Post Game Press Conference — Sky vs Fever — June 11, 2026

[17:15] Tell me just like what your life's been like today, [17:26] 30 team is struggling, like there's all these different things going on. [17:31] So just tell me like, I'm definitely tough. [17:35] Last couple days have been tough for me. [17:37] I've went through similar situation situation before at UMass. [17:41] So I'm knowing how to handle it better, but it's definitely tough. [17:44] It's not easy, coming into the game, knowing whether you're a player or [17:49] not, it's difficult, but I'm glad I could give that energy that we needed today. [17:55] And help our team out. [17:57] What did you see that people were doing defensively that you could take advantage? [18:03] Just driving downhill, paint was wide open. [18:06] So just taking advantage of that. [18:08] And then once I did get a couple of baskets downhill, [18:10] just opening up my three-point shot and using that as well. [18:26] Yeah, I think we just got stops. [18:29] I mean, that's the only way you can come back from being down that much. [18:33] So I don't remember the group that was in, but [18:36] I think they just did a good job of getting a lot of stops, consecutive stops. [18:41] And then we were scoring on the other end, but [18:43] we were really able to string some stops in a row. [18:46] It was there. [18:53] What did your guys take away? [18:58] I think the last two games we've done a lot better, just trying to string [19:02] minutes together on the court. [19:03] But there are just some possessions that we struggle with, especially on the glass. [19:08] Myself included, I got to help out. [19:10] I helped my bigs down there and get some more rebounds for us. [19:13] But definitely strides in the right direction, but still not a win. [19:16] So more work to be done. [19:19] We'll take these next couple of days and focus on New York. [19:24] I feel like there's a few guys to do. [19:37] Just focus on it. [19:38] I mean, we've talked about it, just how the energy has been different the last [19:40] couple of games. [19:41] And even though it hasn't resulted in a win, we can all feel it's different. [19:46] And so, like Sid said, there's things we got to kind of clean up and [19:52] we'll definitely regroup. [19:53] But we definitely can all feel, you know, that energy, that change energy. [19:56] So just trying to all continue to channel that and continue to work at the other [20:00] stuff. [20:09] I mean, we just didn't feel good after the other games. [20:12] And we still don't feel good, but it's a different feeling. [20:15] You know, when you can walk away and say that, you know, we were connected, [20:18] we were doing certain things the right way. [20:21] But, you know, obviously we want to turn that into wins. [20:23] Like, it's still not good enough. [20:24] So, you know, I think just more of a concerted effort at it, I guess. [20:35] Keep putting games together. [20:37] You know, like she said, the feeling in the locker room is a lot better than the [20:41] last couple of games we had. [20:44] Still not a win, but, you know, we're moving in the right direction. [20:47] And this is like the bare minimum right here. [20:48] So we need to just keep stacking. [20:50] And I guess just for you? [21:04] Just trust my work. [21:05] Trust my work. [21:07] I was in my head a little bit last couple games, just, you know, scared to make mistakes [21:10] and stuff like that. [21:11] So just going out there, doing what I do, trusting my work and, you know, my teammates [21:15] trust me. [21:16] So that's the biggest thing. [21:18] Like this game, do you have a sense for like what? [21:25] I have no clue. [21:29] I think that's a question you got to ask coaching staff. [21:32] I'll just continue to work my hardest every day at practice. [21:36] That's really cool. [21:45] What do you mean? [21:57] I mean, I think we've shown that like other games, like we've shown that we can come back [22:01] from being down. [22:02] You know, we just can't have a first quarter like we had. [22:05] It's kind of the same story. [22:06] Like we usually have a quarter where we just aren't focused, aren't locked in. [22:11] I don't know, but we, we get dig ourselves in a hole. [22:15] And so, I mean, we just proved again that we can get ourselves out of it, but I think [22:18] we want to focus more on not even getting into that position so we don't have to come back [22:22] from 19. [22:23] But I mean, it shows our resilience. [22:25] It shows us, you know, being able to, you know, fight our way back and that's, that's [22:29] always a positive sign. [22:30] Thank you. [22:33] Thank you. [31:43] Yeah. [31:44] It was one of our, we had a, we had a reset and our, our normal reset that we like takes [31:54] a little bit more time to kind of get into. [31:56] So we went with something that everyone was familiar with since we didn't have time to [31:59] huddle and talk about it. [32:00] And, but we executed it well, we set a good screen, we were able to get her free to get [32:06] a clean catch and then she made the rest happen. [32:08] So credit to her, credit to our team and for that late game execution. [32:14] Yeah. [32:29] Yeah. [32:30] I think in these types of games, you have to, you have to be that, but that's also what [32:34] you get with the, with the veteran team. [32:36] Um, you get players that have been in these types of positions before, um, even if we [32:42] hasn't, haven't as a, as a unit, uh, this year. [32:44] And so, um, no, it's credit to them, uh, offensively and defensively. [32:49] Uh, I was really proud of the effort for the, uh, you know, for the second through the fourth [32:54] quarters today, being able to bounce back from the hole that we got into that first, [32:57] you know, in that first quarter. [32:58] And so, um, I thought we executed, um, for the most part, for the majority of the game. [33:03] And