It gave us a lot more opportunities.

This led us to think outside of the box,

Basically, when you play the top teams, you need nine players ready to go. We knew that going in, but it was unfortunate that the fouls dictated the game.

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That's the nice thing about it. You get a group of girls and see which ones are going to step to the front, and I was quite impressed with everyone on the team. But most importantly the Severn girls came to play.

We knew we had to pressure their guards. Once we established the up-tempo, we got going.