Wake Forest Athletics
Quotes
1/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2006
*NC State head coach Kay Yow*
"Wake Forest played a great game today, especially coming off their real big loss at Duke. They came back, committed themselves and worked very hard this week. They were very determined to play a great game."
"I thought we started the game, the first 10 minutes or so, in control. We played very well, but when we made some substitutions we lost some of our lead."
"Wake Forest scored 23 points off our turnovers, which is the most disappointing thing to me. We have been a team that has taken pretty good care of the ball this season and that part of our game was not there for us today."
"I just credit Wake Forest. They played very aggressively, ran the floor very well and when they got down they kept doing there thing. They got back into the game and it paid off for them. They made a great play at the end of the game to win it."
"I thought we had a really great shot of pulling the game out. We had been down, but we took the momentum back. I was disappointed with the way we played down the stretch, particularly the last minute. We made a couple of mistakes that ended up costing us the game."
"The turnovers were the difference in the game. It was a combination of what Wake Forest did and mental errors on us."
*Wake** Forest** head coach Mike Petersen*
"I was really, really happy with our mental toughness. It was good from the point early in the game when we were down 24-9. We battled back, did not cave in and stayed with the plan. When your plan does not reap immediate benefits, there is a tendency to get away from the plan, but our players did a great job of staying with the plan. We just hung in there and kept playing hard."
"They went to a 1-3-1 zone and we did not execute well. We had executed so well against their man-to-man defense. We were not as crisp against the zone so we were not getting as good of shots. It was a matter of making a few adjustments defensively and then trying to get moving a little better against the zone."
"We had fought for so long; we were not going to go away. I am not going to tell you that I knew we would win, but I knew we were going to keep competing."
*Wake** Forest** senior guard Cotelia Bond-Young*
"My confidence had always stayed up. Coach has given me a license to shoot. He has not suspended that license so every time I shoot I think I am going to make it."
"I have never had a team try to ice me like that. I did not know what to expect. I knew I was going to make the shot so I tried to not think about it much. I was just worried about after the shot because there was 3.7 seconds left and the game was not over."
"I shot my shot. I was confident with the shot and it went in. I am happy and we won."
"It gives us some confidence. The ACC season is so long. That is one game we really needed. We talked about before the game protecting our house and we did. We just need to continue to do the same from this point forward."
