The No. 2 Lady Vols (28-2) have won an unprecedented three consecutive NCAA women's basketball titles. Now, as Jolly and Holdsclaw prepare for their final NCAA tournament, they want to make it four in a row. "We want to go out there and win our fourth championship and go out in style," said Holdsclaw, who on Tuesday became the first three-time selection to The Associated Press women's All-America first team. Jolly, an honorable mention All-America, puts it even more simply. "We want to go out as winners," she said. Jolly and Holdsclaw seemingly had little in common when they arrived on the Tennessee campus as freshmen in 1995. Holdsclaw, who is 6-foot-2 and black, learned her game playing against boys in New York City schoolyards. Jolly, who is 5-10 and white, polished her game against her brothers and through hours of shooting alone in a school gym in rural Sparta, Tenn. "Both are quiet, soft-spoken, not extremely outgoing," Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt said. "At times, I think both of them come across as being very shy." Not on a basketball court. There they are fierce competitors who stay calm while feeding off each other.
TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press Writer
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