Quotes by Lin Laursen

“Ive never seen anything like it. It bothered us for a while, but once we got going we played pretty well.”

“We had to put some pressure on them and turn it into a basketball game again. Once we did that, we got some things accomplished.”

“It was a good night to stuff the stat sheets. Danielle had a great night. She just plays so hard and with such heart all the time.”

“I asked our girls at halftime if they wanted to give away their home-court advantage for the playoffs. Then we came out and put together a solid second half.”

“We played with a lot more intensity in the second half. I had some things to say to some of them, and I think maybe I made them mad. Sometimes they play better when theyre mad.”

“Ive always said the performance is more important than the result sometimes, and the performance wasnt very good.”

“They had nobody to stop her. She had energy, and she picked up everybodys misses.”

“Our Big 3 is as good of a frontcourt combination as weve had here, and they certainly played well. Theyre all having phenomenal years and phenomenal careers. Teams might be able to stop one of them, but the package is pretty dangerous.”

“Repeated and undefeated. Thats been the goal all year.”

“It was nice to get it taken care of early. Weve been wearing a target on our back all season, and thats not an easy thing to do. All the pressure was on us, and Cochise had nothing to lose.”