Like everyone else, they wanted to take Hope and Maria out of the game. I told the girls earlier today that someone is going to get open shots.

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Our girls are pretty level headed. They know even though we have beaten them by double digits all three times, last two games were two-point games at halftime. I don't think overconfidence will be a problem.

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It's interesting, I know that. I don't know if I'd say it's fun. It would be nice if we had another in double-figures, but we almost always have something interesting to talk about.

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We're pretty excited. I don't really know what to expect.

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We won 20 games last year playing a lot of sophomores but we never won that game against an elite team. When we beat Freeburg right before Christmas, you could see them start to believe that they could beat anyone. And when we beat T-Town, you could tell that they really believed.

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We're not a very big team. Rebounding will be key for us.

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She's done that for us all year. She's been a workhorse for us underneath.

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The one thing about this team is they go out every night and expect to win. You can't teach that. It doesn't matter who the opponent has been. They aren't cocky or look past anyone or anything like that, but they expect to win every time they go out on the floor.

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We were slugging it out back and forth. Thankfully, they didn't get in the last punch.

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