Coach Bibbs on being the target in the conference
“We are in a position right now where everyone we play is going to give us their best game. Everybody wants to be the first team to knock us off, so we’re going to get everybody’s best shot. I thought when they made their push in the first half; we did a good job of holding them off even though our defense was not as good as we wanted it to be. They scored 36 points in the first half; I thought that was too many. I was also not satisfied with the rebounding but I am never satisfied. If I am satisfied that means we won the championship. Right now, we’re just in the hunt.”

Coach Bibbs on shutting down Sophilia Hipp
“Hipps really wanted to come to A&T so maybe that’s why she was shooting as many shots as she did. We contained her pretty well; you have to make her put the ball on the floor because when you give her open shots she will hit 3-pointers. But in the second half we were in her face.”

Coach Bibbs on Brittane Neely’s increased playing time
“She will definitely get more playing time. We’re trying to get her in and get more minutes with Lonise Coulter and Jalessa Sams out. It’s really tough on us under the basket so hopefully we can give her more time and she’ll get better and better. I think now she will be more focus because a lot of time when you don’t get a lot of minutes you are not focused on what you need to do. Going out there was good for her.”

Coach Bibbs on Brittanie Taylor-James stepping in for Jalessa Sams and playing well
“It’s really big. Jalessa is more aggressive but Brittanie knows she can score the basketball and I noticed to that she does get under there for rebounds. I told her tonight I was so happy she got five of offensive boards. I am happy about Brittanie and the way she is playing.

Coach Bibbs on beating S.C. State
“It feels good, South Carolina State is a very physical team and they got some kids that love to rebound. Our kids were knocking down some shots tonight. We shot 50 percent from the field. I love that.”

Coach Bibbs on going after a championship
“I am very proud of this team. I know sometimes I am tough on them but they’re going to appreciate this because when you win a championship and you’re walking around holding your ring up all summer it makes you feel good. I want them to know how that feels. It’s the idea of going into the next season as the champion. We are six and zero right now, but I know we have a long way to go and we really have some tough teams coming up.”