I know Connecticut is definitely going to come stronger because they're going to be at home. We just have to continue to focus and know that to win we have to play great defense. That's what we do and we just have to do it well. We're going to be away, and we just have to focus that much harder.

It's big to come and win here for the first time in history. It's definitely a monkey off our backs, but they still have to come to our place and then in the Big East tournament, so it's not over.

We've tried for four years, and it's big to come in here like this. We're gonna feed off that, but there's also still a lot in front of us.

Candace Parker did a great job of attacking and it opened things up.

We lost our intensity when we started substituting. Until then, we were doing everything right. Then we just sort of lost it. The subs have to know they have to play with the same intensity as the starters and they didn't do that tonight. That's why St. John's got back in the game.

They elevate our game to another level. They're quicker, faster, they can jump higher. So that means you have to play smart. You might have to box them out so they can't jump over you. Or when you're elevating on your shot, you might have to elevate even more just because they can jump higher. The small things like that, they make the game easier for us.