30 Quotes by Chris Kempf

She's the best player we've faced so far. It's pretty scary to think she's only a sophomore. She works hard at it, too. She's playing all the time.

She does all the little things for us that need to get done. I think her ankle was a factor in some of the shots she took (Friday). As every day goes by, she'll get to practice more and more and get a little stronger. With (WIAA) playoffs rolling around, we hope to get her close to 100 percent.

She had to do a lot for us. Most of the time she was guarding a player on the defensive end who was three or four inches taller than her. Her endurance was nothing but incredible. There weren't many games when she sat out for very long. She played a lot of minutes for us.

We made some adjustments at halftime that paid off for us. In the first half we were a little impatient and forced some things that weren't there. In the second half we took care of the ball and ran some time off the clock.

I thought the girls played hard. I feel bad for them because I know how hard they work and how bad they want it. Lakeland worked a little harder than we did.

Jess is another hard-worker with a great attitude. She had credibility the last two years, and the coaches knew who she was. Any time we didn't have her on the court, it hurt us. She's a tough kid who endured a lot of pain to play.

Our clock management is where we need a little improvement. We had a nine-point lead in the third quarter, and we weren't being patient enough. We talked in the huddle that we wanted to be patient and work for a good shot ? not necessarily stalling. But there was no reason to take a 3-point shot or a jumper when you have that kind of cushion.

Looking at these last three games, I would like to see us win at least two if not three. They're winnable games for us. We beat Phillips already.

We have to start playing more consistently with our offense and tighten up our defense more. We're keeping the scores down to where we're in the game, but offensively, we're not scoring enough.