Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Monday, July 19, 2004

The Merc finally returned home, but they couldn't stop Katie Smith (33 points) and they couldn't right the ship.
 
"It was a must-win we didn't win," coach Carrie Graf said. "It's now gone, and we have to move forward. The other (loss) was more heartbreaking than this one. We let that one go there. At least tonight we were right in there. We can't dwell on it. Dwelling only makes it tougher on us. We have to put it behind and focus on our next opponent. This was a backbreaker, a tough loss to swallow, but now we have to dig ourselves out of it."