I think a lot of the voters haven't seen us play. They just look at our record and see the six losses.

Our formula tonight was to play inside and outside and have McGee affect their shots and Randle scoring from the inside. Because of our big lead, I got to give my bench a lot of playing time.

I thought we came out ready to play. (Willard) got off to a big halftime lead against us two years ago, so we thought it was crucial that we get off to a good start tonight.

Hopefully, we can go from there. That was a very good effort overall for us. If we can play with that intensity, we'll be OK.

Nina scored some points and rebounded well for us. Everybody got a chance to play.

I was most happy to see us play with great effort and great passion, ... Sure, absolutely (last year was on our minds). We're determined to prove some things this year. Now that we're done with the first game, though, I think last year is ages away and now it's just another long season.