30 Quotes by Leslie Crane

We have to get experience for our younger kids. Of the younger players, Amanda Walker got some good minutes in.

We're excited and happy that we are in the post-season. It's great that we will get to stay in Illinois so our fans will be able to come see the game.

She does not play like a freshman. She had absolutely no jitters and she never ceases to amaze me.

She is going there to impress an employer. As a professional basketball player, your responsibility is your body, your health and your play. It is somewhat of a job in college when you're on scholarship but even more so at the next level.

Nobody really knew where she was going to be picked. I heard people say that after the first two picks, anything was possible.

I always tell our kids that the first 10 minutes of the second half is the difference in the ballgame. We came down and maintained pressure defensively and offensively. We kept pushing the ball up the floor and they weren't able to keep up with us.

There is never a team we play where we can just sit back and not show up. We have to show up every night. Sometimes we don't give our best effort but we still find a way to win.

It comes down to effort and desire. Our effort was there against Oakland. We held them to a very low shooting percentage, but we just didn't go get the ball when the shot went up. That second and third effort is what we're striving to get back at this point and time.

It is something we've wanted to do, but it's not anything that makes or breaks our program. We've got four (conference) championships anyway ... We've already qualified for a postseason tournament anyway, so it's just a matter of choosing which one we want to go to.