Texas at Georgia: Big 12/SEC Challenge game

not going to hit our nation leading 95 ppg. But a solid win over Georgia. holding them to about 20 pts below their average.
 
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final score will be 81-53, Texas. :yippee::hookem3:
Ariel led with 17 pts, Jatarie with 13 pts and Brooke and LaShann with 12 pts led the Horns.

All 12 players available played and ten scored. As expected, our top six played a lot of minutes with Audrey-Ann limited to 17 minutes due to foul trouble. Brooke (33 minutes) and Ariel (30 minutes) led the ten veterans as all played at least ten minutes.

Great game, even with that low scoring last quarter. Georgia only had nine pts while Texas scored 14. Horns outscored Georgia in every quarter and never let Georgia show their typical strong second half. :hookem2:
 
Good first true road win.

Glad to see us start out well in the first quarter. Ariel's shot was just perfection early (and for most of the game).

Audrey-Ann frustrated me in the second quarter; just small mistakes that led to lost possessions/turnovers. But, she made up for it later in the game; glad to see her three-point shot falling this season; has to help her confidence.

Jordan Hosey looked like herself today; much more fluid around the basket. Just did a lot of good things on the floor today.

Nice to see Aborowa continuing to have success; definitely a much more confident player as a junior. The game seems to be coming to her easier now.

Really wish the freshmen would have seen more action, especially with it being on the road; honestly, if you can't put them in with a minimum 21 point lead in the second half, then when will you? Not saying they all need to be on the floor at the same time, but would have been good to see one occasionally to give them the experience other than in mop up duty.
 
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Moooooo said:
Good first true road win.

Glad to see us start out well in the first quarter. Ariel's shot was just perfection early (and for most of the game).

Audrey-Ann frustrated me in the second quarter; just small mistakes that led to lost possessions/turnovers. But, she made up for it later in the game; glad to see her three-point shot falling this season; has to help her confidence.

Jordan Hosey looked like herself today; much more fluid around the basket. Just did a lot of good things on the floor today.

Nice to see Aborowa continuing to have success; definitely a much more confident player as a junior. The game seems to be coming to her easier now.

Really wish the freshmen would have seen more action, especially with it being on the road; honestly, if you can't put them in with a minimum 21 point lead in the second half, then when will you? Not saying they all need to be on the floor at the same time, but would have been good to see one occasionally to give them the experience other than in mop up duty.
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I thought I saw Rellah in the second or third quarter for a couple of minutes
 
http://www.hookemplus.com/story/atkins-white-lead-no-2-texas-easy-win-georgia/
ATHENS, Ga. — Ariel Atkins had 17 points and nine rebounds, Jatarie White added 13 points and No. 2 Texas cruised to an 81-53 victory over Georgia on Sunday.

Brooke McCarty and Lashann Higgs each scored 12 points as the Longhorns (7-0) dominated on both ends of the floor. Texas’ defense kept the Lady Bulldogs from getting to the rim and from generating any momentum beyond the arc. And the Longhorns had nearly everything working offensively in their half-court sets and fast-break chances.
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We played a great game overall. I agree with Moooooo --- when you're up nearly 30 points in the early fourth quarter, I believe it was, when are the freshmen going to get to play? The two minutes at the end were better than nothing, but, IMO, they need to be substituted in, probably one at a time, for more minutes earlier than that if they are ever going to learn anything. We were lucky enough to get three highly ranked freshmen. They are raw at this point, but how do they learn without getting minutes? I was thinking how Celina and Empress were lucky in a way when they had to be thrown into the fire as freshmen because we didn't have anybody else. They got pretty danged good by the time they were seniors.

I guess it depends on what you like in announcers, but I thought Brenda Van Langen and Carol Ross were excellent on the call.
 
It's way down the road, but I'm wondering how we are going to handle Stevens down low when we play UConn. She was impressive.
 
Push her out of her comfort zone when she is on offense. She will be a handful, though, if she continues to play at that level. We do have a lot of experience scoring on posts with her height. I am more worried about the last Samuelson. This UConn team does seem to be dealing with more injuries than normal.

Can't wait to for this game to be played.
 
