Kansas State Head Coach Deb Patterson Quotes
Jan 17, 2004 | Women's Basketball
On Ohlde’s dunk attempt...
“She should have thought of it earlier. I know I was.”
On KU losing their starters...
“We stayed true to our game plan. We took what we knew about
On the approach to the second half...
“The approach we took going into the second half was sort of a preseason mentality. We wanted to play a lot of people and different lineups. We decided to use the second half to get quality minutes and unique combinations. It was purposeful, but it didn’t necessarily allow us to maximize our production or get into a rhythm. We wanted to be put in that position so we could get our younger players minutes on the floor together.”
On Megan Mahoney today...
“It was classic Megan Mahoney.
On putting the starters in late in the game...
“We had gone deep in our bench and they were pressing. We were throwing the ball away and I didn’t like the turnovers we were making with the bench in the game. I wanted to clean it up.”
On Twiggy McIntyre...
“I was pleased with Twiggy today. She’s chipped away at repetitions in practice. She made good decisions and was mentally tough today. She made intelligent shooting decisions and she mentally stepped up and finished.”
On playing
“We will play on the road and the fact that they had two starters out today means they will play as a different basketball team. Their mentality will be different and so will ours. In this league you can’t expect the second game to be like the first.”
On playing
“You look at the core group and they are a good basketball team with a good work ethic. They get the job done and are assertive on the boards. They play an inside-outside game. They have two players on the floor at all times that can shoot the three ball so you have to always defend that. They are a good team and their record indicates that. They are legitimate. They are a competitive team and we will take a serious demeanor into that game.”
