Tamika Catchings
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"Tamika Devonne Catchings" is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association/WNBA and Turkish team Galatasaray women's basketball team/Galatasaray. She is a prolific scorer close to and far from the basket, as well as a capable rebounder, ball handler, and defender. After playing at Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois)/Adlai E. Stevenson High School and graduating from Duncanville High School, Tamika Catchings became one of the stars of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball/University of Tennessee women's basketball team. In 2001, she was drafted by the Indiana Fever. After sitting out the entire year in which she was drafted due to injury, she had an all-star rookie season in 2002. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. Catchings is a 9-time WNBA All-Star, a 5-time All-WNBA selection and is famous for recording the first ever quintuple double (25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals and 10 blocks in 1997). She serves as President of the WNBA Players Association as of the 2012 season.

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We got killed on the boards, Cheryl Ford, Ruth (Riley), Plenette (Pierson), Swin (Cash) everyone killed us on the boards.

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She hit that shot when we needed it.

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We came in really composed. Last time we came in here, they blew us out.

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We can be happy tonight, but tomorrow we have to come back and get back to business.

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The Liberty have more size, with Baranova, Wauters and Christon. Between those three, they can pretty much switch everything because they all play the 3, 4, and 5.

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We played really well defensively. We had those early steals that led us into our offense. We want to make it to the playoffs. Once we make it we'll have a good opportunity.

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We can be happy tonight, but tomorrow we have to come back and get back to business. Everyone has to stay mentally focused.

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We knew we had to go on the boards. We've been slipping a little bit the last couple of games. One of the things we talked about is we got to get on the boards ... try to create more looks.

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That really propelled us in the second half. We got some easy shots early in the second half, and we finally got going.

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