Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga 60, Furman 53
Greenville, S.C. | Timmons Arena
Thursday, February 29, 2024
 
Head coach Shawn Poppie
Opening statement
"First and foremost, winning on the road – winning anytime – is hard. And we will take every one of them. But the reality is that it's 28 games into the season and we are not learning. We made the exact same mistakes that we made last Saturday at the exact same times. They just didn't make the shot. I'm happy. Don't get me wrong. We competed and did some things, but if we really want to win a championships next weekend up in Asheville, it has to be better. It's a frustrating part as a coach. You talk about it. You deal with it. We have failure, you continue to watch film. And then we make the same mistakes. It's hard. I have to find a way for them to learn and to play free down the stretch. We can't make those and think that we're going to win a championship next weekend, but I take every win, especially those on the road. We are now one game away from being one of two teams on the year undefeated on the road and it's very hard to do. So I don't want to take that for granted. It's a good position to be in when you're a little frustrated after a loss. I'm proud of the kids. I thought we had a lot of big minutes. I thought Raven Thompson was aggressive again. We should have got her some more looks. I thought in a sense Hannah [Kohn] gave us some good minutes. We went more defensive down the stretch or else she would have played a little bit more. Addie [Grace Porter] I thought tried to lead us. She did a lot of good things. Eleven points from her is great. We've got to find ways. They got 30 points in the paint. It was part of a game plan. We're not doing our work early so we're gonna have to figure that out. Winning is a lot better than losing."
 
On not quitting
"I guess if we learned one thing, we learned that while we went through that same stretch last Saturday is that we found a way to make a couple more plays. You can't go 5-for-11 in the fourth, 3-for-4 from the free throw line and still get outscored when they're shooting 25 percent. That's turnovers and offensive rebounds. That's a mental thing. That's a finish thing. The percentages are great. Forty four percent from the floor, 35 from three and 70% from the free throw line. That'll win you a lot of ball games, but the mental things in between, we cannot do that to win a championship."

Addie Grace Porter, Jr., G
On avoiding a result similar to last Saturday down the stretch.
"I think it's just that we gotta stop making the same mistakes that we were making over and over again. With that being said, today we made the same mistakes but were able to get out of it just by staying together and not hanging our heads when we made mistakes. One thing we always talk about is when you make a mistake, you play harder. You're gonna make mistakes, that's the name of the game, but we just can't let that get us down too much and move on to the next play."

On coming up clutch for the team down the stretch with a block.
"It's just whatever my team needs from me, honestly. A lot of times when that ball is coming down the court the point guard is the first one they see, so if I'm locked in on the possession and look like I'm ready to go they're gonna follow after me. My goal was taking doing that throughout the whole game and carrying it with me when we needed it."

On having the opportunity to finish the season undefeated on the road this Saturday.
"I think it'd mean a lot to us because it'd just be another confidence boost for us going into Asheville. Anything that's gonna boost our confidence up is gonna help us there."

Jada Guinn, Gr., G
On the team staying together during Furman's late comeback push.
"I think that was just growth. We knew what we did wrong last game from that loss and wanted to just grow from that. They started to make some plays and we put our heads down, but we knew that if we just stayed together and focused on our defense that could help push us to get the win."

On hitting 1,500 career points in the same season she hit 1,000 career points.
"That's something I honestly didn't even know about. I don't really focus on the points I just try to do what my role is for the team. I'm happy I came to Chattanooga and have been able to do that, but it's not really something that I'm focused on. Just trying to do what I can for this team."