02-28-2014, 07:07 AM
From AP:
Also of note: Tim Fitzgerald points out that Washington had 31 free throw attempts in the first game and only 12 this game, making only 4 of them. Whether that is all officiating or the way we defended is hard to say.
Chiney is now 87 away from Candice's Stanford and Pac12 record.
Quote:"We just had added motivation, which is nice," Ogwumike added. "Payback, I don't like to use that word. I like to approach each game the same. I think we were just a little more fired up."
Teammate Mikaela Ruef wasn't quite so diplomatic.
"I'm not as politically correct as Chiney," Ruef said, laughing. "I wanted to kill 'em. Nobody likes losing. I was super motivated. I think our team was motivated. I wanted payback. I'll say it."
"I think that our staff and team really focused on what we needed to do defensively in a different way," Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. "We just helped a lot better and we had a better defensive scheme. We understood what we needed to do better."
Also of note: Tim Fitzgerald points out that Washington had 31 free throw attempts in the first game and only 12 this game, making only 4 of them. Whether that is all officiating or the way we defended is hard to say.
Chiney is now 87 away from Candice's Stanford and Pac12 record.