32 Quotes by Rick Soracco

We just picked it up and started playing good belly-to-belly defense. We picked up the intensity and started making things happen.

We were really flat. We played without emotion. The frustrating part is that we've been through this before. We went through it against Linden. If there's such a thing as a good loss, it's this one because it goes to show we better be ready to play.

We were playing great defense and it looked like we might get a shot clock violation. Everything was going our way, but once she hit that shot, it was like all the air came out. She came through when it counted. If that shot doesn't fall, who knows what happens. But that's basketball, it's a game of breaks.

Right now, we're not in a position to overlook anybody.

Defense has been our only consistent. Offensively, we score 70 in one game, then 29 in the next, it's been crazy. But our defense is always consistently tough and I'm real happy with that.

You're always disappointed when you lose, but the girls played their hearts out. We told them to hold their heads high. Last year, we were shocked, but this year we were the underdogs. We had nothing to lose. The girls went and laid it all out on the line.

This is what we look forward to. This is how it should be.

It's just a desire to succeed. Some kids have it and some kids don't. It's the kind of thing you can't coach.

It was a really good game with good defense from both teams. We got out early and they just wouldn't go away.