JSU and Ole Miss women ready for NCAA Tournament
BACK IN MARCH. MADNESS BEGINS TOMORROW FOR THE JACKSON STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM. ANOTHER APPEARANCE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. ANOTHER CHANCE TO SHOCK THE WORLD IN THEIR LAST THREE APPEARANCES IN THE TOURNAMENT. THE SWAC CHAMPS HAVE HAD TO FACE BAYLOR. LSU, WHICH WAS A NEAR WIN IN 2022 AND
NOW THREE SEED UCONN HUSKIES ARE ONE OF THE TOP PROGRAMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME, BUT JSU HAS CARVED OUT THEIR OWN HISTORY IN THE SWAC, AND THE TIGERS FEEL THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THOSE PREVIOUS TOURNAMENT LOSSES. >> WELL, I COULD HAVE MADE SOME DIFFERENT DECISIONS IN
TERMS OF PLAYING MY BIG GIRL A LITTLE BIT LONGER. WHEN WE WENT UP TEN WITH THREE MINUTES TO GO IN THE GAME AND SO I LEARNED FROM THAT. MY PLAYERS LEARNED TO KEEP THEIR COMPOSURE. WE. KIND OF WANTED TO FIGHT THE OFFICIALS AND SOME OF THE CALLS. THEY
WERE MAKING, AND SO WE. WE LEARNED OVERALL AS A GROUP, YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, SO IT’S NOTHING THAT WE AREN’T REALLY USED TO. >> SO WE REALLY WE PREPARED AND YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT HERE JUST TO BE HERE. >> UCONN, THEY ENTERED THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE
35TH YEAR IN A ROW. THEY’VE ONLY LOST TWICE IN THE FIRST ROUND. HEAD COACH GENO AURIEMMA SAYS JSU IS SO GOOD THAT THEY COULD GIVE THE HUSKIES THEIR THIRD LOSS IN
THEY, UH, THEY’RE SO WELL COACHED AND HOW HARD THEY PLAY. >> AND THE THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, UM, ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO PLAY AGAINST THIS IS A REASON YOU WANT TO BE A NUMBER ONE SEED. SO YOU DON’T GET THIS MATCHUP IN THE
FIRST ROUND. >> AND THE BIG GAME BETWEEN JACKSON STATE. UCONN IS A SELLOUT TOMORROW IN STORRS. THE GAMES AT NOON. YOU CAN WATCH THE GAME RIGHT HERE ON 16 WAPT. WE’LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS AND REACTION DURING OUR SIX AND 10 P.M. NEWSCAST AS WELL. AND THE REBELS ENTERED THE
NCAA TOURNAMENT AS THE SEVEN SEED. THEY SRT THEIR POSTSEASON PLAY IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. THE REBELS WILL PLAY TENNESSEE MARQUETTE TOMORROW. IN THE FIRST ROUND. LAST YEAR, OLE MISS SHOCKED THE WORLD, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE TRIP TO THE SWEET 16 THIS YEAR. THEY WON 12 SEC GAMES
FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY HANG THEIR HAT. THEY HANG THEIR HAT ON THEIR STOUT DEFENSE. THEY’LL NEED THAT AGAINST A MARQUETTE TEAM THAT SHOOTS A SOLID CLIP FROM THE FLOOR. >> WATCHING. FILM. YOU KNOW, WE’RE ASKING QUESTIONS AND OUR FOCUS IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE WE WANT TO WIN. YOU KNOW, WE WE’RE NOT READY TO GO HOME, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK JUST BEING COACHABLE THAT’S BEEN OUR BIGGEST THING AS PLAYERS. >> MY FOCUS IS MARQUETTE. THAT’S MY FOCUS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO DICTATE AND DISRUPT MARQUETTE, NOT
ONLY ON THE DEFENSIVE END BUT THE OFFENSIVE END. I KNOW Y’ALL. BEEN TALKING ABOUT OUR DEFENSE, BUT LOOK AT OUR POINTS THE LAST SEVEN GAMES. WE GET A BUCKET TO SHOOT. >> WELL THEY’LL NEED TO GET THOSE BUCKETS WITHOUT SENATOR COLLINS WHO DIDN’T TRAVEL WITH THE TEAM. COACH
GEO SAID SHE’S TAKING A STEP BACK. SO OLE MISS AND MARQUETTE, THEY’RE GOING TO TIP OFF TOMORROW AT 345 ON ESPNU
