“Our pressure didn't give them any easy looks. The girls worked hard. This is a real tough team ? they have a girl who is 6-foot-2 and they have a couple of other girls who can do some nice things ? so if you don't come in prepared they could surprise you.”
“You know it was a nice and quiet gym ? it wasn't very loud here and we just couldn't stick to our game plan. We have a typical pressure defense; put them in spots where they don't operate as well, but we left girls open. We are a guard-oriented team ? we have quickness and we didn't use out strengths (tonight).”
“It was a hard-fought game. A real battle the entire time. There were so many lead changes that no lead was safe. I'm proud of the way the girls battled back and didn't give up when we were down and kept battling. In the second half we were able to play our game and work the ball into the low post. and we started to drain our free throws. But to Rice's credit they played some solid defense all game.”
“Marissa Velez had a big game and Kari was just dynamite and a solid leader. Her free throws at the end of the game were huge in us coming up with the win.”
