We depended on Diana a lot in terms of settling the team down in the fourth quarter. After the first quarter her leadership on the floor was big.

We played tenacious man-to-man defense. I was glad to see that these girls understand that defense wins championships.

It's going to be a matter of time and getting the kids familiar with each other on the floor. We can only go up from our experience in the league last year. But we're getting there. We're taking baby steps.

I think she can be effective inside. I'm looking for Joy to be a presence in the middle.

I said we needed three scorers, and those three stepped up. If we have that throughout the season, we'll be fine.

We have had an upgrade. We're way better than we were last year. We should have a lot of confidence going in that we can do something.

This was a hard game; it was hard fought. We played through bad calls and missed shots. They played through it, and that's what we need.

We played hard, we came to compete, and it's nice to start the season with a win.

I challenged Angelina during the third quarter. She went out and put up some big numbers in the second half and played well on the boards. She kinda took over the game.