WEBVTT - 1-8-26 Lance with Katrina Merriweather

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<v Speaker 1>Close it in on seven o'clock, about nine minutes away

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<v Speaker 1>from your news nine minutes. Welcome back to Ronail Carrier

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk presented by Kelsey Chevallet. I'm Lance Pacallister. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>do this, Kelly and I last night enjoyed you see

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<v Speaker 1>women's basketball. We were there. They upset number eleven Iowa

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<v Speaker 1>State seventy three sixty. I had that in front of me.

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<v Speaker 1>They win last night, highs ranked win in program history.

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<v Speaker 1>My next guest played for the Bearcats was a graduate assistant,

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<v Speaker 1>was an assistant now in her third season as head coach.

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<v Speaker 1>What a treat to welcome in the head coach that

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<v Speaker 1>would be Katrina Meriwether coach lancemacallister, how are you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great, Lance, Thank you so much for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Man oh man, the environment last night, over three thousand

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<v Speaker 1>on hand. Congrats on the winning. What a shot of

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<v Speaker 1>confidence it must be for your team.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a good night, and I think that we

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<v Speaker 2>had an opportunity to show was that when we have

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<v Speaker 2>our full roster, they will have a chance to do

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<v Speaker 2>something really special. So we were just happy be out

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<v Speaker 2>there and competing together with everybody who was available.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy one sixty three. The final score. I knew I

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<v Speaker 1>had that written down somewhere. Man watching Maya Perry last night,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six points. I think she scored in double figures

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<v Speaker 1>at eighteen sixteen straight games. Now what her performance she

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<v Speaker 1>turned in for your group last night.

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<v Speaker 2>She's amazing. You know. My favorite thing about Maya is

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<v Speaker 2>her mentality. She works incredibly hard. She practices really hard.

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<v Speaker 2>She is an example for our entire team, but especially

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<v Speaker 2>our or sixth person of what it looks like to

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<v Speaker 2>be a pro and to show up every day and

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<v Speaker 2>be committed to your craft. And I could be happier.

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<v Speaker 2>This year wears Brando and black.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe you held the Cyclones twenty six points below

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<v Speaker 1>their season average and going in the story. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the storyline, maybe the biggest storyline in college basketball this

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<v Speaker 1>year has been Audie Crooks, who plays for Iowa State.

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<v Speaker 1>She leads the country in scoring twenty nine a game.

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<v Speaker 1>Your group collectively holds her to twenty three, six point

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<v Speaker 1>below her average. She is such a force. Tell me

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<v Speaker 1>how you went about doing the job you guys did

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<v Speaker 1>on her.

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<v Speaker 2>I love how you said the group, because that's exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what it took. We talked a lot about winning the position.

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<v Speaker 2>And we have four or five players on our team,

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<v Speaker 2>and they all give different looks offensively and defensively, and

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<v Speaker 2>we just kept rolling them out there, one at a time,

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<v Speaker 2>every couple of minutes. Mary Carden, whose minutes had been

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<v Speaker 2>limited practice as Audie Crouks for the last two days,

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<v Speaker 2>and then she turned around and went in there and

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<v Speaker 2>guarded her destiny and alliance. They are very strong, but

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<v Speaker 2>they're short in comparison to Audi. And then Delaney lacks

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of girth, but she's got long spaghetti

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<v Speaker 2>arms that we think are pretty annoyed. So we just

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<v Speaker 2>ran all for problematter and then just try to keep

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<v Speaker 2>her off balance and then put an emphasis on everyone

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<v Speaker 2>else and then the paint rebound in the ball boy.

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<v Speaker 1>We were really interested to see the three time Miss

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<v Speaker 1>Ohio basketball stand out from Priscell, Mary and d Alexander.

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<v Speaker 1>She missed the first does her show games for you

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<v Speaker 1>guys with an ankle injury. Seven big points last night?

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<v Speaker 1>I remember early in the fourth the arena play for

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<v Speaker 1>she scored what and those were big points she contributed

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourth quarter, weren't they?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely? And I mean everyone knows that these are McDonald's

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<v Speaker 2>All American. And my favorite part about her is she

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<v Speaker 2>very well could just tap out this season and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm not where I need to be in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of, you know, having this surgery and being out,

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<v Speaker 2>and say I'm just gonna wait, Maria, I'm gonna wait

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<v Speaker 2>till next year. But what she realizes is that she

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<v Speaker 2>can have a positive impact on this season for her team.

