Colorado vs. Washington, Post-game Quotes

Colorado Head Coach Ceal Barry

GENERAL: “Well, first of all, I felt like Kate (Fagan) had a brief break in there, but for the most part, she had her hand full with Giuliana Mendiola. I felt like Randie Wirt did a good job on (Andrea) Lalum. Overall, they never quit. They had a point guard who was hitting threes at the end of the game.”

ON WASHINGTON'S DEFENSE: “We knew coming in that they play a 1-3-1 defense and we felt like going into it that we could go to Tera in the 1-3-1 and get her the ball inside and she could go at Lalum 1-on-1. I felt like she (Tera) had a good percentage tonight and she had 26 points.”

ON KATE FAGAN SHUTTING DOWN MENDIOLA: “We didn't have another option. I thought we could go to Amber, in a bind we could have used Amber Metoyer on her.”

ON THE PLAY OF F ANNA NEDOVIC: “I thought she came in and gave us some offense and allowed us to rest Randie Wirt. She wasn't quite as aggressive on Lalum, but they kind of traded buckets. At least we stayed even.”

ON REBOUNDING: “That's all we worked on. We had the weekend off. After that, we blocked out, we talked about blocking out and for four straight days, that's all we talked about. My big concern was with both Mendiolas, they're good strong guards and they go to the boards well. Overall, I was really pleased.”

ON THE PLAY OF F AMBER METOYER: “I feel like Amber has really been pushing for more and more playing time and I think this is the most she's played tonight. She had a double-double. As she gets more comfortable with the defense she's going to blend in more with our starters.”

Colorado Players

G Kate Fagan

ON GUARDING GIULIANA MENDIOLA: “With losing Whitney (Law) to a knee injury, I knew I would be playing 36 to 40 minutes per game. Randie was there when I lost her and we had a lot of players switching in on her. We knew we had to guard her wherever she goes. She's an impressive player. She's got a 6 to 2 (turnover) ratio. She's probably one of the better players we've faced, but she still had 20 points. I don't consider that stopping her.”

ON TAKING OVER THE GAME: “I'm out there a lot at the guard spot and Emily (Waner's), who's only a freshman, is out there or Amber (Metoyer) who's had a lot of minutes but is still only a sophomore is out there and I think Tera, Randie and I have just been trying to get everyone into the right spots.”

C Tera Bjorklund

ON REBOUNDING: “The last four days of practice, all that we've worked on is rebounding. The repetition paid off. As soon as we saw a shot, we found our player and boxed her out. When you look at the film of them, they had five people going to the boards and I knew it was important for everybody to go to the boards, not just the post players if we were going to be successful.”

F Amber Metoyer

ON HER NIGHT: “Coach Barry told me at the beginning of the night that they leave the middle open and the baseline open and I'd have to go in there. I've been shooting from the outside a lot and she said that she'd like to see me drive in, so I tried to.”

Washington Head Coach June Daugherty

GENERAL: “I think the pressure defense was right there. They (Colorado) disrupted us offensively and took us out of our comfort zone. Credit their defense. The first half we were not getting any second chance shots, and that is something that we have been good at so far. When you are not rebounding the way you can, the ball is going to go the other way, and that's something we need to improve on. In the second half we didn't panic, we just needed to remind the team to get back into the Huskie system. Notre Dame was a good test, and so was Oklahoma State and Maine. We have played a good schedule, but it's different when you are on the road. We need to create our own energy, and play for 40 minutes.”

Washington Players

G Giuliana Mendiola

GENERAL: “They're (Colorado) one heck of a team, I'll tell you that. We had to work hard for every basket and I don't think we made the adjustments early on, but we kept fighting. I just think it was a great game in general. I think we lost on the rebounding. Colorado is very physical and they have a lot of weapons and good shooters. We knew that coming into the game, but they just stuck it to us. It was a tough loss.

ON COMING TO BOULDER: “We were excited to come here and Colorado is one of the best teams in the nation. It was a big test for us. They (Colorado) have a great defense and I think that we'll get better. We just can't hang our heads down over this. Being on the road is a lot tougher than being at home, because at home you have the high energy and the fans. We're playing one of the top teams in the nation and you can't get down in the beginning of the game. Colorado made it difficult for us to score and I think we need to improve on our defense. They're a physical team, but I don't think that we suffered physically. They just killed us on the boards.

C Andrea Lalum

GENERAL: “It's tough when you don't have the crowd and it's not as exciting as when you're playing at home. We needed to bring it. I think rebounding definitely had a lot to do with it. They (Colorado) went two-for-three on the offensive boards and it kills you physically and mentally. We take a lot of pride in our rebounding and it was embarrassing tonight. We're going to see this kind of stuff all season, so we obviously need to change our strategy now. Our defense needed to put more pressure on the ball and Colorado kept on knocking them down, but I think we put up a great fight. We weren't strong enough in the beginning, but I think we finished off strong. We only have three seniors and we are a young team. I think it is important that the seniors step it up because we play some great opponents in the Pac ? 10.

ON C TERA BJORKLUND: “We knew she was a great post player and I thought we did a good job containing her. We just couldn't shut off points from the outside. Our defense wasn't there and we had no pressure on the ball. I give props to Tera. She is a great post, but and she doesn't threaten the outside

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