At that point, I'm thinking we should be up by 18. We were playing great defense. We just missed a lot of easy shots.

They didn't know what we could bring to the table, especially on defense. That defensive intensity – I don't think a lot of teams know how strong this team is going to be on defense. . . . I think they were a little bit frustrated and confused.

We played good defense. We only had 13 turnovers.

Kyle did a great job on the mound and we played the best defense we've played all year. We thought this would come down to defense. We knew we were going up against two of the best pitchers in the conference.

We hadn't been playing defense the way I told them we were capable of, either. Just shutting teams down; I'm still trying to build that in this group.

We were in the game because we worked it and talked. I was proud of my defense. They played smart and steady.