Gina Nolan
Gina Nolan
girls points rather scoring seven
I'll take seven girls scoring rather than one having 25 points any day. I like to see that balance.
due execution good hold hurt lack offensive player quarter scoring start third
Candace was due to start scoring again. She's too good a player to hold down. Our lack of offensive execution especially in the third quarter hurt us.
defense heart key played
I think our defense was the key tonight. They played hard, and with heart and passion, like they've done all year.
bailey defense great hit taylor
Taylor and Bailey hit such important shots. Taylor's defense is amazing. She has no fear. She just went right at them and did a great job.
improved last played time
Sycamore was much improved from the last time we played them.
conference locker matter
No matter what, now we have this conference championship. There's a lot of celebrating in there (the locker room).
balanced good
It's very good for us when we get this kind of balanced scoring.
almost basketball came challenged flat girls heart hit pride proud tale
It was a tale of two halves. The first half, we came out flat and couldn't hit anything. They (North Stars) were scoring, it almost seemed, at will. At halftime, I challenged the girls to come out to play with a lot of pride and heart and not to give up. There was a lot of basketball to play. I'm very proud of them.
came good knew second sit team
They're a good team and they came back and scrapped in the second half. We knew we could never sit back. We knew we had to keep attacking.
came early effort hit relax shots team took
They came out and hit some shots early and we got a little flustered. I took a timeout to try to get them to relax and told them to take it to them and they did it. They responded and it was such a team effort tonight. Everyone contributed offensively and defensively.
believed control heart passion played
They just never quit, and they always played with such passion and such heart. Those are the things we can control out there, and they really believed that when they played.
attack blocked few half shots
Some shots didn't fall, but it's part of the game. We had a few shots blocked early, and I think that had an effect. It made us a little tentative the first half to attack the basket.
closer felt nine sure
It was a nine-point game, but it sure felt a lot closer than nine points.