Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga 70, Furman 74 (OT)
Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena
Thursday, February 27, 2025
 
Deandra Schirmer, head coach
Opening Statement
"I feel like this whole season we've had a lot of games that have taught us lessons and I was hopeful that we had learned all the lessons that we needed to make a push towards the end of the season, but apparently we need to learn some more lessons. I think that credit all goes to Furman and their players and their coaching staff." 

On what led to tonight's result against Furman.
"We were too focused on what is ahead instead of focusing on Furman and I think that we are a little bit shocked at how well they shot the ball, even though they are one of the best offensive teams in our conference. This is not the time to get complacent and I hope we learned a lesson tonight, I hope in us getting our butts kicked on our home court in front of a great fan base, I hope it wakes us up and I hope that's the cold water that wakes us up and says hey we gotta get it together." 

On the team getting into foul trouble late in the game.
"We've got to grow up. Fouling out of a game is an immature thing and you've got to be mature enough to play smart. To keep doing it and we keep looking at the officials like its their fault... we've just got to be smarter and I think it's some frustration fouls, it's some I'm tired fouls, but we've got to do a better job of being disciplined defensively so we are not getting in foul trouble." 

Caia Elisaldez, So., G
On what she can learn from a game like this.
"I think honestly like she (Coach Schirmer) said, we can't overlook anyone. We can't look at games ahead, we can't be talking about the tournament because that's not the priority right now. The priority is, as of right now, Wofford. We need to focus on exactly what's in front of us, because we're not doing ourselves or anyone any justice focusing on things that are far ahead when we can't control those things yet." 

On the message she can give to the team as a leader moving forward.
"Don't get discouraged, get determined. We can't let this loss discourage us because if we do it is going to be a trickle effect. It's going to keep going and I fully believe that our team is going to use this and we're gonna continue to build off of this. Just continuing to be determined and knowing what our end goal is and knowing that the only way we're going to do it is together. That's all there is to it right now."