Game Thread: (20/21) Lady Vols at Missouri

[Rickster]

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• Pre-game Article
• Opponent: Missouri
• Date: Feb. 25, 2021
• Tipoff: 8:02 p.m. ET
• Venue: Mizzou Arena
• Watch: SECN+
• Radio: Lady Vol Network
• Online: Live Audio, Live Stats

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[Border Vol]

I think the LadyVols beat Missouri 77-59.

 

[Coach Jumper]

Coach Jumpers prediction: UT 85 Mizzou 66

Got to protect the three better,,,shooters are shooting from behind the screens instead of curling to the other side of it...we cannot go under the screener. We must go over the screen and make the shooters pass

 

[Volfan2012]

Missouri is really good offensively I think we'll have to score in the seventies. They are usually bad on defense but they can score. 82 to 73 Tennessee

 

[Orange Maniac]

I think people are overshooting the score as usual. I'll say 71-59 Lady Vols.

 

[LVsinceJV]

This one feels like another trap game.

 

[mudcat1973]

tenn needs to guard 3 ball hands and stay close. no stand back dare mis to shoot them. if mis. hits guard three hats off but do not just watch shoot.

 

[LadyVols_WBK]

hope to see Marta get more minutes she was very limited in the SC & GA game we need her in the SEC Tourney

 

[djtee]

tenn needs to guard 3 ball hands and stay close. no stand back dare mis to shoot them. if mis. hits guard three hats off but do not just watch shoot.

Key and KK don`t need help in the post so i don`t know why TN gives up the 3 ball so much.

 

[creekdipper]

Key and KK don`t need help in the post so i don`t know why TN gives up the 3 ball so much.

It is puzzling why guards drop down so often when we have a lane protector like Key. Usually when we do that, we get burned from outside.

With most of our losses being extremely close...and the couple that were having leads padded when we had to foul...reducing the made threes could have made all the difference, even if we gave up a bucket down low.

3 > 2 in the scoring column. That's just as important, if not more so, on defense...especially since we're not a big three-point threat.

 

[creekdipper]

We also need to learn how to challenge the three without jumping into the shooters.

 

[PRG]

Just looking at the sec conference standings. We are in fourth place with a 7–4 record. If we win out ? A 9–4 record is the best we can finish ? Do we want Kentucky or Georgia to win ? Which helps us ? I would like another shot at aTm ....

 

[djtee]

It is puzzling why guards drop down so often when we have a lane protector like Key. Usually when we do that, we get burned from outside.

With most of our losses being extremely close...and the couple that were having leads padded when we had to foul...reducing the made threes could have made all the difference, even if we gave up a bucket down low.

3 > 2 in the scoring column. That's just as important, if not more so, on defense...especially since we're not a big three-point threat.

I`m with you i don`t get it

 

[Amb3096]

Is LaDazhia Williams still hurt or will she be playing? If Mizzou is going without her, I don't see how this is closer than a 15-point game.

Gonna go with Tennessee 80-65. No Mizzou inside presence should let Tennessee dominate points in the paint.

 

[LadyVols_WBK]

Just looking at the sec conference standings. We are in fourth place with a 7–4 record. If we win out ? A 9–4 record is the best we can finish ? Do we want Kentucky or Georgia to win ? Which helps us ? I would like another shot at aTm ....

we want Kentucky to win if we win out

 

[LadyVols_WBK]

Is LaDazhia Williams still hurt or will she be playing? If Mizzou is going without her, I don't see how this is closer than a 15-point game.

Gonna go with Tennessee 80-65. No Mizzou inside presence should let Tennessee dominate points in the paint.

she played in their last game

edit: she didnt play actually

 

[Volfan2012]

Missouri hit 18 threes against Florida we can't let that happen. Won 96 to 80

 

[Rickster]

Coach Ricksters prediction: LVs 73, Mizz 61

 

[madtownvol]

The LVs are going to beat Mizzou so badly that the entire institution and indeed the state will collapse and fall into the sea never to be seen again. Given the landlocked geography of the state, the scale of this devastating defeat will obviously be seismic. I am posting this 100% certain information now so that all Mizzou lurkers can spread the word and evacuate the state before this Biblicaly scaled cataclysm is upon them. And don't worry about the LVs. Kellie will protect the team with a Wonder Woman like magic bubble that she generates using her heretofore unseen conjuring "stare" that Goddess Pat Summit taught her in a very secret ritual held in a cave below Clingman's Dome.

The one downside of this magnificent victory is that LVs will have problems in scheduling future opponents but let's stay in moment and cross that bridge when we come to it......

