It's where you finish. We've been pushing it pretty hard. Each week we keep getting better.

Smyrna is big and they used their size to wear us down. We wanted to stay within 10, and we did a few times. Even at halftime when they were up 16, we didn't think it was too bad. We felt if we could get the third quarter to go our way we'd be all right. But we got in foul trouble in the third. The girls played hard, but it just wasn't enough.

We're going to find out where we measure up. We feel like we've worked hard this year. We think if we get a chance to be in the game, we'll make things happen. That's what we are looking to do. We know they're going to bring their A-game and we're going to bring our A-game, and we'll see who the better dog is.

(Northeast) came out ready to play. Dawn played a phenomenal game. She showed why she was the (District 10-AAA) Player of the Year. It took us until the middle of the third quarter to finally get in our set. Once we got in our sets, we played our game. The end of the third and most of the fourth, I thought we dictated the game. Had we done that throughout, we probably could have made it closer.

We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the stretch we would like to have had. But this was a playoff game, with a playoff atmosphere.

This is the part of the year where you start tinkering with things, seeing what works and what doesn't. We put a couple of different line-ups out there tonight. We're seeing what line-ups will work for us. I think all the girls, when they stepped in, played hard, and that's all you can ask from them.