so, uh, it's unfortunate we came up a little short, um, finishing possession still. [33:15] Uh, I think that that was kind of a, a theme for the game. [33:18] Uh, 19 offensive rebounds is going to hurt you, uh, at any capacity. [33:22] We had our own share of second chance opportunities that we were able to capitalize on today. [33:26] Uh, we were able to get out and transition and create some turnovers. [33:29] We play well as just, um, it was a few turnovers here and there and then, and then the second [33:35] chance opportunities. [33:36] And that's some of the risk you run when you, when you play a little, um, undersized [33:40] at times, uh, we had to manage these loads today. [33:44] And then, um, and obviously, you know, Mill getting in foul trouble hurt us a little bit, [33:48] ran, ran E wheels, um, minutes a little long. [33:50] And so, um, but you know, as part, as part of the game, uh, I think for us, we, you know, [33:56] we're proud of the effort and that's always going to be the baseline standard for us. [34:00] We just, um, you know, we want to, we want to start pulling these games out. [34:04] Yeah. [34:16] I mean, we, she hit some big ones down the stretch and then, and then she missed a couple. [34:21] That's part, I mean, that's part of it. [34:23] It's, uh, um, it's just a matter of her, you know, continuing to, to have confidence. [34:28] The team has confidence, but, uh, you need her out there for defensive purposes. [34:31] Um, you need her out there to, um, from a size standpoint and just, uh, and having her, [34:37] you know, leadership and experience out there too. [34:39] And so, um, you know, it ha it happens to everyone. [34:43] I mean, it wasn't the, the tale of the game. [34:45] It's just, um, it's just part of it. [34:47] And so, um, you know, but we continue to believe in E will. [34:51] Yeah. [35:03] So it's a, uh, it's a growing process. [35:05] I mean, it's, it's still trying to figure out what that looks like. [35:08] Um, you know, there's, there's been several games this year where she's been able to show [35:13] kind of that, um, uh, that explosiveness. [35:17] Um, and then other times where, you know, kind of the rookie, the rookie pains, growing [35:22] pains, uh, you know, prevent itself or prevail itself. [35:24] And so, but we know the kind of explosion that she has, the type of offensive talent [35:28] that she has, uh, she's getting better on the defensive end. [35:31] Um, so we'll continue to find, to find ways to get her in there. [35:36] It's, it's tough in a 40 minute game to find adequate minutes for everyone. [35:39] That's, that's a, that's probably the toughest job of a, of a coach at this level. [35:42] But, um, you know, she, she had, she had it going today, which kind of limited [35:46] Rachel's minutes today. [35:47] And so, um, yeah, we're just, we, we, we're finding ways to, to be effective, [35:52] find a ways to put us in, you know, position to win. [35:54] She had it going tonight. [35:55] So we rode with the high hand, but, um, yeah, we were, we were proud of that for [36:00] from her today. [36:08] I think it was their activity defensively activity, defensively. [36:11] We switched some things though. [36:12] We played a few possessions of zone here and there. [36:14] Uh, we mixed it up with between that and man, I think changed up the rhythm a [36:18] little bit. [36:19] Um, and then we were able to get to create turnovers and get stops. [36:22] And anytime that we're doing that, we're able to get out and take advantage and [36:25] transition. [36:26] Um, and so, uh, I thought that was the tail of the, of the second, second quarter [36:32] and, and for most of the third quarter as well. [36:51] Yeah. [36:52] Yeah, for sure. [36:53] That's always gotta be the, it's, it's gotta start with that being the, um, kind of [36:57] the baseline and the standard for who we want to be. [37:00] Uh, I think when you approached the game with that kind of effort, as we have the last two [37:04] games, you find yourself in these games with these top teams in the league and, uh, anything [37:09] less than that, um, or anything absent of that is it's, it's going to be tough to win. [37:14] It's going to be tough to even be in position to win. [37:15] If you don't have that, um, that grit, as you said, and that, that toughness and that, [37:20] uh, that mindset. [37:21] And so, um, for us, I think that we, we understand that that's gotta be a, an, an every game thing. [37:27] Um, we can't control the misses and the, and the makes sometimes we can, can control that [37:31] part of it. [37:32] Uh, if we sure up some of these defensive rebounding woes, I think we'll, uh, we'll find ourselves [37:37] on the other side of these games, man. [37:48] She's there's, I mean, there's no weakness in her game. [37:51] Not one. [37:52] She's a, she, she's a force defensively offensively. [37:55] She's stretched her game behind the three. [37:58] So she's, uh, she's expanded her game from that standpoint. [38:00] Obviously she's always been a low down low. [38:02] Um, she makes it, she makes a, uh, uh, an impact on the offensive glass. [38:07] She gets to the free throw line. [38:09] She's an underrated passer. [38:10] She's a great screener. [38:11] Like there's nothing that she can't do. [38:13] And, uh, Indiana does a really good job of utilizing her to, to her strengths. [38:18] Um, and you know, she was, she was, she was really good tonight and she'd been really good [38:23] all season and throughout her career, but, um, she just finds different ways to, to impact [38:27] the game and it speaks to her talent and her development. [38:40] No, I think, no, we were, we were frustrated after that first quarter. [38:43] It was, it was a rough first quarter. [38:44] It wasn't the way that we want to come out and play. [38:46] So, um, that's all it was. [38:48] Nothing, nothing more to it. [38:51] Thanks.