Our kids didn't blink. We didn't play so well in the third quarter but it didn't faze our kids. That mental toughness was awesome. |
Rogers has started learning what it's like to be a basketball town -- our community's been starved for it. The crowds have been there. They've really been a force for us. It's really been like an extra player. |
She does a nice job of protecting the basket and can block some shots. |
She's going to look to score every time she touches it. She can shoot it, she's an aggressive driver and she can post up. She's really a triple-threat player. |
Size is not her (only) game. She can run, she can catch and she can score. She just plays of the top of you. It will be a unique challenge for us. |
That (start) is what excited me about ?em and made me proud of ?em. They approached the game the right way and they understand what?s going on this time of year. |
That was a big win for us. |
The kids just decided they were going to be a really great team and they were really committed. The six weeks of our summer schedule, we had 100 percent attendance out of our entire senior class. That's just how they went about doing things. They just decided they were going to be good and it took off from there. They set a great tone and led by example. |
The position that she plays, I feel, is about relationships. Relationships with your coach and with your teammates and I think she's worked extremely hard in both of those areas. There is a lot of trust between us and with her and her teammates. And if everybody's playing well and we're as balanced as we are (offensively), that shows we have a good point guard. |
They have good players and their guards are as good as anybody's. Sandy always seems to get her kids to play hard. We never for a second underestimated then or thought they wouldn't be good. They'll be in the hunt for the playoffs. |
They were pounding us on the glass, and we were turning the ball over like crazy. |
They're a great defensive team and we struggled in the second quarter. They didn't win 26 games by mistake. |
This is a neat day for our program and an awesome opportunity for her. She was our quarterback and it all started with her. |
To me, out-rebounding people that are bigger than you and running down long rebounds, that shows a real passion for the game. That's how I describe the way that she played it. She's just real passionate about making a difference. |
Tonight was the first time we haven't found a way to get it done in a game like this. Our margin for error has been very slim, but we've always found a way to get it done. |