I could cry. She's a hell of a player, a hell of a leader and an all-around great person. If every team could have a Nicolle on their team, they'd go just as far. She's something special to this team and to myself. She's a great friend of mine. It's sad to see her go. |
I was real excited, I was nervous. Our crowd, I thought, was better than theirs — they definitely got us into the game. I can't even describe how I felt running out there and people going crazy just for us. |
If we cut down on half of those rebounds, it could have been a closer game. |
It's definitely a big game. It'll be the better team that wins. You never know. We have to play our 'A' game that day. It's going to be a fight no matter what. We didn't play well that game and we didn't deserve to win. Hopefully we can come back and redeem ourselves. |
It's not going to be easy at all. It's two different teams with two totally different playing styles, so we have to go out and try to start off the game our way so they have to adjust their ways and play to us, instead of us trying to change our ways and play their style. |
Our emotions actually hurt us. |
That's because walking down the hallways or around campus, I've just been smiling. I can't help myself. |
The second half, they brought a different part of their game. Their post players are unbelievable, and I don't think they missed in the second half from 3. |
We can't go to Monmouth and think we're going to roll over them. But if we go into every game ready like we were today, we'll play our best. I hope Monmouth brings out the best in us. |
We changed our defense from the first game. We took (Erin) Kerner away in the middle of the court and she's their offense. You take her away and it hurts their team. |
We played 12 girls tonight and that lead never changed. That shows you how deep you are. |
We'll go anywhere. Just to be here is so amazing. I can't even explain how we're feeling right now, and it's so special because there's not many people that get this feeling. So if I go to Bridgeport, I'll go. |
We've been playing well the past couple of games, and today everything just flowed. We just had a lot of fun out there tonight. Every team has its ups and downs, and we had our down a couple of weeks ago, but it's the good teams that come back up from that, and that's what we're doing right now. It's definitely the best time to start getting together. |