We kind of just panicked and they got us caught up in what they wanted us to do, throw the ball away.

She contributed in all aspects. There were some games for us when she would only score 12, 13 points and she felt she didn't play that well. Well, when you looked at the overall game, in reality she played very well. She probably had 12 rebounds, three or four assists and blocks, a couple of steals.

I don't think there's been a first half we've scored that many points all season. Everyone relaxed. I think we played well defensively.

It's a philosophy we have. We have athletic guards as well as post players, so we get up in the passing lanes, put a lot of pressure on them. We focus on defense and they buy into it.

This might be the first time this season that we're not favored to win.

He did a great job and kept us in the game. If you'd told me we'd have been tied when he was out there, let alone have a three-run lead, I'd have been happy.