That game was a confidence-builder for us. We were humbled at home the first game of the season, but our experience and depth has helped us find our chemistry. |
That was one of our goals, and that's why you play the games is to try to be the No.-1 seed and try to get that first round game at home. That's an important game in a lot of respects. |
That's a big loss. Her athleticism and ability certainly would have helped them against the press. |
That's been one of our goals all season. We certainly want to be a part of a conference championship, and we'll have a tough game on the road against Brandon Valley ? a team that's playing good basketball right now ? but I think we'll be ready. |
This is the first time we've had a turnaround like this. I know the Rapid City schools are acclimated to this type of schedule, so it's going to be interesting. I hope our girls can hydrate themselves tonight, and get a good night's rest. |
Was it the right call? Yes. Was it a tough decision? Yes. Did it put us in a tough situation? Yes. But I was pleased with how our girls dealt with it. They hung in there and gave themselves an opportunity to win the game. |
We just made a little adjustment at halftime pertaining to their secondary break, and offensively we played better. We started moving the ball, we got some easy baskets in transition off our defense, and we were a little more poised and patient. |
We knew they'd start shooting the ball better. But I'm pleased with our defense. We played great tonight. I'm particularly pleased with how we played heading into Districts. |
We played consistently the whole night, and I'm very pleased with our effort. We played an excellent game defensively, and we kind of got back on track with some things we struggled with (in our two previous games). |
We tried to prevent penetration and cover their shooters. I thought we did a good job of it. |
We were pretty active in our press tonight, and it allowed us to get into a flow and get some easy baskets. |
We're all hurting. Our goal was to win a state championship, but now we're in a battle for third place. It'll take us a while to regroup, but hopefully we can come together and find one last good solid effort out of our kids. |
We're at the point where we can't overlook anybody. We need to take care of business this weekend. |