I love each and every one of these girls. They've worked hard on the game, done everything we've asked them to do, and we're going to concentrate on the 26 great games we've played.

We're building a team around 15 girls this year.

With their size, we need to pressure the guards and get some transition points. Any slow-paced, half-court game is going to favor them. But we'll go with our usual stuff. We'll try to trap and fight through picks. This will be a tough game, but we've had our backs against the wall before.

We really started to play in the second quarter. Our pressure defense really started to work.

This win is a real tribute to our kids. We lost a lot from last season's team and these kids really put in the time during the summer in order to get back to this point.

We hope to bring our best effort for the championship game because it's going to be a battle, that's for sure.