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Kentucky was no match for No. 1 and unbeaten South Carolina Sunday in Rupp Arena as the Gamecocks dominated from the start to win 103-55.
That drooped UK to 11-17 overall and 4-10 on the season after losing to South Carolina for the second time — the first one a month ago was a 98-36 South Carolina win.
Here is what Kentucky coach Kyra Elzy said after the loss:
On what separates South Carolina from other teams…
“Well, they’re the number one team in the country for a reason. They are talented, they have a lot of depth, and their ability to score inside and out is what makes them the number one team in the country.”
On what the mindset for today’s game was…
“The mindset today was, well obviously we did not have a great showing in Columbia, and we were really disappointed and embarrassed about proving to ourselves that we had more. They did not get our best in Columbia, and we needed to come here today, and fight and compete, and be willing to lay it all on the line so that was the mindset today.”
On the postgame message to the team…
“Well, I did not like our defensive intensity. I thought from the get-go we were flat defensively which made us press offensively and how we needed to take care of the ball. We are going to have to do that in these upcoming games. Today we had 19 turnovers and gave up 32 points. So, the message is to control what we can control. We can control our defensive intensity, making the right reads, and we will have a short-term memory about this as we get ready for our next one.”
On the approach to practice after the loss…
“It is the same approach. When you lose a game, you go back to the drawing board as a coach or staff. We will watch the film. There are some things in this game that we did better than we did in Columbia. There are also a lot of things that we can learn from, and we do this after every game whether we win or lose. How can we get better and see what successes we have, and how we can grow? We do this after every game and this game will be no different.”
On her mindset being more motivational or tactical during the game…
“It’s both, one… seven to nothing is not where we wanted to be so we talked about some things and how we got there and then you have to talk strategy. We have to help the helper, we have to box out and get a rebound, then we can’t let them run away from us right now. We have to settle in, I thought we were pressing too fast, we were walking… so just go over the things that you can do to get better to settle in.”
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Why are they scheduling South Carolina on senior day.. They should have senior day at the beginning of they year when they play transylvania or another cupcake.
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