She made some big plays. For a little sophomore to handle the pressure like she did was great. She brings a lot of quickness and a spark to us. I'm really impressed with how well she played tonight.
Obviously they made some mistakes down the stretch. They learn from little things like that, and hopefully it will make tem a little tougher and really want to come back strong when we play at Colfax. We still have a long way to go.
I hated that loss Colfax. It was the most devastating loss I've ever experienced - which might make me look a little pathetic - but it was good for the team. It made us tougher.
I was really nervous about this game. The whole day, I was freaking out about it, I was worried. I was a little concerned about how we'd match up and how we'd handle their pressure, but I think overall we did a decent job.
We played real well defensively in the first quarter and then we turned it up offensively in the second quarter. By halftime, we pretty much had it under control.
We came out without a lot of energy and it was fairly close to halftime. But we were able to pull away in the fourth quarter.
We made a commitment to play well defensively.
We talk all the time. I like to ask him for advice because he's been in these situations before. He's such a great resource and one of the best coaches I'll ever know.
With Lauren in foul trouble we had to go small. But we hit free throws at the end and took care of the ball.
We shot well early, but never could pull away.
We did a good job of taking care of the ball in the fourth quarter and moving it around to run out the clock.
And we wouldn't have been near the team we were last year or the team we are this year without her contributions.
Erin really got us off to a fast start.
Every time they'd make a run, we'd make a play and they couldn't ever get the lead under six - which was nice for my heart.
The seed was about what we expected. We don't think we got necessarily the easiest draw, but we figure we'll have to beat every at one point eventually if we want to win the section.
(Baker) made some great plays in the open floor. We keyed on her and got some turnovers in the second half. We fouled her three times on 3-point shots and she hit 8-of-9 free-throws. She's just an excellent player.
It was really big (the win), it gave us a league championship and assures us of at least a No. 3 seed in the playoffs.
It was a tough game and I think there were a few questionable calls on Lauren. And that hurt us in the second half, especially when she fouled out. That made it tough for us.
It's not something we really talk about, but they definitely know that's the first loss we've ever had in this league. It's definitely hard for them. It's a tough loss right now, but I'm hoping it makes them stronger in some of our games coming up.
The big difference was when Juric got into foul trouble. She wasn't able to defend in the second half with four fouls. (Becca) Pugh was able to score on her inside on shots that usually she would block. Colfax got some nice looks off that. That really hurt us.
It was a good game. They were a good team. They only lost to Colfax by three, so we knew they were tough.
It was a good win. We shot the ball well, especially in the first half, and we defended well.
They were a really talented team. They're probably the best team we've played this year.
Not hitting shots in the first half hurt us. It's hard to fight from that far back.
I'm really happy with how we played throughout the whole tournament. We won two games that could have gone either way and played really well in the fourth quarter of both games.
In the first quarter we started out really flat. We got a lot of good shots, but we didn't hit any of them and on defense we were giving up shots. It was kind of scary, really.
In playoff games like this, it comes down to who can defend the basket. We can't depend on how we are going to shoot, especially in a place like ARCO Arena. we have to defend the best we can and make enough shots to win.
By halftime we had given up 17 points. Our second string played the whole fourth quarter and only gave up five points. I was really happy with them.
