Erin Lawless Quotations

She's huge. Because she doesn't play (as much as other players), it allows her to focus on what we do on the court.

She's here now. The big thing is the time is now and the moment is now and we're all here. We have to play for that. There's no sense in thinking about the future.

She's kind of like our motivator for us. She tells us how it is. When we do hear her comments, we take them to heart. We realize, OK, it's time to play basketball.

She's a great player, but you can't shy away from going inside against her.

I guess it is kind of a little break, but at the same time we have to come out and play basketball. We have to defend our home court and we can't take any team for granted.

For us to be consistently here, instead of at an unknown facility for a couple of days, is just a huge advantage. People are just so supportive in Mackey. We always get a great crowd and once our fans get going, it's a great feeling.

We can go all the way. We have the confidence. There's no pressure on us right now. North Carolina has all the pressure.

We have to be able to really get ready and get out there and prepare for their shooting, their penetration and everything that they do.

I thought she was going to come out here and get like 50 points. If you have Katie on fire like that, there's no reason not to go to her.

I think we just came out with a vengeance. We came out with heart, hustle, and intensity.

I think we were definitely able to contain them. With those three you can't really stop them completely, but I thought we did an excellent job on Noelle.

It gives you an emotional break. You just kind of re-group and get ready to play. We left everything we had on the floor against Ohio State.

I think we came out with a vengeance and a lot of intensity. We came out wanting to play and we played with a lot of heart, hustle and intensity. We all had it on defense. We knew what we had to do to get it done this game.

I went in with the mindset that I want to win this so bad. I felt like I needed to put myself in that role and in a position to go out there and help this team. I knew I had to be more aggressive on offense and I've got to be a threat.

Lindsay was phenomenal. She's always aggressive on the boards and she is getting better and better at getting into the passing lanes and getting steals.

That's those long rebounds that we kind of have trouble with from time to time. We'll do a better job rebounding.

We have to take what the defense gives us. We're looking for what we have.

When you're in a tight game like that, you really have to concentrate on the guard play.

We came out with a vengeance. We played with intensity and heart and hustle.

We came out with a vengeance and a lot of intensity. We knew what we had to do to win this game.

This won't be based on numbers like that. Ohio State is an outstanding team. We have to come out with a lot of intensity.

The defense is going to help win games. We knew what we had to do to get it done.

We kind of started that game like we hadn't played in a while. Once we got into the flow of things, we understood what their defense was doing and we understood where the open shots were.

They all are still really great shooters, so we still have to be able to go in and still contest shots. We can't leave anything wide open and can't take anything for granted.

It's definitely a sigh of relief. Practice for the past few days has been getting out there, practicing, shooting, getting after it, and stuff like that. Now that we finally know who it is, we can prepare for it.

It kind of sounds like it makes our job easier, but it doesn't. There's no way we can just sit there and not defend anybody.

Their guards help make their post players better. The guards are very capable of penetrating and kicking it to the post players and scoring.

I don't know if it was her accent or if she just didn't have anything to say. But if that's the reason she's playing better, than that's fine with me.

Carol, once again, comes in and kind of saves the day. She does a fantastic job of understanding what her role is. What more is there to say except that she did what she had to do to help this team win?