Postgame Quotes

Head Coach Sherri Coale

On senior Jasmine Hartman's performance:
"It is one of those deals where you just push and push and push and you never quit pushing because you know it's in there, you know she can do that. For her to get to experience that moment and have her coming out party tonight on senior night, I am not sure it gets any better than that.

"And you know what, this senior class deserved that. They deserved a night like this."

On holding Kansas scoreless end of the first/start of the second:
"All that I told them at halftime was, the kind of effort you showed in the final three minutes of the first half is enough to win this game and don't change a thing. We kept reminding them on every timeout about our game plan and strategy to keep [Angel] Goodrich in check and to try and keep the ball from going to [Carolyn] Davis. We really did a nice job, I thought, on being aggressive and, yet, not fouling and getting ourselves in too much trouble. We had a little bit of foul trouble, but our guys were really smart when they got in that position."

On the help Hartman was defensively on Angel Goodrich:
"It certainly helped us on Goodrich and it also helped on our rotation - extra minutes for guys and allowing them to get a little two-minute breath here, and a two-minute breath there. I think that makes a huge difference."

On sticking with the game despite the comeback effort made by Kansas:
"Some big 3's is how we spread it to 10 points. I thought it was an outstanding women's basketball game. That is this league. I don't know what we are going to finish or what they are going to finish since it is all still up on the air with the last game still remaining but this league is unbelievable - that was a great basketball game. We were playing extremely well and they wouldn't go away. I think it was the focus of our kids to try and make sure this night was what it should be for those four seniors and that is the reason we didn't miss a bit when they came charging back and answering everything. We just continued forward."

On the emotion of senior night:
"As you can tell, these kids are so close and we really are a family. I think a lot of programs say they are a family and put it on their gym shorts and put it in their media guide and we really are. I think senior night reflects that."

Player Quotes

Junior Center Nicole Griffin
On the play of Jasmine Hartman:
"I am so happy for her. As Coach Coale said, she does everything right in practice and just gets really tight in the game. It is amazing to see her let go and it is the perfect timing for her to do that and I am just so happy for her. She is a great player and a great teammate so I am very happy for her."

On Oklahoma's quick turnaround at Texas Tech:
"We have had earlier turnaround than just a few days before, so I think we will be fine. We just have to get in the ice tub and all that, but we will be fine. A lot of people are contributing more like [Nicole] Kornet and Jasmine [Hartman] have been playing so well, so we are going to have more people to play so we should be fine."

On how well Oklahoma's bench has been playing recently:
"It is a relief knowing that if you have to come out of if you're going up and down and you're getting tired, that a sub is going to come in and handle it while you're out. It's a relief knowing that everything will be all right and that you do not have to stay in there too long and push it when you're tired and need a break."

Senior Guard Jasmine Hartman
On playing well on Senior Night:
"I am going to say that I made a decision before the game. I did not want to wait to the end of this just to be like, `Oh it's over.' I made a decision before the game. I chose to jump off the bridge or the cliff you could say, but, it is just a decision you make before.

"I was in this fog honestly. I could not get past that until this game. Every senior wants to go out with a bang -- and that was my thing -- just go out with a bang and that is just a decision you make."

On building on this performance moving forward:
"It does occur to me that I am making my teammates a lot better. It does not even matter that I am starting. It is not about starting for me. It is about playing for my teammates. It is all of us together."

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