16 Quotes by Jim Bragg

We started losing this game two days ago. I think we were having a little too much fun in practice and not getting things done that we needed to get done. The effort was there, but we just could not finish.

When you've got a team, and we're pretty close as a team, and you lose a family member, it affects you, and that's what we had. It affects everybody, so I was pleased with (the win) because we did not play the way we're capable of playing and the girls know it. But it was emotional.

We didn't connect. It wasn't lack of effort. It was lack of preparation and passing the ball. They played hard, they busted their butt to win the ball, but we didn't play together and that's what we've been doing in our workouts. Our effort was there, but our team play wasn't.

We're into the next round and we're playing again, and that's what we wanted to do. We're not disappointed at all, but we can play better and it's good to know this wasn't our best game. We want our best game to be down the road.

We deserved to win this game. It was a game we needed to win and we deserved to win it because of the way we started to play. The players just talked to each other, and the second half was the way we need to play going into the playoffs.

We didn't work on finishing as much this week, so that's bad coaching on my part. We've got to put those away because you're going to have fewer good chances to score the deeper you get in the playoffs. We're going to be talking about some 1-0 game, and we've got to put those chances in.

We're having fun and it looks like we're picking it up. We've got the confidence to score and we've got a strong defense and everybody needs to be playing their best game. This is the first step in getting to the regional tournament and winning it.

Last year, playing (games) like this, it was what I called a feeding frenzy. Everybody pushed up, there was no shape and we just tried to bang away. This time, we were still working on stuff, pulling the ball back around and trying to create space. I think that shows some maturity and that's what we tried to do.

Fowler's done a great job. And when we play these games, as a freshman, she's standing up to some of the best offensive players in the state, players who are going to be playing in college. She's a dominant player, and she will continue to get better.