61 Quotes by Mike Royer

We started slow, like we usually do, but we rushed things, and tried to force them when we needed to be more patient. The girls played hard, it just didn't happen.

We struggled on offense, but we did a good job hitting our free-throws. It's really nice to see it; this was a big game for us.

We know from the Redmond game that we can't overlook any team. It's nice to play Bend after Pendleton does, but we need to take care of business on our home floor (against Crook County).

We've talked about it in the locker room. It would be nice, but the girls know the race is to 10 (wins) and then we start working our way up (in conference seeding) with every win after that.

This was a great basketball game. Our defensive plan worked pretty well, and someone stepped up offensively when we needed it. We made it more interesting than we needed to with turnovers, but we're happy with the win.

Lake Oswego is a good, physical team. They're sort of like Pendleton in that respect.

I think we were tight at the beginning. We wanted to move the ball around in the half-court offense a little more than we were, and I think the girls relaxed.

We just couldn't get anything going offensively. We had opportunities to win the game, but we missed free throws and we didn't handle the pressure. It was a frustrating night.

We were sloppy (against Crook County), and we knew we had to play better today against Bend. Defensively, we really played very well today.