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What Adia Barnes said after Arizona beat BYU to advance to the Sweet Sixteen

The Arizona Wildcats are moving on!

They outlasted No. 11 seed BYU 52-46 in a defensive battle on Wednesday to make the program’s second-ever Sweet Sixteen and first since 1998 when Adia Barnes was a player at the UA.

The Arizona head coach met with the media afterwards to describe the moment and how her team was able to pull through despite trailing by four midway through the fourth quarter.

Here is the video and transcript of the interview. (Note, that Barnes begins speaking at the 4:50 mark.)

On the win: “I’m so proud of this team.