Our goal is to hold teams to under 60 points. It's a tough goal, but we've done it several times this year. Our defense gets all the credit for that.

She was an inspiration for this team. We all saw how hard she worked to get back, her determination. It helped the other players work harder.

I tell a lot of girls not to have the surgery. Some coaches will pull the scholarships of injured players. I want my girls to know their scholarships will always be here.

I had to go into the season prepared not to have her. So we had a plan.

I haven't done that in awhile. It was twofold. First, we were missing our free throws. And it just seemed like we didn't get warmed up before the ballgame. It seemed like we were running in slow motion.

I was so happy when I looked up and saw two minutes left on the clock. We had been up all game, but we never let them get even.