We didn't take care of it consistently very well. Give Huron credit, they kept battling.
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 feels great. It's every team's dream to be in the championship game. What a great game tonight was. It was a battle for 40 minutes ... and it's too bad somebody has to lose a game like this. But we're excited to be able to play for a state championship.
We couldn't control (the cup) being thrown out, and we couldn't control what was being called. It was very unfortunate that it happened, but you have to credit our girls for making plays at the end.
We just didn't take care of the ball the way we needed to in the second half.
To have a player like Jenny Miller spotting up on the perimeter; I'm not sure she missed a shot tonight. She's just a great shooter, and we need her shooting the ball.
We said when districts started, we'd have to win two before we lose two. Our girls have big hearts and I think they deserve to be in the state tournament. It's up to us.
We've probably had as a tough a path to get to the tournament as anybody. We certainly feel we deserve to be there.
We just flat-out didn't play well in the second quarter that night. It will be the same focus against Roosevelt - we've got to play four solid quarters to win.
They made the big plays in the second half. They made their free throws down the stretch.
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.
Everybody was ready to play and everybody contributed. I was really pleased with the entire team and the effort they gave.
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.
They just finished the game better than we did. You certainly have to give credit where credit's due. We just didn't play quite as well as we'd like to in the second half.
It was just a great team effort. We really valued our possessions. When we had the opening, we attacked. And we did well in our half-court sets.
I'm just so proud of their effort. I thought the second half, we were just really relaxed and played our game and let things come to us.
You'd better show up to play. The team that wins is going to have to string three very good games together.
