Game Thread: (7/9) Lady Vols 70 - Arkansas 63

[Voluble2]

None of these refs should ever work again.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

5 point TN lead with a 15.4 to go. 68-63 .... GBO !!!

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Walker with the dagger.

 

[th2421]

Key and Walker have been incredible this quarter.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Abysmal on the turnover front, but yet another game where the Lady Vols just win in the fourth quarter.

 

[VolBall09]

Really poor possession there for Arkansas. Spencer playing like a freshman. That’s what happens when Daniels fouls out. Different story here if the ball is in her hands.

Great take from Walker. Nice finish, really showing a lot of leadership the last couple games.

 

[VA_VOLFAN]

Mike Neighbors is gonna point to the FT discrepancy but what he should be thankful for is that his fouling team had players to play with for the second half!

 

[KrazyVolFan]

Dye on the bench with back brace

 

[Voluble2]

Walker has had a really good game.

 

[cwbytruckers]

free throws sadly will cost them a huge win at some point

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Make those Free Throws y'all .... goodness gracious!!

 

[Orange_Mamba]

Why do we suck so bad at free throws?

 

[VolBall09]

Walker being tough as usual. Great play!

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

BOOM ...... Lady Vols come back to WIN .... 70-63.

 

[glv98]

Dang what can you say that is not completely repetitive? Finds a dang way in spite of all the ugly and confounding. TOs, low fg %, missed fts,Ramirez going off and we still win!

Guys Jordan Walker is one of the toughest cookies I've ever seen. I love her immeasurably. Wish she could shoot a little better tho!

Key is so much fun to watch. Blocks 3s, blocks from floor, blocks so freakin casually it almost seems like she's bored with it! And does so with a vertical leap of about 2 inches. Guess she doesn't have to jump much, does fine flat footed. Very glad she's on our team, just her presence changes everything.

Also, you just have to hand it to KJH. Poise is the name of the game for this team and that is exactly what was missing in the previous coaching regime. 13-1? With everything that's gone on this season. A very impressive coaching accomplishment.

That said, I still don't know WTF Darby spent one nanosecond guarding Ramirez. I'm beginning to think Darby truly knows where the bodies are buried!

 

[youcancallmeAl]

13-1.

 

[VolBall09]

Why do we suck so bad at free throws?

It’s mental for sure. I think some of it is legs and air also. This team busts their butt on defense for 40 minutes. I don’t question that anymore. Takes some out of you at the line.

 

[Rickster]

13-1 BABY

 

[alexvol]

BOOM ...... Lady Vols come back to WIN .... 70-63.

Another stellar 4th quarter pulled it out .

 

[youcancallmeAl]

False, they've played TWO true road games, and the last one was almost a month ago. Let's see how well the pre-conference schedule prepared them for life on the road in the SEC...

Well? What do you think?

 

[KrazyVolFan]

NO QUIT in THEM

 

[VolBall09]

Go Lady Vols

Tough win over a tough team on the road. Again a lot of adversity but so many positives.

How about the Rae sighting? So exciting. Lots of players contributed today as well. Great to see Emily earn a few minutes and get a nice block.

 

[Voluble2]

That was a hard earned win.

 

[Dak1219]

Well, it wasn't pretty, but 13-1 and another team held to less than 31% shooting is pretty awesome!

 

[Orange_Mamba]

We’re in SEC play so the games are only going to uglier. We can’t keep having these terrible free throw shooting games.