Like everyone else, they wanted to take Hope and Maria out of the game. I told the girls earlier today that someone is going to get open shots.

We’re pretty excited. I don’t really know what to expect.

She’s done that for us all year. She’s been a workhorse for us underneath.

We were slugging it out back and forth. Thankfully, they didn’t get in the last punch.

We’re not a very big team. Rebounding will be key for us.

She was just the dominant player out on the floor. They tried to go zone for a while and she hit a 3-pointer. They tried to go man-to-man – but it didn’t matter what they...

I thought we came out in the first half extremely focused and very intense. Defensively they never did have any easy passes, and we were able to convert on some turnovers to give us a...

We’ll get a half-hour shoot-around on the Redbird Arena floor, and that’s great for all the teams to get acclimated. Unless you’ve been there before, there’s not too much else you can prepare for.

There’s talent, yes, but they had to improve. I don’t know if we really expected to win the state tournament. Getting to state was our goal, and we played well that weekend. We were able...

Every night, if we need a lift, someone has given it to us. It seems like it’s someone different each night.

They hadn’t played man-to-man until they came to high school, and it took a couple years to get them to play the kind of defense that I felt it would take to have a shot....

It’s interesting, I know that. I don’t know if I’d say it’s fun. It would be nice if we had another in double-figures, but we almost always have something interesting to talk about.

The one thing about this team is they go out every night and expect to win. You can’t teach that. It doesn’t matter who the opponent has been. They aren’t cocky or look past anyone...

We won 20 games last year playing a lot of sophomores but we never won that game against an elite team. When we beat Freeburg right before Christmas, you could see them start to believe...

Our girls are pretty level headed. They know even though we have beaten them by double digits all three times, last two games were two-point games at halftime. I don’t think overconfidence will be a...