Brenda Ellis Quotations

There are a lot of good teams in this tournament. This is going to be a tough district to get out of.

If we play with heart and defense, we have what it takes to beat Archbishop Murphy.

Having Brittany Zender back running the point for us was a big boost.

King's is a tough team. We're going to have to come out and give it everything we've got.

Last time we played them, they made some runs and we didn't have any answers. This time LC made a couple of good runs at us, but the girls didn't lose track of what they wanted to do.

That was my hope, to give Brittany plenty of playing time on the JV team. I really figured she would be ready to step up to a big role in the postseason and continue that this year.

We played great defense, the girls were very disciplined.

We've been getting some help at practice by playing a 6-foot-5 girl. We've been defending her and she's been giving us some tips. That's something we can't get when we play against ourselves.

We played well as a unit. Now we'll work on (our game) and come out ready to play.

We've been working really hard on being consistent on both ends. LC is a very consistent team. If you want to beat them, you have to be more consistent. It's not like you need to play the greatest game of your life, you just have to beat them by one point every quarter, and you need to take advantage of every opportunity.

We've been working on pressure man defense. Early on this season we used some zone, but just with our size and quickness we've kind of moved to man and it's worked.

We just missed a couple of key baskets and they were able to capitalize. They were a little more consistent in the fourth quarter. And I think mentally, when you miss your shots and they hit theirs on the other end, it's hard to come back.

District 2 is going to have to barely function and watch every penny. Gradually, over time, the account can build up.

Our defense has been the fuel for our offense all season long. We intended to come out strong and play good defense tonight. We played really well as a unit.

Defense was definitely our best offense last night.

It was a great team effort, and we've really been working on playing together as a team.