John Triplett Quotations

We found out we won't have Marianne and that her eye has gotten worse since she got here.

It certainly was tough playing two games in one day because it's not something you can prepare for. It was nice to see the girls respond like they did. When we lost Marianne there were some tears, but then there was a sense that we would toughen up. That's exactly what they did.

Pasco plays us physical and we'll have to be ready for a game like that. At moments (in the two previous games) we got a little frustrated but that's good for us.

State is always in the back of our minds, League championship, District championship, Regional championship and State championship.

It figures. We go through the entire year without one injury, and then they all seem to happen at once.

We're certainly going to go out and give it our best. If we get Marianne back, it will be a boost.

We had Marianne (Lombardi) on her and we tried to front her as well. The biggest thing was getting them away from what they want to do.

We thought their ball-handling was something we could exploit, so we came out with maximum pressure. The girls were just so excited to play somebody different and they came out on fire.

We had a couple of runs there, of eight to 10 points, and that indicates that the press is working. That's very crucial to us.

What's been hard for this team the last couple games has been to keep focus.

What I was looking for was a lot of energy and we had that, especially in the second and third quarters. We utilized our presses, found one we liked and came out with a good third quarter.

After the long layoff, we were just trying to get some of the rust off and get the intensity flowing with our variety of presses. That was really the key. We knew they'd match our intensity because they play us hard every time.

Initially, we thought she was out for the season, but it gets better every day and she's seeing an ophthalmologist in Tacoma Friday morning and we're hoping she can play Friday. It makes it a tougher hill to climb. We won't be able to press as much, because without Marianne we would get tired.