It's a dream. Games like this, everything on the line, you have to give it your all. Everyone came out and gave it their all today. This year's been especially hard. We had a target on our backs, and it's harder to play with a target on your back sometimes, when teams have nothing to lose.

I had no idea about all of this, so I was kind of honored that he came here to talk to us..

I heard about him having a wreck when I first came in, but didn't know the details or anything like that until Mike addressed the team and told us what was going on.

We should have played better in the first half. We just came out dead in the first quarter. We had no energy. Still, how did we lose that game?

That's the one that really sticks out. It was a great move and a great shot and he came up with a great save.

It's just one of those things where we made some critical free throws at the end, and that's the key. You don't give up because you don't know what's fixing to happen, but (Pickering) came back down and got another chance and she sank them both. That's a big key, and it's the never-say-die attitude. They just worked hard at it and stayed with it and stayed after it.