Jim Holleran
Jim Holleran
early funny gave good lead shots showing
It was a funny kind of game. I thought we outplayed them by a lot early on, but it wasn't showing up on the scoreboard; our shots weren't falling. Still, we had a good lead at the half, a lead we gave away in the third.
beat earlier forward law looking playing
Law beat us earlier in the season. So we're looking forward to playing them.
case games gotten slow
In a lot of our games we've gotten off to slow starts. That wasn't the case tonight.
five fourth jackson needed points quarter six
Brittany Jackson had only six points for the game, but she had five of those in the fourth quarter when we really needed them.
band came close derby fired forced four physical played quicker
Derby came out all fired up. They had a pep band and the place was noisy. They played us close for about four minutes. But we were just quicker and more physical than they were. We forced a lot of turnovers with our full-court press.
fire good kids played
The kids played with a lot of fire and that's good to see, especially on the road.
great played
We played very well and we got great balance.
flat game simply
We were very flat and we simply didn't play very well. We trailed the whole game and just couldn't put anything together.
fourth free girls huge quarter regulation throws tie won
We were down all night. But the girls would not quit. We outscored them, 18-13, in the fourth quarter to tie the game, 53-53, and then we won it in overtime. We made huge free throws at the end of regulation and in overtime.