The Lady Vols (11-3, 5-1 SEC) defeated Ole Miss, 68-67, Thursday at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Following the win, Tennessee head coach Kellie Harper met with media to discuss her team’s performance. Below is a transcript provided by the University of Tennessee.
UT press release:
Opening Statement:
“First, we are excited to be going out of the gym with a win. We talked about as a team how we know we can grow. We know that there are things we need to be better at, walking out of this game. Again, excited for the win, excited for the growth we can have. I’ll tell you, Ole Miss came out fighting, playing hard. I knew they would; (I was) not surprised at all by their play. They’re much improved. Folks haven’t seen them much this year. They’re much improved from last year and obviously, they have some dynamic players. They played well. Like I said, down the stretch we made free throws. I’m proud of our team.”
On Destiny Salary’s performance:
“I felt like the two things we did not start the game with were energy and composure. I thought Destiny came in and brought both of those. I thought she came in earlier on and took care of the ball but also just played hard. I thought she did some really good things on both ends of the court. She played with confidence. She scored some buckets there in the third quarter, which I thought were really big. I thought her defense in the second quarter was good. Again, I think a lot of people have confidence her, because that’s how she been practicing. Her role is to be that energy player for us. She knows that, and I’m really happy for her. I mean, we needed it. We absolutely needed it tonight. She made big plays.”
NEXT: Kellie Harper’s press conference continued