Tom Roberge Quotations

We didn't want to play against anything but their best team.

She's so smooth. I've seen most of the point guards in Division I, and she's the best ball-handler in the state.

Kari came to play tonight. She put her game face on and didn't take it off once. She is one of the better all-around players (in Vermont).

Our pressure didn't give them any easy looks. The girls worked hard. This is a real tough team ? they have a girl who is 6-foot-2 and they have a couple of other girls who can do some nice things ? so if you don't come in prepared they could surprise you.

Marissa Velez had a big game and Kari was just dynamite and a solid leader. Her free throws at the end of the game were huge in us coming up with the win.

We need to stick to our game plan, be mentally tough and execute what we do in practice.

You know it was a nice and quiet gym ? it wasn't very loud here and we just couldn't stick to our game plan. We have a typical pressure defense; put them in spots where they don't operate as well, but we left girls open. We are a guard-oriented team ? we have quickness and we didn't use out strengths (tonight).

We made it hard for them to run their offense. They looked uncomfortable all night and weren't able to get a lot of the shots they wanted.

Ball-handling ? right, left ? she could do it all. And defensively she was just a cat. She had one game at North Country where she had 11 steals.

It was a slow tempo game. Everybody was in everybody's face. It was very calculated defensive play.

It was a hard-fought game. A real battle the entire time. There were so many lead changes that no lead was safe. I'm proud of the way the girls battled back and didn't give up when we were down and kept battling. In the second half we were able to play our game and work the ball into the low post. and we started to drain our free throws. But to Rice's credit they played some solid defense all game.

In the second quarter we opened up a lead and got a little nonchalant. Once they gained a little momentum we didn't stop them. Great things go on between these two schools, between basketball and hockey.

The first half was tough, neither team gave any openings to each other. You had to work hard and make your own.