(Ballard) is a team that can make us better later on by playing against it. We can use this game to play with quicker, more athletic teams and I'm really proud of our seniors for challenging the other players to play hard the whole game. |
Carroll was really focused and we weren't. They were upset at Winterset on Friday and they were ready to take it out on someone. We had a packed house and I was disappointed that we didn't give a focused, four-quarter effort. |
Erin really grew. Taylor got injured with a stress fracture in her foot late in the year, but prior to that she was coming around. Ashley was a presence, and Celeste gave us everything we asked of her. |
Haley and Nicole made her work extremely hard to bring the ball up the court and start their offense. She didn't get near the looks she normally does. |
Haley had a huge night. She and Nicole had a great game defensively. |
It was a great team win. It was our best overall performance of the year. The defensive effort was outstanding (and) we moved the ball better against their zone than we have all year. |
It was our best game of the year. We played very solid on both sides of the ball for four quarters. |
Knowing our girls we will grow from this. The seniors will challenge the entire squad to refocus and improve their concentration on shooting at our practices. |
Natalie had an unforgettable night. I know it's cliché, but she was in the zone. She attacked the rim and when they took that away by sagging in on her she bombed away. |
Our offensive average went up after losing our career leading scorer, and our steals went up by 64 this year. We accomplished a lot out of the change in style. |
She did that because of the work she put in during the off-season. She worked hard to get to this point. |
She hurt us. When we played her tough on the perimeter she beat us on a back door and when we sagged down on defense she drained some 3s. |
She is very deserving of such a night. It was a night that all athletes dream about. |
She ran our offense all year. She was a real floor leader for us. |
The frustrating part was the types of shots we didn't finish on. We had looks from five feet away all night. |