Jan. 8, 2006

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Maryland Quotes

Maryland Head Coach Brenda Frese
On the game
"I thought that it was a great crowd for a great game. Both teams played hard out there. We had a lot of turnovers, and that was mostly because of Duke's pressure. They're a tremendous team. But as I told our players in the locker room, we have a lot we can take out of this game that will make us better for the long term."

On Kristi Toliver's impact off the bench
"We need to keep her reps and her practice time up. She provided a great energy for us like we need our point guard to. She stepped up and made a lot of great plays for us."

On Duke
"Duke has a tremendous amount of depth. They can defend and score well, and they just play a complete game. This was a credit to their defense."

On the overall series with Duke
"We know that we can compete with anyone. When we get out on the court, we don't look at the stats or what's happened in the past. In fact, Maryland still leads Duke in the overall series. But we know that we just need to keep working hard like we have and there will come a day when we will beat them."

On playing in front of more than 16,000 people
"It was a tremendous atmosphere, and we love that. Playing in front of a crowd like this gives our team a great energy...we hope we can do it again. This is going to help us when we go into the ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament atmosphere."

Maryland Guard Kristi Toliver
On her role
"It was fun to get out there. I was a little spark off the bench. It was definitely fun."

Maryland Guard Shay Doron
On the impact of this game
"We still have a lot more games to play. Our goal is to win a championship, and losing a game or two isn't going to stop us from achieving that goal. We can learn from a game like this, but everything that we do have to do with winning that championship."

Duke Quotes

Coach Gail Goestenkors
On today's game
"I thought it was a great game. It's so nice to see so many people at the game. Maryland did a tremendous job bringing in the crowd again. We love playing in front of crowds."

"I'm proud of the way we competed. Our teams mirror one another in so many ways. We both have a strong post game and perimeter players that can shoot the three or penetrate."

"We knew that Maryland wasn't going to go away in the second half. They have a lot of pride and a lot of great players who can score quickly."

On Maryland center Crystal Langhorne:
"We didn't target Langhorne specifically; obviously she is their leading rebounder, but they are all great rebounders. We knew we had to do a great job rebounding and boxing out."

On center Chante Black:
"She has been playing really well and practicing very well. It's nice to see her put another complete game together. She gave us the lift that we really needed when our post players got in foul trouble in the first half."

On their mental edge over Maryland:
"We don't have a mental edge over Maryland; we just have more experience. Every game we play both teams will gain experience."

On Duke's defensive effort:
"We played tremendous defense, and they still shot 50%. They're an excellent shooting and scoring team, but I think our ability to make turnovers made the difference."

On this year's team:
"I think this could be our best team ever. We've always had talent, but now we have depth as well. Depth is really making a difference for us."

Guard Lindsey Harding
On team's shooting:
"Everyone on this team wants to score. When we get open looks we are going to take those shots."

Center Chante Black
On preparing for conference play:
"We still have some areas of our game to improve upon but each game helps us prepare for the next. This game definitely boosted my confidence for the next game."

Forward Monique Currie
On Marissa Coleman's play:
"I struggled in the first half and forced a lot of shots. Coleman did a good job of getting her hands up. It's hard to stop a team that has so many weapons like Maryland does."