Colorado University Athletics
North Carolina vs. Austin Peay Quotes
March 23, 2003
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Sylvia Hatchell
GENERAL : "They (Austin Peay) are a very good team, great shooters and play well together. We were rusty and shaky at times on offense. We are happy to survive and move on. We have to play better on Monday night. Hopefully we will play better than tonight."
ON OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: "We played with four guards to switch up the perimeter. Chrystal (Baptist) loves rebounding. Our foul shooting and rebounding was pretty good."
ON AUSTIN PEAY: "They have confidence. They believe in themselves and made baskets early. They believed they could give us a game and they expected to win."
ON SECOND HALF STRATEGY CHANGES: "In the second half we just locked up and gambled they would not drive. We were right, the guards were not looking to drive."
ON NIKITA BELL: "She gives us a spark. We try to get her the ball. She got it in there and we had a couple of transition baskets that helped."
ON TWO-WEEK BREAK: "We were out of sync, out of rhythm, but that is not an excuse. Austin Peay made us play that way."
North Carolina Players
F/G La'Tangela Atkinson
GENERAL: "We played good defense and were able to come out with a win. We had to step-up play in the second half."
G Coretta Brown
ON THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME: "We had to bear down and play good defense and we were happy to come away with the win."
ON BROOK ARMISTEAD: "She is good. There are a lot of good players in the NCAA and she can fill it up. She's a true winner, she's the heart and soul of that time. I can see why she's the MVP of the conference. She's an outstanding player."