Obviously as a point guard, I want to get my teammates the ball first. But I can still score, and I had a lot of opportunities last night and tonight to do that. |
She pump-faked, my hands were up, all ball hit my hand. That was it. |
That was kind of the turning point of our season. We knew we could play with anyone. But when we almost beat the No. 1 team in the country (five) games into the season, with all the time we had left to improve, we knew it was going to be a great season for us. |
That's the thing with us: Every different overtime [this season], someone else stepped up and tonight it was me. I knew a freshman was guarding me. I don't think anyone can stop me one-on-one in the country, especially not a freshman. And I just took it at her. |
That's what makes our team so dangerous. That's why we're national champions, because we're tough at every position. |
The game plan was to keep Latta in front of us. She's a great player, but we wanted to contest all of her shots and keep the ball out of her hands as much as possible. |
The reality is our season prepared us so well that if we have to play Duke in the second game, we've done that three times this year. We've played North Carolina and Duke back-to-back that this would be the third time. We're just very prepared for this moment. |
The tides haven't completely turned, but we're definitely even now. We're not nervous now, and we've proven we can beat them. We know we can beat them, and we know we can play with them. |
There was no other reason to come back, just basketball. I wanted to win and have fun at the same time. |
They have nothing to say anymore. |
They've sacrificed as much as I have. They moved halfway across the world strictly for basketball, for me. It was an accomplishment for me, but for them, too, to see my dreams and my goals come true. My mom told me that they all cried when we won, and I broke down in tears. It was a very emotional time for my family and me. |
This is the best team that I've ever been on. |
This team is so deadly at every single position, which is why we won a national championship. Nobody can stop us at any position. |
This was a big statement game for us. People were saying we were overrated. They were writing us off. The only losses we have are to Duke and Tennessee. |
We definitely expected to be here. For us it's not, you know, a quick thing and it's not ahead of schedule. It's right on time. |