Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Western Carolina
Cullowhee, N.C.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016

Head Coach Jim Foster
Opening thoughts on the game:
"We were down five points in the first half and we only had five turnovers.  They only had 29 points, so we have to make some more shots, but they are playing well.  Sometimes you have to give the other team credit when credit is due.  I think she (WCU coach) has done a wonderful job with that group. They (WCU) play hard.  They are young.  They have a lot of sophomores playing.  They are athletic as all heck and they just gave us some problems. 

"Once we pulled up our shorts and starting guarding them and making it a little bit more difficult, their opportunities to score in the lane became non-existent.  Early on, they were beating us off the dribble and we had to rotate to help.  Jas is rotating, and that is one thing about a shot blocker, you are giving up some of your rebounding sometimes.  We told Jas not to rotate and we had to play tough, hard-nosed defense to make them go with you.  If they miss it, which they will if you guard them hard, then Jas is ready to rebound. I think that, more than anything else, helped defensively. 

"Offensively, we just started to move the ball and made some threes.  We go 1-12 in the first half and 4-8 in the second half.  The good news is, we kept shooting threes.  We are becoming a better three point shooting team, but unless you have the mentality and keep that mentality over the course of the game, you guard yourself. 

"Lastly, Key Gilbert, she guards herself better than anybody else in the league guards her.  She is asserting herself better.  We ran some stuff for her and we got her the ball and she just went out and got shots and made things happen."

On the play of Western Carolina:
"Credit to them. They played hard and with intensity.  They played for their seniors and credit to that, but we won a tough road game.  They play well here and they play hard.  For us to come in here and get a 14-point win where teams have struggled is just inspiring for us."