Only two teams, the third place and state champion, go out with a win. I think we surpassed what many people thought we could accomplish. |
She had a huge bump, but she wasn't sure what hit her. It swelled up when she was out there. She didn't want to come out of the game because she's such a tough kid. It was big (losing her at that point). |
She might be a freshman in class but not on the basketball floor. She plays with the same intensity that any upperclassmen does. |
Some shots didn't fall, but it's part of the game. We had a few shots blocked early, and I think that had an effect. It made us a little tentative the first half to attack the basket. |
Sycamore was much improved from the last time we played them. |
Taylor and Bailey hit such important shots. Taylor's defense is amazing. She has no fear. She just went right at them and did a great job. |
They came out and hit some shots early and we got a little flustered. I took a timeout to try to get them to relax and told them to take it to them and they did it. They responded and it was such a team effort tonight. Everyone contributed offensively and defensively. |
They just never quit, and they always played with such passion and such heart. Those are the things we can control out there, and they really believed that when they played. |
They're a good team and they came back and scrapped in the second half. We knew we could never sit back. We knew we had to keep attacking. |
We came out strong to start the second half, and I think that helped set a tempo for us. |
We couldn't hang onto the ball. I'd say a good portion of our turnovers were unforced errors. The ball came right to us and it dribbled right off our hands. I don't know if that's being afraid of them coming at us, but that's something we definitely have to work on, just being in more control and stronger with the ball on offense. |
We couldn't have played much worse the first time we played against West Chicago. And they shot incredibly well, while we shot incredibly poorly. |
We knew we had to come to play tonight, especially with it being their Senior Night. They're a good team. They fight. They're scrappy. |
We stayed in our zone and it probably looked more like a saggy man-to-man when they went four out in the second half. |
We'll be ready to go. We only [had Wednesday] to prepare, but we'll be ready. I'll go through some things, but I think at this point, and we have talked about it a lot, it's who comes to play at this point in the tournament. |