16 Quotes by Sharon Fanning

Focus was our main concern. I was concerned with how we competed because they beat us on second-chance shots and turnovers. That's a result of not being focused. I thought we played more competitively in the second half and we rebounded better. Their transition buckets in the first half hurt us. We just didn't do our job. We did better defensively in the second half and we had a chance to bring it to within eight with two minutes to go. You have to make plays and play defense. We just didn't get it done.

That really has not been our focus. It has not been a concern all season long. That certainly has been more of a concern for the media.

It's a matter of focus. You just have to take good shots and make the rebounds, and that's what we're looking to do.

They have won six of their last seven and are playing really hot right now. We lost our composure and fight a couple of times during the game and they made some runs.

I know that it's in them. We saw today what we've been expecting. But it's, when is it going to come consistently? They're the ones that are going to have to answer that. You gain confidence through success and this has to be something to motivate them and encourage them. You've got to understand how you won games.

The good thing is we are penetrating better and being more patient offensively. I thought that we were listening and focusing better, and we did not get down mentally. We do have to do a better job defensively, and we have to get better position.

(The losing this season) was not what I anticipated, nor expected, and certainly not what I accept. But we're anticipating we're going to be successful next year. We played four freshmen at times this year and had some injuries to seniors. And we have a great class coming in.