Quotes by Casey Higgins

“Theyre so much bigger than we are and they can just shoot over us. We tried to double them when they caught it to try to take them out of the game.”

“We have a small lineup and we live and die by the 3. We werent able to hit enough of them tonight.”

“I stressed to my team that they had to play 32 minutes. Against a good team like [St. Pete Catholic], you cant have breakdowns. Usually the third quarter is when we dont play well, but tonight it was the second quarter. That was the difference in the game.”

“I told the girls that Tampa Catholic always comes to play in the postseason no matter what we did against them in the regular season. I wanted to remind them of what happened two years ago. It was the same situation.”

“We like getting away. Theres no pressure for us on the road.”

“That really is a tough place to play. The gym is dark and the student body packs the stands. Its like a madhouse in there. We need our fans to come out and offset some of that.”

“We just want to keep winning and move on. Im not at all interested in being the last team standing in the county; I want to be the last one standing in the state.”

“It says a lot about our district that we have two teams playing in the region final.”

“This is a classic David and Goliath match up. Weve played three good quarters each time and then well have a breakdown in a quarter. Well play poorly for a two or three-minute spurt, and we cant recover.”

“We couldnt overcome their size advantage. We couldnt control the boards on either side. We only got one shot on our end and they had several second-chance points on their end.”