Gene Brisbane Quotations

We started slowly last year too. We started 0-3 in the section last year, but we know it's a long season. You aren't going to win anything the first couple weeks. You've got to stay at it and be persistent and work your way through it with steady improvement and that's what we've done.

Getting to the playoffs is tough. The sections are more balanced and it's getting harder and harder to make the playoffs. Any team that makes the playoffs has to be pretty good and they're all battle-tested to come through their sections.

This was one of our better fourth-quarter games. All four quarters we played good defense and shot the ball well, and we rebounded very well.

I think, whenever you're in a one-and-could-be-done situation, you have to have everything totally ready that you're capable of doing. We've scouted them, they've scouted us and there aren't going to be too many surprises.

I was most impressed with our defense. We made every one of their possessions hard, and we really didn't give up too many easy baskets. We are playing more aggressive defense than we have done all year.

We've been shooting pretty well the second half of the season, and when you're gearing up for the playoffs, that is something you have to work on. We have been working on it, and it's starting to pay off.

With four games left, plus the playoffs, she has a shot at the record. She's definitely somebody our opponents have to pay attention to out on the perimeter. When she gets a good look at the basket, we feel pretty confident about her ability to make the three.

Brittany is an excellent 3-point shooter. Her shooting tonight was no fluke.

That's what they do. They have one big quarter and put you away. That's what it takes. We practiced against their press and still had trouble handling it. We didn't execute.

They scored a lot of points in the paint and we gave them too many second chances. We had a game plan and we were doing a pretty good job with it. We're not out of anything. We just have to take care of business.

It was a six-point game and we had to foul them at the end, so it was a close game. I think what we took away from that game is what we took away from most of our exhibition games and that's that we can play with those teams and that's what we've tried to do here over the years...because the girls are not the least bit worried about who we play.

They've got into the games and provided us with a spark through great defense, getting a key steal here and there.