California vs San Diego Post Game Quotes
March 22, 2008
San Diego
Coach Fisher
(Opening Statement) "Last year we made it to the NIT, and this year we made it to the NCAA Tournament so I definitely think that the program is heading in the right direction, we obviously have some great young players who gave us some wonderful minutes tonight, the future is very bright.
"(On the challenge of matching up with Cal) They’re a 3 seed for a reason and I thought they played an outstanding game."
"(on postgame comments) I told them I’m proud of them, to keep their heads up and smile and feel good about the fact that they’ve taken us this far. One of my favorite sayings is you’ll go as far as your seniors will take you, and I think our seniors took us pretty darn far this year, and so we just have to build on that and keep believing."
"(on foul trouble) Obviously you want to keep Amber out of foul trouble so she can do something on the offensive end and attack but they went right at her. We were hoping to do the same to them and get them in foul trouble but it’s a different game at this level, we’re not used to getting beat up inside and being very physical in the post, you make it to the NCAA tourney they’re going to let you play"
San Diego Guard Amanda Rego:
"(on challenge of getting into the paint) I let my nerves get to me early on. I was forcing some shots and not hitting shots that I would normally hit. I thought we were able to attack pretty well, we were getting into the lanes, the guards were getting in there, we just weren’t finishing"
"(on her career highlights) I thought we showed a lot of character when we started out 0-5 in conference and the character that took to fight out of that at 7-7 in conference and win the conference tournament."
San Diego Guard Sam Child:
"(on challenge of getting into the paint) We knew it was going to be a physical matchup, and we knew getting in the lane was going to be a point of emphasis that we wanted to have from the guards because we knew if we could get into the lane we could dish the ball to the post. But Cal was definitely very physical and big"
