LaVonda Wagner Quotes (18 Quotes)

Players make plays and that was a big play. We really wanted to win this game tonight.

That was very deflating, but I thought the whole first half for us was deflating. We came out with good intensity, good energy and let them take us out of what we wanted to do. Turnovers have really hurt us.

Absolutely. Right now, we're 6 and 10 in the Pac-10 and this is a group of women who won one Pac-10 game last year.

We are a better team today than we were yesterday or even a month ago, and I think we will be a better team Friday than today.

They're a very good basketball team and we've got them on their home floor. They're fresh and they don't have to travel a day. I mean, I could get to the East Coast as fast as I could get to Wyoming.

We knew they had several (options). We did a really nice job of getting out on (Murphy) and closing her out. She was off-balance.

We don't have a lot of depth, and we've got a new system we're trying to learn. They're doing the best they can with the numbers we have and the talent we have.

Wyoming is a very good team and we knew that coming into the game. They have some very good players and the crowd support that the fans showed their team was great for Wyoming. This is a tough place to play.

Our fans did a great job. I was so excited to see more orange than green. We had a real home-court advantage.

That was huge. We talked about being focused (at halftime), we talked about having an attack mind-set, it was a five-point game at that point.

She definitely stepped up on both ends of the court.

They had kind of an attack mind-set, and we got back on our heels. A lot of what they got, they got off our errors.

I think we have a really good shot at playing. We finished with a 15-14 record and had wins over Cal and a very good USC team. And we won seven Pac-10 games.

I sat beside Mandy at the Pac-10 Media Day (in November) and we left early because no one was asking us any questions. On the cab back to the airport we made a promise to each other that we wouldn't finish last. We took that to the rest of the team and that's been a tribute to them.

(Future players) know what I expect the moment I start recruiting them. I recruit women who I watch play and who I know can fit.

I think we did a great job of taking care of the ball, working the possession.

We really appreciate all of the support we have received from the Oregon State administration as well as our fans. It's nice to have an opportunity to continue our season in March and we look forward to getting back on the court.

I've been on her the last few weeks to execute, and she got some help from the people around her and it was great to see.