During the game I questioned it, but I thought it was really cool hearing coach Staley explain her reasoning for letting the 2nd string play through it when Kentucky went on that big run. She needed to see her team fight and wanted to see their in game toughness. And as usual, she was right. That 29 point score differential may not tell the story of how close it was for 3 quarters, but we definitely got to see how tough this team is. The energy and fight they played with late into the game, I loved it. If you don’t have the horses to hang for 40 minutes then you don’t stand much of a chance versus SC.
She is doing a great coaching job with this very deep, but also young team. Masterful.