14 Quotes by Robin Pingeton

We felt like we really needed to start off the game being the aggressors. The last time we played they had us on our heels. This time we wanted to make sure we were attacking the basket with either a post feed or putting the ball on the floor and getting to the rim.

We have put a ton of pressure on Kristi, but there was no doubt she can handle it. We knew she was a franchise player when we recruited her and she is showing that.

I thought Brooke was the difference. She had a little stretch in about 30 seconds that was huge for our team.

Lately, Brooke has come in and made plays to start us on runs and stop the other team's momentum. We are getting good minutes from everyone and showing the kind of toughness on the court we need to be a winning team.

What a phenomenal atmosphere. You have to give a lot of credit to this community for coming out and supporting this program like it has.

What an amazing accomplishment for her and our program. She came to Illinois State with very high expectations for success and continues to achieve.

You look at a team like Creighton which has struggled with injuries and things like that, but they still have a roster of veteran ballplayers. For us to be as young as we are and finally be able to show some poise during their runs and execute down the stretch, it says a lot about how far our team has come in the last month.

There's such a cluster in the middle (of the standings) with teams jockeying for position for that conference tournament. We're going to do the best we can to get our kids ready to compete every night.

Drake is still in a position jockeying themselves for that conference tournament. I anticipate they're going to come in here knowing they have Indiana State and us and try to go at least 1-1 if not 2-0.