Joe Grippo Quotations

We were a long shot to get to Central. We just didn't play well in the two tournament games. We didn't execute the way we did all season long. I don't know if we ran out of gas. But I'm not going to make excuses.

Once we got out of sync and fell behind, things just compounded themselves.

We definitely wanted to try and stop her (Coffee). She is one of the best players in the conference and I thought Doolittle did a great job guarding her tonight.

Games like tonight your seniors better step up and our seniors were ready. Kate's the most versatile player in this league and one of the most versatile in the state. She can shoot the three, post-up, handle the basketball, play defense and do whatever you need to do. Without them we are not here.

I figured it meant a lot to her. I wish I could do more but it's all I got at this point.

I felt we could have gone a little further. We'll just have to make amends in the years to come.

They've been a great team prior to the tragedy but since then they've bonded closer together. I've won a lot of these but this is a special one. This is as good as it gets.

We kept getting match-ups that we liked and every time we went to it we scored on it.

I'm very pleased the way we played and the way we've been playing hard all year long. We try to press for a full 32 minutes every game, and I have a group committed to doing that.

I'm extremely proud of the way we're playing and the way we're developing because we just beat a pretty good basketball team again.