Postgame Quotes: Alabama vs. New Orleans
12/21/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Alabama Head Coach Kristy Curry
Opening statement:
"(I'm) just really pleased with our energy and effort today before the break. I thought we had a really intense, hard-nosed week of practice. I like the way our team responded today. I thought our crowd was really good. I appreciate our kids, the energy they played with, our crowd and everyone being here today."
On getting a lot of players playing time:
"I think it's really important. As we get closer to SEC play, we need understand it's the pace we play at. If you're not doing your job, we've got someone else. I love playing nine of 10 (players). That's who we want to be this year. I think they really responded to that today; I think it's great to see. I like the way our bench came in and impacted the game. They scored off the glass, went after loose balls and had activity and energy on the defensive end. It's as good of a finish before the holiday break as we've had. It's good for our kids to feel good heading into Christmas. Thanks for being here, Merry Christmas."
#25 Briana Hutchen, Forward
On the team's mindset/aggressiveness in the game:
"Today we really wanted to focus on working hard and getting to the line. We worked really hard this past week in practice, and Coach (Curry) always emphasizes getting four players in double-figures and that's one of our strengths getting hard to the basket. That's something we worked really hard on this week in practice, and it really paid off today."
