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Press conference highlights after USA vs. KOR
  Good Luck Beijing  2008-04-21 18:16:00
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(Beijing. 21 April) - Comments from Anne Donovan, Katie Smith and Junk Duk Hwa after the United States beat Korea 92-56.

Anne Donovan (USA) - Coach
 
On winning the game:
"We started the game very motivated and focused. We were determined to make up for the loss of the first game> We played well defensively. There is one opponent averaging 8 points per game and we set goals to defend her well."

On having Kara Lawson on the floor:
"I'm glad to have Kara Lawson today so that we could do a better rotation instead of playing Lisa Leslie so hard.'

On how many players today will be among the Olympic squad in August:
"This team is still quite young. There will be a few of them who will be here in August. But the Olymplc squad will be considerably different. The gold medal is the one and only goal we will have then. And I believe our players and coaches will be very unsatisfied if we did not get that."

On handling many players playing overseas:
"We want to be sure that our players show a lot of chemistry both on and off the floor. Yes, It is a tough road that mary of them will play overseas from now until the Olympics and it will make them lack of training. We will have to speed up on that."

Katie smith (USA) - Guard 

On committing many turnovers:
"We did turn the ball over a lot. That just happened. Some of them were from the pressure of the opposition. Mamy would have just have to fall on us. We need to be stronger on that."

Jung Duk Hwa (KOR) - Coach

On losing the game:
"We didn't play to our best today. We didn't do well in rebounds. One reason may be lack of practice. And our center was a bit tired in the second half. And also the fastbreak of the US team gave us a lot of pressure."

On the disadvantage of the team's average height:
"Yes, that is one thing we have to work on. Actually we have a player who is over 2 meters high who is right now in Korea for an injury. I'll check on her and see if she could come in August."