John Chernick Quotations

We knew what they were going to do, we knew how they were going to do it. They just played a little bit better then we did.

She seemed to be a step slow. Sometimes you need to sit down, get your thoughts and watch the game a little.

She's just so quick for a girl her size. If we try to go quick she'll just bull us down low. If we try to put our big girl on her, she's just too quick. They're (the Red Devils) just so good.

She had to work a lot. I probably should have taken her out, given her a little break, but I knew she wanted to be on the floor and I needed her on the floor because she's like a coach out there.

I have a group of seniors who played for a regional title last year and won 20 games and they know what to do.

We'd like another chance; we lost to them at Amboy.

This was a missed opportunity for us. I was extremely proud of the girl's effort tonight. We just didn't hit enough shots.

We've been a streaky shooting team all year. When we're on, we're fun to watch and they're fun to coach because I don't have to do too much.

We missed a few shots early where we could of maybe swung the momentum our way and we had a few runs there, we did some nice things. We just came up a little short.

We challenged the girls at halftime to step up.

Coaching them is a pleasure. That's why when they come out and have a half like that, it's like you don't know what to do because you don't see it very often.

This is a smart team. When you tell them something, they go out and do it or at least try to do it. It was a credit to our seniors. Christina didn't have a good shooting night but had a good floor game. For some reason, we all battle it. You kind of forget what got you there.

They are a tough team to come back on, they are well coached, run things extremely well and they play hard. My hats off to them, they deserved it ... they won tonight. It was what a championship game should be all about. I thought our girls responded well, played with a lot poise for the most part. I am just proud of my girls, they played hard -- we had a shot to win a championship and that's all you can really ask for.

It's a nice start for the second half for us. We're 2-0 in the new year and, hopefully, we can keep it going.

I called time out and I asked the girls if anyone was worried. They weren't.

The girls were really excited for the opportunity (playing for the title). We went back a lot of years in the program and we couldn't ever find us playing for an in-season tournament championship anywhere. We had a real good idea what Marquette was going to do. I don't know if it was fatigue, but we just missed some shots in the third quarter and let them get a little distance between them and us.

The effort was there and that just kind of sparked us. Once we got that it was contagious.