We won 74-63 as the last couple minutes fortunately was not as dramatic as the previous eighteen minutes. A tremendous and critical bright spot today was our 21/24 FT shooting. It's awesome that we were able to come up clutch in a tension-filled game in a hostile environment.
Leading that production at the charity stripe was Jones, she was 12/12 from the FT line, which made up for her horrendous FG shooting (3/17). She also grabbed 19 rebounds for us, taking over those responsibilities with Brink playing very few minutes.
Speaking of Brink, the anticipated matchup between her and Key fell completely flat. They combined for five points, both played sparingly because of foul trouble and eventually both fouled out.
Prechtel started 0/5 from long range, but made three critical 3's in the fourth and an offensive rebound w/putback when we needed to hold off the Tennessee rally.
Let's also give credit to Iriafen. She filled in admirably in the post with Brink in foul trouble, Belibi unavailable and Prechtel needing rest at times, she contributed critical minutes and also was 4/4 from the field with 2 FTs and 5 rebounds. That's excellent production from a freshman on the road against a Top-10 opponent.
Wilson might not have put a noticeable stat line, but I thought she played very well and maintained great defense, including drawing a charge late in the game.
The chief takeaway from the game is for us to really put the hammer down when we have the lead - even a 16 point lead. The opponent is not going to go down lightly, especially one as talented as Tennessee and on their home court. We need to be focused all 40 minutes.
Leading that production at the charity stripe was Jones, she was 12/12 from the FT line, which made up for her horrendous FG shooting (3/17). She also grabbed 19 rebounds for us, taking over those responsibilities with Brink playing very few minutes.
Speaking of Brink, the anticipated matchup between her and Key fell completely flat. They combined for five points, both played sparingly because of foul trouble and eventually both fouled out.
Prechtel started 0/5 from long range, but made three critical 3's in the fourth and an offensive rebound w/putback when we needed to hold off the Tennessee rally.
Let's also give credit to Iriafen. She filled in admirably in the post with Brink in foul trouble, Belibi unavailable and Prechtel needing rest at times, she contributed critical minutes and also was 4/4 from the field with 2 FTs and 5 rebounds. That's excellent production from a freshman on the road against a Top-10 opponent.
Wilson might not have put a noticeable stat line, but I thought she played very well and maintained great defense, including drawing a charge late in the game.
The chief takeaway from the game is for us to really put the hammer down when we have the lead - even a 16 point lead. The opponent is not going to go down lightly, especially one as talented as Tennessee and on their home court. We need to be focused all 40 minutes.