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Vanderbilt Quotes
11/26/2005
Vanderbilt vs. Colgate
VU Head Coach Melanie Balcomb
On the defensive intensity:
“I think our defense was okay in spurts, but we need to get more consistency. We had some spurts in the second half, but we game them 23 looks from the three. They had some wide open looks and last night they made those. When we’re up by 20 points or however much it was I’m not concerned about whether or not the made them, but I am concerned that they had all those looks.”
On Carla Thomas’ 24 points:
“I feel good about Carla stepping up when she did. The positive is that when we go flat in the second half, she stepped and got aggressive on offense. Dee stepped up as well, only on defense. And Caroline, every play is important to her. She was working hard as she always does. The good thing was that the three people I needed to have step up did.”
On the sloppy play in the second half:
“I think we got sloppy on offense. They picked up their defensive intensity and you have to give them credit. They have quick hands and are very good at pressuring the ball. They had a lot to do with why it got ugly in the second half.
Player Quotes
Junior forward Carla Thomas
On her selection as Tournament MVP:
“I have a small dorm room so any trophies just get sent home. My dad has a trophy case in the basement. I haven’t seen it myself, but I guess I will when I go home for Christmas.”
On picking up her aggressiveness:
“This is our tournament and no one should come into our house and win our tournament. We also have to get better. Every night we have to get better. Every practice we have to get better.”
Junior point guard Dee Davis
On Thomas’ improved production offensively:
“I told her to do it. As a team we can point points on the board, but we knew that the two of us needed to step up and be a little more aggressive. We had to do a little more to up the flow.”
On her role as distributor:
“I definitely have a lot of huge offensive options. Whether it’s Caroline, Tina, Liz or Carla, we have a lot of threats. I have a lot of decisions to make, but I have a lot of options.”
On turning up the defensive intensity:
“Every game we have to have that aggressive defense. I think some people got tired and we weren’t being as aggressive. Coach wants us to be active and pressure the ball and we weren’t doing that. So I tried to be more aggressive and really set an example. I am a leader on this team and I have to lead by example.”
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