NC State
Rivers: It was very emotional
NC State guard, Saniya Rivers talks about how emotional it was for her to celebrate with her family and friends after beating UConn on Sunday.
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NC State guard, Saniya Rivers talks about how emotional it was for her to celebrate with her family and friends after beating UConn on Sunday.
Uh Yeah. Uh ho holding ourselves accountable is a, is a big thing. Uh, this season in the summer we just worked on team chemistry um early because last year, you know, we were good off the court, but we didn't translate as well on to the court. So this year we made that a prime focus. We hold ourselves accountable. We hold each other. So that's definitely a big part. How much did the crowd? How much did you beat the crowd? Oh my goodness. The fans were amazing tonight. Uh It felt good. Their energy definitely was a big reason. Um We came out swinging, uh like Coach Moore said they came out um strong, but we didn't hang our heads and the fans were definitely a big part of that. Um I wish you to piggy back off that. I feel like they did amazing Zoe Mallory, Maddie, uh LA they all came in just ready, prepared. Like so as I said, we told them last night was your last night being a freshman today when you wake up, you're an upper classman. You know, you have to pretend you've been here before and they came out you wouldn't even know they were freshman tonight. So they did great talk about the very, honestly, it was very emotional. Um I was just talking about this to somebody just, they sac my family sacrificed so much for me. So just to be able to share that moment with them, you know, them being there live with me in the present moment. Just was everything to me. Uh You mentioned DJ, that's, that's my guy, you know, like that's the male version of me. So he's just amazing. He's just really a big brother. He's been that way since I got here and I appreciate the love so much. So. Yeah, Zoe, she came in confident. Honestly, I, I'm, I'm glad that she came. Oh Wow, sorry. Uh I'm so glad she came because uh last year I played the Point uh very heavy and she just came in and basically slid in that role very good. And now I get to play on the wing some and I feel like we just feed off of each other very well. I feel like she gels with the team very well. Uh She's so unselfish. Um She looks for herself, but she also lets scare her teammates involved and we love that about her so about or reason to assert yourself in this sort of challenge. I was honestly just ready uh to have another game like Iowa. I felt like that was my breakout game last year. I want to come and swing tonight. Like I mentioned, it wasn't about scoring just to get my teammates involved doing whatever I had to do to just help my team and contribute towards the win. Uh I said I wanted to bring the high school Naya back this year and I feel like I'm back this game just gave me a lot of confidence, my teammates, the fans, my family, I have the all the confidence in the world for me. So just hoping to translate into the rest of the season. All right. Thanks everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All.