Jason Hoseney Quotations

Many of our sophomores have been here before, and they set the tone by hitting some shots early. The rest of the team fed off that.

She has started for us the last two years. We are a first place team and she is the leader of that first-place team. That's what leaders do. They hit shots like that. I'm proud to see her step up.

Harmon is a very good shooting guard. And they run a lot of plays for her off multiple screens. Nicole will match up with her defensively, and hopefully we can neutralize her.

I thought we got out to a good start, had the transition game going pretty well. Everybody played well, everybody had about equal playing time, so our depth made the difference in the game.

I think we made some mistakes, and a great team like Centralia will capitalize. It's hard to play the same team three times, especially when you see the same game plan. You hope for the right adjustments and capitalize where you have advantages. We just fell a little short today.

Steals are a double-edged sword. It's good to get the transition game started, but it also results in sloppy defense by taking chances and not seeing the ball as well as we should.

We played good basketball for maybe 10 minutes and struggled for the other 30. We've had a string of games where we've won by a significant number of points, and we've developed some bad habits.

We were able to wear them down pretty quickly. It was a pretty dominating performance right from the get-go, especially defensively to hold a team to 34 points. That's pretty remarkable.

We have a lot of depth. Our bench people did a great job, but it's hard to get in the flow of the game when you rotate people in and out. It's a real blessing having this many talented players, and I wouldn't give up any of them.

Finishing eighth is remarkable for this team. We had a lot of ups and downs, but to pull it together and do as well as we did in the tournament was unexpected. When we hit adversity, we sometimes drifted. In Saturday's game with Whatcom, we surged through that and got a win to get to the last day, which was our goal.

We were emotionally up-and-down during the preseason. We started out 4-1 and felt really good, but then we ran into some adversity by losing four in a row. The girls started questioning themselves, and a lot of the freshmen thought they were going to be part of a successful team when they signed on.

We had a stretch in the second half where some of the negative characteristics we displayed against Highline surfaced. Fortunately, it didn't continue the entire second half, but for only a four- or five-minute stretch. Against better teams, that will beat you.

We felt pretty good about ourselves in the first half. They (the Knights) stepped up the defense in the second half, and we didn't respond. We got a little impatient, stopped sharing the ball and shot it too quickly. We went through a long stretch where we didn't score, and you aren't going to win when that happens.

We shot the ball well and maintained our composure, for the most part, throughout the game. That's really the difference with us.

We did an outstanding job on the boards, led by Stacey, who had great energy.

Even though we lost, I felt it was a game we could've won. There were some tough circumstances we were facing, including playing the second day of a tournament after having to travel a significant distance. I think we'll meet the challenge this time and have a good game.

Sam is expected to step in and continue the same improvement she's also shown during the season.

They're much like us because they also go through long periods of scoring funks. We'll need to score consistently if we want an opportunity to win.

It's more impatience than anything else. The shots we're taking aren't bad shots, but they're not comfortable shots. The girls panic when the play breaks down, and then we begin to worry or point fingers at each other which takes us out of our comfort level. Then we start missing baskets we'd normally make, and it snowballs.

None of our freshmen have reached their potential. Tricia has done a good job as a starter and is growing into her role as a scorer, despite being up and down. Vanessa is gaining confidence and is probably the most improved of the new players, and Brittany is a lot better than when she arrived.

The Christmas break before the league season was good because everyone came back with a great attitude. We've had trouble figuring out some substitution patterns, so we're still experimenting to some degree.

I knew it would be a tough game, but I thought we would win. The loss kinda rained on the parade.

In terms of contributions, it was a real team effort.