Nov. 16, 2007

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Maryland head coach Brenda Frese
On the game:
"I just thought it was a tremendous game. Both teams were so competitive, so physical. But I really liked to seeing where we understood the game plan. In the first half, the perimeter play, the way we were shooting from the 3-point line. And in the second half, really being able to pound the ball inside"

On Maryland's Defense:
"Defensively, to be able to hold such a great team like Notre Dame to 36 percent from the field... We were just very excited with what we were able to do."

On Kristi Toliver
"We're excited to see the level that Kristi is playing at, where she's looking in transition, how unselfish she's being and the way she steps up to shoot the ball. Since we've tipped off the season, she's been on another level and it's exciting to see her lead this team."

Maryland guard Kristi Toliver
On Maryland's performance:
"My teammates were running the floor really well for me. I think that made it able for me to have easy passes. Our post players are the best players in the country, so to be able to go inside-out and have wide open shots makes my job easy. All credit to them for just running the floor and being the type of players that make it easy for everyone else."

Maryland forward Laura Harper
On Maryland's offense:
"I like to believe that no one really dictates what we're doing on the offensive end. I think it was just a lack of aggression in the post. We could have tried posting a little bit harder and trying to get some more steals. We were paying more attention to that in the second half."

Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw
On Maryland guard Kristi Toliver:
"She's an all-American, for sure, and definitely one of the best point guards in the country. We could not contain her in any way and she is very impressive to watch. Whether we were in zone, man, or box, it didn't matter what we did. She was going to score. She was the obvious difference in the game. Everything they did fed off her, she got her team going."

On Notre Dame's performance:
"We didn't have many turnovers. We took good care of the ball, we did a lot of the things we wanted to do offensively. But we still have a lot of work to do defensively and that was probably our biggest issue. Rebounding was something that we were worried about, keeping them off the boards. That was our key to the game. I thought that we were doing that."

On Maryland's potential
"I think they can definitely be a championship team. They obviously have a group of players back from that team that know how to get there. They know what its like to be there."