It was an awesome game. Could not have asked for more effort and intensity and execution from this group.

Looking back on that state title run it seemed like the smoothest ride in the world as a player. But after coaching for the past three years I can imagine what kind of stress she must have been under.

The doctor told her she could keep coaching if she could tone it down on the sidelines. Anyone her knows her or has seen her coach knows that's not possible. She's intense, that's her style and she can't do it any other way because to her that would be giving less than 100 percent and she just can't do that.

The effort was there, just not the execution. Too many fouls and turnovers. We shot ourselves in the foot with a couple of silly plays. The big one was that four-point play.

We didn't execute they way we had been preparing to. Basketball is about effort and execution. The effort was there at times, the execution wasn't. I just felt like we were playing not to lose instead of playing to win. We didn't stick to our game plan. We didn't play like we practiced the last week.

I was just so proud of our effort, concentration and execution. I thought we played a very intelligent game.