[81alum]

Press conference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jboetbk9N9M&t=2s

There were questions about how we defended Watkins, but Tara focused more on our offense.  Hate to pat myself on the back--but this is exactly how I felt watching the game.  We might have been able to figure out a way of slowing Juju down a little better, but we really really should have done better on the things we could more easily control.  Any time you score only 58 points you really should expect to lose, in my opinion.  Here are a few quotes I pulled out:

Tara:  "It is early enough in the season that our team can learn and listen and improve.  We cannot expect to beat a really good team taking the shots that we took, turning the ball over the way we turned it over, not getting O-boards, and not keeping THEM off the glass....We did not give ourselves a chance....It's disappointing.  We are better than that....I think you will see a much more competitive game on Sunday."

"Once you start taking bad shots then even your good ones don't go in."

"We could have survived her 51 points if we are running offense and we are not turning the ball over and we are getting on the O-boards and we are playing the way we are capable of."

Brink: "I think losing is part of the game, and how you recover from it is how you show who you really are.  I'm not too down about it.  I think Juju had an amazing game.  For me, I had a bad night, and I'm not going to get too down on myself.  I'm proud of how we came back."

Is this the best freshman performance you've seen?  Tara: "Yes, this probably goes right at the top.  She's very talented." 

Brink denied that USC was any more physical than any other team.

Tara on Sunday.  "We need much better shot selection number one.  We need people really running offense and moving the ball.  We are not a one player team like they are.  We had some people with open shots and didn't make them.   Playing harder, playing smarter, and I have confidence that we will."

[81alum]

Press conference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jboetbk9N9M&t=2s

There were questions about how we defended Watkins, but Tara focused more on our offense.  Hate to pat myself on the back--but this is exactly how I felt watching the game.  We might have been able to figure out a way of slowing Juju down a little better, but we really really should have done better on the things we could more easily control.  Any time you score only 58 points you really should expect to lose, in my opinion.  Here are a few quotes I pulled out:

Tara:  "It is early enough in the season that our team can learn and listen and improve.  We cannot expect to beat a really good team taking the shots that we took, turning the ball over the way we turned it over, not getting O-boards, and not keeping THEM off the glass....We did not give ourselves a chance....It's disappointing.  We are better than that....I think you will see a much more competitive game on Sunday."

"Once you start taking bad shots then even your good ones don't go in."

"We could have survived her 51 points if we are running offense and we are not turning the ball over and we are getting on the O-boards and we are playing the way we are capable of."

Brink: "I think losing is part of the game, and how you recover from it is how you show who you really are.  I'm not too down about it.  I think Juju had an amazing game.  For me, I had a bad night, and I'm not going to get too down on myself.  I'm proud of how we came back."

Is this the best freshman performance you've seen?  Tara: "Yes, this probably goes right at the top.  She's very talented." 

Brink denied that USC was any more physical than any other team.

Tara on Sunday.  "We need much better shot selection number one.  We need people really running offense and moving the ball.  We are not a one player team like they are.  We had some people with open shots and didn't make them.   Playing harder, playing smarter, and I have confidence that we will."