'The concern obviously, playing them, is their pressure,' Illinois coach Shauna Green said. 'We handled it fine until that third quarter, when we didn't handle it fine, and they made us pay by getting a ton of baskets off of our turnovers.'
"Halftime was what halftime needed to be," Miller said. "I think that fired us up, and when we came back out, we came out playing good defense and just executing on both sides of the court."
"The concern obviously, playing them, is their pressure," Illinois coach Shauna Green said. "We handled it fine until that third quarter, when we didn't handle it fine, and they made us pay by getting a ton of baskets off of our turnovers." Illinois made all five of its 3-point attempts in the first quarter and went 12 of 22 beyond the arc in the game. Cook scored 29 points but had nine of her team's 25 turnovers.
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