Duke's Reigan Richardson says she's feeling confident in her scoring abilities as she drops 24 points against Virginia in a win. It's the most points she's scored since the first game of the season.
Yeah. Hey, Reagan, how are you? Uh It seems like early in the year we kept talking about getting off to slow start after slow start after that right now is the exact opposite. You're just putting the hammer down early. You talk about what led to that change and, and, and just how, how it feels to look up and find yourself had by nine points at the first media time out. Yeah. Um Coach has always preached on us having bad starts. So I feel like we really emphasize that and focused on like just being more focused and locked in. So that's the game plan or just lock, locking in to like ourselves, we just really focused on that and we executed that today and clearly it starts on the defensive end. Yes, sir. We, um we've really been focusing, I mean, we really focus on defense a lot and practice. So I feel like that's something that we are very strong about and we're gonna continue, that's our game. I mean, like we're not gonna change that aspect of it, so we just gotta continue to get better with that. And that said, you seemed very efficient and cool and calm and collected on offense. It just seemed like you were able to get wherever you wanted to be and your teammates were able to get to the ball. You just, just talk about your offensive game a little bit. Oh, yeah. Um, I've really been working on just being more composed while playing. Um, I feel like I get flustered a lot while playing so, really just focus on staying calm and just relaxing while, um, while I play out there is really just something I've been focusing on. Yeah, I mean, it seems like when you see the ball go in the basket early, it, you know, it, it really helps your game. Is that a, is that an accurate assessment? Uh Reagan, this is the most points you've scored um, since the Richmond game. So, you know, very, very beginning of the season. Um Is it fair to say that this is the most confident you've felt about your scoring abilities this season? I'd say so, I feel like I've really been working with our coaches just continuing to stay confident with my shot. Um whether it's on the three or just get into the cup or shoot in the mid range, I feel like I'm getting a lot better with my confidence and just, just having the mentality to keep shooting, even if I miss a couple shots here again, kind of going off of that. What do you think helped you today specifically um to score 24 points. Uh I felt like I mentioned before, I feel like staying calm, not letting um not letting anybody like speed me up. Um I feel like just staying in rhythm and staying true to my game and just taking the open, open read and taking the open shot. All right. Um A little, little specific and less game focused on this one. I don't know if you noticed there's, uh, there have been a couple of fans that have, um, made some really artistic signs, uh, in the crowd over the course of the season. Um, what, what is your, what are your thoughts on just what those signs have looked like? And, um, what this, uh, the community of fans here at Cameron has been like for you this season? Oh, no, they're awesome. I feel like every sign that I see or even just a little like cards or pictures that the fans give us every time I feel like they're so cute and so, like, just consider it of them coming to each game and supporting us and we take the support every time. I be like, it's so inspiring and it makes us just want to get better each and every day for them. Yeah.