Jessica Davenport Quotations

When I got the ball, I turned in my shoulder and I didn't imagine a defender on me. I practice that shot every day. I just took my time and made it.

My ability in shot blocking and Debbie?s ability to take charges, I think it really made them think twice about coming into the paint. I think our guards did a good job of making sure their three-point shooters did get a lot of shots.

I feel like we worked hard all season, whatever the committee decides they decide. We stayed focused, we think the Big Ten title helped.

I think that anybody that is with this program, the players and coaches, know that I've expanded my game this year and I've gotten better.

I think the X-factor for them in this game was the shooter Dorsey. I think she scored three points the last game. This game she had a lot. That was pretty much the X-factor.

I think the x-factor for (BC) in this game was the shooter, Dorsey.

Our focus in this game was to execute our offense and defense and to play our type of game.

Our game plan is going to stay the same. We really don?t know what they?re going to do. We just have to make sure that we do what we have to do.

Road wins are hard to come by. You really have to go out and fight on the road. Making sure you take care of your business at home is a pretty big deal.

Our outside game was really clicking, so they had to stretch the defense out and respect our 3-point shooting, and it opened it up in the middle for me.

I was being more active, more aggressive. I was able to see what they were doing in the first half and then I tried to make myself more available in the second half and tried to get more rebounds.

We have a height advantage so our guards were throwing the ball over the top and our post players were getting good position.

We'll make sure to take care of our business. I think we're a lot better. We're more diverse and a lot more experienced. Just about everybody here went through that loss last year (in overtime to Minnesota in the semifinals). We're going in with a chip on our shoulders.

We got good tournament experience. We treated this game like it was a tournament. We had one day of preparation and then had to come in and play a game.

With her, it's not about scoring. It's about running our team. That's her job and she does it well.

You expect that they?re always going to come out tough. You can see the frustration on the faces of the players whenever they don?t do something right. We lost in the last second at their court last year, and when I think back on it, I can smile because it was a great game. The emotions run high.

Sometimes young teams are pretty dangerous because they just come out and play. We just have to execute our offense and defense so that we can get getter.

Coach Foster is a pretty special guy, a great coach and a great guy. To be a part of his coaching legacy is a great thing.

At first I thought she was going to shoot. I saw the ball coming and I saw my girl cheat up. I know I didn't have enough time to come down and go back up with it.

At first I thought Pack was going to try a long shot, so I screamed her name.

I took it in flow. I didn't try and force anything tonight. I just really let the game come to me.

It's a nice personal goal. It wasn't something I was aware that I was close to breaking. It's just something I've been doing since my freshman year.

I just caught it and laid it in.

I'm pretty excited. We worked hard all season and we are going to prepare for this (NCAA tournament) like we have prepared the entire season. We are going to play one game at a time.

I hit some shots and then the outside game began clicking. They really had to respect our outside shooters, and it really opened it up inside for me.

I really can?t remember all five fouls that I got in that game. But I must not have been moving my feet on defense. I?m in good enough condition to play all 40 minutes of the game. I just have to play smart.

Clamp down on defense. We switched to a zone and got them to stand still, and on the offensive end we started to move the ball well. I think that made the separation for us.

He sold me more on his individual personality than the just the program. Most coaches just talk about basketball. He wanted to know what was going on in my life and how I was doing.