She was really hurrying her shots. She was trying to catch the rebound and shoot in the same motion. We were trying to get her to square up (to the basket) before she shoots.
She's quicker even though she's not as big as Gabby (Wade) or Sophie (Russell).
I'm always a little worried when we play teams that are taller than us.
I felt like we never let it get away from us. We can't take anything for granted. We've got a target on us and everyone in the league has gotten better.
We've been there, so it's not a new process for them. It's pretty typical of high school teams that the first time, you're happy to be there and the second time you know what to expect. The third time, you understand what to do.
We made the decision to come out and press. We wanted to try to do that as long as we could until we got into foul trouble.
We couldn't remember what to do. We couldn't remember the plays.
Those guys were tough. They were much more aggressive than they were at (River Ridge).
We didn't get into (offensive) sets quick enough. And that's too good of a defensive team to not run sharp sets.
We got inside and we had some pretty good looks, but it got to the point where they wouldn't go up strong. You can't look at the defender, you've got to look at what you're shooting at.
Without her, it will be tougher. All the players will have to find more ways to contribute to compensate for our loss of her for the season.
We were down in the first quarter, but it was much better in the second and third quarter.They were really key.
This was tougher than the score indicates. They're really physical. We had to work on offense to get open shots. We tried to be patient until we popped someone open. They were trying hard to take away Sophie Russell.
We just had a lot more energy. It kind of makes you wonder, 'What if we did that (in the first round) on Wednesday?' But that's the tough part about coaching. There's always going to be some doubts.
Every little thing you can do wrong, we did it. That's how you lose games.
Once you get the draw, everybody's trying to find out information on who they play.
Now I don't have to worry about that.
Once we got ourselves settled at the end of the third quarter, we got back to the way we want to play.
Defense is all about hard work. Defense is something we stress. We want to make them work hard to get their shots.
They have an interesting team as far as personnel. They had two big kids inside and we hadn't seen that type of size and build this year.
There's a tendency to think that since we've done well it's automatic. But we've had to earn it. It's tougher since we have a target on us.
It's a tough situation. She doesn't have it all down very well because she's just a freshman, but she came in and played well and that's hard to do.
It was a tough physical game. We had a pretty good lead at first, but we got a little flat in the the second half.
It's not so much that (the River Ridge girls) want to have it happen, but I do think people are kind of upset.
It's good for us, because it will happen at some point. People say we've been blowing out a lot of teams, but that's not really true. The coaches are too good and the players are too good in this league.
That's quite a feat. That's a good team, a well-coached team. It shows we played a little better, too.
That's the best we've pressed in a while.
It's tough because it limits our rotation. You definitely lose some offense. Fortunately, we've got tough kids that maybe played above their skill level and stepped up.
I'm a big believer on giving help and rotating (on defense). We'll see if we're getting it. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't.
Instead of catching the ball low, we had our kids catch it a few steps up (from the baseline) and spin to the hole.
I don't mind playing at night. In some ways, it's easier if you can keep your routine.