(Lockett) played solid. It was one of her better games of the season.

[Fortunately for Minnesota, it has the league's easiest remaining schedule, with 25 of its final 31 games against teams with losing records. However, a favorable schedule means nothing if the rotation doesn't do its part.] We feel like we're beginning to click, ... but we need to really pick it up. Then maybe everyone will forget about how bad we were in the first half.

Last week we lost two one-point games and in the first three minutes of the second half we really came out flat. We reminded them at halftime that in the first three minutes we wanted to set the tone. Well, we didn't set the tone. Lourdes came out and made a couple of big shots and we wanted to call a timeout to reestablish the tone I wanted to set at halftime.

They're very important games. We need to win all four of them so that we can keep ourselves in the Mountain West Conference race.

He's helped me a lot. He always gave me pointers and tips. He would come to games, and he was my biggest critic. When I played on the field, I played for him, as well as myself.

What's been really impressive with those two is they've continued to come through in the big games.