March 9, 2008

Recap |  Box Score

Ta'Shia Phillips

"It was definitely the hardest-fought game of my career. High intense rebounds, hard hits and

fouls, but sometimes you've got to suck it up and do what you have to do."

"It's definitely easier playing against someone with fouls because now the referees are watching

for every ticky-tack thing, so it makes it a whole easier to go hard and finish strong."

 

Amber Harris

"Hard defense and concentration got us that win. We had a lot of focus and really wanted this

win. We decided to buckle down, play hard defense, talk and do all the things that we needed to

do."

 

Head Coach Kevin McGuff

"George Washington is a phenomenal team. They did a great job and are one of the best

defensive teams I've ever seen. The magic number for me was to score into the 60's. I thought if

we could score more than 60, we could win. That's the pace that it had to be against them.

They're too good defensively to play much faster."

 

"At this point in the season, you're going to have to play a great team and Temple has had a

terrific season. They're talented, athletic and extremely well coached, so it will be a great matchup

and real difficult one for us."

 

George Washington's Kimberly Beck

"Our goal was to win the Championship, obviously we didn't get it done. It hurts but we have to

keep on moving. The NCAA Tournament is still out there so we still have other goals out there."

 

"We stopped being aggressive on offense, we'd stop them but we wouldn't score. I think we

should've stayed aggressive, which we didn't do by standing a lot, and not let them come back in

the game."

 

George Washington's Antelia Parrish

"I wasn't being as aggressive as I should've been or as I was in the first half. There's nothing that

they did - it was my own self."

 

George Washington's Joe McKeown

"They played a great second half, especially in an eight or ten minute stretch there, and turned

the game around. You have to give them a lot of credit."

 

"We had a lot of chances and didn't take advantage of them. We'll look forward to the NCAA

Tournament. Other than that, we just didn't make the plays and they made some big ones at the

end. It's just one of those games."