Liz Shimek Last Quotations

I look back on it now and how tough it really was last year and as a team how hard we battled. All the struggles we went through were all worth it in the end.

What we were doing in the last minute we should have been doing for 40 minutes. To be able to score that many points in that little time, we should be able to take a lesson from that.

We were just talking about our first NCAA tournament this morning at breakfast. This is the last time we are here.

It does hurt, obviously. Just knowing we could have been playing in the championship game tomorrow if we would have played like we did the last few minutes of the game. We just didn't have the right mentality. We didn't have the right fighters making smart decisions. We didn't play Michigan State basketball for 40 minutes.

I just remember them lobbing it to No. 50. But you can't base the whole game on that play. It all came down to our defense again. And that last play was a blur.

All the experience that we did have last year and in the Big Ten this year is really paying off.