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[Vowelguy]

12-7 Irish

CT's Kastine Evans started for KY. Walker in early.

Lotsa TOs.

 

[speedoo]

KY is very quick and athletic. Excellent pressure defense will be very tough for SEC teams.

 

[Vowelguy]

14-9 with 12 to go. ND has NINE TOs so far.

 

[Vowelguy]

KY is very quick and athletic. Excellent pressure defense will be very tough for SEC teams.

Isnt that how KY has always played?

 

[ThisJustIn]

Bunch of homer calls followed by a bunch of make up calls.

Yikes -- gotta make your free throws!

 

[ThisJustIn]

Bunch of homer calls followed by a bunch of make up calls.

Yikes -- gotta make your free throws!

And, so far, looks like UConn's pressure defense could really do some damage on the Irish.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Kentucky's defense is intense!!!! I think they are good!

 

[ThisJustIn]

Huh? The Huskies said walker lost her passion for the game? I thought they were pretty vague about her reasons.

 

[Vowelguy]

9 point run, puts KY up 28-27

 

[Vowelguy]

Fun game - lots of up and down. 46-40 Irish at half

 

[jsloanjr]

This is a fun game to watch and should come down to the final minutes......KY seems to have gotten the sea legs and will make it very tough on ND in half 2......

 

[speedoo]

Isnt that how KY has always played?

Yes, but they have a lot more talent this year.

 

[Vowelguy]

Peters with 9 rebounds.

 

[speedoo]

That Diggins - Novasel - Peters play was incredible.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Kentucky could be a FF contender this year.....

Tennessee better watch out!! If Massengale doesn't come back their defense could give the Vols some trouble.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Did anyone else just see Mallory push a Kentucky player to the floor! WOW!!! How did they miss that?

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Something about Novosel that I notice.....

sometimes she doesn't have a shot she just tosses the ball in the air and gets the foul call......really deceiving.

 

[VAMike23]

Impressed with KY's energy and tenacity - and Samarie adds an extra element FOR SURE. However I still don't see them as a FF team (yet). I see more skill at more positions with ND and a more fundamentally sound team. Not like a night-and-day thing though (ND only up by 3 right now) .

 

[ThisJustIn]

Ouch - two back to back uglies from mallory and then a missed KY layup.

 

[speedoo]

Kentucky could be a FF contender this year.....

Tennessee better watch out!! If Massengale doesn't come back their defense could give the Vols some trouble.

KY's defense will give Massengale lots of problems too.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Yes, but there is always that team that sneaks up on teams and it could be them this year......

That defense is stingy!!!!

IF a team's guards aren't good ball handlers i can see them as upsetting some people......

Everyone has ND as a top team and Kentucky is hanging right there with them.....if they wouldnt have missed those easy layups in the first few minutes this game could be tied

 

[Kevin G]

Something about Novosel that I notice.....

sometimes she doesn't have a shot she just tosses the ball in the air and gets the foul call......really deceiving.

I've always Novosel doing that. She also likes to drive to the hoop while running next to the defender and then throws her arms into the defender's arms.

 

[Kevin G]

Both times when Novosel was called for a charge I noticed that she lifts her leg to where her knee is chest/face level of the defender.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Both times when Novosel was called for a charge I noticed that she lifts her leg to where her knee is chest/face level of the defender.

Noticing that too!

 

[ThisJustIn]

"Dev in foul trouble" - most oft used phrase during ND games?