Everything Kim Barnes Arico, players said after Michigan beats Holy Cross

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - MARCH 20: Brooke Quarles Daniels #5 of the Michigan Wolverines brings the ball up court against Simone Foreman #24 of the Holy Cross Crusaders during the second quarter in the First Round of the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Crisler Arena on March 20, 2026 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Jaime Crawford/Getty Images) | Getty Images The 2-seed Michigan women’s basketball team began its March Madness campaign with a win against the 15-seed Holy Cross Crusaders in Ann Arbor at Crisler Center on Friday night. Here’s everything head coach Kim Barnes Arico, sophomore guard Mila Holloway (20 points, eight rebounds, seven assists) and senior guard Brooke Quarles Daniels (12 points) had to tell reporters afterwards, courtesy of ASAP Sports .

KIM BARNES ARICO: I was really happy with the way that our team came out of the gates. It’s been a minute since we had our last game, and we’ve been prepping for like 10 practices, so I thought we came out with great defense, great intensity, and really making shots on the offensive end. Holy Cross is a really solid team, and they were coming off a championship.

It’s nice to survive and advance, be one of 32 teams left playing and moving on. It was an unbelievable crowd. It was a great environment.

It was awesome to be at home and just proud of the way our players competed. Q. Mila, you talked a little bit at the beginning of the season about how you want to take on more of a scoring role.