Michaela Onyenwere, Chennedy Carter, and Teresa Weatherspoon REACT to the Sky LOSING vs. Aces

okay this less than three minutes in the game you're down 10 uh such a young team was able to fight back what does that mean for you to see the resilience of this team from the beginning of the year to now um yeah a lot of the conversations that we were having during that time was you know the game was not over I think it was four minutes and 30 seconds left in the game and those conversations where um you know we're It's Not Over You know keep playing hard keep getting stops um and so yeah I think you know in the beginning of the year that probably wouldn't have been something that we would have been able to come back from so I'm excited for our growth uh to continue to persever through those things um just backto back clch losses how does the team kind of regroup and rebound from you know two tough losses in which you play well for you know the majority of the game just can't get it done in the end yeah I mean it sucks I mean to be able to be in a position where we could have won the game you know like you said back to back and come up short it's frustrating you know as an athlete as a competitor um but really we we don't have time to dwell um you know we're kind of in the home stretch of the season and so right now we're still you know in playoff playoff realm um so we want just continue to do that and so we just have to really it's cliche but we just have to kind of look forward move move on from this and learn from what we did um in this game back with one second left you guys were unable to stop Asia Wilson what happened with that breakdown um from what I saw from the bench uh you know they set a good screen um on Asia you know obviously Asia is an amazing player um MVP caliber player and yeah I mean was perfectly placed pass um and yeah just really unfortunate but we we'll learn from this so as a new coach do you feel like you're settling in sorry do you feel like you're settling in um yeah I mean I think that you know this season has been up and down for me personally um but I've just tried to stay consistent as consistent as I can whether I'm coming off the bench whether I'm playing not at all whether I'm playing a lot of minutes whether I'm starting whether I'm not um I've tried to just good for me uh and then after you hit that first you kind of gave like the celebration like finally and yeah cuz I couldn't shoot for the last four games so that was just really nice as somebody who you know can expect a lot from myself and I you know I know how much I practice and not only just me just also the guard group practices hitting those open shots it was just like a sign of relief like I can actually shoot three so thank God I was just gonna ask this like how important for was it for you to just have you know 15 points and just be have a really good offensive day yeah I mean it was super important I mean regardless of you know what has happened in the last whatever games um you know I've just like I said try to be consistent try to be a pro and sometimes you make sof shots sometimes you don't um and so tonight was just things were just falling um so I'm grateful for that but just continue to build on that we'll be good thank you uh Kennedy obviously you know you have a little over three minutes left in this game you guys are down 10 and you guys are willing to climb back and make it such a tight game uh what does that mean for you from what you've seen from this team's growth from the beginning of the year to now I think it just shows our growth it just shows that we're going through the things that we need to go through so that down the stretch we know how to handle adversity we know how to handle situations like this when it's coming down to the wire know what to call kind of know what teams are going to run just things like this will get us ready for the future it's unfortunate situation uh just kind of uh from your Vantage Point what happened on you know that last play though um it's kind of a tough one you know we go into timeouts we say we going to switch everything kind of got out there they look like they switched a little bit but it was just a perfect pass and that kind of just happens with one second Kennedy I know these were tough losses but are there any moral victories would you do lose to teams like this and for me no just because like I mean contic it came down to the Wi two points then tonight so like for me it's a little bit of like dang just trying trying to fight trying to battle through no cause trying to battle through and get these wins and just not coming out with the w it hurts me you know so just got to go back to the drawing board get back with Coach watch film see what we didn't do correctly because of course we made some mistakes and then just try to get better and continue to make this playoff push Kennedy how do you recollect yourself after hitting a big shot like that with 1.1 left on the clock um I've put in a lot of work I'm always here before any of you guys get here regardless of the game regardless of who we playing so it's just a testament of my hard work and how how determined and locked in I am for this game I was shooting before everybody got here I told Coach before she called the time out I was feeling it and I was so it's just the work I put in honestly right uh you can tell you were feeling it you had an incredible game Kennedy was so amazing to watch you and um obviously that clutch three but then the play before that the setback three did you know you were going to do that what was going through your mind how did it feel to make um coach Drew up a play um in the Huddle and then I realiz that my teammates were not moving so when they weren't moving I kind of was like okay now it's your time to make something happen so I just got back to my old self just tried to create space as you guys know I can jump up high I can jump above everybody and I can see the rim so it's kind of how that play happened K Kennedy what makes Lindsay Allen such a good leader uh she's a good leader just because she she's our floor General she runs a team she's vocal she know she's a great listener she listens to her teammates she's re ctive we can tell her how we feeling and she'll go out there and make sure everybody's involved everybody's comfortable everybody's on the same page and it's hard to find a point guard like that so I appreciate her and she has a lot of value here in Chicago back tole on the left um yeah um Camila and Angel guarded uh Wilson the majority of the night just kind of how big were their performances on defense just forced her into very you know she had a tough shooting night I mean them two together they did amazing I mean eight for 28 Angel's down there just trying to get some foul costs playing strong playing hard those are things we need 20 rebounds like she had an incredible game no matter if she finished at The Rim she's doing the things that we need her to do in order for us to be successful regardless of the outcome we're a team We're Young we're growing and these are situations that we can learn from kind of follow up on that one how much of a luxury is it to have Camila and angel battling all night it's always a luxury when you know you can shoot and somebody's down there to get your rebound put it back up or like screen and rolling I know camil is always going to catch