Oklahoma women's basketball: Morgan Hook explains Sooners' team motto

Q: You open this weekend at Creighton. Do you have to prepare differently for road games?

A: I think we have to have a different mentality where we have a sense of unity. Because it is away and we're not going to have fans there like we do here and so we have to stay … inside of ourselves and kind of grow from there and just give the energy on the bench. It just starts with us and it is from our inner circle.

Who do you think was the most improved throughout the preseason?

I would say Nicole Griffin. I mean she's just more confident and more talkative in practice, demanding the ball and stuff like that. She developed different ways to score, so I think it's really helped us.

How would you say the spirits of Kaylon Williams and Lyndsey Cloman (both sidelined by injuries) are?

Their personalities are what makes our team, and regardless that they're not on the court ... they're still loud in practices. I mean it's terrible that they aren't on the court with us, but them off the court isn't like they're invisible now to us. They still do the same things and contribute the same way.