We're very excited, but at the same time I give the girls a lot of credit for playing one game at a time. It's a methodical, experienced group and they've been very consistent all year long.

This has been a rivalry for a while and we're both moving to different conferences, but I think any time that we meet up in the future it's going to be just as heated and just as fun to play.

It was time to step up, buckle down and win the game, and the girls did that.

I think the difference between this time and last time (two years ago) is the girls were just happy to be there and all that. We have nine players that were on that team that went two years ago and I think this year they want to do a little bit more than just say they went to the national tournament. They just want to be successful and try to win as many games as we can.

Her senior leadership has really made a difference. She has the mentality that she's going to get her points. She's going to do what she has to.

She has been huge. Offensively, she brings it every night.