Idaho State-Colorado Quotes

Colorado Head Coach Kathy McConnell-Miller

General

“A lot of good things happened tonight, but there are also a lot of challenges a night like tonight presents. For Kara (Richards) to score 10 points in 10 minutes and be the most dominant force on the court, and then pick up fouls; once she understands the significance of her being on the floor, those won't happen. I am happy with the balanced scoring. I am very pleased with Julie Seabrook and Kelly Jo Mullaney off the bench. Kelly Jo came back from Christmas with a swagger I didn't see before Christmas. She was a different person. Of all our players, the break did her best. She is going to play a combo for us. She is naturally an off-guard, but she will be playing the point and the two. Most important were the rebounding, assist-to-turnover ratio, and balanced scoring as positives for us.”

On C Kara Richards Foul Trouble

“The message is being sent by text, email, and in locker room chatter [that she needs to stay out of foul trouble]. She is inexperienced because Jackie [McFarland] had always been the go-to player. Kara had that luxury for three years, that now she doesn't have. The message is definitely being sent.”

On F Julie Seabrook

“Her personality, her energy, and what she brings to the team; there are so many intangibles that we have always seen in Julie. She has passion, asks questions, and absorbs. Her international experience has helped. The expectations are high for her. She has a comfort level now, and her teammates respect her. I would love to see them (Kara and Julie on the court) together.”

Colorado Players

Kelly Jo Mullaney, So., G

ON COMING BACK BETTER FROM CHRISTMAS BREAK-

“It was nice to go home and get rejuvenated. Break was good for me. I went to the gym and got off a lot of shots. It just takes time to get used to playing in games again, after sitting last season out. I definitely feel more comfortable.”

ON THE TEAM'S PERFORMANCE-

“Points were scattered through the whole team, and a lot of them came off of assists, which is good because it shows we are playing as a team.”

Julie Seabrook, Fr., F

GENERAL-

“I was happy to come in and fill Kara [Richards'] shoes and step-up.”

Idaho State Head Coach Seton Sobolewski

General

“Well the difference in this game was offensive rebounds. To compete with a Big 12 team, and a team that's a lot bigger than you are?you have to be tougher. I think we did a good job of defending the initial shot, and I think we got them to miss enough, but we didn't collect enough rebounds and its tough. And even if you are smaller, you have to compensate with that by having better position and being tougher and being scrappy and we lost this game because we were not tough enough and we were not rebounding."

“What they did to make it difficult was that they were a lot bigger than us. I think what made the difference in this game was offensive rebounding. I think we did a descent job of stopping what Colorado initially wanted to do, but then we didn't finish the playoff by getting the defensive rebound. They made a difference that way and then they put us in a position to foul and once they started accumulating fouls they got free-throws out of it. I think those two stats threw us out of the game.”