You've got to believe. You've got to think that if you have a great game, you can beat them.

I'm ecstatic I took this game. There's no loss for us. Our players had to elevate their play and they're better coming out of it.

As a coach, you're just thinking up ways to fix, fix, fix, fix, fix. This is just another method that we tried this week.

Ashley is a power forward who finishes well around the basket. Ashley plays the game with determination and heart. She brings speed and quickness to the interior of our lineup.

We're taking on these next eight games as a new season.

Our players got a little tentative at the end of the game, and started to second-guess their shots. The two things we pride ourselves on are rebounding and defense. We did a good job holding them to 34 percent shooting, but our rebounding was not where it needed to be.

I think that Rich has done a great job, the team has come along really well. They move the ball well, they play solid defense. I thought today our team got in a hole too quickly.

He recruited me out of high school, I remember him calling. He's the same guy, he never changed. He's done so much for women's basketball. He's elevated it.

We're looking at the long run, and the long run is that this team is going to be better in the future.