All of the girls on the team know that they can score and that they can rebound. The key for us is to make sure that they can do that consistently and play the way they are capable. You're very happy as a coaching staff when you have four players in double figures.

I don't think fatigue was a factor in all honesty. I was really proud of our players tonight. I think we played a very solid second half. We went with our two smaller forwards playing for a period of time there. We were down nine and we did a lot of really positive things. In all honesty, if fatigue ever is a factor I'm never using it as an excuse. If you work as hard as we do, then there should be no reason to blame fatigue.

I don't think that's any reason or excuse for them to jump out on us. I don't think they're a better team than us, but it does fall into line that on any night, any team in our conference can beat any other.

I don't think there's a whole lot of thinking about last year.

I felt that we were just waiting for something to happen and for someone to take charge. And that just didn't happen. We knew that we were the better team, but no one stepped up and no one took control.

In the first five minutes of the game we looked great. Then it took a strange turn and none of us could really figure out how it happened. Their inside game really killed us.

I never ever question the team playing hard. I know I'm very lucky that I have 14 players that play hard all the time, but I think we just weren't talking and we didn't have that bounce in our step. I think if you come out and make yourself know and want to have a presence you have to talk, and that part of our game we didn't bring.

They've had a lot of days off now and they're very anxious to get back on the court. Hopefully we'll have them on Sunday.

It was one of those against-all-odds things. Not many people would have played, because there is a chance of hitting her head and having the stitches burst open, but Rachael said that she wanted to play. She's a senior so she values every game and her family came down from Canada to watch. It was a great night for them.

It was a great experience and great for our players. It was loud the entire time, even when nothing was happening in the game. After the game our players came out and sat with them, joked around and signed autographs. Everyone who worked to put it together did a great job.