Best Three out of Three: Tennessee Lady Vols vs. Vanderbilt Commodores Live Game Thread

Tiffany Clark with 2 fouls in about 80 seconds, so she takes a seat. Tied at 4-4 after an offensvie rebound frenzy by UT.

UT’s just shooting cold at the moment.

Yet UT leads 11-10. I’m confident.

They’re trying so hard that they’re missing easy short-range shots because Cain is avoiding the calls.

5:34 left and UT leads 24-16 with Vandy shooting two.

It’s been a rough game, but UT’s defense is carrying them yet again. Meanwhile, their offense is beginning to come online.

After inbounding from their own end with a full clock, even.

The foul situation is decent for the Lady Vols headed in to the second half. Kamiko Williams saw a fair amount of action in the first – a good sign for her development.

Shooting:
44% FG (13-29), 4-10 3PT, 1-5 FT (!) UT
40% FG (9-22), 1-7 3PT, 3-4 FT Vandy

Rebounds:
15-13 UT (6-3 offensive)

Assists:
7-4 UT

Steals:
4-0 UT

Turnovers:
10-6, UT advantage

Fouls:
7 on Vandy, 6 on UT

Yikes.

More empty seats than I would’ve thought

for an upside-down tomato grower

It’s not pretty, but it’s consistent. This team makes me feel far more confident than just two weeks ago.

And Cain is still on the bench with the lead growing. Gotta love that.

She’s the best at drawing fouls on the Ladies.

won’t let this thing get completely out of hand

They have the foul count wrong on both Tuomi and Cain (both at three, but Tuomi listed at 4 and Cain listed at 2). But Vandy is in worse foul shape than Tennessee right now.

UT’s taller, so they’re sneaking in underneath armpits and trying to draw as many fouls as possible. It hasn’t worked out as well as they hoped, and Vandy is now in a dicey foul situation. But at least it was a creative approach.

Marsh is Vandy’s leading scorer with 9 points. It’s been a long time since UT has held a leading scorer to such a low total this late in the game. Usually a team survives by getting one-dimensional and letting one player take all the shots.

It’s in part due to UT’s defense and in part due to Vandy spreading the ball around, but I wonder which has made a bigger difference.

Wow.

Woo!

but are instead trying to trap the rebounder.

:-D

Or not. Kamiko Williams fell hard, but got up and says she’s ok.

Sure, there’s 48 seconds left in a game that’s already over, but it’s the principle of the matter.

UT again got to rest starters and give the backups some experience. That will only help on Sunday.

I’ve been out for the previous games for various reasons.