I told her it was the best she'd ever played: 1 for 1.
We watched the game. I think they only played seven or eight people. We felt like tonight with the overtime game, we could wear them down. We felt like even though they're big, they're a perimeter team. I don't really think they like to get it inside.
When you haven't taken that next step, self doubt can take over. But the kids showed a lot of heart and composure. I'm really proud of this group.
One of our goals was to have a quarter where we only gave up nine points or less. Instead, we only gave up nine in the half.
Generally, what we try to do if we have a game where we have to play for 32 minutes is try to wear them down by playing full court. But if we get ahead by a good margin, then we'll call off the dogs.
We have seven seniors on this team and we talked about keeping our composure at halftime. For us, this was a business trip, and tonight we took care of business.
For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive.
We felt like if we could get her out of the game, it would be a bonus. She's the heart of their team.
A lot of kids could be out like Whitney and not come to practice. But she would come from physical therapy every day to practice and do what she could. ... She's the glue that holds us together.
We've got a team. The thing that they had to get down from the start is to accept their roles.
