If she can camp out in the corner and shoot 3-pointers all game long, Kayla Christopher will gladly do it. But the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore, one of the top outside shooters in the Southern Conference, isn’t getting the open looks that she did a year ago.
“It’s been harder for me to get 3s off this year than it was last year because I’m more of a key player this year,” Christopher said.
In her first season with the Lady Mocs, the 5-foot-9 guard from Oliver Springs made 56 3s, one shy of Brooke Hand’s UTC freshman record. Heading into today’s game at UNC Greensboro, Christopher has hit 55-her 111 career 3s are No. 8 all-time at UTC-but she’s had to work harder to get open.
“Obviously we’ve got to make sure she keeps getting her shots,” Lady Mocs coach Wes Moore said. “She’s getting a lot of attention this year that last year Jenaya [Wade-Fray] got. With Kayla being a freshman she was kind of the unknown factor, and so it is tougher this year.
“Defenses are playing her differently and we don’t have maybe quite as much scoring depth.”