 Stevenson falls to Christopher Newport, Glenn Clark alongside head coach Jackie Boswell. Coach, obviously, you knew you were facing a really good team today. So how do you measure your team's performance, knowing what you were up against? Well, I'm actually pretty excited with the 58 points that we scored. I'll give them a lot of credit. We didn't really expect them to shoot the three ball the way that they did today. I put a lot of points on the board for them and they did a really good job. They're a really good team. They're number three for a reason. We wanted to test ourselves, challenge ourselves. I thought we saw a lot of really good things. I thought that there was a time where we could have packed it in and gave up. And for a split second, we might have put our head down, but then we picked it right back up. And so I think that's the part we have to focus on. We wanted to come out there, give them a game. I thought we played well in the first quarter. But we just don't see that kind of pressure all the time and stuff. So hopefully now what this does for us is we start practicing that way. Because now we know what it feels like. And but for a young team like that, I thought the nerves got the best of us. It's a lot of turnovers. But I'm excited about some of the things I did see, yes. I wanted to talk about you guys were kind of pushing there in the first quarter. Maybe a little bit more than we're used to. I don't know if that was strategy against this team specifically, or maybe something that perhaps you think your team can do more of. And you might want to see more of as the season goes on. Yeah. I mean, we want to push the ball. We're athletic. We got some post players that can run the floor and score from there. And we got some shooters. We knew their pressure was going to come. So I thought we rushed it. They sped us up a little bit. And but I thought we were playing with a little bit of adrenaline, a lot of enthusiasm. And when you play that way for those first 10 minutes, it's a long next 30. Yeah, it's not. Now I know they had a lot more bodies they could turn to. It's a tough thing to do. Coach, you guys are only a little bit more. We'll see you again here in a couple of weeks before you get into conference play. Just kind of walk me through the ups, the downs. I know it's tough to be mired in a little bit of a losing streak at the moment. But how you feel about this team as you're getting closer to the point of the starting conference play? Well, I mean, I feel I feel good. I'm worried, you know, where their self-confidence level is right now because because they're so young. And that's it's self-confidence, right? So they got to they got to find it. That's what we just talked about in the locker room. They got to find it. We believe in them. I think we've been really tested in this in this preseason. We played some really good teams. We walked out with a good win. You know, we've been tested in every in every area. And I think they've proved to me that we can do some really good things. They just have to believe it at this point. One player that doesn't seem to lack for confidence, young player Amanda, who, again, finishing as a finish or more than anything. Because, you know, there's a lot of players that have the size to do it. But just the knack for her to figure out a way to get the ball in the basket. It's really impressive. Yeah. I mean, she's doing really good. I mean, but, you know, the thing is, is just the consistency of that. And and, you know, being able, I think the freshmen are just finding their way. And in what practice looks like the grind of it. And so being able to just show up every day now, I think is going to be the part that we're challenging them to do. I know I asked this because you're always like worrying about basketball this time of year. But I need the favorite. We've met most of your family over the years. Favorite Boswell family holiday tradition. Oh, wow. We have so many. Okay. All right. I'll tell you. So we have a gingerbread making contest as a family. And then we posted on Facebook and have people actually vote for it and see who wins. Okay. Who is typically like Tessa? Yeah. What is it? What is it? She just have more time than everybody else does. No, we time it. We do it all at the table together. She's just a little bit more artistic. Ellie and I tend to just like throw a few gum drops on there and call it a day. But no, it's my husband's really like Tony's really like that too. So they get together. But now that they have the boyfriends and stuff, we're going to do a little competition. So it actually is tomorrow. Our gingerbread contest is tomorrow. So we're looking forward to that. And you know, just now that everybody's older and everybody gets to come home, I just enjoy everybody being at home. And that's a fun tradition to do together as adults. So the important part is check out Coach's Facebook and make sure you get your votes in for the gingerbread contest. Coach, always appreciate you. Merry Christmas. Thanks so much as always. Great. Thank you. Merry Christmas. Jackie Boswell. I'm Glenn Clark. Go MustangSports.tv.