Michaela onion with it Kennedy Carter and head coach Teresa Weatherspoon speak after the sky loss to the Las Vegas Aces check out the video fight back what does that mean for you to see the resilience of this team from beginning of the year to now um yeah a lot of the conversations that we were having during that time was you know the game's not over I think it was four minutes and 30 seconds left in the game and those conversations where you know it's not over you know keep playing hard keep getting stops um so yeah I think that you know the beginning of the year that probably wouldn't have been something that we would have been able to come back so I'm excited for our growth to continue to pers to those things just back to back question how does the team kind of regroup and rebound from you know two tough off would you play well game just can't get it the yeah I mean it sucks I mean to be able to be in a position where we could have won the game you know like sit back to back and come up short it's frustrating you know as an a as a competitor um but really we we don't have time to well you know we're kind of in the home stretch of the season and so right now we're still you know in playoff playoff realm um so we just continue to do that and we just have to really it's cliche we just have to kind of look forward move move on from this from what we did this game with one second left you guys unable to St um what I saw from the bench uh you know they set a good screen um on Asia you know obviously Asia is an amazing player um MVP caliber player and yeah I mean perfectly placed pass um yeah just really unfortunate but we we'll Lear from this do you s do you feel like you s l in um yeah I mean I think that you know this season has been up and down for personally um but I've just tried to stay consistent as consistent as I can whether I'm coming off the bench whether I'm playing not at all but I'm playing a lot of minutes whether I'm starting whether I'm not I'm try to stay consistent and be as much the pro as I can um so yeah I think that it's been good for me and then after you hit that first you kind of gave like that celebration like finally yeah because I couldn't shoot for the last four games so that was just really nice as somebody who you know can expect a lot from myself and I you know I know how much I practice and not only just spe it's also the guard group practices hitting those open shots which just like a sign of relief like I can actually shoot three I ask like how important was it for you to just 15 points just be have a really good offensive yeah I mean it was super important I mean regardless of you know what has happened in the last whatever games um I've just as I try to be consistent try to be a pro and sometimes you make shots sometimes you don't um and so tonight was just things were is falling um so I'm grateful for that but just build on that be good thank you back making such a tight game uh what does that mean for you from what you've seen from this team's gr from the beginning of the year to now I think it just shows our growth it just shows that we're going through the things that we need to go through so that down the stretch we know how to handle adversity we know how to handle situations like this when it's coming down to the wire what to call kind of know what team are going to run just things like this will get us ready for the future it's unfortunate situation just kind of uh from your Vantage Point what happened on you know that last play though um it's kind of a tough one you know we go into timeouts say we going to switch everything kind of got out there they looked like they switched a little bit but it was just a perfect pass and that kind of just happens for one second the back I knowes team for me no just because like I mean Connecticut it came down to the Wi two points then tonight so like for me it's a little bit of like dang just trying to fight trying to battle through no calls trying to battle through and get these wins and just not coming out with the w it hurts me you know so just got to go back to the drawing board get back with Coach watch film see what we didn't do correctly because of course we made some mistakes and then just try to get better and continue to make this playoff push Kenedy how did you recollect yourself after B shot like um I've put in a lot of work I'm always here before any of you guys get here regardless of the game regardless of who we playing so it's just a testament of my hard work and how how determined and locked in I am for this game I was shooting before everybody got here I told Coach before she caught the timeout I was feeling and I was so it's just the work I put in honestly right uh you can tell you feeling you had an incredible game it was so amazing to watch you and um obviously that clutch three but then the play before that the set back three did you know you were going to do that what was going through your mind how did you feel to make um coach Drew up a play um in the Huddle and then I realized that my teammates were not moving so when they weren't moving I kind of was like okay now it's your time to make something happen so I just got back to my old self just try to create space as you guys know I can jump up high I can jump above everybody and I see the so it's kind of how that play happened Kennedy what makes Lindsay Allen such a good leader uh she's a good leader just because she she's at floor General she runs a team she's vocal she know she's a great listener she listen to her teammate she's receptive we can tell her how we feeling and she'll go out there and make sure everybody's involved everybody's comfortable everybody's on the same page and it's hard to find a point guard like that so I appreciate her and she has a lot of value here at Chicago on the left Angel guarded majority kind of how big were their performances for her very you know she had a tough shoo I mean them two together they did amazing I mean eight for 28 Angel's down there battling just trying to get some foul calls playing strong playing hard those are things we need 20 rebounds like she had an incredible game no matter if she finished at The Rim she's doing the things that we need her to do in order for us to be successful regardless of the outcome we're a team We're Young we're growing and these are situations that we can learn from kind of follow up on that one how much of a luxury is it to have camill Angel batt that's always a luxury when you know you can shoot at somebody down there to get your rebound put it back up or like screen and rolling I know camil is always gonna catch every single pass or angel with gloves it's just like it's amazing they're young I see their ceiling just growing they have so much potential to get better and I can't wait to see what they do in the future go to the back right just um back to the the step