Big plays and mental mistakes bit us in the butt. |
I can't tell you how excited I am. We went from how down we were Friday night to the elation that we feel tonight. It is really both ends of the spectrum. |
I guess you could say that meeting Jane was the luckiest day of my life. |
I'm fine. It's not over 'til it's over, that's what I've always heard. We were confident. |
Our hope was that she got back at all. She's still out of shape and is playing about 18 minutes a game, but she looks healthy and hasn't shown any signs of problems. |
Our kids do not quit playing. We don't say it's over until it's over. If we have another 50 seconds, we are going to make it tight. |
That's a team that's done that all year long. They're (26-0), give them credit. |
That's their game. They can keep it slow and pass the ball around, and we let them do that early on?it took our kids a little while to get going. |
There were a lot of fouls - this is an aggressive game. When you get to a game like this, you've got to have a little luck, and some opportunities went their way that didn't go ours. That's just the way it goes. |
These girls have come a long way in the last three years. |
Those big plays are our Achilles' heel. We always harp on big plays. Giving up those plays put it out of reach. |
We realized as we talked to some other coaches that she hit those big shots in a lot of games. The first time we played her she wasn't really a factor, but we said tonight that we have to know where No. 14 (Short) is at all times and have a hand in her face. |
We worked hard on that the other day in practice. We worked on a set squad to go out there and play hard defense until they turned it over or we decided it was time to foul. |
We're holding her out until we feel her play would hold us out of playing anymore. She's participating in the warm-ups. She's dressing. She's available. |
We've advertised and had some excellent applicants. We'll be holding interviews from next Monday and hope to make an appointment by the end of next week. |