The committee has always told us to go out and schedule (tough opponents). We did that and took our lumps early, but we played well late.

I'm excited to get a player with her capabilities. Hanna gained valuable experience at LSU and will be a great fit for us at the power forward spot.

That's as good as any team I've seen all year, and we had some pretty good teams on our schedule. I thought we did some things decent, but Rutgers was just fantastic tonight.

They have some young players and we designed the defense early to try and not give them anything easy. I thought players did an excellent job of that.

Every game presents different challenges but the fact that they have similar athletes to A&M -- we saw some things last night that will be the same. It's not like you're playing two totally different styles in 48 hours. Now that can be a big challenge.

We're trying to do a lot of offense early. The fall provided that opportunity because of the new NCAA rules. There are still things that we are doing with this team, such as moving players into new positions. In the early part of practice, we are trying to see where these interchangeable parts can be used in our motion offense.

We executed the game plan. At times we had to be patient and at times we had to push the ball and we hit big shots. I'm very proud of our kids.

We exercised patience, and we pushed the ball and it surprised them at times. We made some big shots when needed to.

I saw a lot of confused looks from the newcomers, ... I expect that from freshmen. They'll learn quickly because of the number of returnees. They did show some good sparks at different times today.

I saw a lot of confused looks from the newcomers. I expect that from freshmen. They'll learn quickly because of the number of returnees. They did show some good sparks at different times today.