Oklahoma State University Athletics
OSU vs. OU Postgame Quotes
February 10, 2013 | Cowgirl Basketball
Feb. 10, 2013
Oklahoma State Head Coach Jim Littell
On the game:
“We played pretty well for 17 minutes and then we had a little adversity and it did not end with adversity. That's what disappoints me about our basketball team. We were right in the game. Granted, Oklahoma, they played extremely well. It was quite evident that the game plan was to attack our post and Nicole Griffin had a great game. Joanna McFarland hustles after every loose ball and competes and plays extremely hard. That's where we're trying to get our team to be and we're not there right now.”
On the end of the first half:
“We missed five or six layups. We were right at the rim and had some opportunities to make shots and maybe saw somebody out of the corner of our eye or whatever. But when you play a good team on their home court like OU is, you've got to make easy shots. You have to make some tough shots, but you sure have to make some easy shots and we didn't make those easy shots.”
On foul trouble:
“You lose your leading scorer and your leading rebounder and it has a great effect on you. You probably have to play some people too many minutes that aren't used to playing that many minutes. It takes away from some of the things you want to do scheme wise to get her the basketball. She's had numerous games where she picks up two quick fouls and it changes the dynamics of how we play.”
On Oklahoma's Nicole Griffin:
“She's long and has gotten a lot better over the last couple years. She shoots that little jump hook and keeps it high and has got a nice touch on it. You know, she does a good job of working. She does her work before the ball comes in there on getting you down low in the paint. We allowed her to catch the ball too deep in the paint and she is a handful there. We're guarding with Toni and she's listed 6-2 but realistically she's six-foot and there's a six inch discrepancy there and we have to do a better job of guarding and not letting her set up so early.”
Oklahoma State Freshman Guard Brittney Martin
On the difference between the first and second half:
“I think we needed to pick it up in the second half and we came into halftime looking like we were getting killed when really we weren't down by that many points. We needed to come back and play our game and we didn't.”
“I feel like the whole team needs to pick it up when we lose a big part of our team. I think the whole team needs to step it up and not just one person.”
