24 Quotes by Laurie Pirtle

We really had worked hard this week on getting ready and the kids really came through with the execution of our zone and made them go man to man. I thought both teams had fought really, really hard.

I think we were just shell-shocked going into the overtime. We didn't come out with the same intensity in overtime that we had the rest of the game.

I think it was a hard-fought game and both teams showed a lot of guts to play aggressive basketball. Our kids showed a lot of passion and pulling together to come back the way we did to tie it up and take it to overtime.

Our kids showed a lot of passion in our comeback and I'm proud of the way they fought to put the game into overtime. We got aggressive with our press and knocked them back on their heels.

Pitt played an extraordinary game. We let Walker and Winn do what we didn't want them to do. And even when we stopped them, some other players came through for Pitt. But in the end, Winn and Walker were the difference. They were resilient and put a cork in it. They are hot right now.

Pitt is a neck-up team, in that they 'think' when they are on the court, and they put themselves in a position to win. They are having fun, and they work hard. There is an aura about them. You can just feel it when you are around them.

That was a game of runs, and we ended up with the last run.

We couldn't get matched up on her quick enough before she put too many (3s) down. It just gave them a real energy level.

We were 10-1 and playing with a lot of confidence. We wanted the kids to see the best team in the conference and see how it's going to be.