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“Yea, that was typical of how we have played all year. We like to play solid defense and rebound the basketball. That's how we win games.”
Chris Raso
“He's right, she is our key. She understands her role very well, but she's also a scorer. She was a little frustrated in the first half, but she scored better in the second half.”
“They are very athletic kids who make it pretty easy to coach. But I didn't have any big kids for over 15 years, so I was overdue.”
“Jordan understands we needed her. When she gets her feet set, she is going to knock some down.”
“To be tested in a game-situation like this in front of 1,500 fans and their great student body, we hadn't seen anything like that. Sure, we needed it. Our players understood when you're under the gun, you have to find an extra gear and dig down and concentrate a little bit harder and we did that in the second half.”
“Day in and day out they've been able to take everybody's best shot because that's what you get, especially in the playoffs.”
“We're not looking at it that way. We looked at it that way last year and we lost.”
“Sometimes as a coach, you think it's better to lose a game and get bumped down a few pegs, but they didn't want to hear any of that. They stood by what they said. They stayed true to their word and, hopefully, they'll keep rolling along.”
“I told the kids that this is a four-lap race. If we would lose this game, I don't know if we'd have the energy and the gas to keep going. We have four games now to get where we're going.”
“I've been watching these girls since they were in fourth grade. I knew what stride they could play at. I thought four years ago that we could possibly get to this level.”