Maryann Mitts
Maryann Mitts
basket block both bring face feet felt needed score somebody style versatile
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.
basketball guards
Our guards didn't try to do too much with the basketball.
believe
I think the first half, we didn't believe in ourselves.
capability follow spark team
Marina has that capability to spark us. When she's on, when she's focused, this team will follow her lead.
ability brought felt floor huge reasons robin run transition
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.
ability adjustment amount basketball compete exciting explosive floor notch offensive performance pleased second short step time
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.
ball player shooting
She's a player I thought was about to explode. I could tell by the way she was shooting the ball in practice.
emotion extreme intensity lose nights passion played proud tonight win
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.
best wrong
She couldn't do anything wrong at that point. The best she could do was make the shot.
biggest conference goes history matter missouri quality tough week
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.
against bring central defensive effort points
We scored 64 points and that should have been enough to win. But we didn't bring our (best) defensive effort against Central Missouri.
basketball character environment fans hostile rough speaks white
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.
basketball great minutes overtime played three win
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.
baggage carry hold learn move
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.