Virginia Tech women’s basketball head coach Megan Duffy, plus forward Carys Baker and guard Carleigh Wenzel, spoke to the media after the Hokies’ 66-63 overtime loss to North Carolina; here’s the entirety of what Duffy, Baker and Wenzel had to say:
Opening statement from Coach Duffy:
MD: “I’m really proud of my team this evening. I thought we had a toughness about ourselves and had great effort. Cassell (Coliseum) was rocking, just a great college basketball atmosphere. Just got to give North Carolina a lot of credit. I thought late in that game, fourth quarter and over time, they made huge plays. We had a couple different breakdowns, and I felt like they took advantage of everyone late. I really believe we had our opportunities. Just didn’t have enough execution down the stretch.”
On if Duffy felt like the team got “decent looks” down the stretch (2-for-12 in overtime):
MD: “Yeah, I think for the most part. A couple of them were a little bit of a broken play. Even starting that fourth quarter, got some good looks, missed some layups. We executed a couple really nice things. As you can see, it was extremely physical on both sides. I thought we needed to finish a little bit better, whether they were fouls or not. I just thought we had a couple, maybe four or five layups that needed to go in. Unfortunately, they didn’t for anybody.”
Q: Obviously, coming off those back-to-back wins out in California, was there anything you guys felt you did pretty well out there you just weren’t able to recapture tonight?…