Quotes by Mark Peperkorn

“We played well in the first half and maybe thought we had the game in hand. But we didnt play defense coming out of the locker room in the second half. We allowed people to cut inside and go right to the basket.”

“Megan Chart shadowed Higgins the whole game. Shes their leading scorer and except for the third quarter, when nobody played defense, Megan kept her down.”

“I wouldnt consider it our best offensive movement of the ball, but we did a nice job. Tiffany was feeling it. She was nice and smooth and once it left her hands, you knew it was going in.”

“We could have landed a knockout punch right then and there. But they went on a run and they kept it pretty close the rest of the game.”

“This was a perfect game heading into the tournament. Union Grove came out to play and we needed to struggle and show that we could come back in the fourth quarter. We played a fantastic fourth quarter.”

“We came out ice cold, it was our worst first quarter in a while. We were down 19-9 (early in the second quarter). Our man-to-man defense wasnt working.”

“Thats when we were able to extend the lead.”

“Its a team with tradition. And if anybodys going to have a team prepared for that atmosphere, its him.”

“Shes a calming influence at times, shes a source of energy at other times.”

“We actually thrive off some pressure . . . because we feel we can get the ball into Rae Lin and others. And once we get past that first wave, we just do a fantastic job of running our lanes and, for the most part, finishing.”