Their press forced us to rush in the second half. It changes the whole game when they are able to press and push the tempo on offense.

We play a little bit of a different style than most teams. If we can get things together at the end, I think we can do pretty well.

I've been coaching 28 years, and with this team I never know what's going to happen. When we were up 21, I was sweating. Notre Dame is like us, inconsistent offensively. Teams get into offensive funks.

The middle part of the league now is going to be so competitive. It is a bad thing record-wise, but it is a good thing for RPI.

We've played well the last two games. But we don't see defenses like we'll see at Rutgers. We always have problems getting shots, and they turn us over more than most because of their quickness. Plus it's up there. It's going to be difficult.

We're never a good rebounding team, and that doesn't concern me. We try and spread the floor as much as we can because we're not that athletic. We can't pound the ball down your throat, but we hope to confuse you a little.

We played good D for the first 25 minutes, then we fell apart defensively, then we caught up. We haven't been consistent. The defense was better [Saturday]. We opened up a lead and frustrated somebody else for a change.

What we tried to do was keep someone in the lane so when she drives we can always meet her with a second defender, so we try to force her to beat us over the top. It's nothing different than we've done in the past. I just think she didn't shoot the ball as well today.

I don't know if it'll be intimidating or not [for the players]. It'll be interesting. The only problem is you don't get a chance to practice there.