Postgame reactions

Coach and player reactions to MSU's 61-53 quarterfinal victory over Michigan Tech......More to come later.

MSU coach Pam Gohl:

On her team's play:

"They're college girls, you never know how a team is going to show up on this big stage and I think they did a great job and we're looking forward to tomorrow."

On the second-half play of Tiffany Moe and Alex Andrews, who helped out Jo Noreen and her game-high 20 points:

Our team is so versatile you just never know who's going to be the leading scoring on any night or any half. If somebody is in foul trouble or not making their shots someone always steps up on our team. It's not a surprise to me that Alex and Tiff stepped up in the second half, but Jo's one of our big dogs and she sometimes carries us for entire halves or games. I thought all three did a good job."

On Tiffany Moe:

"Tiff is one of our emotional leaders. Before the game she gets everyone fired up and she's usually the dramatic one out there as well. That's part of her play, and she's been like that all year. It's so much fun to coach a player like that and the players feed off her energy. She's a great floor leader and the more people watch her I think they realize she has such an understanding of the game, both offensively and defensively--she really carries us."

MSU forward Alex Andrews

On Michigan Tech's forwards:

"We knew they were really athletic. People look at us as a smaller team and we just wanted to use our athleticism and be a strong contender inside and really control the boards."

On controlling the boards:

"We like to push the ball and getting that first rebound and first outlet pass is the key to our offense sometimes--we love to go up and down the floor."

On the Final Four:

"We've been talking about San Antonio since September when coach posted that sign on in our locker room. We've been pumped since that first win and we're just having fun and we still have a lot of basketball to show and we still have a lot of our talents and a lot of our team that we are ready to show tomorrow."

On finishing the tournament:

"Not a lot of people can end on a win, and that's what we want to do."

MSU guard Tiffany Moe

On MSU's steals and aggressiveness:

"We're kind of scrappy, and sometimes it can be good and sometimes it can be bad. Tonight we took the risks and they worked to our advantage."

On keeping MSU's season alive for the seniors:

"We lose six big parts of the team and I want to embrace this moment as much as possible. I want to keep them around."

MSU guard Joanne Noreen

On finishing the tournament:

"Might as well get it done."

On being down 31-30 at halftime:

"We never look to be down and never like going into halftime down. It could be the seniors' last moment here so that ran through our heads and we just didn't want that to happen. We came out full-boar and put an end to it."

Michigan Tech coach John Barnes

On  MSU's defense:

"They were undersized but they were strong. Their quickness on the defensive end was outstanding, they were constantly tipping passes and getting deflections. We don't see a lot of teams come from behind and slap at the ball like that."

Michigan Tech forward Katie Wysocky

On MSU's defense:

"They put on a lot of pressure and I think that took us off our game from the start. They were just all over the ball and we had a hard time getting into our offense and that really took us out of our game. We probably didn't do the best job adjusting to it."