Lady Vols win 8th NCAA women’s basketball championship
I only follow one sports team these days: The University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team. And last night I joyfully watched them convincingly win their second national title in a row and their eighth altogether. From the Knoxville News-Sentinel website:
TAMPA, Fla. - Tennessee spread its wings and soared to the grandest heights Tuesday night.
“That’s what’s called the metamorphosis of a basketball team,'’ UT assistant coach Dean Lockwood said. “The cocoon broke and the butterfly was in full bloom, colors flying.
Before a crowd of 21,655 at the St. Pete Times Forum and an ESPN national television audience, the Lady Vols emerged as the team they intended to be all along: Defending national champions.
The emphasis was on defending.
The Lady Vols parlayed a ferocious effort into a 64-48 victory over Stanford, winning the program’s second consecutive national championship and the eighth overall.
The feeling was fresh for senior Alberta Auguste, who was holding the national championship trophy in her hands afterward in the locker room.
“It’s like a new-born baby,'’ she said.
Tennessee (36-2) brought the Stanford scoring show to a stunning halt, holding the Cardinal to a season-low point total that was 37 points below its tournament scoring average. The Lady Vols also had an aggressive hand in 25 turnovers, twice as many as Stanford’s NCAA average. The turnovers resulted in 26 Tennessee points.
All of UT’s starting five completed their collegiate sports careers last night; four of them were among the first 20 selections in the WNBA draft today, Candace Parker the first.
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