Here's an interesting study in journalism, the recounting of the Texas-Georgia game:
https://www.swishappeal.com/2017/12/4/16732410/texas-georgia-sec-big-12-ncaaw
If you read it in a hurry, you might almost think that Georgia won, instead of the Longhorns. I had to go look at the home page of this sbnation posting to see if it was indeed a Georgia site. No, it's a women's basketball site. I'm sure (?) the author didn't set out to make it so Georgia-centric, but it was weird reading an article so tilted to a team that lost by 28 points.
 
racerx5908 said:
Here's an interesting study in journalism, the recounting of the Texas-Georgia game:
https://www.swishappeal.com/2017/12/4/16732410/texas-georgia-sec-big-12-ncaaw
If you read it in a hurry, you might almost think that Georgia won, instead of the Longhorns. I had to go look at the home page of this sbnation posting to see if it was indeed a Georgia site. No, it's a women's basketball site. I'm sure (?) the author didn't set out to make it so Georgia-centric, but it was weird reading an article so tilted to a team that lost by 28 points.
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Saw the same article and got the same impression.
 
racerx5908 said:
Here's an interesting study in journalism, the recounting of the Texas-Georgia game:
https://www.swishappeal.com/2017/12/4/16732410/texas-georgia-sec-big-12-ncaaw
If you read it in a hurry, you might almost think that Georgia won, instead of the Longhorns. I had to go look at the home page of this sbnation posting to see if it was indeed a Georgia site. No, it's a women's basketball site. I'm sure (?) the author didn't set out to make it so Georgia-centric, but it was weird reading an article so tilted to a team that lost by 28 points.
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The author, Sydney Shadrix, is a Georgia native who is currently getting her masters from UGA. If she were writing for a neutral site then she should put less of a hometown spin on her story.
 
Nice win. However...We still haven't played a top team. Georgia is picked to finish eighth in the SEC... In my opinion we will need a full speed Joyner Holmes to have a shot at UConn or to reach the Final Four. I watched the UConn/Notre Dame game, which was terrific basketball. Again in my opinion it was played at a much higher level than our contest. Yes, we will play up to the level of top competition, but we still have a ways to go. Agree with those who want to see more of the freshmen. We need to develop that potential. We may need Rellah Boothe in particular.
 
Dr. D said:
Nice win. However...We still haven't played a top team. Georgia is picked to finish eighth in the SEC... In my opinion we will need a full speed Joyner Holmes to have a shot at UConn or to reach the Final Four. I watched the UConn/Notre Dame game, which was terrific basketball. Again in my opinion it was played at a much higher level than our contest. Yes, we will play up to the level of top competition, but we still have a ways to go. Agree with those who want to see more of the freshmen. We need to develop that potential. We may need Rellah Boothe in particular.
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The question in my mind is how many games will it take to get Joyner back into the right shape and right basketball chemistry with the team? A friend said, "Well, she played USA BB this summer." True, but that was months ago. The passing under the basket has been sharp for the Horns. How long before she's ready for a sudden pass to her under the basket?
 
I really liked Coach KA substitution patterns...I thought it kept pressure on Georgia. It will be great when she trust the younger ladies with more quality minutes. But from what I've seen game minutes are earned during practice, not game day. I trust Coach's decisions period.
On another note the Celeste Taylor verbal is a great commit! She has a really good game.
 
Agree with Racer. Although it will be a boost to get Joyner back on the team, I expect that it will take a while for her to get into game shape and to get into the groove with the team chemistry. The current team has been working out together relentlessly for the past 6 weeks. Even though Joyner may have been working out on her own (hopefully) she has missed valuable training time with her teammates and coaches. I'm still excited for her return.
 
Did yall notice the "Tina Thompson" affect on our bigs..seems every game we play "14" (can't spell her name)LOL gets better and better. I love the way she is learning to keep ball high. And her shot has improved so much. Everyone is working on the drop step move Coach is famous for. I'm so excited for Rellah future.
 
Nothing to gain by worrying about Joyner's offseason conditioning, or how many games it will take her to get re-acclimated with the team and offensive/defensive changes.

As a former triple-jumper/track athlete, hopefully she has always been able to work on her conditioning in the offseason; and, she used that to her advantage the last several months away from the team.
 
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I'm not worried about Joyner. I'm excited about her return. Just being realistic that it's going to take a while for her to get up to speed.
 
LutherIsMyDog said:
I'm not worried about Joyner. I'm excited about her return. Just being realistic that it's going to take a while for her to get up to speed.
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I agree... I'm anxious for Joyner to rejoin the team. I'd be very surprised of she isn't working out hard but, as a former player, I can tell you most certainly that you can neither simulate the workouts the rest of the team has been through nor gain the level of conditioning that comes with them. Hopefully she's somewhere tirelessly working on her shot, and spending several hours a day running full court pickup games with guys.
 
Love the way we are playing early.
If we continue to improve, we are going to be Tough.
Georgia has a nice team.I look to see them upset some Team's in the SEC.
Hookem'
 
Karen said:
I am also looking forward to Joyner, but one player can't make or break the team.
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One elite player can for sure make the difference between conference champion or runner-up; and, Final Four versus Elite 8.
 
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