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DEBBIE STROMAN Our defensive intensity finally picked up a little bit. We've been talking about trying to play bett... JOE SHOEMAKER Matt really stepped it up. He didn't have his best stuff but went out and pitched a complete game. O... BRIAN GRUBER Our defense picked up in the third quarter. Our defense was horrible in the second quarter. We were ... ANGELL FLOYD Our defense really hung in there. They have a nice group of backs. They do a nice job of play-callin... AL MARTIN We had a very good first quarter. We got out and got going an hit those threes. DOUG PESICKA The guys wanted it. In the second half, our intensity picked up, and our offensive line really start... ISSAC MARSH We really stepped up our defense in the second half. We were able to get some transition baskets whi... DUANE PETERSON We missed some easy shots and we played some bad offense early in the game. Our defense turned aroun... LOUISE JOHNSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES That Wilhelm kid really shot the eyes out during the second quarter, and that was the decisive phase... ROB WOSTRATZKY We really started to play in the second quarter. Our pressure defense really started to work. JASON DOMINICK Our press was working in the first half, but we weren't converting. In the second half, we picked up... DAN SACK We turned them over a few times in the second quarter, and that led to some easy baskets in transiti... ARNO KIRCHENWITZ They (Batavia) cut it to two in the second quarter and it got a little nerve racking, but we got our... BAILEY HANSEN We got going in the second quarter with our defense, and they turned it over six times in the first ... ADAM LORIA The second half, we started making our shots and picked up the defensive intensity. LESLI PRIEBE We haven't been able to put together all facets (hitting, pitching and defense) of the game yet. One... MATT ADAMS We really picked up in the second quarter and they (Flandreau) cooled off, and we had some good cont... BILL VINCENT The first quarter we did well. Then we went into a slump in the second quarter, but we opened it up ... DANA SHAUGHNESSY I saw us execute defensively what we were supposed to do at the beginning of the game. They got some... JEFF KASPARIE (The game) got away when Pierce hit those two threes. MAURICE CHEEKS I thought we did a really good job of playing defense in the second half. We picked up the pace a li... JOE BRENNAN Kirk is capable of hitting the outside shot and he can play some pretty good defense. CHRIS GRINDE We were staying in the game, but when (Jefferson) got hot, he spread the lead. They took it up to 15... RAYMOND FELTON I thought we had a shot there when we hit those threes. But we were all on the bench when Hay hit hi... PAT MCNAMARA When the defense picked up, then our offense got involved too. We knew what we had to do. RASHONDA MAYFIELD I knew Pat's wasn't going to come in and lay down. You got to meet the intensity level of the other ... GENE PINGATORE Katie picked us up. She scored most of our points in the second quarter when we couldn't score. ERIN HANNEMANN Our team really picked up the defense. We played a lot better defense and got some easy hoops. LOU LEFEVRE In the third quarter, we really picked it up because Coach told us to pick it up. Coach just said pl... ERIC LAKSONEN We did very well in the second quarter, and that has been a microcosm of our season. We play a good ... DENNIS CROMER They were hitting their outside shots, we weren't playing really good defense for a while and our of... CAITLIN HYDUKE It was almost like we were playing not to lose. In the second half we were more patient offensively ... JOE CARRINGTON I think everybody's intensity level just picked up. We started to rebound a little bit better. We ra... NICOLE WOLFF I thought our intensity level definitely picked up. PAUL MORAN We lost our intensity in the second quarter. BILL MCELROY We showed some young nerves and shot a little quicker than normal. Phil (Short) then went at the bas... ALAN DUNAHEE We shot really well from the outside tonight and the defense really stepped it up. We were able to b... DARCI LEWIS We got a little sluggish in the second half. But we stepped it up on defense and then our offense ki... CHELSEY NELSON We hit some shots against their zone in the first half and played pretty good defense the whole game... DICK FRANTI The girls were hitting the ball and being aggressive on the bases. Kelly pitched a great game. Even ... ANGIE KELLEY When we went to the half-court trap it bothered them and we picked up our defensive intensity. We we... BECKY CARLSON We picked it up on defense. Defense was the name of the fourth quarter. PETE WILSON We really lost it in the second half, defensively. We lost our intensity. We gave them some wide-ope... HEATHER MCADAMS I think the key for [our play in the second half] was that we picked it up on defense. We were able ... FAEZA BOUDERRA This was by far our best hitting game of the season. One hit in any of those situations, and we coul... CHRIS TERRY It got us going and it got us pumped up. It brought up our intensity level and helped us get more in... MEGHAN MERKLEIN When (Brantley) got