15 Quotes by Bret Tuetken

Like everyone else, they wanted to take Hope and Maria out of the game. I told the girls earlier today that someone is going to get open shots.

She was just the dominant player out on the floor. They tried to go zone for a while and she hit a 3-pointer. They tried to go man-to-man - but it didn't matter what they did. Hope was able to get the ball into the paint, and at 5-9, she gets up over a lot of guards guarding her, and she gets a good look at the basket. Today, she was just knocking them down.

She's done that for us all year. She's been a workhorse for us underneath.

We're pretty excited. I don't really know what to expect.

I thought we came out in the first half extremely focused and very intense. Defensively they never did have any easy passes, and we were able to convert on some turnovers to give us a little bit of lead.

Our girls are pretty level headed. They know even though we have beaten them by double digits all three times, last two games were two-point games at halftime. I don't think overconfidence will be a problem.

We're not a very big team. Rebounding will be key for us.

We were slugging it out back and forth. Thankfully, they didn't get in the last punch.

We'll get a half-hour shoot-around on the Redbird Arena floor, and that's great for all the teams to get acclimated. Unless you've been there before, there's not too much else you can prepare for.