Kentucky Women’s Basketball
Kentucky – Duke
Postgame Quotes
Rupp Arena – Lexington, Ky.
Dec. 22, 2013
Kentucky Student-Athletes
#23, Samarie Walker, Sr., F
On the size difference …
“They had a very big starting lineup and obviously ours isn’t as big. I think it had an impact mostly inside the paint. They made it hard to drive, made it hard for myself especially to go in there and score. I think it really had a big impact, especially with DeNesha (Stallworth) being out, one of our biggest players.”
On how they can improve …
“We definitely need to come out with more energy from the start and just let it fuel us throughout the whole game. I think we started to ware down after we got down however many we were down by at one point. We didn’t get back up and nobody was there to pick us up. One person was trying and everybody else was in a lull. When you only have one person versus the other four on the court, the other four win. Also, we need to shoot better free throws. If we would’ve made 10 we would’ve won, or even eight and tied it up. I think that’s something else we need to work on.”
#3, Janee Thompson, So., PG
On what Coach Mitchell asked her to do in the second half …
“He just was trying to get me to be more aggressive. I don’t think I started the game aggressive enough. I was really passive and that was making me play uptight. I think it was causing me to make some mistakes that I usually don’t make. I was kind of hanging my head about it and (Coach Mitchell) was really just encouraging me to let stuff go, to be a leader and that’s what I tried to do in the second half when I came out.”
On how they can improve…
“We learned that we have some things to work on. We just have to be ready to play and I don’t think we were as sharp and as focused as we needed to be today. We just have to learn from everything, the mistakes we made in this game, and be ready for our next game when we get back.”
#13, Bria Goss, Jr., G
On the crowd today in Rupp Arena…
“We’re just blessed to be able to have the fan support that we do. We are so thankful that it was sellout game. We really appreciate people coming out and we hope we opened up some hearts today so they will come back to Memorial (Coliseum) and see us play there. We’re just grateful.”
On Duke’s performance …
“Just giving credit to Duke, they played a really strong game. (Tricia) Liston played 39 minutes and that’s tough playing 39 minutes against team like us, as fast as we do. They just stayed into it, stayed mentally focused and calm. They took what was given to them.”
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