Quotes by Sally Zimmerman

“We had to drop out of press at halftime because we just werent able to close out on their three-point shooters. [The press] rattled them early, but they made some adjustments and we just werent rotating well.”

“I thought we did a much better job getting to the line in overtime. Thats our game and we got the ball to the rim. We did a nice job taking care of the ball and forcing them to come out and foul us when we got the lead.”

“Those were big-time free throws for an eighth grader.”

“We learned from the first two meetings. We wanted this third game.”

“These two wins were huge. We beat two quality teams. Now the secret is continuing it into district and region play. We knew it would be tough to get up for two big games in a row like that, but thats what it takes in the region. Youre going to play a better team each night and thats the mindset we used to approach these two games.”

“Against the zone we dont want to hesitate. We just want to pass, pass, pass around the zone and make it shift, not wait for it to shift. Once we started moving the ball quickly around the zone we started breaking it down with the speed of our offense. Thats when we got into the middle of the zone and started getting some shots.”

“Playing them two times before helped. Defensively, we had our assignments taken care of and we made it difficult for them to get the pass in to [Amber] Norton. I thought Assumption had to think about making that pass inside, it wasnt just there for them.”

“At this point in the season were not worried about the rankings. I dont even know if the girls look at them. Its too late in the season to worry about rankings or even records. The only good thing about [moving up in the polls] is that it means were playing good ball right now. Were beating the teams were supposed to and upsetting some teams.”

“Theyll go with a small lineup with good three-point shooters and try to drive and kick it out. Weve made some adjustments that we think will help against that, and weve been fine-tuning our offense. At this point in the year weve got to be able to adjust to what others teams are doing within our offense and defense.”

“Weve got a little bit of a flu bug going around, so were crossing our fingers that it stays away. We had two coaches out [Wednesday], so we keep reminding the girls to stay away from anyone that might be sick.”