Gianna Kneepkens<\/a> said, before adding, with a smile, \u201cI\u2019ll keep it short. The amount she draws in on offense helps us all, all the guards, \u2019cause you can go one on one, but I don\u2019t know, that\u2019s a choice if you want to make it. If they double, she\u2019ll kick it out because she\u2019s a great passer.<\/p>\n\u201cOn defense I think she just is a threat inside. When people get down there, at least in practice when I get down there, I don\u2019t want to shoot layups. That\u2019s just huge, just her being there is a factor and makes you think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Betts\u2019 performance was all the more impressive considering she took a tumble after getting fouled early in the third quarter and smacked the back of her head against the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, it hurt; it hurt pretty bad,\u201d Betts said with a smile. \u201cBut I feel like when you\u2019re in a situation, you\u2019re playing in the Final Four, your season\u2019s on the line, you\u2019ve got to get over it and keep playing. There was no way I was coming out of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
UCLA coach Cori Close said Betts\u2019 ability to move her feet to block Booker\u2019s shot provided another retort to those who have questioned the mobility of a player who stands 6 feet 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cWatch her when we can switch with her,\u201d Close said, referring to Betts\u2019 defending guards. \u201cWhen that play [with Booker] happened, I really have so much confidence that every time she is in a matchup, she\u2019s going to find a way to alter, block, scare somebody from doing that. I just think she\u2019s spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n