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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3855860, member: 2117"] Wow great finish by Tennessee! Harper is doing an outstanding job this season. Davis was a no show in the first half but just dominated in the 2nd. 24 points in a half against a team as good as SC is unreal, it has been an interesting year for her but she seems to be finding her groove. This team feels more like old school Tennessee in their grit, effort and determination. Third quarter they really started playing aggressively and played much smarter. As far as SC....I still am unsure why Dawn isn't using Boston more. I watched the Michigan/Indiana game earlier, and literally 20 times they cleared out the lane for an entry feed for Hillmon to go one on one against her defender. I saw that happen once tonight for Boston. I didn't tally every shot, but at least 4 of Boston's 12 shots were face up jumpers from 15 feet or deeper, and three were off offensive rebounds, meaning she only had at most 5 shots taken within the flow of the offense, and that even that number seems high. Why are they not going to her more? Whenever they iso her on the block and she's one on one, she usually scores or at worst takes a very high percentage shot. By comparison, Zia Cooke took 22 shots today and hit just 6 of them. I do not understand why the offense doesn't run more sets for her when she's by far the most efficient option. I will say Tennessee's bigs did an outstanding job playing physically, but the offensive sets appear to be primarily designed for Cooke to run off screens and take low percentage floaters in the lane. SC is still likely a safe #2 seed but their NCAA success hinges on taking better shots and making better decisions. Their guards have looked shaky as of late. Henderson can't have 6 TOs (she had 8 vs UCONN) and Cooke should not be taking 20+ shots while shooting such a low clip-- 6/18 inside the arc, 0-4 from 3. Tennessee is going to be one of the more dangerous 3 or 4 seeds in the tournament. They're big, athletic and gritty. Their posts aren't very polished offensively but play in your face defense and crash the glass. They also have really potent playmakers in Davis/Horston/Burrell. They'll make mistakes and take some bad shots, but they play unselfishIy and can step up and make plays like we saw tonight. I don't expect Tennessee to get blown out by anyone come tournament time due to their sheer physicality. All of their 5 losses have been extremely competitive (even the Kentucky game was a 2 point margin with 5 minutes left). Great win for the program. [/QUOTE]

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