In the first three minutes we had some defensive breaks.

This is certainly the best showing and the best play we've had against Tennessee in a long time.

Lauren is a leader by example. She's passionate about the game and does a good job. She is a different type of player than I've coached in the past. She's really unselfish and will do whatever it takes to win.

I thought Ilona and the rest of the low post players did an excellent job. We've been working on that all year and tonight I think we were finally able to execute it and take advantage of our size inside.

Besides some unnecessary turnovers, I was proud of our teams' overall play. I can see potential.

She may be the fastest guard in the country. She certainly was the catalyst for her team.

I thought we did a nice job on the boards, and I thought our defense was solid. We have held our last five teams under 35 percent shooting and then when you rebound the basketball like we did, it helps you to be successful.

Not many teams have to come out and play No. 1 and No. 3 and then play on the road. We have confidence in this team. They've got to weather the tough part of this schedule mentally.

We had opportunities and we turn the ball over and we're better than that. We worked to not hold the ball for so long because it strengthens the defense. Sometimes in those stretches, we tried to make the home run pass for the easy score but ended up turning it over.