18 Quotes by Melanie Balcomb

What's really nice about having freshman is that you don't expect much of them. So when they do good, it's an added bonus.

We're a better team than the first time we played North Carolina. We have better confidence in what we are doing.

She took big 3s and she hit them when she was open.

She's coached at a very young age at a very high level with a lot of pressure from Day 1. It's a tremendous, tremendous place to be in and to be able to dominate a sport that long and be able to do something like that, it's amazing to me.

I didn't grow up with the rivalry, either. In this conference, every game is a big game. You can't make it any bigger than any other game.

I think we played well down the stretch. Our guards need to be more aggressive and drive more from the perimeter.

Rebounding was a huge concern. We worked hard on checking them out and not being able to hurt us on the offensive boards.

We play Tennessee, it's never really about us. It's always about Tennessee, and now it's about Pat and Tennessee.

We had to be mentally tough. We were down, and they were playing well. We changed our defense and got some stops. Finishing with a 13-0 run, it is the zero I like. I like the effort on defense.