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Kentucky-Radford Postgame Quotes
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME QUOTES
Kentucky Head Coach Kyra Elzy
On the important thing to Kentucky’s protection tonight …
“I believe Jada (Walker) makes us go defensively. The warmth that she delivered to the basketball, we compelled 17 turnovers. I advised the staff we performed arduous, however we simply didn’t play ball good on a regular basis. All issues that we will return and repair. I might relatively them play arduous and return and discover the errors we made.”
On a good rating within the season opener …
“Effectively first we’ll take any win. Any win is a superb win and we’ll take it. Clearly, the last word purpose is to win. We’ll be again to work on Wednesday, persevering with to work on our defensive execution. Concerning the fourth quarter, we made some essential defensive errors both serving to an excessive amount of or giving up 3’s however hats off to Radford. I assumed they got here in right here with a superb sport plan and made us defend late into the shot clock and made us pay for our defensive errors.”
On what sort of veteran composure does this staff have …
“They’ve an important really feel since they’ve been on this state of affairs earlier than. They each have put the ball within the basket. I believe Blair (Inexperienced) is getting nice seems on the 3, they’re simply not falling for her, however she will nonetheless hit that shot.”
Kentucky Scholar-Athletes
#1 Robyn Benton, G
On what was going proper for Kentucky on offense …
“We had been simply benefiting from our alternatives and counting on our teammates. They had been actually discovering me for some simple buckets.”
On what Kentucky can enhance on earlier than their subsequent sport …
“Our protection. I bought scored on a few occasions. I must be a greater defender by way of the shot clock and simply collectively as an entire play higher on the defensive finish after which handle the sport higher.”
On what was probably the most tough factor about having so many new gamers …
“It’s the primary sport, which means we’ve numerous room to enhance and develop as a staff. We’re simply specializing in getting higher because the season goes on. That’s what we hope for.”
#11 Jada Walker, G
On what was going proper for Kentucky on offense …
“I really feel like we had been being aggressive from the start. However (we’ve to be higher at) attending to the basket. We had numerous paint factors and that was certainly one of our staff targets going into this sport.”
On what Kentucky can enhance on earlier than their subsequent sport …
“I might say locking in on protection for the entire shot clock. They form of made us work a bit of bit for the entire complete time. We simply should work on that.”
On what was probably the most tough factor about having so many new gamers …
“It’s actually simply chemistry. Getting used to one another on courtroom, trusting one another on offense and protection that we will do sure issues.”