Quotes by Michelle Birdsong

“We just came out flat. Sometimes your teams will do that. Normally, one or two players will come out that way. But we have a tendency as a team to come out that way. This is about the third time this year weve come out flat as a team.”

“Thats the whole purpose of putting them on the line. Those have to be our rebounds.”

“I think once (West Memphis) saw the man-to-man they got a little anxious with the ball. Wed just been sitting back a little on defense, and all of a sudden we got more aggressive when we switched to a man.”

“She shoots the ball well from outside and practices it a lot. She hits those consistently in practice.”

“Kayla has the potential to score 15 every night. We just have to make her know that she has that ability.”

“The last game against Jonesboro it was [Grahams] defense and tonight it was her offense and her defense.”

“This was the first time this season that shes been out of a game for that long a time. I thought she could play the rest of the game with four fouls. But she needed a break so I could think about it.”

“I didnt think we played that poorly against West Memphis. We just didnt block out and rebound very well. And against Forrest City, we played extremely flat. It seems like with this team, if one player comes out flat, they all do.”

“We kind of wish we were playing on Wednesday so we could go [today] to watch and see what its all about. We may go early [today] but I dont want to get them there too early and have them sitting around.”

“I told them from the first day that it was not my goal but my expectation that we would go to the state tournament. There were some doubts [early in the season] and we had a lot of adjusting to do after the injuries. But I think theyve adjusted and overcome so much. Its caused them to pick it up and play harder.”