{"id":75313,"date":"2025-11-30T07:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T07:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/75313\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T07:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T07:54:07","slug":"what-becky-burke-lani-cornfield-and-achol-magot-said-after-arizonas-win-over-cal-state-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/75313\/","title":{"rendered":"What Becky Burke, Lani Cornfield and Achol Magot said after Arizona\u2019s win over Cal State Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Arizona women\u2019s basketball improved to a perfect 6-0 in the month of November with a 78-63 win over Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday evening. Though Arizona got the win, there was plenty for Wildcats coach Becky Burke to critique postgame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Burke was pleased with the way the Wildcats started \u2013 the UA jumped out to a 22-13 first quarter advantage \u2013 but wants to see the team be more aggressive when holding a lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI thought we could have taken that 22 to 13 lead in the first quarter and probably stretched it to 30 or 40. And ultimately, we did not,\u201d Burke said. \u201cAnd so I think that just shows we let up a little bit, maybe a little bit of immaturity here and there, lack of focused attention to detail through 40 minutes, which we absolutely need moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Our recap of the game can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdesertswarm.com\/basketball\/72990\/lani-cornfield-leads-arizona-womens-basketball-to-perfect-november\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found here<\/a>. Below is what Burke, guard Lani Cornfield and center Achol Magot had to say after the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Burke on Arizona Athletics\u2019 recent all-around success: \u201cAlways these days, need to start out with kudos to the other programs, football, obviously, with a huge win the other day, volleyball, finishing out their season at home with a win men\u2019s basketball earlier today. So just another week in Arizona athletics that we\u2019re proud of. And I also do want to just shout out our leadership. I think a lot of times, athletic departments have a lot of success, and the head coaches and the players get a lot of credit. We have tremendous leadership here at the University of Arizona, obviously, with Desiree and you have Morgan, and you have Rachel, and you have Kristin and coach Candrea. So we need to take a moment and recognize what Desiree has done here in this athletic department, because we\u2019re rolling right now because of her leadership and and the momentum she\u2019s created here. So shout out to Desiree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On her overall thoughts on the win: \u201cExcited for this win today, and to be able to go 6-0. I\u2019m happy with some things. I\u2019m excited to have an opportunity for us to correct some things. I didn\u2019t think we were sharp defensively tonight. I thought we got a little bit loose with some stuff. And, you know, So like I said, that was an excited, happy locker room, but I think we\u2019re mature enough to know that there\u2019s a lot of things that we could have corrected in that game, a lot of a lot of ways we could have stretched that lead a little bit further, but ultimately, we\u2019re a team that\u2019s just wanting to win games and and we did that today. So super excited and proud of our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Arizona getting off to a lead in the first quarter but not extending the lead: \u201cYeah, it was great, but I don\u2019t think we handled it very well. I mean, you thought the game was over after the first quarter because we played so well. We were flowing, we came out aggressive, and that\u2019s a lesson learned. We didn\u2019t handle that first 10 minutes very well from a maturity standpoint. And we probably let it get us lackadaisical a little bit here and there. So like I said, instead of stretching that lead, I think we rested on it a little bit. So lesson learned. But now we know we\u2019re capable of a 22 point first quarter. Now we know we\u2019re capable of starting a game the right way. So I think lessons learned both ways from that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On her halftime message: \u201cYeah, my halftimes are pretty much one of two things. Like little bit of criticism or a lot of criticism. Like, I never go in, like, \u2018Yay, we\u2019re up.\u2018 So I think today it was just like adjustments, and it was just feedback on the first half. We went from a 22 point first quarter to a 13 point second quarter. So a lot of offensive adjustments, making them aware that we went away from the game plan a little bit, but also, giving them credit for coming up at halftime and coming into halftime with a lead. But you know, this team just we\u2019re growing. We\u2019re learning, and so going in at halftime, and I just don\u2019t feel comfortable ever just resting on anything with this team. I\u2019m going to continue to challenge them and push them and tell them the things that need to be corrected, and act like, even with 30 seconds left, this game is not won yet, because that\u2019s, that\u2019s the kind of edge that we need to play with this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On the progress from the first game until now: \u201cYeah, I feel really good about our trajectory. And it\u2019s not just gonna be straight up. There\u2019s still gonna be some lulls, there\u2019s gonna be some things that happens. There\u2019s gonna be a couple games here and there where we take a couple steps back. But everybody wanted to sit here at our first exhibition game and, like, fire the alarm and sound the alarm. And this takes time, like it takes time. We are six games in, and you\u2019ve seen the amount of improvement. Imagine when we\u2019re 20 games in. Imagine when we\u2019re in year two, like it just takes time. But credit to our players for just coming in every single day and just continuing to want to get better. And it\u2019s not for them big picture we need to go in 25 games this year. We need to go do all these things. It\u2019s like, come into practice, and let\u2019s get better at this today. Come into practice, let\u2019s get better at this today. So you\u2019re seeing the trajectory, you\u2019re seeing the time spent together. You\u2019re seeing you need game experience with one another. No matter how many scrimmages you do, no matter how many times you go against your scout guys, they need game experience together. So six games times 40 minutes. I mean, that\u2019s been invaluable. And you just see the improvement game by game by game. Achol is going to get a tremendous amount of experience from her time on the floor today. So it just takes time. It\u2019s not something that you can like just rush or speed up. We\u2019ve we\u2019ve been patient. Luckily, we\u2019ve