Game thread: #11 Lady Vols host Georgia. Sunday, March 2, Noon ET, SECN

[vols 30]

Down by 13 at the half feels like a miracle at this point

 

[Vols2015]

I don’t care if we made a bit of run or not. I’m still perplexed with this play.

 

[th2421]

Well, at least we outscored them 16-6 after they went 15-0 to open the 2nd quarter.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Be a tough day to lose Cooper and lose to GA in the same day.

Is this the same Cooper that people complains about and want taken out of every game?

 

[Volfan2012]

Were shooting 25 percent and letting that crappy team shoot 50 percent so it is not just offense the defense stinks also. 13 down better come out with a fire to win and a plan to score looking like Kentucky was not as good as everyone was saying looks like were just awful right now.

 

[LVol]

The bench has been in, and out, and in, and out, and.... or are you talking Edie, Avery and that crew?

Edie, Avery, Destiny yeah that crew

 

[volnationnj]

Is this the same Cooper that people complains about and want taken out of every game?

Yep, the same.

 

[Volfan2012]

Well, at least we outscored them 16-6 after they went 15-0 to open the 2nd quarter.

Better have a 16 to 6 a couple of times in the next half of the game. Really can't believe what I am seeing what have disintergrated as a team.

 

[LadyViking/Vol]

If this team would get the ball in the paint just like the last shot of the 2nd quarter, they would be right in this game .. just not sure if it’s lack of confidence or there something else going on with this team .. this has not been the same team who started out with success on both ends of the floor .. Just hoping they get it in gear today , especially heading into the tournament!!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Woof.

 

[utVolFanInVA]

GA outscored TN by 8 in Qtr1 and by 5 in Qtr2. At least TN overall shooting % increased to 25% FG & 16% 3pt. Concerns all over the place with what has occurred so far today.

 

[Voltopia]

This is the sort of thing that makes me search for unlikely answers. Are they worn down from a year of constant high tempo? Did the checks not clear? Did they get into some kind of big fight at practice? Did Caldwell chew them out so hard after the UK blowout that they're just not going to go all out today? Hard to figure out how the highest scoring offense in the nation can go scoreless for 7 minutes against an 11-18 team. Really, really hard.

 

[knoxvol52]

Odds are Cooper may not be back today with a sprained ankle it seemed like. Who takes over scoring burden in 2nd half..?

 

[Voluble2]

Is this the same Cooper that people complains about and want taken out of every game?

I guess we will see how we play without her vs. with her now.

 

[Vols2015]

I don’t think our full court press is effective anymore. We’ve seen it at time this season, where a player is left wide open for layups, but I think we saw an open layup more times this game than the entire season games combined.

 

[Voluble2]

If this team would get the ball in the paint just like the last shot of the 2nd quarter, they would be right in this game .. just not sure if it’s lack of confidence or there something else going on with this team .. this has not been the same team who started out with success on both ends of the floor .. Just hoping they get it in gear today , especially heading into the tournament!!

We have missed enough layups to be tied. I was counting them and gave up at six.

 

[Volfan2012]

Down by 13 at the half feels like a miracle at this point

Seven possessions or five if you made all threes. That is like being four minutes down and that is if the other team is not scoring. Were going to need to make that up in the third we can't be down 13 going to the fourth quarter will have the ugliest loss ever.

 

[mudcat1973]

Were shooting 25 percent and letting that crappy team shoot 50 percent so it is not just offense the defense stinks also. 13 down better come out with a fire to win and a plan to score looking like Kentucky was not as good as everyone was saying looks like were just awful right now.

That one Kentucky who shot 100% shooting she a great game.
She wasn't left wide open the whole game

 

[1morevol]

Our press is killing us. Georgia is breaking it much too easily and it's leading to layup after layup.
Now Cooper is injured. The sky is falling.

The most succinct statement in this entire thread, IMO. "Our press is killing US."

 

[Vols2015]

Odds are Cooper may not be back today with a sprained ankle it seemed like. Who takes over scoring burden in 2nd half..?

Cooper did seem to put pressure on it, so that makes me a little hopeful it’s just a sprain, but we do have offensive weapons who can fill in. May need a 30 point performance from Spear and a double digits by Spearman, Whitehorn, and Spencer with someone else stepping up.

 

[JCP201]

Hope Cooper is okay. I don't usually post during the game, but I want whatever hoodoo that is happening to our girls to go away now.

 

[RAVOL]

Well I see i didn't miss much in the 1st half. Let's see how 2nd plays out. Same as last week against FL except GA is worse. . In CHRIST Alone

 

[BruisedOrange]

Been following the game on stats, then on radio.

"Sounds like" the LVs have been moving the ball around and taking not-bad shots... shots just are off today, team-wide.

Y'all that are watching the game: Is that accurate? Or are these not good shots they're taking?

 

[Volfan2012]

Need to get five tougn defensive players if we have any out there and just make stops in the half court. We need to win the third quarter big to have a chance to win.

 

[KTrain]

Were shooting 25 percent and letting that crappy team shoot 50 percent so it is not just offense the defense stinks also. 13 down better come out with a fire to win and a plan to score looking like Kentucky was not as good as everyone was saying looks like were just awful right now.

Our D plays off of our O making buckets and getting set up in the press to get teams out of kilter. If you are missing everything for the first 5 minutes of the game the teams whole D premise is out the window. This D depends on us scoring and a lot of that scoring comes off turnovers after setting up after scores that are not happening on a usual basis. JMO.