In the first half, she was a little upset with herself after a couple of defensive plays, but at halftime we told ourselves to forget it. This was a new 20 minutes so what happened in the first half stayed there. Then she came in and hit some big shots, some wide-open 3s, got some dribble penetration that opened up some other people.

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She hustled on that swinging bunt down to first and beat it out, she made a couple of defensive plays, and she's playing up to her potential. And I'm glad to see it, because quite honestly there's been some times where she was a little slow getting started this season.

— Rich Fulcher

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