How Lady Vols basketball freshmen elevated team in Talaysia Cooper's absence
Kim Caldwell told her freshmen they needed a little bit more from each of them without leading scorer Talaysia Cooper, who was a late scratch for Tennessee's matchup with Arkansas. All five of them answered the challenge, and no one more than Jaida Civil. The 6-foot guard was aggressive offensively from tipoff, scoring the second bucket of the game for Lady Vols basketball. Civil scored 12 points in No. 22 Tennessee's 85-50 win over Arkansas (11-8, 0-4 SEC) at Food City Center on Jan. 11. Cooper did not play due to getting hit in the head with a ball during...