It's nice to go into the half with a little bit of a cushion, but I thought what won us the basketball game was the way we defended on that end of the floor. And, there's going to be times in the game when things don't go your way, but if you play consistent defense, that's going to be to your advantage.

We played even with them in the second and third quarters.

Unfortunately we didn't play the way we needed to the first three quarters. We dug ourselves a hole and it was a little too big to get out of. The girls didn't quit, though. They got themselves in a position to win it at the end if a few things would have gone our way.