back three you said you sort of had to improvise that moment do you remember what was called what look you guys were supposed to get yeah but I'm not GNA tell you yeah sorry thank you n good just that one time good just kind of um what was the game you guys that last play was it to switch everything orach Camila's Ascension has been undeniable how proud of you of you are her of you how proud of you are I think I got you I got you don't worry I know what you're trying to ask me incredibly incredibly proud of her growth and her desire her want to her demand for the basketball and what she's doing for us defensively anchoring our defense not allowing much in the play paint for us rebounding pushing the ball for us um it's been great to see that's just the level of confidence that she's gaining in herself every single game It's just tough when you play the way our young ladies play tonight uh today and um the stick seems to be short and um for me as the coach it hurts to see them play so hard and not come out with a victory especially home the crowd was electric was beautiful to play this type of crowding the atmosphere coach when you playing these teams are you showing them how much grits that this team has and that to be wary of you guys in the future well all season long we've played like this and I say we don't own a towel to throw in um we don't we don't give in we don't give up we continue to fight U because we believe any time on the clock we still have an opportunity to win games uh and I think it showed big time today against a very good basketball team championship basketball team um it showed a lot about who we are and what we can do we just have to be consistent with um what we did today coach I know you've talked before about sometimes being frustrated that the team isn't executing the game plan for all 40 minutes how did you feel like that one tonight um we played extremely well um really proud of us coming off of that game in Connecticut and then coming back with a lot of the miscues we had there in Connecticut leaving open three-point shots um today we we were much better uh with that and um the second half Vegas they were intentional about putting a ball on the floor getting into the paint and getting to the rim they were intentional by doing that and it was our job to be better of keeping the ball in front us and not allowing it into the coach with a little over three minutes in the game Bas goes up 10 normally a young team going up against a team like this will just let the game get away from them what did that mean for you to see them fight back and continue and not give up on the game that's who they are I mean we never thought we were out of it it's time on the clock that's the way we think it's time on the clock we still have an opportunity to go get wins um and that's important when you see us continue to fight go down and execute our offensive stuff and they go about being being about getting the defensive stops and we were getting defensive stops we were running and pushing the ball and finding open shot so um it was good for us uh to see for ourselves see where we are see our growth uh see how we came back from a game from Connecticut and then playing the way we did against this this team uh we just want to get better every time step out there and we have another one to play You're feel like no no not ever I've never approached anything like that uh if I do I do those young women a disservice um this is a challenge everything is a challenge when it comes to this game you have to study you have to work you have to be creative you have to be Innovative at all times of knowing who you're preparing for and what it should look like and you believe in what you put together you believe in the details of what you put together to prepare for that team so it's never never in my life felt like that about anything and uh challenge will be met challenges are challenges they're they're here to be met and I live like that I live for a challenge back to David coach how please were you with Michaela's office of production tonight yeah that's very she's uh coming into her own I tell everyone that she's um probably that most versatile player because of being able to play so many different positions defend so many positions and she does it with aggression everything she does offensively and defensively she does it being so aggressive and physical she's very very physical so she's doing a heck of a job of of helping us to grow as a team and it's good to see good to see her confidence to grow uh Contin to step on the floor and when she knocked out her three she kind of looked up to the heavens like yes finally went in but that's just the work she's put in she puts put in a lot of work and you know when your players put in that kind of work you just want them to trust the training when they just trust their training they bring it into our system and what we're trying to accomplish the floor it's always good to see uh but at the end of the day when that score clock goes off and time goes down and it gets to zero and you don't have that W it still hurts still freaking hurts especially when they work that hard um it was just incredible to see Kennedy's game today I she kind of showed us the side uh some of those three pointers um how are you feeling about where she's at as a player right now and how how proud you are for development well you will see KY basically do whatever she wants on the floor she's uh incredibly quick cat quick um sees the floor very well gets to her shots very well and can Elevate uh up and above anyone uh but it's how she sees and how she plays the game that's uh really good to see um making sure she's can everybody else involved as well especially when you're that gifted and you can uh get your shots but it's it's more important for me to see how well you help everyone else get theirs uh she's doing that and she goes on the defensive side of the ball she plays defense too uh so I'm I'm I'm pleased with with where we're going uh we know that we have to be better we know that uh we're in a hunt right now it's a huge Chase uh for this playoff position and uh we don't want to lose that position we have time for one on Zoom Harley Bell please unmute hey coach you've talked about Linds D Allen being the person that's able to steer the ship and find ways to have the offense move what did you see out of her especially in her fourth quarter composure that's the same thing that's what I talk about when she knows when to inject herself the entire time you saw her you know running the show I we say she steals the ship and um but the moment she saw the opportunity to inject herself because it was necessary she did it you know she's she's a hell of a leader you know she's a hell of a leader appreciate you guys be sure to like comment and subscribe see you in the next video hoop life family