Maryann Mitts Quotations

We felt like we had to bring in a scorer, and we really needed somebody who could play both with their back to the basket on the block and could also face at 15 feet and in that could score for us. Latoya is going to give us a very versatile style of scoring.

She's a player I thought was about to explode. I could tell by the way she was shooting the ball in practice.

Some nights she's on and she can win you a ballgame, and sometimes she's not on and she can lose you a ballgame. Tonight she was on. Tonight she played with extreme emotion and intensity and passion for the game, and I was very proud of her effort.

She couldn't do anything wrong at that point. The best she could do was make the shot.

One of the reasons why we brought her in was we felt like she complimented Robin very well and her ability to run the floor and transition was a huge asset.

I was pleased with the adjustment we made at halftime. I was also pleased with our ability to compete on the basketball floor in the second half. That was something we had to do. We had to step it up a notch at halftime. ... It was exciting to see that kind of explosive offensive performance in that short amount of time in the second half.

I think the first half, we didn't believe in ourselves.

Our guards didn't try to do too much with the basketball.

Marina has that capability to spark us. When she's on, when she's focused, this team will follow her lead.

We just didn't connect. We didn't make the plays and they did.

We battled; we played hard. We played a great 45 minutes of basketball. To be honest, we had three opportunities in overtime to win it and just couldn't execute.

We didn't give up. It was a hostile environment (with 3,500 fans in White Auditorium) and a rough basketball game. To come back and play well speaks a lot for the character of this basketball team.

This week is our biggest week in our history here at Missouri Southern. It just goes to show you how tough this conference is. It doesn't matter who you play or where you play, they're all quality teams.

We scored 64 points and that should have been enough to win. But we didn't bring our (best) defensive effort against Central Missouri.

This is something that you can't carry around as baggage and hold on to forever. We've got to let it go right now; learn from it and move on.

It was a very positive game tonight. I think that proves to me and to a lot of people that this basketball team is heading in the right direction, and is probably good enough on any given night to beat some of the best teams in the region.

It was a very special day for those two young ladies. It was very important for this basketball program to get a win for them.

Dana-Mae has really been coming on for us.

Any time that she has both feet set she's money.

I'm excited for next year. I can see before anyone else where this program is heading, and all the hard work of the last five years is starting to pay off.

I knew that she was very worthy of the honor. One of the things that really stood out was that she helped propel us from being picked seventh in the league to finishing fourth.