[West Chicago] is a great team, and man it feels good. Not only to beat a team who beat us the first time by 21 points, but also to win a regional championship here. |
Candace was due to start scoring again. She's too good a player to hold down. Our lack of offensive execution especially in the third quarter hurt us. |
I think for us offensively, our catalyst has been our defense, and so to get some steals or a break off the rebound, we play best when we do that. |
I think our defense was the key tonight. They played hard, and with heart and passion, like they've done all year. |
I thought our defense was the key for us tonight. We talked about that before the game. We knew that was going to be the key for us. The last time we played them, (Kate) Norton and (Melissa) Olsen combined for 25 points. |
I thought she did a great job. She really played great defense tonight. |
I was impressed with our balance tonight. A lot of kids stepped up and contributed. |
I was really pleased with our second-half defense. I expected better and they came out in the second half and it all came down to communicating better on the floor. |
I'll take seven girls scoring rather than one having 25 points any day. I like to see that balance. |
It was a nine-point game, but it sure felt a lot closer than nine points. |
It was a tale of two halves. The first half, we came out flat and couldn't hit anything. They (North Stars) were scoring, it almost seemed, at will. At halftime, I challenged the girls to come out to play with a lot of pride and heart and not to give up. There was a lot of basketball to play. I'm very proud of them. |
It was such a team effort [Tuesday]. Everyone contributed, offensively and defensively. |
It's very good for us when we get this kind of balanced scoring. |
No matter what, now we have this conference championship. There's a lot of celebrating in there (the locker room). |
Only two teams finish the season with a win -- the team that wins the state title and the third-place finisher. The fact that we ended up where we did, I think we surpassed what many people thought we could accomplish. That's a credit to our girls. |