We played well in the first half and maybe thought we had the game in hand. But we didn't play defense coming out of the locker room in the second half. We allowed people to cut inside and go right to the basket.

We probably had 20 or 25 third- to eighth-graders just wanting a picture taken with her when we got back to the pep assembly (on Sunday). What this is going to do for my program the next few years ...

We actually thrive off some pressure . . . because we feel we can get the ball into Rae Lin and others. And once we get past that first wave, we just do a fantastic job of running our lanes and, for the most part, finishing.

She's a calming influence at times, she's a source of energy at other times.

It's a team with tradition. And if anybody's going to have a team prepared for that atmosphere, it's him.

We could have landed a knockout punch right then and there. But they went on a run and they kept it pretty close the rest of the game.