Hello from Atlanta, home of Coca-Cola, CNN, fantasy basketball legend Josh Smith and of course, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, who the Terp women play tonight (7 p.m. ESPNU).
I wanted to post some of the conversation I had with former Terp forward Jade Perry, part of last season’s senior front court rotation, along with Crystal Langhorne and Laura Harper. Perry practiced with the Terps (actually against them as part of the scout team) on Tuesday:
“From the first time that I started practicing with them at the beginning of the season, I see a lot of improvement with every single one of them. Now, they have team chemistry and they just respect each other better right now. They’re growing and finally maturing as a team.”
At this point Kristi Toliver walked by and playfully proclaimed, “You don’t know.” Perry, who hit one of her trademark jumpers from the high post over 6-foot-7 Yemi Oyefuwa during the practice, responded, “I do know, I’ve seen y’all.”
And about that jumper, after which Perry did a little shimmy and pose to let her former teammates know she still has some game:
“Oh yeah, you know.”
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