Their quickness was too much for us, and they played the passing lanes well.

It was pretty obvious why no one?s beaten them yet. But our girls have nothing to hang their heads about. We made the Sweet 16, and there are 200-plus other teams out there that wish they were us.

We certainly missed some great opportunities in close down the stretch.

We proved we could play with their team and this group has really come a long way from the start of the season.

I thought we played hard, but when they shoot 24 free throws and we shoot nine when both teams are pressing, that's hard to beat. We did a nice job of coming back, we just fell a little short.