 Hello, and welcome to the Jackie Boswell show, presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Roy, showing here with Stevenson Woman's Basketball Coach Jackie Boswell. Coach, you have kind of a busy week. We'll touch briefly on your opener. You open up an all-right conference play on Wednesday, a game where the final score is probably a little non-indicative of the game all the way through. Right, I would agree with that. I thought that in the third quarter, we were within 11, got a few key stops, and couldn't score in between those stops. So I think that the stops is halfway there, where we want to get to, and then you just got to be able to score. And we could have made a run there. So we really stopped our own run, I thought. So yes, I would agree with that. I think that we can clean some things up and do some things a little bit better, and I think we're right there. Yeah, obviously. And obviously, a tough place to open up conference play all-right. I don't think we've lost a conference game in a couple of years and things like that. So obviously, like you said, well, obviously, you don't want to get the loss. There's some things to build off in that game. Yeah, I agree. I mean, that's a tough place to play on the road and open up against it. But really happy with what we can learn from there and able to bounce back for the weekend. Yeah, then Saturday you had your home conference opener against Weiner, bounce back, 13-point victory. I know the one set that I was very impressed with, especially in that kind of up and down game, was just six turnovers, especially in a game that's kind of running god. I mean, that's taking care of the ball pretty well. Yeah, I thought we did a really good job with taking care of the basketball and was able to convert some easy points on the offensive end and then just got some key scoring from a lot of different people. So when all of that kind of stuff is going right on the offensive end, it does allow us to take better care of the basketball. And a lot of credit goes to Amani Sanders, who is playing like a senior. And she's doing some really good things out there for us in controlling the offense and controlling the tempo a lot, too, is what we need her to do. And she was able to do that and just be able to keep the turnover rate down. Yeah, I mean, one of the things we kind of talked about is your defense creates offense. And that was certainly the case on Saturday. Yes, definitely. Couldn't be more happy with the defensive end effort on that game. Yeah, and you touched a little bit about Amani before talking about something this game. She seems to be a lot more aggressive going to the basket. And teams just can't kind of lay off her because she's willing to go to the basket. She's made a few of those. So they can't just kind of stay off her as maybe as they have in the past. Right. I know that she focused on that over the summer, just making sure that she could step up and make some shots for us as a senior. And she's definitely done that for us. And now that she does understand and know that we have some other scoring around her as well, she does her part. And then dishes it off to the people for them to do their part. So it's all starting to come together a little bit on the offensive end. But you're right, dictated by the defense first. And then Sunday, less than a 24-hour turnaround, you'll play Washington Lee in a game that was pretty exciting throughout. I mean, neither team led by more than a handful of points. And then you're able to come down. You're down seven with a minute to go and come back to win that game on a last-second shot. Just kind of take us through that game, especially that final minute. Well, that was exciting at the end there. I thought both teams were pretty tired. It was a very low-scoring game for both teams, because W&L was coming off of a game the day before with NYU as well. So both teams were looked a little tired. I thought missed some easy shots. But I'm happy with our toughness. I thought we showed a lot of mental toughness, like you said, to be able to be down by that much with less than a minute to go and force two turnovers, get to the basket a couple of times, get to the free-throw line, and then rebound off of that missed free-throw that John Yehia. I thought that that was a big turning point as well for her to get those easy two points. But showed a lot of maturity, which you wouldn't have expected when there was, I think, two freshmen on the floor at the time that all this was happening. So to be able to keep our heads and keep our composure, I thought it was a tough place to play. And we worked through all of that. So that was really good adversity for us. Yeah, I mean, I was impressed with watching the final minute. Brandy Hall, stepping up to take that shot was, that's a shot you just don't normally see a freshman step up and take, especially when you're down. So she showed a lot of fortitude and wanting the ball in that last shot. Yeah, I would agree. Because she definitely wanted it because she got it by accident. So she got the ball by accident, but wasn't afraid to take the shot. And that's what we need. We need these young kids to step up and just not be afraid. Yeah, and what do you take away? Obviously, it's a good non-conference when you go ahead and do a pair of conference games this week. What do you take away from pulling out a victory like that as you head into conference play this week? Well, I think it was the experience that we really needed. We haven't had a game where it's been that close back and forth, up and down, and then definitely haven't had anything that close to the buzzer. So I think that it was really good for us to at least be able to practice and be in that situation. And again, still even review it and see what we can do better for the next time. Yeah, absolutely. You're home tomorrow. You host Sleminer Valley. The team that's always competitive is always in the mix. And then you go to Arcadia on Saturday. What's the kind of mindset? I know the kids are kind of gearing up for finals and things like that. What's the mindset going into these two games? Well, we're just trying to take it minute by minute. We had a really light practice and tried to make it fun yesterday just because our team, I'm really proud of how well they do academically. But then around this time of year, it is hard for them to be able to balance both. And we want to make sure that their focus is on their academics and then also just trying to take care of business in these two games. And we have to be able to do both. So no different. The conference is tough. Lebanon Valley, Arcadia on the road. Everything's going to be tough this week. But I feel really confident that our girls are going to be able to handle that. All right, oh, great coach, best of luck this week. And thanks for your time. Thank you. All right, for Jackie Boswell, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Jackie Boswell Show.