ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

March 5, 2021

Kierra Fletcher

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Postgame Press Conference

Georgia Tech 60, Clemson 57

Q. Your effort this evening, never leaving the floor in this ball game, it was just incredible to see the work you did. Just describe the feeling of this one going down the stretch and holding on to win this big game.

KIERRA FLETCHER: Clemson is always a tough team to play. They're very gritty, play hard all 40 minutes. But we're on a mission this season and I think everybody played well and did what they had to do just to come out with a win tonight.

Q. The defensive scheme there in the final moments, the way your post players got after Kendall Spray, the tremendous teamwork coming out of that time-out had to be very satisfying.

KIERRA FLETCHER: Yes, absolutely. Kendall Spray was one of our main emphasis on our game plan, and we knew if Loyal got hung up because she was on her pretty much the whole night, that at that moment in time Kendall Spray, she's a great shooter, she can get the ball off very quickly. So it was great awareness by Nerea to come and contest that shot.

Q. Loyal McQueen a freshman played in her first ACC Tournament gave you such a big lift with her three-point shooting.

KIERRA FLETCHER: Yes, she did. Loyal is a great player. I don't think she really understands how good of a player she is yet. It looked like everything just came natural out there to her. I couldn't really tell that she was nervous or not. She just looked like she was meant to be there. I was really proud of her.

Q. I'm looking at how many players played so many minutes. Your starting five just as a unit, the commitment to this game tonight was just incredible.

KIERRA FLETCHER: Absolutely. It was just a team effort. No matter if you played 40 minutes or five minutes, everyone was just giving it their all. We know what we needed to do. It was just a great team effort tonight.