There were some obvious things we had to make up for when Kate left. It forced the other girls to come into their own and they have.

We didn't have an overtime game all season. We picked a pretty good time to come out ahead in one.

Defense turns into points and that is what we kept stressing. They didn't stand and watch. They went after the ball and made some things happen.

Defense and rebounding win championships and those two things are hard work. I have it written on the board up there that offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

First Academy is a really good team. They've got a lot of height and they shoot very well. That posed some problems for us. We just couldn't get anything going.

This is definitely a step forward.