Sunday games are very difficult games. When you have to travel like Southern Miss had to, it takes a lot out of you. |
The Friday/Sunday deal gives us an opportunity to be on the road for more high school games. There have been times when we would drive to Washington D.C., watch a game, and then drive back the same night. |
The momentum is huge. We can go in on a high note. We beat team that is a higher seed that we are. We had to have a win to get our focus right for the tournament. |
There's no round two in the tournament. We've got our hands full. Memphis is playing very good basketball and starting to gel. Round one will be a difficult match for us. |
They came out on fire, with 24 points at the ten minute mark. We weathered the storm of the first ten minutes. |
They're very good at home. They're just looking for a chance to break out. They can shoot the three or put it on the floor. They're on the verge of breaking out. I just hope we can postpone that breakout for one more game. |
They've got big post players. They're a smash-mouth MAC (Mid-American Conference) type team. And, they're good at home. They're a lot quicker and have more hop in their step at home. They're also starting to get some kids back from injuries. They're very good team. |
This is as good of a game as you'll see in January. |
This senior class took us from nothing to something. |
We did the things we needed to win. We just didn't do enough of them. |
We didn't play very well tonight to tell you the truth. If our bench didn't come to the rescue, we would have been in trouble. Michele Hagan had a big night with 13 points and 13 rebounds in 13 minutes. That's almost a triple-double. And Jill saved us in the first half. We weren't shooting very well, and she came in and hit some threes and got four rebounds. The bench carried us tonight. |
We get to go into the tournament on a high note. We had to get a 'W' today to get our focus right going into the tournament. |
We had a few more post players than they did, off the bench, that were able to take it at 'em. |
We just had a good team effort tonight. That's the number one seed, we're in the top five. It should be that kind of game. |
We play defense, but we don't specifically play to defend the 26-foot 3-pointer, and they hit some of those. |