Game Thread: Lady Vols v Mizzou 3 PM Sunday at Mizzou, SEC+ (stream)

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TheeIronVol said:
It kind of got overlooked but I noticed early in the game Jillian Hollingshead drained two beautiful jumpers. She is very talented as a basketball player.
Not a more versatile post player in the SEC!
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I think there are great things ahead for Jill. Believe we will see her come on some toward tournament time. Not unlike Striplin last season.
 
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Volstylexx said:
Lady Vols trailed 65-60 with 1:02 to go and MO had possession of the ball. They turned the ball on the inbound and Walker hit the easy layup to pull us within 3. We then got then a VERY good call in our favor. What should have been an over the back foul against TN somehow turned into a jumpball. Jackson then commits what could have easily been called a carry - kicks it out to Puckett then nails a three to tie it. TN then has beautiful defense and holds MO. TN brings it up the court and Jackson hits the bucket AND 1 with 1 second to go. MO got a good shot to tie it at the buzzer but Lady Vols hold.
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Thanks for the recap as I thought the game was over. I should’ve stayed on the game thread but didn’t. I missed the game but the ending sounds similar to Gonzaga’s win a couple weeks ago. The game was over but somehow Timme and the others got the win.

A win vs UConn will go a long way imo. The 🏈 program appears to be in good hands as well as men’s 🏀 and ⚾️. Let’s get the Lady Vols back to national relevance.

Go Lady Vols! Best UConn!
 
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Today is a game where I think we really missed Marta. She would have been the most obvious replacement for Horston and would have allowed us to run things more normally.

Really didn’t like when we had Jackson on the perimeter in the first half. She just is not effective from there.
 
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One thing you’ve got to appreciate about this staff is their ability to develop/improve players.

I don’t think any of us would have ever expected the quality minutes we get from players like Darby, Striplin and Puckett. They do truly have star potential if they can continue to improve.
 
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glv98 said:
We got lucky, but you make your own luck. I'll have to rewatch but I'm pretty sure RJ carried the ball before the pass to Sara. Then the bank happened to be open on a Sunday.

Rebounding was bad. Our one on one defense was awful. But Sara and RJ came up with a huge stop on MO's last possesion. Walker's steal and score got us back in the game. We stood alot on offense, Tess had an off day and we couldn't find RJ until the last play, but somehow we scored when we had to. Strip had a very nice first half. A game we definitely would have lost in previous years, and a loss would have been total disaster.

Indeed. After starting absolutely on fire, RJ lost rythmn by sitting so much in the first half. She was a bit tenative in the second half and I thought we should have run more plays to get her open on the block. But by crackies, she came thru when we needed her and did so on exactly the play everyone in America knew we were about to run. Well done!
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I did not see the game. Did Jackson sit so much in the first half due to foul trouble?
 
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Nute Gunray said:
I did not see the game. Did Jackson sit so much in the first half due to foul trouble?
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Yes. She started out on fire, had 7 quick points. Got one foul, went out for a little while, then got the second early in the 2nd and sat out the rest of the half. RJ played the whole second half, except for a short rest midway thru the 4th
 
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I have to admit I was definitely wrong about this game. I thought we’d run away with it. I was pretty on with predicting Sara and Karo would have good games though. Karo was OUTSTANDING in that first half. I love that face up game of hers and Sara definitely needed this game for her confidence!
 
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kayman1 said:
Pat probably turned over in her grave with that matador defense we played!! Ugh
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Keep her name out of your mouth. We kept the opponent under their season average scoring. Plus we were missing our best defender by a country mile. I think we did well considering we likely practiced all week with Horston in the gameplan.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Today is a game where I think we really missed Marta. She would have been the most obvious replacement for Horston and would have allowed us to run things more normally.

Really didn’t like when we had Jackson on the perimeter in the first half. She just is not effective from there.
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Not so sure about that.
Rickea J is deadly from the perimeter when she drives or takes the midrange jumper.
She was trying to not pick up fouls late in the game and it changed her aggressive play off the dribble.
 
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