Danielle and Brittany stepped up today and decided that we were not going home. I told the squad after the game that when Upstate made their second-half run, we showed a maturity that we did not have last season. We had the poise to hold things together, and then Katherine hit those two huge threes. |
I am proud of my team. We played hard. For a young team in their first championship game, we stayed poised and didn't get rattled. It was a great tournament experience. |
She has been the most consistent player we have and a great team player for four years. She has worked harder and harder each year she has been here. |
She was their one shooter and we knew that, but just didn't do a good job of keeping an eye on her and defending the screen. I finally put our two best defenders on her in the second half, and they held her to just one the rest of the way. |
That was huge. That put the nail in the coffin right there. |
We had too many turnovers at the end. But hopefully we will learn from this and move on. |
We only have eight players right now. Renee and Katie put up huge numbers for us today. |