We definitely draw off our defense, and when we play good team defense we get energy.

When we play as a team, this is how we play. I'm thrilled that we started clicking and playing so well. Last year was disappointing, the way we lost (73-44). This year we turned it around and gave them something they never saw before.

When we play defense with that kind of energy, we're as good a team as I've ever seen.

Sometimes you fight back like that and it takes all your energy. We needed to play better defense in the first half.

Our defense was tenacious. We had the energy which we didn't have at Connecticut. The defense initiated a lot of our offense.

We need to start playing better defense and with more energy. We can't let teams stay in the game.