New Mexico-TCU post-game quotes
2/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 17, 2008
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POST-GAME QUOTESNew Mexico-TCU
Feb. 17, 2008
Fort Worth, Texas--Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
TCU Head Coach Jeff Mittie
Opening statement
"The start was tough. We missed some easy ones and then New Mexico brought it to us. But we ended the half well and the start of the second half was critical. Going into overtime I thought we would play well, and I sensed that we understood the attack. And the team really executed well at that point. Fortunately, we played our best basketball in that five minutes (overtime)."
On finding a way to win when not playing well
"You have to win games like this. You have to find ways to win when you don't play well"
On TCU's second-half play
"I thought the early part of the second half was excellent, our play on the glass was good."
On the play of Lorie Butler-Rayford
"Lorie just hustled and gave an extra effort and energy."
TCU senior guard/forward Lorie Butler-Rayford
On elevating her play late in the game
"Something came over me, and you have to push it out. In the last five minutes I told myself, `It's now or never.' Coach told us to get to the boards and I made it a point to get there, especially in overtime."
On TCU's success when not playing well
"We have a good team and when we aren't shooting well, we find other ways to score. We get the ball to the person who is hot."
TCU freshman guard Helena Sverrisdottir
On TCU's slow start
"We were just disappointed in ourselves. We were just talking about how we needed to come out and play really hard, do all the small things, and play together"
On her individual success Sunday
"I was just running and they were getting me the ball. I thought we really came together in the second half and came together as a team."
