We started four seniors, and they did a good job of setting the tempo. It was senior night, and they came out and played aggressively.
We blew a huge opportunity to take a step toward second place tonight.
We're frustrated because we thought we could have beaten these guys.
We're starting to have kids step up, especially inside. We had a real nice balance, scoring-wise.
(We) did not do a very good job of taking care of Richardson, which was our focus.
She's the best shooter we've seen down our way.
She's our senior and she was a real playmaker tonight.
She is a good one. She shoots from the outside, drives to the hole, she's the real deal.
Her offensive rebounds are what is so damaging to a team. She scores a lot of her points getting offensive rebounds.
I was disappointed in our start. We didn't start with a lot of intensity, and that was the difference in the game.
I rotated some kids in at the end. We kept fighting. We've got some young shooters on this team.
Our kids, all year, down the stretch have been able to pull out games at the end. We've been winning some close ones.
Our posts, they can get out and run. And when you have a point guard (Scott) who can get them the ball, that's really quite effective.
(Swain) is a freshman, but she's a pretty composed player on the biggest stage.
Whitney was scorching it. She put on a clinic. She was in another zone, and the other kids did a great job of finding her and getting her the ball. Chehalis was trying to take her away some, but the other kids did a great job of finding her.
We had our best team effort of the year, especially in the first half. We did a great job of putting pressure on the ball. A lot of people stepped up and did a nice job.
We have become a pretty good defensive team. The kids are committed to good team defense. We were concerned about Centralia's athletic ability, but we played sound defense.
We got a little complacent the last couple of games because Whitney has shot the ball so well. They were looking for Whitney too much, and you can't do that.
We did a nice job of getting the ball inside to the right people. It was too much for them to handle.
We cut it to 18-15, then it was a game of spurts. We'd cut it to four, and they'd take off again.
I've always been a coach that likes to pressure teams. You'll see a much more aggressive team next year than this year.
Of the three (South Sound girls) teams, we probably got the toughest draw. But our district has always been strong. I think all three of us are all very capable of placing at state.
Defensively, we've been keeping people in check, which is what we've always been known for.
And that was off the bench. She was a huge difference. She was an intimidator for us in the middle.
They were making a run there. That was a huge statement for us.
They do a lot of driving and kicking, looking for that open shot.
It was nice to see the team come out and put the ball in the hole. In the first half our kids came out and ran well. This was a huge step for us offensively.
It was nice to win after losing so disappointingly to River Ridge earlier in the week. Now we play to go to state (today).
It was a fun game to win and a fun game to watch.
Once she realized she wasn't shooting well, though, she did a real good job of distributing the ball.
If you're going to be successful, you have to beat (a big-name team).
I don't know if we were over that River Ridge loss, and Aberdeen did a good job of matching up with us.
I felt we could have hurt them inside, but we didn't go there enough.
All I care about is if the kids played hard. I didn't think we played hard in the first half.
All of a sudden, you could see them get a little tight.
