Connie Allen

When you play your rival, you have to know that they're going to come with everything they've got. Records mean read more

When you play your rival, you have to know that they're going to come with everything they've got. Records mean nothing. It doesn't matter who's playing well, who's not playing well. It's who comes out and wants to win it. Northridge came out and wanted to win it. We just happened to want it more in the fourth quarter and we did things right in the fourth quarter.

They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by read more

They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by halftime and 12 turnovers (by halftime). You can't win ballgames like that. They deserved to win.

Morgan does that basically every game. We put her on their point guard and we tell her to pressure without read more

Morgan does that basically every game. We put her on their point guard and we tell her to pressure without fouling, play good defense. When she does that, it puts the ball in someone else's hands that's possibly not used to bringing it up and it kind of throws their momentum off. She does a great job. Without her, we wouldn't be the team we are.

We usually start off slowly. We usually play better in the second half, but we just played well in the read more

We usually start off slowly. We usually play better in the second half, but we just played well in the second quarter and they really struggled shooting the ball. Obviously, that made things easier for us. We didn't change anything. We went with our game plan. We just did a better job executing.

I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have done.

I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have done.