Their press forced us to rush in the second half. It changes the whole game when they are able to press and push the tempo on offense.

They play with each other pretty well. The press has bothered us all year, and we were able to capitalize on their press. The two big girls (Williams and Hurt) had them two-on-one and were able to convert. That was very pleasing to see.

Obviously, Connecticut and Rutgers are still the two best teams, but I think after that, everybody has played well enough that on a given day they can beat somebody. I think you have a lot of teams that have a chance to win if they get on a hot streak over the next four days.

We played good D for the first 25 minutes, then we fell apart defensively, then we caught up. We haven't been consistent. The defense was better [Saturday]. We opened up a lead and frustrated somebody else for a change.

We're never a good rebounding team, and that doesn't concern me. We try and spread the floor as much as we can because we're not that athletic. We can't pound the ball down your throat, but we hope to confuse you a little.

I've been coaching 28 years, and with this team I never know what's going to happen. When we were up 21, I was sweating. Notre Dame is like us, inconsistent offensively. Teams get into offensive funks.