I thought they played a great game. They had us on the ropes a bunch of times throughout the game. And there's been a couple of games this year where we had that situation and weren't able to score. It was nice that we sort of turned it around.

I thought we had enough scrapping points to keep us in the game. They got a lot too, but we got enough to close out the game.

That was big because I thought they'd make some adjustments at halftime and make a run at us. It seemed like there were opportunities whenever they scored, we were able to answer. Dan hit some big baskets for us.

I thought their defensive intensity in the first 11 or 12 minutes caused us a lot of problems. We didn't make shots and pretty much got away from our game plan. Anytime you play a team at this level and only score 13 points, you're not going to give yourself much of a chance.

We knew that they were battle-tested. And we thought it would be a good challenge for us facing that kind of quickness.

I was real happy for Jen because she's had a few tough games recently. She swung the bat real well (in this game) and it was nice to see her get a couple of good shots. After she drove in the first run, she helped everybody get in a groove.