She's a great shooter, and we need her shooting the ball. We need all our kids to perform well. Nobody needs to be spectacular, we just need a very solid effort out of all our players, and then try to keep it close and give ourselves a chance to win in the fourth quarter.
I was just really proud of the effort we gave. I thought our kids were focused to start the game.
I thought we were extremely solid on both ends of the court. It was unfortunate ... but it was also because of the effort our kids gave.
Our kids battled back a couple times. They kept plugging away and we had some chances. I thought we executed well, Brookings just made one more play than we did.
It's not tournament time yet, but it will be a tournament atmosphere. It will be a great experience for our kids to play in an electric and intense environment.
It just wasn't meant to be for us tonight. Things just didn't go our way. We didn't play quite as well as we had ... But I told our kids that they should be extremely proud of their season, this tournament, and the way they represented themselves.
It was a battle for 40 minutes. It's every team's dream to be in the championship game, and it feels great to see our kids make it happen.