Good start tonight. We got in a little foul trouble, but our girls off the bench did a good job of maintaining things.
We tried to prevent penetration and cover their shooters. I thought we did a good job of it.
Our goal all year long is just to get to our next opponent. We've done a good job of not overlooking people. Our girls have enough experience that they know how important that is.
Our girls have been doing a good job of getting themselves mentally ready to play the last couple of days. We've had some time in January to work some things out in practice . . . and I think that's really helped us with our timing, not only on offense, but on defense.
Our girls have been able to do a good job of keeping their composure, and showing great poise. It really helps in terms of the execution on both ends.
I thought our girls did a good job tonight. We knew it was going to be a tough, grind-it-out type of game, and it's good to know that we can play that way.
We're all hurting. Our goal was to win a state championship, but now we're in a battle for third place. It'll take us a while to regroup, but hopefully we can come together and find one last good solid effort out of our kids.
Nicole has been a big part of our basketball team for four years. She's given us good leadership.
This is the first time we've had a turnaround like this. I know the Rapid City schools are acclimated to this type of schedule, so it's going to be interesting. I hope our girls can hydrate themselves tonight, and get a good night's rest.
I was pleased with our guard play. I thought the girls did a good job of getting us into our offense, recognizing certain situations, getting the ball inside.
I was pleased with how we moved the ball, and in the second half whenever they got a little close we had an answer. We hit big shots, and that's a good sign as well.
That's been one of our goals all season. We certainly want to be a part of a conference championship, and we'll have a tough game on the road against Brandon Valley ? a team that's playing good basketball right now ? but I think we'll be ready.