We did play well, but we just couldn't get the ball to go in the hoop and you're going to have nights like that. On a night where we shot a little better, that's a game we probably win. Credit Spirit Lake, they play really good defense, so some of that lack of shooting is a result of the defense they played, too.

331

Any time you advance in the tournament, you have to feel good about that. You just want to get that first one out of the way. The good thing now is we played tonight and we have four days of preparation to get ready for that next game. That's to our advantage, I think.

218

Cassie Lassen played the best game of her career by far. She just stepped it up and played at the next level we need her to. It was a great team effort tonight. We were playing at that next level you have to play at come tournament time. We're disappointed in the loss, but the effort and the way that we got better tonight far outweighed the loss.

191

We lost by 20 and now we go up there and lose by 11, but it was a lot closer than that. For 28 of the 32 minutes, we were within 3-4 points, usually. The girls did a great job and really controlled the tempo of the game.

175

It took us awhile to settle in to what we wanted to do. Part of it was that Storm Lake gets you to play the way they are.

158

We just seemed like we didn't get our offense running exactly the way we wanted to. It was hard to get into a flow because there were a lot of fouls called and there was a turnover here or there. But you play good defense, you give yourself a chance to win games.

151

The biggest part of that was their press turned us over probably three, four, five times in a row and they converted that into baskets. Once that happened, we couldn't get it stopped.

136

You could tell we hadn't played in a week and we've had a hard time playing on that floor anyway. It was good to go over there and get a win and get the heck out of there. I think that might be the lowest point total we've held anybody to all year long.

134

We really controlled the game the way we wanted to. Our pressure hurt them and we forced some turnovers. Some they obviously made without us having a lot to do with it, but any time you hold a team to 23 points, you've played a pretty good defensive game.

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