Vanderbilt vs. Charleston Southern Quotes

Vanderbilt vs. Charleston Southern Quotes

11/25/2005

Vanderbilt vs. Charleston Southern

Head Coach Melanie Balcomb

(On making 15-of-16 from the free throw line)
“That was one of the really good things in this game, especially to have Carla (Thomas) go 10-for-10 from the line. She has been shooting free throws very well. And I like seeing her get to the line that much. She played very confidently today, and we have been telling her that we need her to be that aggressive.”

“We knew they would play a lot of zone today, and that is something we have not seen much of this year. We hadn’t worked much against zone, but of course we have very confident shooters. Primarily in the first half, we hesitated a lot and didn’t get the ball inside — we were missing some open people. In the second half, we stressed trying to use our height to our advantage. We hit 10 three’s today, but I think it’s improtant for our offense to go inside-out.”

(On Caroline Williams)
“It has to be nice for a player to have your coach wanting you to take more shots. She’s gaining confidence because she knows how much I want her to shoot. She doesn’t miss too many open looks. We’ve really been working on coming off screens to get looks, because the footwork is more difficult.”