I thought Kentucky's defense was very, very aggressive. Their defense impacted us in a big, big way.

We struggled, and I thought Kentucky's tenacity on defense had a lot to do with it. They were swarming and really played physical. I thought their defense impacted us in a big way.

This was a critical win for us. Our guys were hungry. We were kind of stumbling and bumbling offensively, especially in the first half. But we gave the kind of over-the-top performance on defense that got us back on track tonight.

I thought our defense played really well, and Jessica made some great stops. I'm sure they're all disappointed.

We came out soft and slow, got going in the second and had the defense really save us in the third and fourth quarters.

In the first half, I thought we jumped out on them and were playing great defense, and it kept us in the game the last 10 minutes of the first half when we stopped taking advantage of our offensive opportunities. I thought we carried that over to the second half.