Katie Gearlds Win Quotations

Whenever we had possession in the second half, we tried to cut into their lead. We did a good job of coming back; that put us into a position to win the game.

She always had them ready to play, and they played very, very hard for her. She's a competitor, and you've got to love having someone behind you, someone on the sidelines who wants to win just as badly as you do.

Give Indiana credit. They played a heck of a ballgame. We just had to start playing to win instead of playing not to lose. The last five minutes showed a lot about the character of this team.

To win four games in four days and have two or three players playing 40 minutes, that's extreme toughness.

There's no moral victory here; we wanted to win and that's why it hurts.

Defensively, we let them score 63, but thankfully our offense had 71. It's a win and that's what we have to take it as.

If we want to win the Big Ten title we have to win and that's pretty much what it comes down to. If we lose, we get second.

You come to Purdue to win a (championship) banner. We were successful this year and we put ourselves in position to win a couple of banners. Unfortunately, Ohio State got the best of us.