 

[Volfan2012]

Horston is down to 2.7 turnovers per game this season from 4.3 last season. She has improved in every stat except her glaring 33 percent field goal shooting compared with 39 percent last season. She is a 72 percent free throw shooter compared to 59 percent last year. So she has been a better player this season except her field goal shooting. She could reach star status as a junior if she could improve her shooting and it would have to be by 10 to 12 percent. I think part of the problem is that her shot selection this season has been really bad hopefully she will improve on that the rest of the season and really work on becoming a better shooter over the summer. She can do it certainly we saw what Burrell did from sophomore to junior. Her assist to turnover ration is 1.5 to 1 and could be better but is far better than her less than 1 to 1 last season.

 

[SGMVols]

Missouri hit 18 threes against Florida we can't let that happen. Won 96 to 80

They shoot 38.1% from three as a whole team on the season which is 13th in the country and the third best we have faced this year. This could be a tough matchup for us if Kellie sticks with the two-big starting lineup. I wouldn’t play more than one of Key or KK at a time because we need enough quickness on the floor to run them off the three point line.

 

[creekdipper]

The LVs are going to beat Mizzou so badly that the entire institution and indeed the state will collapse and fall into the sea never to be seen again. Given the landlocked geography of the state, the scale of this devastating defeat will obviously be seismic. I am posting this 100% certain information now so that all Mizzou lurkers can spread the word and evacuate the state before this Biblicaly scaled cataclysm is upon them. And don't worry about the LVs. Kellie will protect the team with a Wonder Woman like magic bubble that she generates using her heretofore unseen conjuring "stare" that Goddess Pat Summit taught her in a very secret ritual held in a cave below Clingman's Dome.

The one downside of this magnificent victory is that LVs will have problems in scheduling future opponents but let's stay in moment and cross that bridge when we come to it......

It seems that madtown has been possessed by GameTime's brain.

Dining tip: Decline the split pea soup.

 

[djtee]

They shoot 38.1% from three as a whole team on the season which is 13th in the country and the third best we have faced this year. This could be a tough matchup for us if Kellie sticks with the two-big starting lineup. I wouldn’t play more than one of Key or KK at a time because we need enough quickness on the floor to run them off the three point line.

Mizzou game plan will be to shoot and hit the three. They know taking the ball right at Key is a no go even with 6-4 LaDazhia Williams in the lineup. As i said before make Mizzou put the ball on the floor and defend the three. And when TN has the ball Mizzou will try and force TN to beat them from long range.

 

[GameTime]

The LVs are going to beat Mizzou so badly that the entire institution and indeed the state will collapse and fall into the sea never to be seen again. Given the landlocked geography of the state, the scale of this devastating defeat will obviously be seismic. I am posting this 100% certain information now so that all Mizzou lurkers can spread the word and evacuate the state before this Biblicaly scaled cataclysm is upon them. And don't worry about the LVs. Kellie will protect the team with a Wonder Woman like magic bubble that she generates using her heretofore unseen conjuring "stare" that Goddess Pat Summit taught her in a very secret ritual held in a cave below Clingman's Dome.

The one downside of this magnificent victory is that LVs will have problems in scheduling future opponents but let's stay in moment and cross that bridge when we come to it......

madtownvol, I always like your posts....
Like me, you like to have fun with this posting stuff....Can't take this stuff too seriously, or a person could lose their sense of reality....I'm adding a meme (or two) to go along with your Wonder Woman idea....

 

[VolBall09]

Horston is down to 2.7 turnovers per game this season from 4.3 last season. She has improved in every stat except her glaring 33 percent field goal shooting compared with 39 percent last season. She is a 72 percent free throw shooter compared to 59 percent last year. So she has been a better player this season except her field goal shooting. She could reach star status as a junior if she could improve her shooting and it would have to be by 10 to 12 percent. I think part of the problem is that her shot selection this season has been really bad hopefully she will improve on that the rest of the season and really work on becoming a better shooter over the summer. She can do it certainly we saw what Burrell did from sophomore to junior. Her assist to turnover ration is 1.5 to 1 and could be better but is far better than her less than 1 to 1 last season.

Great post! Facts don’t lie. I’ve given her a tough time but she has quite clearly made a big jump. This is a tough league and you learn a lot of lessons the hard way.

You’re spot on about her shot selection. Her game is more balanced but she’s not sure when to pull the trigger. A great PG hits the shot the team needs when they need it most, and you can feel it! When a player has the right timing you can tell it’s exactly what the team needed in that moment. When we have a lull she has to make something happen. That’s how great PGs keep a team rolling while their scorers get going and wear their defenders out.

When Rae and Rennia can’t get open she has got to force the defense to respect her. Improving her percentages across the board will go a long way. My opinion only, but the 3 point shot should be a priority if she plans to continue playing on the perimeter.