They play such good defense. It's a lesson for the girls out there. That's how you play defense ? in your face, physical. That's why they're one of the best teams in the state.

Our defense all year hasn't been where it needs to be. In the fourth quarter, we showed signs of playing better defense. It's been a struggle all year.

Our defense still isn't anywhere near where I hoped it would be at this point. That needs to get better.

It really comes back to things we can control. Playing defense and communicating are two things we need to work on. I look at it as a challenge. It's things we can fix, and I'm hoping sooner than later. I'm the coach. I have to keep stressing this in practice.

I look at it as wide open. The mentality has to be, if we play well, we'll be in the game. Instead of worrying about the other team, we should be worrying about ourselves.

We both play very similar, up and down with pressure defense. I knew it would be a barn-burner.