Thursday, November 20, 2008

At the sports desk: Notre Dame women's basketball

Good win for the Irish women's team last night, 96-61 over Evansville at the Joyce Center.
It's always interesting to me how the opposition sees it--here's a quote from Evansville's head coach:

"We knew going in that handling their pressure was going to be one of the keys to the game, and unfortunately, it seemed like we were back on our heels for much of the first half, and that led to the turnovers, which led eventually to the final score," said UE head coach Misty Murphy. "I will give my team credit though. They continued to scrap and battle hard even after Notre Dame took the early lead. The Irish just out-worked us tonight, and we have to learn from this game and move on, because we have a tough game against Wright State coming up on Saturday."

The Irish must press and force turnovers; when they do, they're scary good.