Tennessee guard Meighan Simmons and Mississippi forward Tia Faleru (32) vie for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Oxford, Miss., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.OXFORD, Miss. – Meighan Simmons was sick. Her stomach hurt, her shot was off. Midway through the second half of Tennessee’s road game at Ole Miss on Thursday, she was 3 for 13 from the field.
“We considered just pulling her out,” Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said.
Good thing she didn’t
Simmons caught fire and hit three consecutive 3-pointers, ending an Ole Miss rally and sealing a 77-65 victory for the Volunteers.
“I knew that some way, somehow, I just had to keep shooting,” Simmons said. “My teammates and my coaches were pushing me to keep shooting.”