hurt that gave us an opportunity to really work the inside game. Once we did tha... JEFF FROELICH Sixteen and oh is definitely a possibility. But our focus is on the next game. We've picked up our i... DANIEL GIBSON Big impact. We were kind of down. Those big blocks got our intensity picked up a little bit. BRANDON STOCKTON We really played well, but I think we can play better. We shot well, hitting 58 percent of our shots... GARRY GREWE That was very scary. [Issaquah] played us tough. They were hitting all their threes. I jus think we ... CHRISTINA NZEKWE The pace of the game really picked up in the third quarter. That's the way we like to play the entir... DAVE NEIER It gave us a rush and our momentum picked up, but we slowed down for a couple minutes and they retal... LAUREN ROBIDEAU We hit a couple key shots and we picked up our defense. This was as tough a game that we've in playe... KAITY STREVER We woke up in the second quarter. The kids really steeped it up and played super defense tonight, ri... DON CATELLIER We made some adjustments at halftime and our team really picked up the intensity. CAROLYN PECK I felt like our kids stepped it up today and did the things that they had to do in all facets of the... LEE DRIGGERS We played pretty good defense in the first half, then in the second half, we got out of our game pla... JAMES BAILEY We're just trying to get it to another level. We've been working a lot on defense, playing a lot of ... JOE GAITHER We've heard a couple things about how they hit the boards and play defense. But we hit the boards an... JUSTIN REYNOLDS That was the difference in the game, we picked up the defensive intensity in the second half. HEATH ELIASON (At halftime) we changed our defense up from one zone to another. We wanted to keep pressure on the ... SCOTT BOKELMAN Basically, we got down there and went after them and got up 13-3 and in the second quarter. We worke... BRIAN KOOPMAN Our defense stepped up in the third quarter, and Missy hitting those two shots were just huge. It ga... ERIN AITKEN In the second half we settled down; we executed a little bit more. We got our looks in the lane and ... GARY CHRISTLIEB It was a great game. In the second half, we came out and turned up our defensive intensity. ERIC LEVIE I think we really got our running game going. Once we start running, we can really put a lot of poin... MARK FOWLER They fouled us a lot in the first half. We were in the bonus early in the second quarter. We went to... ANDREW FRANK Tony got on a little roll shooting his threes. He hit three or four in a row. I was not pleased with... GARY BALLESTRINI Our defense really came through for us in that second quarter and maintained it the rest of the half... JOE BECERRA We noticed that when they put up a shot, only one of their guys was going to the board and the rest ... BRETT MCFARLAND We were playing good defense and we were running our offense okay but we had to pick it up. We kept ... CATHERINE BOVE Somehow in the locker room we lost our intensity. Defense is so important to us. When our intensity ... JEFF HAWES We've got three or four guys coming off the bench that play good defense and pressure their guards a... ANDREW FRANK Defensively we did not defend the three and lost some intensity in the second half. We had more turn... LYNN PLETT In the second half our press was more effective and we really picked up the intensity. Sharon (Bower... CARRIE CONVERSE We just had to pick it up intensity-wise. We came out and just weren't mentally prepared. The intens... KEATON FRYE We are going to continue to work on hitting and defense. The Page tournament will help shape up our ... HEATHER EARLS We needed to step up our defense in the second half, because we looked and played a bit sluggish in ... JULIE MATTSON Joey Porter means a lot to our defense. He's a guy that fires everybody up. His presence out there a... CLARK HAGGANS For the bench to play the way they did was humungous. We got 19 points from our bench tonight. In th... DALE PRIOR In the second half, they picked up the intensity, and we couldn't quite match it. DAN DERSAM Our whole purpose was to try to wear him down and make him play defense and to make him work for eve... JEFF CAVALLO The offense practiced well and our defense really picked it up a notch as far as intensity and speed... HOUSTON NUTT We played with better intensity on defense in the second quarter. Plus, we converted on their turnov... CALVIN SAUNDERS We stepped up our defense. We put more pressure on the outside and they only had three field goals i... HENRY FLECK Both of our post players picked up their third fouls in the second quarter. Our bench did all right,... TIM RICKETTS We played our best game of the year so far. We shot well, mixed it up on defense, rebounded and ever... JACK PURTELL Six minutes in the second quarter lost us the game. We played really well at first, for a quarter an... BILL FRYCZYNSKI I didn't do anything different in the second half. I just ate the Snickers and it got me going. We a... ENEIL POLYNICE In the second half, our whole goal was to pick up our defensive intensity and score on the break. Pr... GREG MURRAY
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