I am very pleased with how they played. We were still trying to piece together what was going to work. We weren't expecting the team to be where it is this early in the season.

The girls come out and they are excited to play. They love to be here and it shows by the way they are playing right now.

I prefer to play a game before the championship because it gets you fired up. (Fowler) has been a huge asset to us this year. She works very hard and it is exciting to have a freshman that comes to play.

A lot of it was just trying to get them to be more vocal—to take charge a little more. Both of them are younger so they have to learn to speak up and lead a little more. They just have to be a little more confident.

We're trying to change that.

Everybody's been super, super supportive of us trying to get everything together.