The girls come out and they are excited to play. They love to be here and it shows by the way they are playing right now.

I prefer to play a game before the championship because it gets you fired up. (Fowler) has been a huge asset to us this year. She works very hard and it is exciting to have a freshman that comes to play.

(The coaches) told the kids if we could play our best ball, we could beat them. The girls believed that and did it.

We knew offensively we could play better and be more aggressive. I thought the girls did a nice job. We made some good decisions, knocked our shots down and were able to extend the lead.

I am very pleased with how they played. We were still trying to piece together what was going to work. We weren't expecting the team to be where it is this early in the season.

They're a skilled, athletic team with girls who love to play the game. We just couldn't match their intensity.