The key tonight was we were able to keep the No. 1 offensive (rebounding) team to just nine offensive rebounds.

She is able to do a lot of things. Offensive rebounds, she has a knack for doing that. She's almost like a contortionist the way she can move her body to get the rebound and get it back in.

They're ecstatic, delighted that I'm back on the stage, so to speak.

That's what I'm using this [period] as. A transition.

Their offensive rebounds were the back-breaker. You have to give Slaughter great credit. (SDSU) is an extremely talented team and you can't give away so many possessions to them without bad things happening.

Our defense did a tremendous job, but we gave up some key offensive rebounds down the stretch that hurt us.