Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga 42, #24 Nebraska 66
Lincoln, Neb. | Pinnacle Bank Arena
Sunday, December 15, 2024
 
Head coach Deandra Schirmer
Opening statement
"I feel like we had some defensive breakdowns in the second that I'm not really happy about. Obviously, Nebraska has a good coaching staff. They went to some different looks, but we were just gassed, in my opinion. This is the first game that we've looked really, really tired. We had Caia [Elisaldez] playing a lot of minutes and she's coming off not doing anything for the past three days. I felt like there was a lot of fatigue mistakes that we made down the stretch that were a little bit frustrating. Also, on the offensive end, it was really about our Achilles heel, which is our turnovers. They started trapping the ball screens and that was a recipe for disaster for us. When they started trapping the ball and they're getting out in transition. Instead of slowing the game down like we wanted to in the first, which I thought we executed pretty well, now they're getting out and we're having to spring up and down to play defense and then break the press. In my opinion, I really felt like their defense in the second, trapping our ball screens, really took us out of our game and that's something that we've got to get better at – managing that pressure."
 
On difference between first half and second
"I think when we're trying to get alternative looks away from the ball screen and we're getting wide open looks and it's not fall, it's a little bit tough. I honestly thought this in the first half, that this was one of our better executions from an offensive standpoint. We were able to see some things and then I thought in the second half, we were just completely compromised with their physicality. I thought they upped the physicality a little bit. You never love when an official tells you 'My bad' when it would have been an 'and-1', but you know, that happens. They make mistakes too."
 
On getting players back on the court
"One of the big positives of this game was we were able to get Jade Moore in the game. We were just trying to get her feet wet a little bit. I thought she played well in the time that she was in there. I feel like she's somebody that's really gonna be able to stretch the defense. I also feel like, in order for Karsen Murphy to be able to hit shots the way she wants to, we've gotta be able to get her down. I think with some of the depth that we have coming back, even tonight, I feel like some of the depth we would have had coming back, Caia needed some subs more than she typically would. It's this intricate matrix that we're trying to solve every single night. Hopefully we can start having a similar lineup moving forward the next couple of games.