Jan. 2, 2006
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Maryland Head Coach Brenda Frese
On the game
"I thought we did a lot of nice things in the second half that will help us get ready for conference play. I thought we were more active and picked up the intensity with our press."
On starting conference play
"I think we've made a statement in every game that we've played. With all the games that we've played, they team is ready to start conference play. It's going to be easy to get them prepared and motivated for the first conference game."
On the depth of the team
"That's a credit to this team, each and every night every player is ready to step up."
On forward Jade Perry
"Because she wasn't feeling well, and the quick fouls in the beginning, I was watching her and she just came out and dominated in the second half.
On Manhattan double teaming Crystal Langhorne
"We encourage it; we hope a lot of teams go in that direction. With the play of Jade [Perry] and Laura [Harper] and our shooters, we like when the other team wants to give us an advantage with the numbers."
Guard Shay Doron
On the return of guard Kristi Toliver
"[Kristi's return] means a lot, the deeper we are, the better we're going to be. She's obviously a great player and when you add a great player to a great team, it just makes it better."
Forward Jade Perry
On her play in the second half
"I felt good, I felt that my shot was coming back and it made me very confident in my game. When I came out and made my first two shots, those two shots were a definite confidence booster."
Manhattan Head Coach Myndi Hill
On the game
"Maryland is a great team, a great program; Brenda Frese is a great coach. They are going to have a great year; they are off to a great start."
On Maryland's team
"That's why we came down here. To play this caliber of a team, to get experience in this type of arena and against this type of team. This is like us being a sixteenth seed and playing against a one seed."
"They are a tremendous program; we came in with a little bit of nerves."
On Maryland's height advantage
"I thought we did a tremendous job in the first half, but in the second job they did a great job of moving their posts around and they just opened up the heavens on the threes."
On Maryland Coach Brenda Frese
"To take six high school All Americans and have them mesh as a team, that's hard. She [Brenda Frese] has done an outstanding job there. That's one thing that really separates this team from others."
Forward Kymesha Alston
On Maryland's team
"They are a pretty physical team, the only way to play with them is to play physical back."
Guard Gabrielle Cottrell
On the second half
"We knew they were going to come out strong that first minute, a team like that isn't going to back down. We knew we had to try to match that."
