2009 America East Women’s Basketball Championship Post Game Quotes
Quarterfinal #2: #1 Boston U. 77, #8 Albany 75 (OT)
March 13, 2009
Boston University
head coach Kelly Greenberg
Opening Remarks:
“We’re certainly glad we pulled out a W. I can’t give enough
credit to Trina and her staff for being ready from last night’s game and
playing us the way they did. They played
a great game.”
“That’s what March Madness is all about. You have to take
every possession of every game and be totally ready because anything can happen
in March.”
Boston University
senior forward Jesyka Burks-Wiley
“I do credit their defense but I also think we were playing
out of character, and rushing shots when we were down a little bit. They were
just really aggressive, taking away a lot of our strengths and forcing us to
make some uncomfortable shots.”
Boston University
senior point guard Christine Kinneary
“It’s definitely a little bit of a reality check. I think
today, we just got a little worried and you feel the pressure building up that
this is the end of our career as well. It feels great to be moving on. We definitely
learned a lot from today and we’re going to take that into tomorrow’s game.”
On changing it more
from 1-on-1 defense to overall team defense:
“I knew I just had to get to the hole. I knew I had enough time to get to the basket
so I wasn’t going to pull up for an outside three or anything crazy like that.
I decided to stick with my strength with the right hand layup. I just wanted to get the ball up the court as
quick as possible.”
Albany head coach
Trina Patterson
Opening Remarks:
“I’m very proud of this team. Our motto for this week was
why not us? Why not today? I thought we played well enough to win. I’m so proud
of the effort.”
“During the tournament it doesn’t matter about record. It
matters about heart, pride, and no one thinking that Albany had a chance. But
it’s just not good enough sometimes and leaving this place without the win is
not good enough for us.”
Albany junior guard Britney
McGee
“Coach told me to come in with the attack mentality and
that’s what I did. Shots fell, some
didn’t.