Everything Oklahoma head WBB coach Jennie Baranczyk said after SEC Tournament loss to South Carolina
Oklahoma head women’s basketball coach Jennie Baranczyk spoke to the media following the team’s 93-75 loss to South Carolina in the SEC Tournament semifinals on Saturday. Here’s everything she had to say.
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On how difficult it was for Oklahoma’s offense to dictate how South Carolina’s defense played
“(It’s) more, we want to take what they’re giving us. We want to make a lot of reads, have really
good ball movement.
“I think they stifled us. They’re very, very good – very disciplined on the defensive end. They stretch you out on the offensive end. They made it difficult. The whole environment made it difficult for us. You want to start a heck of a lot better than you do. You can’t pass it to them because they’re too good, they convert too easy.
“I thought we did a better job in the second half. You have to show up from the tip, or you’re not going to
make it.”
On the next steps Oklahoma needs to take for deep run in NCAA Tournament
“We have to step up in every game, regardless of how big it is. I think we’ve gotten better. We’ve gotten a heck of a lot better since we were in South Carolina the first time. You can see that. But we got a long way to go – especially, the deeper you go, the more tired you get, and mental toughness comes out. That’s where I feel like, today, we needed to be a little bit mentally tougher to start the game.
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“We made too many mental errors. You can’t foul so much. We were in a lot of foul trouble. That got us out of rotation. We can’t give up so many second chances. It’s the simple things. And, offensively, we have to do a better job of being able to take what people are giving us, get a little bit more connected. When we do that, we’re pretty good.
“In this tournament, I don’t know if we necessarily shot the ball too well. Hopefully, in the next one, we do.”
On Oklahoma’s success shooting from three-point range
“Not when they score a hundred in the paint. We needed to do more in the paint – we knew we would have to make some outside shots. We had some really good looks that didn’t go in. We needed to convert those ones in the paint a lot more than we did tonight from a variety of people.
“I mean, I don’t necessarily look for three when they’re just pounding it in the paint, then stepping up to the free-throw line. We gave up too many and-ones, as well. You have to hope they only get two free throws, or you can’t foul. That’s something that we’ve just got to get better (at). I think, when you dominate the paint, you’re going to dominate the game.”
