Her being efficient and getting after hitters, getting ahead of hitters, I think, has made our defense better.

We hit the ball hard the whole game. And we hit it at people - a lot.

You can see the confidence that comes with a little bit of winning and a little bit of success. They're really a different team than they were a couple of weeks ago. ... Now all of a sudden, they're playing to their potential. That's all we ask of them.

He's better off the bounce. He's also getting more offense from his defense. He's a sophomore, so he's a year older, a year stronger.

The difference is we have players who play good defense. This team definitely does that. But we do have seven sophomores, so this is going to be a new experience for a lot of kids.

Defense and rebounding win championships. We can beat people lots of different ways, but ... it's difficult when you're not getting any stops.