We needed Audrey to handle the ball against that zone. Washington plays such a high-risk defense. We had to take her out of her position to score.

We would have put up some soft pressure (defense) and would have hoped they'd take the sort of shot we ended up taking (at the end of the game) and taken our chances in overtime.

There aren't many teams in the state that could come back from 15 down against that Washington team and have a chance to win with the last shot of the game.

At times we looked like the Washington Generals on defense. Their guys were wheeling around in the post and laying it in.

We might even come out in the third quarter. Going against that Washington defense is a good barometer.

If Mr. Lampe is basing his defense of Firestone tires on that 100 percent wrong Washington Post story, he's started his first day on the job on a very poor note,