19 Quotes by Randy Yoder

Needless to say it has been an exciting last couple of weeks. We have played five quality opponents in this tournament starting in the sectionals and it has just seemed that on any given night one key person steps up and has given us the quality effort that gets us through to the next game. These kids are thoroughly enjoying this experience, but they aren't satisfied. They know we still have some work to do.

If we could have shot the ball better from the perimeter, we could have loosened them up a bit.

If people key on her, we have perimeter shooters who can step up. She gives us more balance and makes us harder to defend.

It came down to us handling their pressure. We turned the ball over too many times. At crunch time, we got the ball up court. And Tiffany ran well.

Someone came up to me outside the gym after the game and said, you know, these girls will step up for you next year. Boy were they right. At the time, I heard what they said, but it was just an empty feeling and I didn't know if we'd ever have the opportunity again.

Tiffany is a fun-loving kid and this entire group is such a joy to coach. She, like her teammates, is a character. Tiffany's just been a gem to work with.

We've been extremely blessed to have a six-game tournament run where we shot fairly well and won a lot of those games making quality decisions at crunch time. The seventh game of the tournament run didn't go our way in that respect.

When you analyze it, we were in pretty good shape except quarter No. 2. There were two things that really hurt us today. Actually three when you really think about it. Those three factors were huge.

We were in pretty good shape except for the second quarter. We struggled to contain their transition game and didn't shoot the ball like we normally do.