UConn's Moore talks about her 3,000th point

Philadelphia, PA (WTNH) - A trip to the Final Four was in the bag, and 3,000 points was one basket away. That's when Maya Moore hobbled off the floor in pain.

When asked how her knee was feeling, Maya Moore said, "I'm fine. It's a shock to your system at first, but i just walked it off."

UConn coach Geno Auriemma described the situation a little differently.

"I said are you done? She's like yeah. I said good you're done for the night? No, no, no, I want to play. I said you're sure? Yeah, yeah I'm good. So I put her in, and typical Maya, drama queen, as soon as she knocked in the bucket runs down, points to her knee, [and said] take me out, take me out."

And out she came...

Moore is the seventh women's player in NCAA history to score 3,000 points. An amazing achievement in a program where individual accomplishments always give way to team goals.

"Maya first and foremost is a scoring machine," Auriemma said.

"It's not because she's a ball hog. Like you said, this team is team-oriented, and when she has an open shot she takes it," said Tiffany Hayes.

"I try not to look and see how many points I have during the game. I just play and try to get as many as I can. It was really special it could happen this way, the way my teammates embraced me, the way we played was the best part," Moore said.

"She deserves it. If anyone deserves it, Maya deserves it. I'm so happy for her right now," Lorin Dixon said.

"It's so good to see a player like her get something like that, just because of the person she is. She's such a great person. We all felt so good for her," said Stephanie Dolson.

"To score 3,000 points, kids just don't do that at Connecticut. For her to get that many, given how many great players she's played with, is remarkable," Auriemma said.