They kept their heads about them and that's the important. It was pretty much everything I expected. (I thought) it was going to come down to the last possession or the last minute and sure enough, it did.

(St. Mary Central) did beat us the last time out, and I think that's motivation for the girls. We actually focused some on that loss and took some things away from that game. We had 32 turnovers in that game, which has been a topic of discussion this week, and the other thing was foul trouble.

It's not from coaching. It's natural ability. She's got the natural ability you love to see and you don't see very often. It's amazing. That's about all I can say.

They gave me everything they had. It wasn't always easy with having a new coach, but I have nothing but great things to say about the four seniors ? and the whole team. I wish it ended differently.

They have great depth. They have eight or nine girls that they rotate onto the floor and there is really no drop-off with any of them. They are tough to defend.

The third quarter I was a little disappointed in us giving up second chances and getting lazy on close outs. They clamped down a little bit in the fourth quarter.

We did a nice job defensively, but they were getting second, third and fourth chances. We were one and done.

We didn't execute. When you do that against a team that pressures well, you're going to dig yourself into a hole.

We know teams are going to try to take away Kristen and Julie on the inside, and we've talked that someone has to step up and knock those shots down. They've done a great job with that. Everybody's been chipping in.

You almost expect it. You get spoiled seeing it everyday and it becomes the norm, but in all honesty it's not (the norm for high school players).