every single pass or angel with gloves it's just like it's amazing they're young I see their ceiling just growing they have so much potential to get better and I can't wait to see what they do in the future right just um back to the the step back three you said you sort of had to improvise that moment do you remember what was called what look you guys were supposed to get yeah but I'm not GNA tell you what it look yeah sorry thank you hurts that's what that feels like I a scare you guys do I nah good just that one time it's good enough uh spoon uh just kind of you um what was the uh game plan for you guys defensively on that last play was it to switch everything or yeah yeah coach Camila is a has been undeniable how proud of you of you are her of you how proud of you of of you are I I I think I got you I got you don't worry I know what you're trying to ask me um incredibly incredibly proud of her growth and her desire her want to her demand for the basketball and what she's doing for us defensively uh anchoring our defense not allowing much in the pl paint for us rebound in and pushing the ball for us um it's been great to see that's just the level of confidence that she's gaining in herself every single game It's just tough when you play the way our young ladies play tonight uh today and um the stick seems to be short and um for me as their coach it hurts to see them play so hard and and I come out with a victory especially home and the crowd was electric was beautiful to play and it's time type of crowd in the atmosphere coach when you you're playing these teams they in the upper a lines are you showing them how much grit that this team has and that to be wary of you guys in the future well all season long we've played like this and I say we don't own a towel to throw in um we don't we don't give in we don't give up we continue to fight uh because we believe anytime on the clock we still have an opportunity to win games uh and I think it showed big time today against a very good basketball team championship basketball team um it showed a lot about who we are and what we can do we just have to be consistent with um what we did today coach I know you've talked before about sometimes being frustrated that the team isn't executing the game plan for all 40 minutes how did you feel like that went tonight um we played extremely well um um really proud of us coming off of that game in Connecticut and then coming uh back with a lot of the miscues we had there in Connecticut and leaving open three-point shots and um today we we were much better uh with that and um the second half uh Vegas they were intentional about putting the ball on the floor and getting into the paint and getting to the rim they were intentional by doing that and it was our job to be better of keeping the ball in bus and not allowing it into the paint coach with a little over three minutes in the game Vegas goes up 10 uh normally a young team going up against a team like this will just let the game get away from them what did that mean for you to see them fight back and continue and not give up on the game that's who they are me we we never thought we were out of it it's time one o'clock that's the way we think if it's time one o'clock we still have an opportunity to go get wins um and that's important when you see us continue to fight go down and execute our offensive stuff and then go about being being about getting the defensive stops and we were getting defensive stops we were running and pushing the ball and finding open shots so um it was good for us uh to see for ourselves see where we are see our growth uh see how we came back from a game from Connecticut and then playing the way we did against this this team uh we just want to get better every time we step out there and we have another one to play you're working hard you're settling in do you ever feel like you're in over your head no no not ever I've never approached anything like that uh if I do I do those young women a disservice um this is a challenge everything is a challenge when it comes to this game you have to study you have to work you have to be creative you have to be Innovative at all times of knowing who you're preparing for and what it should look like and you believe in what you put together you believe in the details of what you put together to prepare for that team so it's never I've never in my life felt like that about anything and uh challenge will be met challenges or challenges they're they're here to be met and I'm I live like that I live for a challenge back to David coach how pleased were you with mela's office of production tonight and yeah that's good very she's um coming into her own I tell everyone that she's um probably our most versatile player because of being able to play so many different positions defend so many positions and she does it with aggression everything she does offensively and defensively she does it being so aggressive and physical she's very very physical so she's doing a heck of a job of of helping us to grow as a team and it's good to see good to see her confidence continue to grow uh continue to step on the floor and when she knocked out a three she kind of looked up to the heavens like yes finally went in uh but that's just the work she's put in she books put in a lot of work and you know when your players put in that kind of work you just want them to trust their training when they TR trust their training they bring it into our system and what we're trying to accomplish on the floor it's always good to see uh but at the end of the day when that score CL goes off that time goes down and it gets to zero and you don't have that W it still hurts still freaking hurts especially when they work that hard right um it was just incredible to see Kennedy's game today I mean she kind of showed us ins side uh some of those three-pointers um how are you feeling about where she's at as a player right now and how how proud you are of her development well you all see KY basically do whatever she wants on the floor she's uh incredibly quick cat quick um sees the floor very well gets to her shots very well and can Elevate uh up and above anyone uh but it's how she sees and how she plays the game that's uh really good to see um making sure she's getting everybody else involved as well especially when you're that gifted and you can uh get your shots but it's it's more important for me to see how well you help everyone else get theirs uh she's doing that and she goes on the defensive side of the ball and she plays defense too uh so I'm I'm I'm pleased with with where we're going uh we know that we have to be better we know that um we're in a hunt right now it's a huge Chase uh for this playoff position and uh we don't want to lose that position we have time for one on Zoom Carly Bell please unmute hey coach you've talked about Lindsay Allen being the person that's able to steer the ship and find ways to have the offense move what did you see out of her especially in her fourth quarter composure it's the same thing that's what I talk about when she knows when to inject herself uh the entire time you saw her you know running the show like we say she steers the ship and um but the moment she saw the opportunity to inject herself because it was necessary she did it you know she's she's a hell of a leader you know she's a hell of a leader coach thank you appreciate you guys