yeah what a phenomenal effort by our by our athletes tonight um just heart resilience not giving up and a playoff atmosphere that was a playoff game we understand that every game from here on out is going to be like that for us and that type of fight that type of energy is going to be needed as we continue to to push to make our to make our playoff push um obviously Ryan Howard was phenomenal um other players were phenomenal as well but back toback 30 point games I think the first since since Angel so so big time Big Time play from Big Time Players I'm not gonna lie y had us in the first half yeah yeah yeah but in the second half I thought Ryan's leadership showed up very very well in the court and respond can you talk to me about what you saw yeah I I thought Ry um did a did a great job of just staying confident um and bringing that confidence to everybody else um I think Lea's defense in the second half JC's pressure ball pressure in the second half and the ability to make plays um when you're in when you're in fights like that a dog fight like that um you need your stars to show up and I think today Our Stars showed up yeah just to keep fighting not to give in let's continue to execute right and keep fighting and I think they did a phenomenal job of just fighting fighting like never never putting their heads down having a next play mentality we talk about next play mentality all the time and I think tonight today they really showed that they really exhibited that yeah yeah yeah we talked a lot about just understanding that every single um every single game from here on out is going to be a playoff game if you want to make the playoffs like you got to make plays like that I thought Alicia gray was phenomenal on the boards tonight I thought she um did a great job of seeking rebound she went after them she didn't let them come to her she went after them um and they were they were big plays so um for us to buckle down down the stretch in the fourth and then in overtime that that was big time play for him yeah no just like I said earlier the pressure on the ball I thought JC did a did a great job of pressuring the ball um I thought leash in the second half her defense was really was really good too so we changed some things up defensively and I thought they did a good job of executing that yeah we had good shots like we had good shots we didn't knock we didn't knock them down um that happens sometimes but being able to stay with it and keep your focus to move on to the next play is really important and I thought we exhibited that to today so there was a lot of hyp inside seem that thaty gave you all some trouble in the first half but in the second half there was some adjust adj yeah I think we just we we tried to do much better at pressuring the basketball so they couldn't get pinpoint passes directly into that height um we worked around a little bit more to make it a little tougher of a pass in terms of our post players um on their on their post players with Howard right um and with obviously maau so again I think it started with the ball pressure good thank Youk you thank you thank you okay big nasty y'all can't call her that and if I see y'all call her that I'm not doing medos so precisely po all congratulations to both of you great game that was a phenomenal end um this question is for you um talk to me about Ryan's leadership on the court and what you saw out of her tonight that you just absolutely love um she just got a big head and a smart mouth so I know I'm just playing um just being here hey hey y'all don't laugh at her thank you all right let us stop playing um it's just been great to see her growth um obviously we've been here together for three years and in the first two years like when things were going good or bad she didn't talk as much and she kind of you know had a lot to say but kept it to herself but now she just been such an open book and giving us exactly what we need um when she doesn't you know if she doesn't hit somebody on the path she's like that's my bad or she's telling me the next steps um you know to a play or seeing and reading what the defense is doing to her because obviously she gets all types of different defense has played on her um but her continuing to talk and know the plays and repl re relaying the plays to us um it just makes such a big difference um because we know that she knows what's going on um as she always does I mean it's part of her job but she really always knows what's going on but she just takes that on her shoulders um because she knows that it's so needed for this team um and I just love to see it and I can hope it continues to go um and I hope she continues to talk no matter the situation um you know she talks about like a lot about the last two years that I didn't talk much well she always picks it up um you know no matter the circumstances we always hear her in the Huddle you know she's always telling us what she sees from on or off the court and you know just being that energy player that we really need um you know tonight was a very special night for her because she was doing big things making her layups um but it's just great to have her out there and you know she's always confident in what we as a team can do and so it just builds everybody else up definitely gave us some momentum um but you know when I'm shooting I have to be unconscious because you know like I said the team is looking for me to you know be a threat on offense and you know look to be aggressive and look to get the shots that you know come forth um so it's not a shot that I could have passed up um but it definitely was a momentum shifter for us because you know everybody was energy was just really really good um the crowd was feeding into us and so just since then we knew that we didn't call all the way back to you know just to call all the way back um we've been in this position a lot of times before and you know haven't had the outcome that we wanted but every time we've continued to fight we've stayed positive and you know tonight just shows what we're capable of doing and we have to keep this same energy moving forward like what lock in this feel like playoff what's lock well I hope I scored 30 on 26 shots I I wasn't gonna say nothing I wasn't gonna say nothing um I mean you know I feel like I'm a player where I don't stay in the slump for too long um eventually shots are going to start falling and you know things are going to start going for me um you know it is starting to get to that time you know I only have one Taste of playoffs so I'm looking to have more but I know what it's going to take and I know I'm going to have to do to get there and Lead my team to get there now I've mentioned that you became a more vocal leader over time um and what has allowed you to kind of get in that where you are more um I think just the comfort of being here um you know building relationships over the last three years you know we still have our core all together so we all know how how to talk to each other basically and you know what everybody's looking for what everybody's you know trying to hear but you know the coaches are always telling me like you your voice needs to be heard and so just being able to talk and feel like I have a voice and feel like I'm being listened to it that also plays a big huge part in it um all five starters and double fgg just overall how big te um I mean it's it's been it was great to see everybody um share the ball and we knew that this was a team that um if you attack them they would they would give you some points um so that's exactly what we did but we did a great job of sharing the ball and finding who was the hot hand and um just really trying to to go and spread it out it's it's hard to guard five people on the floor and and when everybody's attacking and trying to get to the basket um and you know we we talk about it all the time and specifically Ry she gets told me about it like sometimes I have to take the shots to get her open like sometimes I have to attack to get her open because she does draw so much attention that a lot of times it is my man doubling her or you know trapping her whatever it is so I think we all kind of knew that tonight coming into and not just Ry you know leea as well that if the other three of us I mean of course Tina but if the other if the others were not attacking and going downhill then it was going to just cause so much trouble for you know our main scorers um but we knew that into this game and we wanted to be aggressive um and it just you know once you just get into your Rhythm and your feel it just kind of takes off thanone thank you guys