This is the first time this group has played together as a unit and they did very well. It's what you always hope for and something we hope we can build on the rest of the year.

She's a high-strung, high-intensity individual. She's an excellent student, too. She's intense, she's very competitive, and as hard-nosed as any kid out here. She bangs and bruises, will play hurt, and will give you everything she's got every minute she's there.

We had a lull there in the third quarter where they pushed it out but we came back and fought back and played pretty well the fourth quarter.

We went on a short run there and extended the lead and then just kind of took a deep breath. We have to come out and play hard every game, no matter who we're playing. Goreville played well and deserved to win the game.

Our kids kept us in the ballgame and we probably could've been closer if we had made some easy baskets in close. I told the kids they played hard, they played their guts out, and took a good team and made them play hard.

I thought the kids played hard the first quarter. I think they caught Althoff a little off-guard. They actually had to play a little bit in the first half and didn't quite know how to deal with it.