10 Quotes by Brian Metcalf

She's the best defensive player on the team and she doesn't care about points or who gets their name in the papers. It's not about that with any of these girls.

We have to work on our weaknesses in a game like this. There's still a lot of basketball ahead of us, and teams are going to come right at us in the second half much harder than in the first half. You never know who you're going to need, and it's important to keep the girls both mentally and physically in the game.

Unfortunately, there are only five starters but she accepts her role and she's been so effective coming off the bench. We have the luxury of having a sixth player who could be a starter for someone else.

We didn't change anything. We were looking to get help when we needed it, but it was basically man-up and make sure we jammed the middle. That's where they hurt us last time.

We knew we had to maintain our composure, which is something we haven't always done in the past, and the baskets would fall for us. Being this was our first time here, we responded well.

We knew. We didn't want that knockout punch to come.

We came out a little slow and flat. Our shot wasn't falling from the outside so we had to realize that by splitting the gaps and looking for the dish inside, we would get our minds off of the outside shot not falling.

Defensively, I was not happy with it even though we won the game. There were some things that we definitely need to focus on in the defense.

The difference was the defense. We did a good job of knowing where the scorers were. And playing without one of our senior captains, the girls stepped up and did a great job.