You could almost sense the anxiety in Breanna Stewart's voice as she looked ahead to this weekend's games.

Stewart didn't even make it to the first television timeout in Monday's game against No. 3 Stanford when she was forced to take a seat after picking up two fouls. Even when she returned in the second half, she bore little resemblance to the dynamo who erupted with a brilliant stretch of games in the 2013 NCAA tournament.

"The refs are calling it a lot closer this year, I just need to learn to continue to be smart and at the same time, even if I get two quick fouls I still have to continue to be aggressive," Stewart said. "I think this weekend is going to be really exciting, it is going to like the NCAA tournament when we play Friday and Sunday, also Penn State and Maryland are both pretty good teams."


AAC TOURNAMENT TICKETS ON SALE
All-session ticket packages for the American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship went on sale at 10 a.m. via all Ticketmaster outlets. The tournament will be played at Mohegan Sun Arena, March 7-10.

Package tickets to all nine games of the championship will be priced at $99 each, discounted by nearly one third of the face value. Ticket offices at all 10 American institutions will have all-session packages available, and tickets may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office.

Tickets can also be acquired by phone or online. To purchase via phone, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Both the Mohegan Sun website (www.mohegansun.com) and Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com) will have packages available for online purchase. For group sales (10 or more) information and discounts, please contact the Connecticut Sun Group Sales Department at (860) 862-4000.