Texas at Tennessee

When you shoot 30%, the occasional basket from a failed trap is the least of your problems. TX lost the rebound battle by 1, took 10 more shots than TN, the defense was not the problem in this game. The shooting was wild and not in a good way! While the team gave up a 52% shooting percentage, it was our woeful offense that caused this blowout.
 
Oh, but there is something lost in a game like this...recruiting clout.

I agree that pointing fingers at one player after this game is not very fair. We had multiple players who simply did not show up. Raven hit 6 of 20, which is exactly the same as Kat, Gayle and Erika combined.

I would much rather see Reed on the floor than Gayle because I see much more potential in her offensive game than I do AG's. AG brings better defense but we need some scoring and Reed looks to be much more capable on the offensive end that Gayle.

You can say all you want about GG recruiting players who "fit her style," but point blank, we are lacking the talent of a Tennessee, Stanford, Baylor, etc. I don't even throw UCONN in there because they are ridiculously ahead of everyone else.
 
I don't understand why Texassports.com doesn't have the quotes from the game.

Taken from Tennessee's website: Quotes

TEXAS HEAD COACH GAIL GOESTENKORS
(Opening statement): "I'd like to say congratulations to Tennessee. They played a great game and were really hitting on all cylinders and we didn't give them a good game. We're all disappointed. We missed six layups in the first half and six more in the second half which was 24 points we could've used. When you come to play a great team, you have to take advantage of the little things and we didn't do a good job with that. I've seen all of their games and I thought this was really their best overall game so congratulations to them."

(On the challenges that Tennessee's height presented): "I felt like we had good looks. We got layups so I don't know that the height was a factor if it was in our head and we were expecting a block. I felt overall we got some good looks. I'm not quite sure if it was a factor."

(On Tennessee center Kelley Cain): "I think she does the best job of any post we've played thus far of really sealing on the inside and the guards do a great job of looking for her. She does her work before she even gets the ball so when she gets it, she has a layup. She does the best job I've seen of getting two feet in the paint and sealing, and the guards do a good job of getting her the ball in the right position."

(On the biggest difference between this year's Tennessee team and last year's): "It's a combination. Kelley's such a steady force--they know that if they get her the ball, she's going to score more often than not. She creates havoc on the defensive end as well with her size and shot blocking ability. I think all of their guards are much more confident this year. They have a better flow about them this year and you can really see that they trust one another."

SENIOR GUARD BRITTAINEY RAVEN
(On the challenges that Tennessee's height presented): "We were definitely rushing. Layups are what we make every day in practice and so height and Tennessee altering shots is not an excuse for us."

(On what she said to her teammates late in the game): "We just needed to keep playing. No matter the score, no matter what's going on in the game we have to stick together and continue to fight. That shows a lot about the team--we don't want to look like we don't have good character or that we don't care about the game because that's definitely not the attitude we have."

SOPHOMORE POST ASHLEY GAYLE
(On Tennessee center Kelley Cain): "Kelley Cain is a great player--being 6-6 and having a good body, it's a challenge to guard her but that's why we're here, to play against great teams and great players."
 
Thanks Seattle for the notes.

I think today we're going to practice layups. You can't leave the gym until everyone on the team makes 500 layups each. On your mark get set go!
 
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