From where we were last year to now, this is a huge win for our program. This is a big stepping stone for us and it just shows the determination of these girls. When they have things going, they can really play this game.

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

We'll suit up and do the best we can. We have some [good] kids coming back, we've got a good program. We've just got to work harder.

They are a good team ? I knew we would have our hands full. It was going to take a lot of heart and desire, and we tried. I think we got worn down a little bit.

What is frustrating about it is that we work at [shooting] every day. We shoot 75 foul shots every day and when we shoot like this, it really puzzles me as to why it happens. Maybe it was a case of some nerves along with an accumulation of other things such as not warming up properly. We were just out of sync a little bit.

I am not happy with that. I told the girls that in the playoffs I would give them 10 more points each game, but right now, we are not there.