2004-05 BKW vs. UNLV -- Notes & Quotes
12/6/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
N O T E S
Michigan has now held its last two opponents well under their season scoring averages. After holding Charlotte 20 points below its 84-point average on Friday, Michigan held UNLV 28 points below its 71-point season average.
Tabitha Pool's six steals are a career high.
Michigan's 10 steals matched a season high
UNLV had scored at least 79 points in its last three games before being held to 43 by Michigan.
Tabitha Pool led Michigan in scoring for the fourth time this season and in rebounding for the fifth time.
Michigan shot .722 (13-18) from the line for its second-best effort from the stripe this season.
Michigan is now 11-6 all-time at Crisler Arena under Cheryl Burnett.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Cheryl Burnett
On the win ... "After we played so well early in the year and came away with the big win at Santa Barbara, we came out flat our last two games and lost a lot of confidence, actually. I really felt UNLV was as good of a team as we have played this year. On tape, they were very impressive athletically and their go-to players are special, so it feels good to win a one-basket game. We have played so many games down to the last possession and our players really fought through it. We are very happy."
On the last shot ... "In the past I have used the end of practice to work on last-second possessions, but with the youth on this team, we are still putting in some many of our principles that we have not worked on special situations as much as I would like. First, we must get the ball inbounds. We wanted to get a dribble penetration or we wanted to make sure Tabitha (Pool) got the ball in her hands. Krista (Clement) did a great job of keeping her composure and Kelly (Helvey) made a great back cut and we got the win."
On the defense ... "Our players are starting to realize what our game preparations are about and what the game strategy is. We want to play certain players a certain way. Becky Flippin did an exceptional job of executing the game plan defensively in the first half. She was very good for the whole game but exceptional in the first half defending Moore. We also did a good job on their post player. UNLV did a nice job of finding ways to get those kids looks, but we stayed with the plan."
On the play of Katie Dierdorf and Jessica Starling ... "Katie and Jessica were exceptional tonight. Katie gave us something tonight that only she is capable of giving this team and that is a post player who can run the floor in defensive transition, get in the lane and slow down their running game. She also gave us a lot of confidence rebounding and defending. Her minutes were very quality tonight as were Jessica's."
