Game Thread: (5/6) Lady Vols 65 - Vanderbilt 51

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Nothing good for TN for the last 2-3 minutes of play.

 

[VolBall09]

This is just annoying to watch. Should turn it off but I won’t.

 

[Voluble2]

I really dislike teams that play like this Vanderbilt team. Reminds me of some LSU teams of recent memory. It’s good defensive strategy but it just makes for such ugly freaking basketball.

Vanderbilt uses the ball handler to get away with moving screens on every play. If they called all of them they would foul out their entire team. That’s their entire offense (same as UConn but they set better screens).

Said exactly that at the half. If you kept 50 away from that spot at the top of the key they wouldn't even be able to start their offense because she sets a moving screen to initiate it every time down the court.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

This is just annoying to watch. Should turn it off but I won’t.

Bingo !!

 

[Voltopia]

Any reasonable ref would have called that Vandy player forcefully screening Tennessee’s on ball defender by shoving her out of her path, but these refs just want to get home,

 

[Voluble2]

Vandy girl pushed off hard and still got her shot blocked.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Key throwing that elbow to the face of the Vandy player.

No review was a break.

 

[VolBall09]

There is absolutely no reason this shouldn’t have been a 30 point win. We took our foot off the gas in the second half. Did that a bit in the last game as well but not this bad.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

One thing I will say and this might no go well with my fellow LVs but vandys pressure defense is fr ok Job Geno Jr

 

[LadyVol1908]

Green and Walker have been horrible tonight!

 

[Putbacks]

Rennie struggles

 

[xtpsrh08123]

Jessie comes in and gets her ankles broken while giving up a bucket

 

[VolBall09]

Ugh. Ugly.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Referees are keeping Vandy in the game ... all 2nd half.

 

[VolBall09]

Jessie comes in and gets her ankles broken while giving up a bucket

She broke her own dang ankles.

 

[Orange_Mamba]

Every time we’ve run across a press this season, we play like we’ve never seen one. It’s really baffling to me.

 

[therealitytheory]

Walker having issue with pressure D and a lot of sloppy play. Still a mostly complete win though.

 

[Voluble2]

Every time we’ve run across a press this season, we play like we’ve never seen one. It’s really baffling to me.

We did a really good job against this one while the game was still in doubt.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Emily!

 

[Volstylexx]

Could have finished stronger, but winning on the road in SEC is critical. Playing the defenses of Ole Miss and Vandy the last two games, will help this team immensely. Still plenty of growth left in this team, and that should scare the crap out other teams come March.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

65-51 Victory for your Lady Vols .... on the road too

 

[Vols2015]

Emily Saunders with the layup!

 

[Orange_Mamba]

We did a really good job against this one while the game was still in doubt.

Ehh…

 

[Voluble2]

Emily!

Man, she still looked pissed. Maybe the basket will cheer her up.

 

[Vols2015]

I will take this win, but a huge let down this 2nd half. We got outscored by Vandy.