going to remember, but they're going to remember is that you showed up and competed. It's about life, it's about doing the right thing, so I think we competed and certainly Bridget and Jadda competed hard. We're like everybody else, just the next victim."
