George Washington Post Game Quotes
March 22, 2008
Head Coach Joe McKeown (Opening Statement) "(Auburn) proved today that they deserved to be in this tournament. We were a little bit jumpy in the first half. We were just excited to play in the tournament. We have a lot of seniors and I felt we just needed to settle down. I thought in the second we did a much better job, I thought the last six or seven minutes we really played well and kept our composure. If was a tough, hard-nosed game and that is what you would expect from this tournament and Auburn.”
(On adjustments made at half-time) "I thought the second half everyone started to step it up, we were much more aggressive at pushing the ball. Their zone was tough and they stayed in their zone, they wouldn’t get out of it. We just had to keep getting the ball inside out; keep reversing the ball. I thought Whitney made big plays behind their zone and Antelia (Parrish) made big plays in the front of the zone and that opened things up for Jessica (Adair).”
(On Auburn) "Auburn is really athletic. When I saw the bracket, I thought (Auburn) was one of the most dangerous teams in this tournament.”
(On Antelia Parrish and Whitney Allen) "We got double whammied in December when they missed five games with injuries. Antelia was really playing well and I think that, that time really hurt them. Antelia is somebody who can stretch a game out and just change the way people have to play defense. I’m really proud of her for the way she played tonight. Hopefully, Monday night she will start drilling threes at the end of the game, that’s my challenge for her and she’s capable. I’m just really proud of the way she plays defense and the toughness she brings to the table and I’m glad she will be back next year.
Jessica Adair
(On second half rebounding adjustment) "Without rebounds this game could have turned the other way. There comes a point in the game when you know something is going wrong and you have to take control of that and I think that is what we did.”
Whitney Allen
(On guarding Bonner) "The second half we just locked down and tried to stay between (Bonner) and the basket. She’s a long and tall player, I think she has three inches on me. I just made sure I stayed in between her and the basket and tried to use my strength as a positive. I sat on her a lot. Don’t let her get the ball she can’t score, that was my thinking.”
