It was the tale of two halves I would say we struggled a little bit in the first
half just playing with urgency. I think we were trying to play hard but our
close outs, our close outs were not great and so we talked about those at halftime
and the girls really made a great adjustment coming out in the third
quarter we just kind of we're fighting and fighting and then towards the end of
that third quarter hit some huge shots after some big stops and that's kind of
when the momentum turned so I was just really proud of them to gut it out and
you know when we start playing together and getting stops on the defensive end
feeling confident on the offensive end great things can happen. This is a
Hillsdale team that won the G-MAC Tournament last year here on the home
floor. They're almost the same team as last year. You guys look a lot different
than you did last year so what was so special about tonight. Obviously it was
kind of fun playing them to start when we ended our season with them last year
you know there was a little chip on our shoulder knowing that they took us out
of it so I think our girls stepped up and played hard from the beginning and
knew that they're a mature team they're a very smart team and we had to be on
our game, right from the beginning of the game so you know it was a work in
progress that it wasn't perfect but I think it was a great step in the right
direction. Congratulations, nice job tonight. Thank you.
Baylee Bennett, congratulations tonight and a nice
hard-fought win to start things off in the G-MAC against one of the top teams
Hillsdale. Give us some of your thoughts of what transpired here tonight
especially in the third and fourth quarters. Yeah, for sure in the first half they're
shooting really well from the three that was our goal coming out to have a high
hand they're tall they're big they're good and we came out in the third
quarter and did just that. I was just really proud of my team in the way we
came out in the second half. You have some young players and they
really played some good minutes and helped offensively and defensively
tonight make a comment about what you saw from your teammates. Yeah, for sure
Em was a huge help coming in and scoring. Alli getting steals, getting rebounds. Just
those young player stepping in a big role and when we're in foul trouble was
huge. You talked about the third and fourth quarter being special what kind
of adjustment did you make that helped make the difference tonight?
Yeah, just again the high hand on defense. Defense was our focus coming out
in the second half with them shooting 60% from three in the first half we knew
we had to come out and pressure the ball. Thank you, congratulations. Thank you.
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