Michigan-Alabama Notes and Postgame Quotes
11/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
N O T E S
With 27 points, Jennifer Smith jumped to No. 10 on Michigan's all-time scoring list as she surpassed Tempie Brown (1986-90), who in four years with the Maize and Blue dropped in 1,142. Through 90 career games, Smith has scored 1,165 points. Smith sits just 87 points shy of sole possession of ninth place on the list, which is currently held by Pollyanna Johns (1994-98) with 1,251.
Tonight marks the third time this season Smith has scored more than 20 points in a game. Smith finished with 27 points and seven rebounds and matched a career high with four steals.
After 12 and 27 points, respectively, tonight, Tabitha Pool and Smith have scored in double digits in each of Michigan's five games this year.
Sierra Hauser-Price dished out a career-best five assists tonight and grabbed a career-high four rebounds. She was also one point shy of her career-best scoring performance as she finished the game with 12 points.
It marked the first overtime game in which the Wolverines played since they dropped a 74-67 decision to Purdue in the first round of the 2002 Big Ten Tournament (3/1/02).
Q U O T E S
U-M Head Coach Cheryl Burnett
On the game ... "No. 1, you have to give them a lot of credit for making some very big shots. But ... we feel like we had it and then gave it away. Turning the ball over at critical times, not executing our press breaking, not getting the ball to the right people in the right situations. I don't want to say we gave it away because Alabama did a great job of hitting some big shots at the end while we were fumbling the ball out of bounds or traveling."
On Alabama ... "We were aware of their talent. Were we as prepared as we would have liked No. It was difficult in terms of being extremely specific. Still, we were prepared for what they ran. We defended their initial flow and all they did was spread out and try to dribble penetrate. They did a good job of that. We gave they too many open looks."
