We started playing better defense and took charge. We did some good things offensively and played much better defense in the second half.
When you beat somebody, it's always tough to come back and get them a second time. They only have one win, and I believe we felt that just being on the court would be enough . . . It just took us a while to get going.
Leah played exceptionally well in the first half. In the second half, they did everything but tie her shoes together to try and stop her.
She really played her best ball game of the year.
Having these wins will, hopefully, turn into some wins the second time around against some of the people in our league.
I think we're trying and improving on learning how to compete. If we can learn how to take care of the ball in crucial situations and not have an offensive or defensive lapse we'll be OK.
We played very intense defensively, and we took care of the ball a little better against them.
We came out, and we didn't play that terribly, but we couldn't get any defensive stops. We just kept trading baskets with them.
Unfortunately, we got back into the rut of turning the ball over and not shooting the ball well. It was pretty much unbelievable.
We had an extremely good effort, and that was the difference. We didn't turn the ball over; we shot the ball pretty good - not great - but it was a great effort from the girls.
We didn't start her tonight, but she really accepted the challenge of coming off the bench. She did a great job, and this game will be one that keeps her going the rest of the year.
We've got to focus on two things: taking care of the basketball and getting out of the situation of letting our offense dictate our defense. Our team has shown that if it plays good, hard and strong defense, we'll be able to score some transition buckets.
We just turned cold, and we couldn't make anything. We were trying to live on the jump shot, and we lost our intensity on defense.
Our defensive intensity gave us a lot of inside shots. We really just played extremely well.
Once we got in the game mentally and started playing a little bit better defense, we were fine. Our defense determines the way we play offensively.
They're awfully good. They really are the No. 1 team in the country.
They went to a box-and-one defense and did two or three other things to keep her limited. I'll tell you what, though, in the first half she rang 'em up, put em' up and it was going in.
In the second half, they picked up the intensity, and we couldn't quite match it.
