“Both teams played tight. With the rivalry both teams wanted to beat the other and in games like that it comes down to fighting through it. Our defense got us through it tonight.”
“We didn't have good patience on offense. We didn't execute well or take advantage of getting it inside. We had good looks from the outside; we just didn't knock the shots down.”
“When we played team ball we played well. When we had patience on offense our outside shots opened up our inside game, and on some nights our inside game opened up the outside. Teams had to pick their poison against us.”
“I think Brooke really stepped up her game in mid January (and) Andrea put in a ton of time in the off-season and played with the confidence of someone who put in that time.”
“We changed her free-throw shooting style because she'd been struggling from the line last year and was afraid to take it inside. She wasn't afraid to get fouled this year.”
“Who's going to be our point guard as well as who we'll have step up off the bench is going to be a key. (But) we've got a good foundation to build around.”
