Auburn Post Game Quotes
March 22, 2008
Head Coach Nell Fortner
(Opening Comment) "I thought we fought really hard today, we just couldn’t really knock down some shots in the second half. I thought GW is a fine basketball team and they just overpowered us in the second half. I was proud of how hard we played but you have to knock down shots and we just hit a period of time there where shots weren’t dropping for us and they made a pretty good run at us. Hopefully, this experience will carry over for us next year."
(On George Washington controlling Bonner) "Bonner has been playing big for us all year long, game in and game out she has been giving us everything she’s got. I really think in the second half she was tired. She played 40 minutes and GW is a physical team and it was a matter of getting tired at a key time, and I thought they denied her the ball pretty good. I thought it was a great defensive effort by GW."?
(On seeing GW a second time) "It was helpful because we had seen them before. They are a very physical defensive team, they’re very tough and they had a big post presence inside and I think we were pretty much outmatched inside. I thought we were trying to do some things to try to affect their post players and we did at times but in the end I think it wore us out. They do a great job in that match up zone denying and playing it like a man. I think they’re a very good basketball team."
(On Tamela McCorvey) "That injury just has her. It’s a groin injury and it’s just one of those things. You have no flexibility in your legs. It was just too physical of a game for her to go."
(On Alli Smalley) "I thought Alli did a great job at the point. I thought Alli showed that she’s a gamer, she’s just a game player. I thought she did a great job handling the point."
Auburn Forward DeWanna Bonner
(On George Washington controlling her) "I agree with coach, I think how many minutes I played counted. They were very physical with all five of us on the floor"
