That first half was a disaster for us. That was the worst we played all year. We had our worst shooting night of the year at the worst possible time. And it was frustrating, because we were getting good open looks, we just couldn't put them down.

The more established teams go there regularly. With us, only a selected few go (each year).

Normally, the better guys distance themselves from the others. With us, we stay as a group, and help out the inexperienced runners. We push everyone.

We expected a tough game, and we were ready for it. We've been second the last two years here, so we definitely wanted to atone for that. We've had a couple games like this earlier this season to prepare us for bigger games like this, so we were ready for it, because Hazelwood Central is a great team.

That second quarter was critical. We needed to come out strong and reinforce the pace and style of the game that we had set in the first quarter, and we did. The girls played extremely well.

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