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<v Speaker 2>And honestly, she's chosen Cincinnati and basketball and her teammates

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<v Speaker 2>over you know, anything that anyone may say individually about

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<v Speaker 2>her and where she may be in her journey. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really really proud of her and grateful that she's

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<v Speaker 2>making that decision for us.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there were moments last night I had to

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<v Speaker 1>laugh at the legendary basketball coach Al maguire once famously

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<v Speaker 1>said the best thing about freshmen they become sophomores. If

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<v Speaker 1>she had big moments, then there are a couple of moments.

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<v Speaker 1>I look to you and I think you may have

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<v Speaker 1>mouthed what are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you if you come to our game, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see that a lot. I mean, you just can't help it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think that every coach and every team

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<v Speaker 2>has a university right, but join at Crawford, who does

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<v Speaker 2>a great job for us coming off the bench, who

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<v Speaker 2>played in one game then miss seven. It comes back

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<v Speaker 2>in the first game she plays and Kalia de Vilasi

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<v Speaker 2>is out, so she plays thirty five minutes. We Louise

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<v Speaker 2>Kylie Torrance, who is our starter at the fourth spot.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you mentioned, we didn't have d for twelve games.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you name it. It has happened. And I

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<v Speaker 2>only have the three people out of thirteen that played

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<v Speaker 2>in every game so far this year. And all that

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<v Speaker 2>matters to us is that we hear the people that

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<v Speaker 2>support us and are positive and know that it may

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<v Speaker 2>not look the way we thought it would or the

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<v Speaker 2>way we wanted it to. But all we can do

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<v Speaker 2>is keep taking steps forward every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Coach, I'm big in to bang for your buck and

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<v Speaker 1>the value of an entertainment dollar. You've got a huge

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<v Speaker 1>one coming up Saturday at home two seventeen of No

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<v Speaker 1>Texas Tech. My wife and I went last night. We

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<v Speaker 1>sat I think ten rows up from the floor, ten

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<v Speaker 1>dollars a piece for tickets, six bucks to perk and

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<v Speaker 1>Corey Garage. Big win, big environment. That was bang for

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<v Speaker 1>our buck.

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<v Speaker 2>Last night, and that makes me feel good. I'm really

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<v Speaker 2>happy you had a good time, and we tell people

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<v Speaker 2>that all the time. Just come check us out. I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're gonna love how hard we play. I think

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna love how gritty we are. And yes, you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna see some mistakes. And we're playing four of our

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<v Speaker 2>six freshmen, heavy, heavy minutes, a lot of the situations

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<v Speaker 2>that they're in therein for the first time, and there's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a learning curve there. But you're gonna see

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<v Speaker 2>a diving from loose balls. You're gonna see us flying

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<v Speaker 2>through the air for rebounds, and in all of my

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<v Speaker 2>hearing's knocking down shot you'll be able to see some

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<v Speaker 2>good offense too.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, please, if you think about it, pass along my

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<v Speaker 1>best to what are your assistants? Who was great seeing

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<v Speaker 1>her on the sidelines last night, Abby Owings. She's one

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<v Speaker 1>of my all time favorites, A feisty point guard from

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<v Speaker 1>my part of the woods in Independence, Kentucky and Simon

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<v Speaker 1>Kenton and Thomas Moore. I'm a big fan of her.

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<v Speaker 1>It was great to see her on the sidelines last night.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she's a champion and such a great coach, and

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<v Speaker 2>we talked a lot of the time about how you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when we're recruiting, I'm like, find me. We call her Ao,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, find me in Ao, right, somebody who can

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<v Speaker 2>knock down shots, that's quick, fast, athletic, that can handle

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<v Speaker 2>the ball. That's the nation's on defense. And she probably

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<v Speaker 2>killed me if she knew. But I mean we throw

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<v Speaker 2>her in practice sometimes and she she gives these kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Hell.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you that she is. They don't pay attention

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<v Speaker 2>to her, so knock down the free in their face.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll take the ball from them. You know, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a I can't tell you. This is the first time

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<v Speaker 2>that we've had a losing non conference record, right, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the first time that we've had this type of

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<v Speaker 2>adversity with being young and being injured. And I cannot

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<v Speaker 2>imagine feeling this good about the season and the team.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know it's just because of the people that

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<v Speaker 2>we've recruited and the people that I've hired.

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<v Speaker 1>So well said hey, I'm so happy for you. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a cool scene seeing everybody celebrate on the court

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<v Speaker 1>and on the postgame TA cameras on the court and

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<v Speaker 1>just to look on everybody's faces. It was a really

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<v Speaker 1>cool vibe. Last night, congrats and best of luck the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much. We look forward to seeing you again.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Take care, coach.