13 Quotes by Mike Bradford

She was the one who first one stepped up and demanded the ball when we were struggling offensively. She called for the ball and knocked it down. I think she really sparked us and set the tone for the team.

Our home floor hasn't been real kind to us this year. We've kind of struggled here for whatever reason. We've seemed to have done better on the road.

Our mind set today was that we had nothing to lose today and everything to gain. I asked the girls to leave it all on the floor and that's exactly what they did.

We needed to have patience in terms of looking for high-percentage shots. Against a zone, they're strongest off those first four or five passes. Sometimes we'll get a little impatient if we've passed the ball four or four times and haven't shot yet. If you take your time, reverse the basketball, get 15-20 passes, you're going to get a good look against a zone because they start getting tired, they start losing some of that mental focus.

We're not used to having a lead like that and we panicked a little, but we showed the composure that we needed to put the game away. In the second half, we had two spells where we ran more than a minute off the clock each time, and like I told the girls that's another minute we don't have to play defense.

We don't intended to increase dues to make this happen. The important thing is, we're not balancing anything on the members shoulders.

We've had a tendency to rush against a zone and that makes us have to get out and work that much harder on defense. When we're patient we can use our speed and our penetration to try and get some good looks on the inside.

Tonight our defense was just fantastic. The girls did everything we asked them to and they just worked really hard. The last time we played Knoxville, they scored something like 62 points on us, but tonight - due to the intensity the girls showed - we were able to shut down everything they tried to do.

Ella continued to improve everyday throughout the season. She had a lot to learn but she got much better at being in the correct position defensively and and she started really understanding the plays. She always had a great desire to learn and improve and that kind of attitude is contagious.