I hope this is not her make or break year. They've been short-handed the last two games (Jennifer George out, Jaterra Bonds with a nagging leg injury) and she's brought in a couple of transfers that are really going to make a difference once they can get on the court -- next year. This is also a very young team, where even the juniors haven't seen much playing time before this year. They nearly beat Tennessee a short few games ago (with a healthy Bonds and George for 1/2 the game). Freshman Sydney Moss shows continual improvement and will be something special, and freshman Carlie Needles will be great from the 3-pt line but needs to really, really work on her defense.
These two games have been very painful, indeed, but I think Amanda needs at least one more year. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** > > I’m afraid you’re correct.**** > > ** ** > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI**** > > Real Estate Broker**** > > Bob Parks Realty**** > > ****1517 Hunt Club Blvd******** > > ****Gallatin** **TN** **37066******** > > Phone: 615-826-4040**** > > Fax: 615-822-2027**** > > ****Mobile****: 615-972-4239**** > > ** ** > > **** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* **[email protected]** [mailto:** > [email protected]**] *On Behalf Of *Woody > *Sent:* Friday, January 25, 2013 10:42 AM > *To:* **[email protected]** > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] Gainesville SUN GatorNews For > 1/25 (FRI), AM Edition**** > > ** ** > > Some think this is a make or break year for her... I think if they dont > make the tournament... Amanda is gone.**** > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > This game, as have been all their games this season, was painful to watch. > **** > > I had high hopes for this season because Amanda had a pretty good > recruiting haul this year.**** > > It’s not looking so good now. Ole Miss hadn’t won an SEC game yet… until > last night.**** > > I really like our coach; I hope she can make it work. Depends on how much > patience Foley has, I guess.**** > > She is making progress; it’s just slower than I’d hoped.**** > > **** > > **** > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI**** > > Real Estate Broker**** > > Bob Parks Realty**** > > ****1517 Hunt Club Blvd******** > > ****Gallatin** **TN** **37066******** > > Phone: 615-826-4040**** > > Fax: 615-822-2027**** > > ****Mobile****: 615-972-4239**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *Ole Miss drops Florida***** > > **** > > **** > > ****Florida****'s Kayla Lewis shoots the ball over Ole Miss' Monique > Jackson (42) and Danielle McCray on Thursday.**** > > *Brett Le Blanc/Correspondent* **** > > By Jim Harvin > ****Gainesville**** SUN Correspondent**** > > *Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.***** > > *Last Modified: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:08 a.m.***** > > **** > > The smallest player on the court Thursday night was the best.**** > > Led by lightning-quick, 5-foot-4 junior point guard Valencia McFarland's > 24 points, 10 assists and three steals — all game-high marks — visiting Ole > Miss surprised Florida, 88-81, before an O'Connell Center crowd of 901, > giving the Rebels (8-11, 1-5) their first Southeastern Conference win of > the year while handing the Gators (13-7, 2-4) their third consecutive home > league loss.**** > > “****Valencia**** is a dynamic point guard,” Ole Miss coach Brett Frank > said. “She has the ability to take a game over. I thought she did that > tonight.”**** > > UF had dropped its previous two contests on its season-long, three-game > SEC homestand to ranked opponents **Tennessee** (78-75, OT) and ****South > Carolina**** (52-44) by a combined 11 points. While those losses were > tough, they weren't as unexpected as Thursday night's defeat in which UF > surrendered 50 first-half points to an Ole Miss team that came in averaging > just 67 points a game.**** > > “We just got outplayed in about every category today, which is certainly > my fault,” UF coach Amanda Butler said. “I clearly didn't do a good job of > getting my team ready, but you've got to give Ole Miss a lot of credit for > the way that they came here with confidence.”**** > > The Rebels, who placed five players in double figures, finished the game > with a season-high 11 3-pointers, including an almost perfect 9-for-10 > effort in the opening 20 minutes that helped Ole Miss build a 17-point > lead, 50-33, with 1:28 left in the first half before junior point guard > Jaterra Bonds, who finished with 16 points, scored the last six points of > the half to pull the Gators within 50-39 at the break.**** > > UF did make several runs at the Rebels in the second half, getting within > 68-63 on a Carlie Needles' 3-pointer with 8:35 left, within four (72-68) > with 5:25 remaining on an offensive putback by senior Jennifer George and > finally within three, 76-73, with 3:30 to play on a layup by redshirt > sophomore Kayla Lewis, who led the Gators with a career-high 23 points and > shared team-high rebounding honors with freshman Sydney Moss (seven each). > **** > > But McFarland hit a layup and, following a UF miss, grabbed the rebound, > was fouled and connected on both free throws to extend the Ole Miss lead to > seven, 80-73, with 2:38 remaining.**** > > Two free throws by Moss, who finished with 12 points, cut the deficit to > five, but McFarland sliced through the UF defense for another layup and > then hit one of two from the charity stripe following another Gator miss to > put the Rebels up 83-75 with only 1:06 left.**** > > UF had one final gasp. Lewis scored after a steal to make it 87-81 with 15 > seconds left, and an Ole Miss offensive foul on the ensuing inbounds play > gave the ball back to ****Florida****. Freshman January Miller, who > finished with 14 points to give UF four players in double figures, was > fouled on a 3-point attempt with14.3 ticks on the clock, but proceeded to > miss all three of her free throws, with the Rebels' Monique Jackson > securing the rebound and hitting one of two from the charity stripe after > being fouled to close out the scoring.**** > > The Rebels, who were coming off a tough 73-72 home SEC loss to **** > Missouri**** and are playing under a self-imposed postseason ban > following the dismissal of former head coach Adrian Wiggins during the > school's investigation into recruiting violations, were looking for > something positive and got it.**** > > Meanwhile the Gators, who shot just 38.5 percent from the field (30-of-78) > and were only 3-for-14 behind the arc, are looking for answers.**** > > “We dug ourselves a big hole in the first half,” said Lewis, who was > 9-of-13 from the field. “We came back and got within a few points, but it > was very frustrating.”**** > > UF plays four of its next five SEC games on the road starting with > Sunday's tilt at No. 14 Georgia.**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > **** > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > **** > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
