Fouls Quotes

More scoring. That`s what the league wants. Calling those fouls up front leads to more penetration, maybe more free throws. It`s one way to get more points on the scoreboard.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

I guess it makes a difference. You can see during the course of the game - 40 free throws, we get 34 fouls, that`s the way it goes, I guess.

Obviously, she`s 6-6, so she`s going to have some advantages inside. She`s going to be their go-to focus so we need to work on defending that and forcing the lob -- playing in front and pushing back. Our biggest key is staying out of foul trouble and not to picking up silly fouls and bailing her out.

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.

I`ve never been involved in a game like this. I knew it was going to be a long night when we had nine personal fouls (to the Terrors` one) in the first quarter.

In the first place, we have to stop giving up so many fouls. But we have to be tougher on our marking. We can`t be pushed around, we have to get that first punch in and we have to grab and hold. If they call a penalty so be it, but we have stop giving up goals on free kicks.

We have to stop bailing teams out (by committing fouls). We didn`t understand that and we didn`t understand why we couldn`t take the ball up strong to the basket. The players just need to make some adjustments.

I was surprised I won the award because I`ve always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I`m an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players.

Early on they were calling a lot of those touch fouls, but it`s inconsistent. They let some guys get away with more than others. And it changes from game to game.

There was a great deal of intensity on both teams. There was a lot of running, a lot of fouls and a lot of bodies flying.

We`ve got a bunch of athletic, confident kids that play within our system, but we can`t sit back anymore. We`re going to have more fouls and create more turnovers.

We hit a lot of shots and moved the ball pretty well. We were able to keep them boxed out and drew some fouls on their post players.

The number of fouls by both teams didn`t allow the game to have much of a flow. It broke up runs. ... But then our execution got much better. We ran plays better.