Fred Thacher Quotes (15 Quotes)

I was surprised by their defensive intensity and how fast they brought the ball up. But this was one of our best seasons. I'm blessed to have such a good team. These young ladies, win, lose or draw, are friends. The chemistry is unbelievable. Whether they play or not, they're the same. We're a tight group.

They went to a diamond-and-one defense to stop Amanda, but it opened up our inside game and she was able to drive or set up our interior people. We dictated the pace of this game. They are a running team and good 3-point shooting team, and neither thing h

I'm really pleased that we have real strong balance in our program right now. What we're working on right now is maintaining the level of play and getting our bench more involved because we really have a tough schedule coming up.

That (catch) illustrates how close this game was. It was a very impressive showing by two outstanding teams. We played very well for this time of year.

The key for us down the stretch is going to be our balance. We have a lot of talent, but we need to step up and play as a team.

We were optimistic going in, but it's very difficult as a Division 4 team. We don't have the luxury of playing mediocre teams. Each game we play, we have to come out with our best stuff. But I think we played them hard and at times played well.

This team is playing with a lot of confidence right now. The lineup we have is very opportunistic, and today they showed their 'no quit' attitude.

We're starting to click at the right time, and I think that's key. We've got five kids on the floor at all times that are capable of scoring in double digits.

I'm very pleased. That was one of our goals. I think we'll be very competitive in the tournament. We have a well-rounded team.

I'm going to remember this season by the chemistry these girls provided every day at practice. The hardest thing about the season is saying goodbye tonight to a group of kids who were not just basketball players but were friends.

We've had problems in the first half before and we dug ourselves a hole we couldn't get out of. We battled back and didn't go easily, but give credit to Marian. They really stepped up their game tonight. They weren't like they were the other night.

We had a couple defensive lapses in that inning, but we were able to keep our heads in the game and answer right back.

This is a phenomenal team. They're very highly motivated. They're all business in practice. We do so many things so well. We got a tough draw (in 12-8 Sacred Heart last night before the Harwich Oracle went to press) but we've got them at home. It's been our goal all season to go back to the Garden (Fleet Center). This team is every bit as good as I thought it would be. It's as good as the championship years and we have more people who can score.

We scored 80 points against Mashpee. Our problem has been defensive intensity and getting back on the fast break, which we were working on today.

We were able to dictate the pace of the game and they didn't attack us. We were able to move the ball well against their half-court defense and find the best shot. We did a lot of things well. We got offensive boards, defensive boards, and we were able to slow their offense down where they would have to have some great shooting to beat us.