I feel bad for the kids because they did play hard, they did a lot of the right things. Some things down the stretch we didn't do right, like help-side defense.

As she got older and wiser, she was able to kick it back out and we would get it back into her. She was a force and could take over a game.

They shot well in the first half against our zone. When we changed to that man-to-man in the second half, we controlled their three-point attempts. They didn't make any in the second half. Maybe I should have gone to that a little sooner.

This is the best we've drove to the basket all season. There were a lot of positives tonight even though we lost.

This is the best we've executed offensively all season. The guards did a nice job of getting the ball into the post, and the post players did a nice job of getting position and giving the guards the opportunity. It kind of goes hand-in-hand.

I've been there many times since I've been to Buckeye. We've lost by a total of 21 points in games this season.

We went man-to-man. We got our backside rotation over and our guards helped out.

To her credit, she hit both foul shots.

That was the best game of the year for Emi. I think she's grown up a little bit. She led the team in scoring, but we need more than that. This (loss) is a hard one to swallow.

Our last two games we've shot the ball a lot better. We're starting to jell as a team.