Jeff Bickmore
Jeff Bickmore
hopefully learn mistakes obviously strong tougher
Obviously they made some mistakes down the stretch. They learn from little things like that, and hopefully it will make tem a little tougher and really want to come back strong when we play at Colfax. We still have a long way to go.
coming definitely games hard hoping loss stronger talk tough
It's not something we really talk about, but they definitely know that's the first loss we've ever had in this league. It's definitely hard for them. It's a tough loss right now, but I'm hoping it makes them stronger in some of our games coming up.
game good knew lost
It was a good game. They were a good team. They only lost to Colfax by three, so we knew they were tough.
ball defended good shot
It was a good win. We shot the ball well, especially in the first half, and we defended well.
defend difference foul four half hurt inside looks nice score second shots trouble
The big difference was when Juric got into foul trouble. She wasn't able to defend in the second half with four fouls. (Becca) Pugh was able to score on her inside on shots that usually she would block. Colfax got some nice looks off that. That really hurt us.
gave league seed
It was really big (the win), it gave us a league championship and assures us of at least a No. 3 seed in the playoffs.
calls few game hurt second tough
It was a tough game and I think there were a few questionable calls on Lauren. And that hurt us in the second half, especially when she fouled out. That made it tough for us.
best played talented team
They were a really talented team. They're probably the best team we've played this year.
excellent great hit open plays second shots three
(Baker) made some great plays in the open floor. We keyed on her and got some turnovers in the second half. We fouled her three times on 3-point shots and she hit 8-of-9 free-throws. She's just an excellent player.
far fight half hard hitting hurt shots
Not hitting shots in the first half hurt us. It's hard to fight from that far back.
defense giving good hit quarter
In the first quarter we started out really flat. We got a lot of good shots, but we didn't hit any of them and on defense we were giving up shots. It was kind of scary, really.
five fourth gave given halftime happy played quarter second string
By halftime we had given up 17 points. Our second string played the whole fourth quarter and only gave up five points. I was really happy with them.
best defend depend games playoff shots
In playoff games like this, it comes down to who can defend the basket. We can't depend on how we are going to shoot, especially in a place like ARCO Arena. we have to defend the best we can and make enough shots to win.
both either fourth games gone happy played quarter throughout won
I'm really happy with how we played throughout the whole tournament. We won two games that could have gone either way and played really well in the fourth quarter of both games.