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Illinois Head Coach Theresa Grentz
"It was great to be in the Fiesta Bowl Tournament. This was a hard fought game. We are obviously disappointed in the loss, but Arizona played a great game. I believe they will make big waves in the Pac-10."

"I don't know if this game really got away from us. It was a hotly contested game that was very close. Neither team pulled away and had control of this game."

On Shawntinice "Polkey" Polk:
"She is a small condo in there. She is not going to be moved around. She is a force to be reckoned with."

Arizona Head Coach Joan Bonvicini:
"Illinois is a great team. At times, we turned the ball over too much. We were tired, but we gutted it out and that's what I am proud of."

"She (Shawntinice Polk) is a good player. We're going to continue to get better. It was good to play a close game like this. We need to work on playing tough games on the road, but it was nice to win this one. Illinois is a good team, they are going to do well in the Big Ten."

"We did a better job at getting to the line today, now we need to do a better job of being consistent from the line."

"I knew that they were much more impressive in person than they were on film from watching them yesterday against North Texas. I was very impressed with their team. They are going to win a lot of big games in the Big Ten."

"I thought that Illinois did a good job on Polk in the post. She is a special player. She's obviously excited for individual honors. But it's more important to her that the team wins."