Lynn Frederick Quotations

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.

She got it going tonight. The other girls did a nice job of finding her, and she knocked the shots down.

Nicole is our high energy person. She's our catalyst on the defensive end and on the offensive end. She's the kind of player that can create things - and we looked for her to bring a lot of energy to both sides of the basketball.

Nicole has been a big part of our basketball team for four years. She's given us good leadership.

I was relieved. It always takes a little pressure off the kids, and they're able to focus and compete better when that happens.

I was pleased with our guard play. I thought the girls did a good job of getting us into our offense, recognizing certain situations, getting the ball inside.

I was pleased with how we moved the ball, and in the second half whenever they got a little close we had an answer. We hit big shots, and that's a good sign as well.

I thought both teams came out loose and ready to play.

I thought tonight we did a great job of rebounding. We got second-and third-shot opportunities a few times tonight, and that's important against this team because with their patience on offense, you don't get as many possessions as you would like.

I thought our girls did a good job tonight. We knew it was going to be a tough, grind-it-out type of game, and it's good to know that we can play that way.

Our goal all year long is just to get to our next opponent. We've done a good job of not overlooking people. Our girls have enough experience that they know how important that is.

Our girls knew what they had to do tonight. We did ourselves a favor tonight.

Our girls have been doing a good job of getting themselves mentally ready to play the last couple of days. We've had some time in January to work some things out in practice . . . and I think that's really helped us with our timing, not only on offense, but on defense.

Our girls have been able to do a good job of keeping their composure, and showing great poise. It really helps in terms of the execution on both ends.

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.

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 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).

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're at the point where we can't overlook anybody. We need to take care of business this weekend.

We tried to prevent penetration and cover their shooters. I thought we did a good job of it.

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 were pretty active in our press tonight, and it allowed us to get into a flow and get some easy baskets.

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.

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.

That's a big loss. Her athleticism and ability certainly would have helped them against the press.

I'm pleased with the way we started. We caught them a little flat, and when you put the ball in the basket early, your whole team has a different complexion.

Good start tonight. We got in a little foul trouble, but our girls off the bench did a good job of maintaining things.