[81alum]

My transcriptions of a few Tara quotes from the press conference.

https://soundcloud.com/gostanford/uc-riv...ton-111717

"Three point shooting was miserable.  Maybe we caught it from the Warriors."  She pointed out the Carrington, Wilson, and Romano are great three point shooters.  "I have confidence in their shooting but we can depend on our defense, and defense and rebounding are more important to me."  "We know we have good shooters on our team.  Maybe it's just in the water."

"Now, we have to take care of the ball."  She joked that she told Carrington NOT to earn a triple double with 10 turnovers to add to her double double of points and rebounding. 

She and Carrington both discussed coming off the two losses and working on those things that they could control:  effort, rebounding, etc.  Neither seemed too down.  "I'm really proud of our team's effort."  They are sticking together and not looking for excuses.  She singled out Johnson for praise too, but did not like the foul trouble on her and Smith. 

After mentioning Carrington, Romano, "These are young people who are learning and adjusting to new roles and they are doing really well."

Carrington noted that it is taking them a while to learn the offense well enough to react without thinking, and the extra second they have to think about the next offensive move is the second that the defense uses to recover. 

[81alum]

My transcriptions of a few Tara quotes from the press conference.

https://soundcloud.com/gostanford/uc-riv...ton-111717

"Three point shooting was miserable.  Maybe we caught it from the Warriors."  She pointed out the Carrington, Wilson, and Romano are great three point shooters.  "I have confidence in their shooting but we can depend on our defense, and defense and rebounding are more important to me."  "We know we have good shooters on our team.  Maybe it's just in the water."

"Now, we have to take care of the ball."  She joked that she told Carrington NOT to earn a triple double with 10 turnovers to add to her double double of points and rebounding. 

She and Carrington both discussed coming off the two losses and working on those things that they could control:  effort, rebounding, etc.  Neither seemed too down.  "I'm really proud of our team's effort."  They are sticking together and not looking for excuses.  She singled out Johnson for praise too, but did not like the foul trouble on her and Smith. 

After mentioning Carrington, Romano, "These are young people who are learning and adjusting to new roles and they are doing really well."

Carrington noted that it is taking them a while to learn the offense well enough to react without thinking, and the extra second they have to think about the next offensive move is the second that the defense uses to recover.