Lyndsey Medders Quotations

I wish I could pinpoint that (the reason) because that's the one thing I highlighted to the team; we need to get off on a good start. I don't know if there needs to be a greater focus at the beginning of games; I don't know.

I have a desire to be a coach some day, and coach Fennelly knows that. During the games, I call the plays (on the court), so there was no need to change that.

I don't want to be known as a good player who played on good teams. I want to be known as a good player who was part of great teams that played in the postseason.

When Higgins hit that 3, it hit us in the heart. That was exactly what we didn't want to happen.

We talk about us having six starters. Whoever that sixth person is going to be coming off the bench, they've got to be a spark, and Nicky did a great job of that.

He's given me that freedom since I was a freshman to make those calls. We have a lot of trust in each other. It's neat we're on the same page like that.

Our game plan was working to a tee; you let Paris score as many points as she wants and you don't let them get off any 3-point shots and then Higgins hits a deep one. They're No. 8 in the country for a reason, and teams like that hit shots like that.

Why we were so successful this year was the balance of the five starters and people who also contributed off the bench. I doubt it will be any one person coming in and trying to average 25 points a game again. It's going to have to be the success of a group of people -- that's what basketball is all about.

We need the team over here (against OSU and Nebraska) to show up instead of that team that played against Texas and Oklahoma. We need to get more consistent and that will come with more experience.

When we're not shooting the ball as well as we have, and we're not getting the looks like we have in the past couple of years, you look at what we're doing well right now. That's playing defense.

When I went to this point-guard camp the big thing they stressed was getting the ball to your teammates where it's easiest from them to score.

We had a great game plan. I think we were a bit more prepared this time and knew what was coming so it was not such a shock.

This year, in the game's we've won, our attention to detail defensively has been the best. In both (Big 12) losses, we didn't do a very good job of that.

We were playing good defense, we're just struggling offensively putting the ball in the basket. This happened last year against Kansas on Senior Night, and we just knew we were going to catch fire, and Britt just got us going.

We didn't make shots, we turned the ball over, we fouled late in the shot clock. It's tough because you work that hard to get back in the game.

Everything we do we're going to try to do it together. We obviously don't have any All-Americans on this team, so everything we do is going to have to be done by a group.

Offensively, we've got to do a better job of getting better shots. It's not good when we're at the end of the (shot) clock every other possession shooting 27-foot 3-pointers. And that's a lot of me getting us in a better offensive flow.

A lot of the credit for this goes to our scout team. Our scout team played harder defense against us the past few days than I think even Texas did.

There were times we tried to make a run. But we didn't have the kind of enthusiasm and effort we needed.

It's an honor because there's been great point guards here in the past. A lot of the credit goes to my teammates because you get assists when they make shots.

It's just a by-product of good teammates and the coaches put me in good situations. That's really what it is; I really don't think I did anything special.

It's a new season; it's a new month. We're 1-0 this month, and that's how we're going to approach it; every game is a new opportunity.

Their scoreboard, if you look up at the one on the side, it's not your typical college scoreboard; it's just two numbers. I went to bed (Friday) night, and all I could think of seeing we're down 30 and it's not a fun score to look at it.

I'm extremely, extremely excited she made the decision to want to play again. That's a lot of points and a lot of rebounds we can't just count on and assume. So I'd love it, but it's not going to be final until it's final.

I prefer not to talk about my foot. I played the game.

The injury setbacks have been tough. It's probably the most frustrating thing I've ever gone through.

All I know is I could bend for two hours.