Sean Coste Quotes (21 Quotes)

It was a good effort. Their attitudes have been really great. They have to come back and work harder in practice. I'm sure it's a little frustrating. They've been so close so many times. They need to get over the edge.

The tough thing about it was in the fourth quarter when they made big shots we couldn't answer. The only place we were lacking a little bit tonight was our shooting.

I think that we had a lot of good looks from Kara inside in the post. Kim did a nice job filling in on the blocks.

They got us. That's too bad. I know the seniors wanted to go out on a win. The seniors played really hard. I appreciate everything the seniors did for us this year. Their leadership and commitment to the team was excellent. It was a real pleasure to coach them. We're going to miss them. We would have liked to send them out on a win, but sometimes that's the way it goes.

Our effort was good. Our girls tried to get shots. We had the opportunity to tie or go ahead. I think we were down by one and we came up short on a couple of shots. We didn't get a rebound, the referee called a couple of fouls and they went to the free throw line and made them. Their No. 21 (Peterson) had a good game attacking the basket. We just had a tough night.

Offensively, there were times where we executed really well and got some good shots for people. The kids were very strong in the post.

The girls have been playing well. I know they were hungry to finish that and finish with four wins in a row. They played hard. The difference was Dallas ran a 2-3 zone and plugged up the middle and pushed on us in the middle and kind of pushed us out. We couldn't shoot it.

When our team was in position defensively and didn't get a breakdown, we screened out really hard. The kids were fighting for rebounds at that end. The Wolves did a really good job in the press. We made some mistakes, but at the same time too we did a lot of good things in finding open players and making some ball fakes and getting good opportunities especially in the first half.

I think they got hot from the outside and started hitting a lot of 3s. No. 40 (Kristin Hein) hit a lot of good shots, a lot of jumpers around the basket. We were sending everybody to the boards when they were on offense. They're so tall and they were able to kick it out to the perimeter and were knocking down shots.

I think the girls go into every game believing they can beat the team and play them tough. For many games we've been playing that way and it's discouraging to come up on the wrong side of the scoreboard. Then at the same time at practice these guys are working on things and staying committed.

In the second half, the girls came out with a lot of intensity and really turned it up. They were aggressive. We got to the basket a lot more. Danielle hit some outside shots and really shot well in the second half. We had some good defensive stops on the other end. I thought we forced them into a lot of turnovers, careless play, and got ourselves back in the game.

The girls fought back hard but they just ran out of time.

They did a good job. I'm really proud of the way we came back and played. But we have to carry that into all four quarters. That will be really important for us.

Everywhere else, like our defense, the girls worked really hard defensively again. They kept it a low scoring game.

It was a matter of making good shots. We got good shots and they were a little short tonight.

It was a matter of converting some plays at the end. Too bad, because the girls really fought hard in the second half. It gives us a look at where we can be if we play that aggressively offensively and with a lot of passion defensively like we did in the

The offensive rebounding was good. Kim Van Dyke did a real good job of keeping the ball alive inside with her offensive rebounding. There were a lot of good things about tonight.

She had a nice game as well and played under control. She didn't shoot a ton. The shots she took were good.

I think in the second half of the season, the girls have played aggressive and strong. They've executed better. We haven't come away with wins in all of them. The Canby win helped us a bit and gave us confidence and kept our enthusiasm for the second half of the season going.

I think the biggest thing was that we were aggressive on defense.

Even when we were running and trying to get the ball up the court a little bit, we were still struggling and converting shots.