Kelsey Evans Blog - When You Get Knocked Down, What Are You Going To Do?

I'm trying to find the words to describe what took place an hour or so ago, but like a friend told me "Hey, you get knocked down, but what are you going to do now?" my response was simply, "Get up."

We dropped our conference opener tonight to Appalachian State after a sluggish first half. Speaking from within the team I can say that we did not look like ourselves tonight. We were not playing like ourselves, therefore we were not playing as a team. Appalachian capitalized on that. We were able to pick it up in the second half but by that time it was too late. I believe that there is a plan for all of us, and for some reason this was a part of our plan. I believe that this happened so we could see how we respond as a team. Will we stay down or will we get back up? Knowing my teammates, I know the answer to that. We are the Phoenix, and just like the Phoenix we will rise.

We had a moment of inspiration following this game. Our team morale was down, but one of our coaches did a great job of shedding light on our situation. She said we need to be servants to each other. Then we thought to ourselves, "well how many times have I asked my teammate what I need to do for her? What will help her play better?" Ask not what your teammates can do for you, ask what you can do for your teammates. The score of tonight's game did not resemble the team we are, nor how talented we are. We just lost touch, but I have faith that it won't take long for us to get it back. Lessons have been learned and we will move on and only use this to make us stronger. We will build on our mistakes and only improve, we must work every day to get better.

We have to give credit to a very good Appalachian team. They had some really respected wins prior to our game there. They are on a 10-game home winning streak and it brings a lot of recognition to our conference. It's good to know that we do play in a very competitive conference, and that our conference is really stepping up and getting better.

Well, since we've had our share of basketball talk, how was everyone's Thanksgiving? We had a great Thanksgiving here. Coach Barefoot invited us all over to her house for a Thanksgiving meal where we ate turkey, green bean casserole, corn casserole, pudding pie, pecan pie, and much more. I have to give a shout out to my teammate Jess for bringing an excellent pecan pie. It was a huge hit! We really enjoy doing team gatherings like that, and it was really great that coach Barefoot invited us into her house and prepared such a feast along with our assistant coaches (because we know they slaved for hours!)

We hit the road again on Wednesday to take on No. 10 West Virginia on Thursday night, and then head on up to Morgan State for a Sunday afternoon matchup. Three away games in one week, but we'll be back at home again following our exams to take on Western Carolina and Davidson right before Christmas! Thank you fans for all your support and we hope to see you in the stands again soon!

- Kelsey

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