been winning along the way. But the goal is, every single game just continue to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On the importance of her familiarity with Cornfield from last season at Buffalo:  \u201cYeah, I\u2019m on the sideline, and I have a tremendous amount of relief anytime the ball is in Lani\u2019s hands. I know she knows exactly what I want. I breathe easier knowing that\u2019s my dog. And, like, somebody that\u2019s extremely loyal to me and has my back. She knows I have hers. And so it\u2019s just, I think when you take over a new program, I think taking people with you that are your people is really important, from a staff standpoint, from a player standpoint. I think the world of Lani. I trust her. I think she trusts me. And so just having that relationship, when you look out there and you have somebody that\u2019s been there with you, like her and I won 30 games together last year. You know her and I went through a lot last year together, and we\u2019re very close because of it. So to just have somebody that knows me, that I know, it\u2019s like extremely comforting, and that\u2019s why it was really, really important. And I\u2019m super thankful that she decided to join us here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On benching Cornfield for the first quarter last game vs. Northern Colorado: \u201cYeah, just Lani being competitive, me holding people to a standard. Like, there was no bad intentions or anything. But I hold a standard in this program, and how I hold one player accountable is how I hold anybody accountable. Do I want Lani on the bench for a quarter? Absolutely not, but I\u2019ll hold Lani accountable the same way I\u2019ll hold Achol and the same way I\u2019ll hold a walk on. You know what I mean? And so as we\u2019re building this here, culture, and Lani was so mature about it and handled it extremely well, and came in the second quarter and played the rest of the 30 minutes and kept it moving. But I\u2019m gonna send a message to our entire program about how I\u2019m handling things with one player is how I\u2019m gonna handle them with every player. So nothing serious, but a moment where I had to hold her accountable, and she took it and was mature about it, and we moved on from it. But it\u2019s the message that you send to your program that it doesn\u2019t matter who you are, we are building a culture here and we\u2019re gonna stick to our standards and our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On getting out-rebounded: \u201cI thought it was a little bit of the effort piece. Just a little bit of lackadaisical moments that I was talking about. I just didn\u2019t feel great about some moments in the game. But there was a lot to clean up, and we\u2019re going to watch it and we\u2019re going to clean it up, and they know, like they knew before I walked in that locker room, \u2018Man, we weren\u2019t great defensively today. We had some loose balls. We weren\u2019t first to the floor.\u2018 And like to Lani\u2019s point, if we\u2019re not that gritty dog, you might squeak by Cal State Bakersfield, but we\u2019re not going to do what we ultimately want to do, which is compete with the Big 12. So we have some stuff to clean up, and we will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Freddie Wallace not being on the team anymore: \u201cYeah, Freddie\u2019s no longer with the program, and we wish her the absolute best moving forward, and her future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On whether there was a breaking point with Wallace: \u201cYeah, I think since then, obviously we just, we\u2019ve progressed to the point where she\u2019s no longer with us. Really wishing her the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cornfield on the team\u2019s mindset when the game got tight in the fourth quarter: \u201cYeah. I mean, the only reason, the only way they\u2019re really scoring buckets was us fouling. So every huddle, we just kept talking about, we need stops, three stops in a row. Three stops in a row. We got to stop fouling. No more, no more. I mean, my close outs were bad today. jJust, you know, like coach said, take it to the game plan. I mean, we got to have big gaps. We got to stay solid. And that\u2019s not what we were doing. We were just fouling from everywhere, helping from everywhere. It was just undisciplined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On playing for Burke for a second year: \u201cYeah, just like what (Burke) said, our relationship, you would think I\u2019ve been playing under her for years. I have utmost respect and trust for coach Burke, and so coming into Arizona, having a whole new team, I tried to have as many teammates as possible, just letting them know, like she\u2019s not about no bluff. Call it, we\u2019ll see it. Like she\u2019s all about what she talks. She walks what she talks, she lives what she talks. And she just wants her standards how she lives life, exactly how she wants us to live ours on and off the court. And that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been trying to emphasize and tell the other players. Like, we have to be this, because that\u2019s how we win, not because, oh, coach Burke, is this, coach Burke is that. No, that\u2019s what we got to do to win. And we were a small team at Buffalo, and so being small here, it\u2019s the same mindset, same mentality, like we got to come out, we got to be dogs. Our first exhibition game, y\u2019all saw us like puppies, and we just were growing and growing and growing every game. And so hopefully by the time we need it, we gonna be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On her thoughts about not playing the first quarter against Northern Colorado: \u201cI don\u2019t really have a take. I\u2019m right with coach Burke. Over my year at Buffalo, she knows who I am, and she knows exactly how to go about things with me. We can talk about things one on one, hear each other out. But at the end of the day, she\u2019s a coach and I\u2019m a player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Magot on her successful night: \u201cIt feels great. My aunt\u2019s back in town, my whole family\u2019s here watching me, so it feels good. I mean, just doing the stuff we practice every single day. Like finishing in the paint. That\u2019s what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On being patient to see time on the court: \u201cI\u2019m always ready. I know like the matchups are not always going to work out for me. And I understand because when Big 12 play comes, like I was going to need to show up and I\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona women\u2019s basketball improved to a perfect 6-0 in the month of November with a 78-63 win over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[43772,151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-75313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-arizona-basketball","9":"tag-bakersfield","10":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","11":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}