Kellie Harper recaps Lady Vols’ victory against Georgia College

Kellie Harper recaps Tennessee’s victory against Georgia College.

On assessing the newcomers tonight

“It was about like what I thought it would be. I thought they would be a little anxious and a little nervous. Some of their shots reflected that. They will be better the next time out because they got this under their belt. The thing that I love about them is that they have a bit of toughness about them and have a fearlessness about them. They do not play with a lot of caution, and I love the fact that they will go out and stick their nose in and compete. I think we need that from them, and I think when they gain more experience, it will be a real positive for us.”

On Emily Saunders’s availability and what she liked and didn’t like about the game

“That is an easy one, let me answer that question first. Our free throws would be the first thing (she didn’t like). I thought in the second half in particular, we got really quick with our shots. We had five straight possessions of one-pass offense, and we cannot do those five times in a row. We can manage once or twice, but we had a few stretches there that I thought we got a little quick. However, I like their coachability. I let them know that I was not pleased with how that was playing and then we got the ball inside at the end of the game and it looked great. So, I love there coachability. For a large portion of the game, we played low turnover, and I thought that was really good. We ended up with 11 and that was really low for us and will be a good number. Emily Saunders had a family illness that she had to go back for. She had to leave town, but she will be back and be with us hopefully soon.”

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