The main thing that happened tonight was that we found a way to win. We hit some big shots when we needed to, and we protected the ball down the stretch when they were putting on some serious pressure.

Those aren't ordinary freshmen. They have some toughness to them. You saw them hit some big shots tonight.

This was a huge game tonight. It was our first big region win.

Whenever I hit big shots, it's because John dominated down low and freed it up for me. They're so focused on him, so when he kicked out I had a little time, squared my shoulders, and got the ball to fall.

They came out in a zone, and the girls were open. One thing I tell the girls, when they have a good shot to take it. Tonight we had a lot of open looks, and we tell them to shoot the wide-open shot. We got our feet under us and shot the ball.

We just didn't shoot the ball well at all tonight. It was awful. Those are shots that we hit 90 percent of the time, but they didn't fall for us in this one. This was a tough, tough loss and a game we felt like we could've won.