We are at the turn, we are halfway around the track. It's just about respecting Michigan State and approaching like we have the other seven (Big Ten games).

The team that is most consistent will win this league this year.

The shots that she's taken were all good shots and that's the difference. She has done a great job lately of being able to control the tempo more and making better decisions in our half-court offense.

There's so many things as a coach that you see. The room for improvement is huge for us, and we'll come back and work on that.

Down the stretch we were able to execute a little better and get a stop or two and finish it. I thought our team showed a tremendous amount of character and guts down the stretch.

We cut it to five and then to three and I thought we had a chance. But you've got to make plays down the stretch and we were unable to do that.

We're going to try to make sure we play our tempo.

We control our own destiny. It's going to be a matter of will down the stretch and who wants it the most.

We don't want that to happen. If it does, it does. It was not our goal. A lot depends on what happens across the country. I'll feel bad if it happens.

We had the scare of our life a year ago, being on the bubble in February. We don't want to relive that experience.