John Mraule Quotations

To our advantage we play in a league that we play somebody tough every night. We never have an opportunity to take a night off. Their league is not as strong and doesn't face that kind of competition.

We have to get more people involved on offense. They really took away what Britney's game is.

Hopefully we are peaking right now. We played Central tough. It was a good game, but we just need to control the ball.

I thought we came out and really competed and played well in the second half the first half we just never got off the bus. We tried the second half and worked hard, but it just didn't happen.

We played extremely well against Cortez, everybody on the team contributed. They aren't the caliber team that Durango is they don't have Durango's quickness, but we played well against them. Durango is very quick and we didn't adjust well with our good players. They aren't that much better than we are.

We played defensively the way we wanted to and didn't want them to hit three-pointers. The only two they got were in overtime and we just didn't get out on them. To their credit they did bury them.

We really struggled in the third quarter and that was when Grand Junction really took advantage of our struggles.

We had a lot of turnovers and we missed too many shots. It's hard to do that against a good solid team and they are really good. It's really tough beating their pressure defense.

We didn't shoot well early on. Even Britney missed a few and Lauren didn't hit anything until the fourth quarter.

We played with a lot of intensity and did a great job defensively, I was really happy with the way everybody chipped in.

We have to be ready to play and just play our type of game. The girls have worked hard and hopefully we can keep our season going.

We have to be ready to play and hopefully the way we played the last four games can help us out.

We had some things we wanted to do, but we really struggled shooting the ball.

We wanted to run down the clock until we got a great shot. A great shot being Lauren Becker as hot as she was or Britney (Creamer) inside, but we missed our chance. Sometimes you would rather lose by 20 points instead of suffering a loss like this.

We had a few good shots. We just can't shoot the ball well. They are a good ball team. They are really tough inside and have some good outside people.

We had the opportunities, we just didn't take advantage of them. We had our chances and we probably should have won it. I feel a little selfish and really frustrated knowing how close we were to advancing.

Britney had a monster weekend for us and gave us two great performances. We really just had a strong team performance this weekend.

They are a good ball team and have had a tough year, but can play tough with any team.

They are a good ball team and are the team that really give somebody a scare. They may not be really deep, but are a good ball team.

Once we started winning, we started playing pretty well and are beginning to believe in ourselves. Our bench is playing well and we are gaining confidence.

They have an excellent basketball team and some great players. We played hard, but we just don't have much depth. They are just a hard team to beat and obviously are a top 5A team. They have all the pieces for state title.

They are extremely quick and have excellent shooters. They run a motion offense and really run the offense well.

You can't make mistakes against good teams like Grand Junction. We had some dumb mistakes. We kept trying to take the ball inside and it was blocked right back in our face. You can't miss open shots and that's a big part of this game. We had a lot of open shots and we missed a lot of them.

They have more quickness than some of the teams we've faced. They aren't overly deep, but they move very well and are just a solid team.

It was a great weekend for us and we would have been happy with a split. Anytime you go to the Four Corners and get two victories it's big. We got two tough victories and played well in both.

They are tough. Anytime you go 23-0 no matter what league you are in you've done a great job. They have the perfect ingredient for a good basketball team.

They are tough. Anytime you go 23-0 ù no matter what league you are in ù you've done a great job. They have the perfect ingredient for a good basketball team.

I'm really proud of the girls this season. We wanted to go further, but these girls played hard and you can't ask for anything more than that.