All of those players have had good experience, and I've always thought that probably the biggest leap in your development comes between your freshman and sophomore years, for most individuals. I think Stacy and Abby have both proved that to be true this year. They've both made very, very good leaps for us.

The first from Lindsay, and then from Jo.

I feel like apologizing to our fans because this really isn't the way we've been playing. I feel bad that we didn't have our team prepared today.

I don't think it can hurt. Can it help? I'm not sure. Until you're in those meetings, I don't think you really know.

I really felt like our offense never flowed very well. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense.

I'm just thankful for the free-throw line, because we stepped up and made the free throws.

I'm just thankful for the free-throw line because we stepped up and made the free throws. Good teams make their free throws and we're getting to the free-throw line so much more this year than we have in the past.

I hope that this game doesn't become the deciding factor. I hope that they'll look at our Big Ten schedule as a whole and our body of work, rather than just a one-game performance.

I'm proud of our team. I thought we fought hard out there. They'd won five in a row, and were a Top 20 team. And we had a shot to win at the end. That's all you can ask of a team as young as ours.

This is just what Wendy needed because we've seen glimpses of this. Maybe this is just what the doctor ordered to put her over the edge.