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We played tenacious man-to-man defense. I was glad to see that these girls understand that defense wins championships.

We played some great defense like we knew we could. It was something we definitely wanted to hang our hat on from last year. Oral Roberts had some great players. I think we did a good job on them tonight. That's just going to get us ready for the Big Ten.

We played solid up and down the field. Our defense recorded their fifth shutout of the season. Stewart is starting to step it up, which is great to see.

We played solid defense and we hit a nice (scoring) streak in the second half.

We played soft (defense) early on and that was mostly my fault. I didn't want to get Cassie (Cooper) and Rachael (Mack) in foul trouble.

We played so disciplined tonight. We were the kind of team we need to be. We had that big lead in the second half and our kids just stuck with the plan. When we had that lead, we made them play defense and chase.

We played sluggish in the game. Our defense never stepped up, and we let their leading scorer have her way. Our plan was to shut her down, but we just didn't come out ready to play.

We played rotten. We played like we were finishing a marathon. I think (Clear Creek) could have set down on defense and we still wouldn't have scored.

We played really well in the first half, up 12 at halftime. The kids passed well and looked for the open man -- they showed a lot of patience. In the second half (Scappoose) stepped up on defense and offensively we got off track of what we wanted to do.

We played really well. I can't complain, of course. We're starting to pick up our game a lot. Our offense and defense looked nice.

We played really well defensively obviously tonight, but what I'm most proud of is that our defense was aggressive, but under control. The first two games we got hit pretty hard with penalties. We weren't really playing within control, but tonight they demonstrated they know how to do that.

Doc Rivers

We played really hard tonight and I thought our defense was phenomenal. On most nights it would have been enough to win.

We played really good defense. We held them to 45 points, and they've been scoring in the 70s and 80s. It was a great team defense performance.

We played quite well and could have scored more but their goalie was outstanding. We had a shutout so our defense was strong.

Paul Hewitt

We played pretty hard, but their defense was the reason we didn't get into a flow. They really did a nice job of taking away our two primary threats in Morrow and Dickey.

Well, they had very few opportunities to score. Lauren Tarver played great defense and she plays with all heart.

We have a lot of good role players that play great defense and when you have kids that don't worry about their offense so much, it just makes the entire team better.

We played well and just took them out of it. We've been playing great defense ever since the Hoban game.

We played very well defensively. That's what we preach. We want to play defense and hit the boards.

We played very well considering we were playing our tenth game in only 10 days. Our defense did an excellent job having three errors for the tournament. In the championship game we did not make an error. Pitching was very good in all three games. Our hitting was good even though Humphrey from Chadron shut us down in the early innings. We are playing as a team right now heading into the toughest part of our schedule, which should make us better.

We played very hard defense all game. I think we just wore them down. We pressed the entire game and I think they just got tired.

We played very good team defense and that led to easy baskets in our transition game.

We hang our hat on our defense and tonight it saved us.

We had heard talk around the league that Erika is soft on defense because she didn't want to get in foul trouble. Well, she proved them wrong. She runs the floor with so much finesse, but she can be physical, too.

We had guys step in, but it definitely hurt our defense and it's great to have him back. I think having him back will make our defense a lot better.

We had a mental dysfunctional breakdown. It was not pretty. After game two, it was like another volleyball team was out there. The passing was terrible and our defense didn't keep us in the game.

We had a lot of opportunities to score tonight. We played much better defense in the second half.

We had a little more focus in the second half. Our defense was excellent. We held them to two field goals in the second half and our offense fed off our defense.

We had two options on that play. We were going to push it and see if we could find numbers and if we looked like we had a seam we were going to go play. I felt like if they had their defense set it was going to be hard for us to take a timeout and try to run something set.

Steve Alford

We had to win this thing with our defense because offensively ... the shot would just not drop for us tonight. We made enough key free throws down the stretch and we had some really key stops. I'm just really happy to get away with a win tonight.

Andy Williams

We had to take what the defense was giving us.

We had to put on a scramble defense but on this big floor it takes a toll. We exerted so much energy to get back. We got within one ... but we could never get over the hump.

We have a good offense, but we're trying to get better on defense because defense is what wins games. We've been focusing on defense and trying to get better.