Not having [Gummersall] on the floor doesn't cause our shots not to go in. Our shots didn't fall, and they played good defense.

Offensively, we just couldn't get our shots to fall or we'd [commit] a turnover. We were not getting the shots we were getting in the first half.

All that practicing catches up and a lot of shots just fall.

We're a better team when I'm on the floor and up until the Houston game, I was playing well. The seniors need me out there. Hassan needs me out there to help out and I do a better job as far as disrupting teams when I'm out there and we're a better team when I'm out there. I think everybody can see that.

We got in their face, we were blocking shots, we got into the passing lanes. That's one thing we were working on — defense. No sense scoring five if they scored six.

We never made her put the ball on the floor. They were all jump shots -- catch the ball, stare in your face and shoot it. We didn't make the kid dribble.