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Anyone know if Promise Taylor has permanently retired from basketball? She looked great as a freshman at Ole Miss. Struggled with injuries during her time at MSST. I think she still has some eligibility. She crossed my mind today.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Anyone know if Promise Taylor has permanently retired from basketball? She looked great as a freshman at Ole Miss. Struggled with injuries during her time at MSST. I think she still has some eligibility. She crossed my mind today.
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Yes medical retirement if i’m correct
 

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VA_VOLFAN said:
Yes medical retirement if i’m correct
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Yeah I read that much. Sounds like she stayed at MSST to just finish her degree. Kind of a bummer, she had a ton of potential. She was on the All-SEC Freshman team and was a big surprise.

Was wondering if she might decide to use the rest of her eligibility elsewhere, or even at MSST with McCray, if she gets to feeling better. Kinda like Porter at Missouri who retired and then returned.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Yeah I read that much. Sounds like she stayed at MSST to just finish her degree. Kind of a bummer, she had a ton of potential. She was on the All-SEC Freshman team and was a big surprise.

Was wondering if she might decide to use the rest of her eligibility elsewhere if she gets to feeling better. Kinda like Porter at Missouri who retired and then returned.
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That’s more rare than not with Porter... if her aunt hadn’t been coaching her i don’t know if she would have came back

But i hadn’t seen or heard anything about her unretiring
 
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Ole Miss played well in their debut. Coach Yo has added some really great players to her roster in the off season. They are not going to be walk over opponent. I think they still finish in the bottom half of the SEC, but if teams don’t show up for them they’ll shock some people.

McNeese was really small and really, really bad but they torched them 99-44. Defense looks completely different. They were tied on the boards at the half but ended up out rebounding them by 10. An area they’ll need to improve.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Ole Miss played well in their debut. Coach Yo has added some really great players to her roster in the off season. They are not going to be walk over opponent. I think they still finish in the bottom half of the SEC, but if teams don’t show up for them they’ll shock some people.

McNeese was really small and really, really bad but they torched them 99-44. Defense looks completely different. They were tied on the boards at the half but ended up out rebounding them by 10. An area they’ll need to improve.
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You figured Madison Scott and Shakira Austin would be big factors, and neither of them disappointed (although Shakira could have shot better and turned the ball over less). But the other freshman forward Collins had quite a game: 23 pts, shooting 5-8 from deep. If she can be a legit scoring threat against better competition, they will be a much, much tougher team compared to last year.
 
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Amb3096 said:
You figured Madison Scott and Shakira Austin would be big factors, and neither of them disappointed (although Shakira could have shot better and turned the ball over less). But the other freshman forward Collins had quite a game: 23 pts, shooting 5-8 from deep. If she can be a legit scoring threat against better competition, they will be a much, much tougher team compared to last year.
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She doesn’t lack for confidence. That is for sure. She isn’t afraid to let it fly.
 
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Scott number 15 player in the 2020 class is the same 98 rating as 20 other players in that class so I expect we'll see her play a lot for Ole Miss. Bracey also a five star player number 47 and a 96 rating give them two players that will get better as the season progresses. Nesbitt who was their best player last season early before she was thrown off the team is back on the roster but did not play last night. If she gets back she is a solid experienced player that puts up double digit points per game. Ole Miss will win a few conference games this season. Need to see what they can do against a better team McNeese St is about as weak as it gets. Regardless they are no longer a sure win in the conference.
 
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Totally random -- and days late! -- observation about UGA this year: redshirt senior center Jenna Staiti is going to have a great season. In their game against Ga. Tech on Saturday I thought she looked really strong and smart. She has come a long way since she first got to Athens, and our posts will definitely have to bring it against her. I was really happy for her and now think she has a good chance of being drafted.
 
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Another random comment here. If rival opponents don't good-naturedly hang the nickname "Elmer" on future CT player Azzi Fudd, then I don't know about ya. lol
 
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lvocd said:
Totally random -- and days late! -- observation about UGA this year: redshirt senior center Jenna Staiti is going to have a great season. In their game against Ga. Tech on Saturday I thought she looked really strong and smart. She has come a long way since she first got to Athens, and our posts will definitely have to bring it against her. I was really happy for her and now think she has a good chance of being drafted.
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Yes she looked good. She started to come on like that about halfway through the SEC season last year. She could average a double double pretty easily. Really UGA needs her to put up those kind of numbers. They’re short on rebounders this season.

For UGA to stay competitive in the SEC this season their guards are going to have to magically become much more consistent. Connally, Morrison and Caldwell are all capable of great play but don’t seem to work well together. One of the 3 will have a good night and the other two will stink it up. Was that way all last season as well. I’m not sure who is working with the guards at UGA but I think Joni could use a change. Those three are super talented but they are no more consistent as seniors than they were as freshman. Reminds a lot of our Holly era teams.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Yes she looked good. She started to come on like that about halfway through the SEC season last year. She could average a double double pretty easily. Really UGA needs her to put up those kind of numbers. They’re short on rebounders this season.

For UGA to stay competitive in the SEC this season their guards are going to have to magically become much more consistent. Connally, Morrison and Caldwell are all capable of great play but don’t seem to work well together. One of the 3 will have a good night and the other two will stink it up. Was that way all last season as well. I’m not sure who is working with the guards at UGA but I think Joni could use a change. Those three are super talented but they are no more consistent as seniors than they were as freshman. Reminds a lot of our Holly era teams.
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They should not be short on rebounders this season. 6-2 So Javyn Nicholson was a 5 star coming out of HS. i know she had some injuries. But she is very talented she just needs to play with more consistent. In that GT game coach Taylor ripped her at one point for her poor play.
 
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mike099 said:
Just an FYI. Baylor’s De Richards is back from that scary injury and playing for Baylor.
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I noticed that. I also noticed she has 3 fouls in the first half, so I'm guessing she's still trying to get her game legs back. She's probably the best defensive player in the game right now, so now way S. Florida should be tagging her with 3 fouls so early.
 
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lvocd said:
Totally random -- and days late! -- observation about UGA this year: redshirt senior center Jenna Staiti is going to have a great season. In their game against Ga. Tech on Saturday I thought she looked really strong and smart. She has come a long way since she first got to Athens, and our posts will definitely have to bring it against her. I was really happy for her and now think she has a good chance of being drafted.
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I watched that game and starting point guard Gabby Connally missed every big shot she took. I felt sorry for her. If she doesn’t clean it up I think they’ll have a tough year.
 
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I think Collier will be unstoppable against Baylor this season. Any team with accurate shooting guards will give Baylor trouble, imo.
 
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NoBackBoard said:
I watched that game and starting point guard Gabby Connally missed every big shot she took. I felt sorry for her. If she doesn’t clean it up I think they’ll have a tough year.
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Gabby looked much better in the first game. A lot of hype seemed to be around her eclipsing 1000 points, but she had a lot of looks that she normally hits. UGA will be fine and just need to settle down, because we missed tons of easy layups. Coombs will continue to make an impact for us, along with Morrison (if she can stay healthy). Morrison has been injured every summer except her initial summer as a freshman. This is one of the most talented squads Joni has had since she has been in Athens. Javyn looked great in the game against Mercer, but forced some shots that were not in the flow of the offense against Tech. Bates has improved over the summer as well. Georgia’s speed and depth is gonna wear down teams that do not have a deep bench. We are so much better in transition and if the three ball starts to fall for Barker and Connally we will be that much better.
 
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