Clemson Women’s Basketball Postgame Quotes

March 17, 2000

Jim Davis Quotes “First of all I want to congratulate Drake on a fine season. They are a well-coached team. We had a great defensive effort from our team tonight. Anytime you hold a team like Drake to 18 points in the first half you have to be pleased. We weren’t really sharp on the offensive end. We seemed to have some timely baskets at the end of the second half.

“We were very pleased with the effort of our young ladies. Getting pressure on the ball was the key to the game. I was upset when we didn’t have pressure on the ball. Sames made some great lob passes., Because we didn’t get to put pressure on the ball. I am very pleased defensively. I thought our assistant coaches did a great job changing the defenses . I congratualted Chrissy Floyd for her first toumamanet win. She played well on offense and defense. Joanine Mungrao came up with some big rebounds, Erin Batth did a great job at both ends of the court and Scott gave great effort running the offense and on defense. We worked very hard for this win and I am very pleased.

“Defense will carry you along way. We needed to be more productive on offense. We had the rebounding advantage and is something we hadn’t done in a long time. Erin has been very effective on both ends of the floor tonight.

“As far as playing UCONN, we have nothing to lose. It is a great opportunity for our program.”

Erin Batth Quotes “– We stepped up and Nuria and Datishella hit some great shots. We put emotions in a positive way. We have come a long way because the coaches have done a great job shaping us into a good team. We had to play hard to make the NCAA Tournament and it is paying off.

“Playing in the the ACC should help up in the next round. It is a great league with a lot of good teams and that should prepare us to play UCONN. I have dreamed of playing the number-one ranked team since I have been at Clemson and now I will have the opportunity. I am looking forward to the competition.. W know UCONN is a great team, but we will work hard in practice on Saturday and be prepared.a have worked hard.”