 Hello, and welcome to the Jackie Boswell show. I'm Joe Wamba, joined with Jackie Boswell. And coach, first of all, happy New Year and Merry Christmas to you. Thank you. Let's first talk about the weekend of games that you guys had down on Nashville. It's the third time that you guys play back-to-back games. And all of that is to get you ready should you make the NCAA tournament or postseason play at all. It's going to be that type of play. Right. We just want to make sure that we have that experience. We'd hope to be moving in a better direction as far as that with the third time playing. It's good competition down there, great opportunity to get to play some different teams that we wouldn't normally get a chance to see across the country. So that was a good experience. And now we've just got to hope that experience carries us over to the end of the year. And you talked about those different types of opponents just out of conference schedule. You have two more out-of-conference games coming up, both on the next two Mondays. But first, let's talk about the conference opponents that you guys have coming up. You play on Thursday, then Saturday, and then Monday out of conference, getting you ready for that type of schedule should you make the conference tournament. Yeah, I mean, we've got Messiah tomorrow. So hopefully everything that we've been doing at this point is getting us ready for our conference play. And that's the biggest focus. And I do think we've had a great opportunity this year to play so many different teams with Stevens and Lynchburg and Carthage are all different teams. We've never gotten a chance to play in the past. So, you know, and that's just got to get us ready for conference play, and that's what we've got to focus on. We've spent the last couple days of practice refocusing on the things that we need to do well. And hopefully they'll get us back on track. And what are those things that you are focusing on to get you back on track? Well, I don't think our defense was very good last week at all. It is definitely not the staple defense that we want to play with a lot of pressure and help side in good rotations. I didn't think any of it was any good. So we really just focused on the last couple days. And a lot of ball pressure increased the intensity a little bit. I'm not really sure how we lost that last week. But we can't worry about that. We got to move forward. And I thought the last couple of practices have been really good. And any certain players that you're keying in on to have a good second half of the season as you move into the second half of the conference schedule coming down the stretch? Well, you know, I think we're getting bits and pieces from everybody right now. So we're still waiting to see who's really going to step up. I mean, obviously, we know what we're going to get from Sarah. Like to see a few other players step up. Hopefully, we get Zanya Curry back this week. Our plan is to let her play tomorrow. She's been practicing pretty well. She, having her out of the lineup, really takes our athleticism down a little bit. And the defensive intensity, I thought, before she got hurt, she was playing really, really well in the defensive end. And we need that energy back a little bit. Oh, I'd agree to that. Certainly a presence on the defensive side of the ball. And then a number of players, as well, when I get to see you guys in practice, it looks like you guys are really focusing on that side of the ball. I mean, we are. And I think this was an opportunity with Zanya out for somebody really to step up on the defensive end. And we just got to just stay focused on that. And like I said, last couple days of practice, that's been our focus again. And just taking a step back to that trip to Nashville is a great opportunity for you guys to do some team building on those weekend trips and kind of a holiday right before the holiday. Yeah, I mean, they had a good time. I mean, our team really gets along. I couldn't be happier with that part of it. We had a nice New Year's Day together. We had dinner together at Coach Brown's house. He always hosts us every year. So, you know, that kind of stuff is always fun. And I think the girls are getting along and having a good time. I think they are a little bit frustrated right now. And it's not necessarily a bad thing. So we just got to channel it the right way. And I think we'll get it back together. Right, sometimes that frustration, adversity, as you'd call it, can be a motivator to, you know, right the wrongs and get the winning track back on schedule. Yeah, absolutely. When things are going well, it's easy, you know. And when things, like you said, and you hit the adversity, how are we going to deal with it? So it's good for us. Well, Coach, we wish you the best of luck in dealing with that adversity and getting it back on schedule with Messiah on Thursday and then the conference games on Saturday back at home. Yes, thank you. She's Jackie Boswell. I'm Joe Wama and this has been the Jackie Boswell show.