The Cardinal looked tentative during much of the first half and fell behind by as much as fourteen. They came back strong and confident in the second half and fought their way back to a six point lead with eight minutes left to play. The Lady Vols whittled that down to a tie and had the ball with 23 seconds left to play. It looked like they would win on that possession, but a pass to Stricklen bounced off her fingers and the Cardinal recovered the ball. Toni took the ball downcourt with 5.1 seconds on the clock, but couldn't quite pull off a "Jeanette 4.4".
The Lady Vols won the overtime period quite easily, mostly with free throws, after Jeanette and Sarah fouled out.
There was lots of good play from the Cardinal tonight. Jeannette led the way with another big scoring performance — six 3-pointers, and 24 points. Her season average is now up to three 3-pointers and 16.1 points per game. She also had five rebounds, four assists and a steal.
Nneka had a huge double-double &mdash 10 rebounds and 20 points. Her season averages are 17.1 ppg and 8.9 rpg.
Although Kayla didn't look 100% tonight, she still played 44 minutes and had 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Here are the game reports:
- Lady Vols down Stanford in OT, 82-72 by Dan Fleser (Knoxville News)
- Tara VanDerveer Denied 800th Career Win At No. 6 Tennessee by Beth Rucker (Associated Press)
- Stanford's OT loss to Tennessee women disappointing, yet encouraging by Jake Curtis
- Which hurt more? by Wally Mersereau
And the photos :
Toni and Angie Bjorklund fight for a loose ball
Nneka takes a shot over Bjorklund
Get outta the way, Glory!
Jeanette drives past Bjorklund
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