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.
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.
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.
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.
We just didn't connect. We didn't make the plays and they did.
We scored 64 points and that should have been enough to win. But we didn't bring our (best) defensive effort against Central Missouri.
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.
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.
Marina has that capability to spark us. When she's on, when she's focused, this team will follow her lead.
