After a tough loss Tuesday I was happy with our defensive intensity. |
Aquinas is a very balanced team and they took advantage of some of our early mistakes. |
Columbus is known for their aggressiveness on their press. Our girls weren't expecting it to be that aggressive. It caused us some problems early on. |
Compared to three years ago, I believe that this conference has come a long way in developing some good players. It was neat watching these younger kids battle each other and a lot of them play on the same teams in the summer. |
I thought both teams did an outstanding job on the defensive court and really made it tough on both offenses. It was a battle all night long. |
I thought early on we missed a few shots that we'd been making normally. We lost a little composure early on and became hesitant. |
I was very happy with the way we came out against a team we were favored to beat. I liked the way we were focused. |
I was very tentative going into this year with this mixture of seniors and younger kids. But the kids deserve a lot of credit. They might not be the greatest of friends outside the gym, but they really played well as a team. They just made my job so much easier. |
I'm happy with how the girls are starting the games. |
It's hard to look at the future when we are still playing. We had the goal of trying to get a big game for these kids and we've accomplished that. Whatever happens now is extra. |
It's really been kind of a tale of finding a third person in each game to step up. And we've had different people in each of the tournament games. |
Lourdes gave us a tough game at home. They held us to 35 points the first time and we talked about how aggressive Lourdes is defensively. The kids were ready. |
Our assistants and I talked about this. I don't think our younger kids are feeling the pressure at all. I don't think a lot of people were expecting them to do very much. |
Our youth has really helped us. |
She didn't touch the ball much in the first half and you could tell they were struggling to get into any kind of rhythm. |