Monique Currieis an American basketball player for the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association... (wikipedia)
We are looking to get into the No. 1 spot because that would mean we won the game.
We felt like we haven't peaked all year, and there is no better time to reach our full potential.
We usually get a lot things going with our fast break. We weren't able to do that tonight.
We just have to be smart and make smart decisions. We just need to take care of the ball and execute. We've worked all week on what to counter.
We took a huge step making it to Boston. We've tried to keep that in the back our minds all season. It's finally here. We can get closer to what we want to do.
I think at times that my team looks to me to put the ball in the basket.
I think we're kind of on a mission now. We don't want to lose another game from here on out, so we're going after every game like it's our last game. It should show when we play.
Just being in that venue and being at the Final Four knowing my team could be there the following year, I wanted to be part of that. I knew I had made the right decision even if we hadn't made it to this point. It's all the sweeter that we actually are here.
I think since I've been here, our fan base has gotten larger and larger. I think we're used to playing in front of pretty big crowds. It's not like the men's crowds. I think we have a good amount of fans, and I think we're comfortable playing in those situations, those environments.
I think I was frustrated early on because we weren't playing very well. I guess we woke up. We got things together, got things rolling.
I was over it when the game ended. I try not to dwell on things that happen. It was a bad game. It was unacceptable to me, but I just have to keep moving.
You have to dig down sometimes. I'm just glad we won. Against a better team, the result probably would have been different.
We really needed that. She could be the difference in the big games from last year.
We've lost the last two years in that game to get to the Final Four. To finally get over that, I think we'll be more relaxed once we start playing again.
Usually (these showdowns) are pretty close. We were able to keep running and running.
We fought and took their best shot. We weren't really able to get ours, so we're just happy to get this win. We really fought hard for it.
We fought and fought and fought. I think we took their best shot without ever being able to deliver ours.
We haven't beaten a team that was ranked so high by as many points. Usually, they're pretty close games. I think we just played an excellent all-around game. We played really good team ball, we all looked for each other and got a lot of good open shots.
This won't be our last time in Cameron; we'll be back here with a championship.
When she pulls me over and it's like, 'I was open, you could have given me the ball,' then I know she really wants it. I think she's a lot more confident, which helps her be more willing to make a move or shoot the ball when she gets it.
We were expecting them to come back. They're a really good team, so I wasn't surprised.
We try not to look too far ahead. We've had some big games come before in this season. We had to take care of (Boston College) and N.C. State and now the game is finally here and we can focus on that big game everybody has been talking about. We're looking forward to it.
We try not to look too far ahead. But now the game is finally here and we can focus on the big game everyone has been talking about, that we've been looking forward to.
We weren't playing very well. We weren't running our plays well and we weren't playing good defense.
We felt great at halftime. We scored the first basket of the second half (but) we didn't really get the stops that we needed to maintain the lead that we had. They just slowly crept up on us and took the lead.
We felt great at halftime. We felt like we were in good position to win the game if we played like we played in the first half.
It's just really disappointing. We were just so close. I think we had all the tools in place to win the national championship. Sometimes things don't work out the way you want it to.
It's good for women's basketball to have that many people come check out a game. We're excited, especially winning when the crowd is against you. It's even nicer that way. We look forward to hearing stunned silence.
I knew I needed to come out and be prepared for this game. I knew I needed to be more aggressive and make better decisions and try to be under control. I was really focused on doing that.
I'm really not sure I've got it all together. Things are happening so fast. I had a pretty tough loss, so I have a lot of emotions and mixed feelings. But I'm a pro now and it feels great.
Clearly, right now I don't feel very good about how things ended. It's a tough loss. We left it all out on the floor and that's all that you can really ask for. But it really hurts now.