Brittany Wilkins Quotations

We did come back, but we dug ourselves too big a hole. We've been struggling on defense and tried something tonight. We have to adapt. Personally, I didn't get on the shooters when I needed to. I feel like I let my teammates down defensively.

We're playing for something more right now, and that's postseason play.

My teammates have surrounded me with such a good presence that they've really given me the opportunity to do what I did in these last two games and all season. I learned a lot about myself and my team during this tournament.

I didn't want it to end like this. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to my friends.

We take a lot of pride in our defense. It definitely wins games in the long run.

It felt good after a long break. It was nice to get everybody into the game. We're excited to be playing on our home court (tonight) for the championship.

I thought I had the ball, and it got knocked away. I should have caught it.

When it's been a part of your life for five years, it's hard to let go. It's been great . . . I'll always be a Cyclone.

Those first four minutes for us is big. When you dig that big of a hole, you work your whole way to get back, and you're gassed by that time.

When I fouled out (Tuesday), I told the guys to remember what happened in Austin. We can use that as momentum when we play OU, too. It was the Big 12 opener and they beat us at home. We remember that kind of stuff.

We still had time to win the game. It was a shot to the heart, but we still had something left.

We've just got to find some way to get it all on the same page. If we can get it going on the same day, I know we can play really well; we have in the past.

We need to be more motivated than ever. We want to finish our season strong going into the Big 12 tournament and the postseason tournament. We can't let that one game crush the rest of our hopes.

You have to make strong moves around her, and I was able to do that. The game plan was great. Coach put us in a position to win this game.

To be honest with you, I was praying a little bit. I've got all the confidence in the world in Heather; she's been put in a lot of tough situations this year.

Any loss is tough. There's a lot on the line for us and this is definitely a hard one to swallow, being at home. We just have to find a way to bounce back. We can't lose hope, that's for sure.

At least we got our tournament jitters out.

It wasn't working on the inside, so I figured I better shoot on the outside. It was just my time to step up.

It's huge. For me, it's playing in my home state. But, right now, we have to find a way to bounce back.

It's huge being a part of this program and you want to extend it as long as you can, whether it's another five minutes or another five games. I want to play until the end of March.

It just shows we take a lot of pride in our defense. That's something we've been working at all year; if our offense isn't there, we've got to find some other way to win a game, and right now it's with our defense.

This is definitely a hard one to swallow, being at home. We've got to find a way to bounce back; we can't lose hope. We can't get knocked down and stay down.

I just went back in there and played hard. My main deal was keeping (Tiffany) Jackson away from the basket.

You can't say 'What if' on that last play. It's a whole game. It's unfortunate it came down to the last play, but I'd rather lose a game like this than lose by 25.