Sometimes you need a loss to realize you strengths and your weaknesses. And I think in that case, we realize our weaknesses. Hopefully, we can learn from it and get ready to play. |
That was the turning point of the game. We didn't give up a basket and we didn't foul them and put them on the free throw line. I think that right there pretty much closed the game out. |
That was the turning point. We struggled a little bit offensively, but the main thing was that we started to stop them defensively. That last seven minutes we just clamped down and said that we're a good defensive team and we need to act like it. |
That whole Connecticut thing is tough. It's a tough situation. We're off the radar. Like nobody's really talking about us, but they are. So no matter what, Connecticut's always going to come out of somebody's mouth whether it's negative, positive. It's been tougher this year than any year for me. It's something that we've done a really good job of fighting through, and I think that's why we are in the position we're in right now. |
That's the shot that you have to make, and that's the shot that you have to have the guts to take. For her to do that, that just gave us confidence for the rest of the game. |
That's what I knew when I was being recruited. Just her impact on women's basketball ... it's something you will always have to appreciate, even though you weren't a part of it. |
That's what this time of year is all about. This time of the year is about being able to sustain a team's best run and fight back and make all the plays that are needed to win. |
The best thing she can do is just go out and play. Just play to her ability. Because if we can get some contributions from her, that will help us out a lot. |
The first two days were really, really rough. It was kind of hard to look at each other. But we just realized that dwelling on it and letting it defeat us already is not going to help us at all. |
The last shot was for Ann. We all didn't execute well. We all didn't do the right things in order for her to get open. |
The obvious thing is we have to take more pride in boxing out and getting bodies on people. Many people may use the excuse because we're small, but rebounding is effort. It has nothing to do with your size. It's how badly you want the ball than the next person. That's all it is. |
The week has been rough, I'm not going to lie. Obviously we had a sour taste in our mouth after what happened in that game, but we just have to take it and learn from it and keep it in the back of our minds and use it as momentum going into this tournament. |
There were stretches where we were really good and there were stretches where we had lulls. But the key thing is that we were able to put our heads together and come out with a win, especially on the road. That's really a tough thing to do. I don't care who you're playing. And that's what happened (Sunday) and that's why we were able to win. |
There would be no better feeling than to be able to end this with a run at the national championship. I think it is in the back of our minds, and it is something that we are going to try to keep in our minds game in and game out. |
They are very physical. That's one thing I remember from playing a couple of years ago. They're always tough to guard in the interior. |