In what was a back-and-forth battle all evening lengthy, No. 7 Texas remained undefeated at dwelling this season with an 80-76 win over No. 17 Tennessee.
This was a thriller of a sport between two SEC groups inside the highest 20. The biggest lead for both workforce was a six-point lead by Tennessee.
Tennessee misplaced its second straight sport and its fourth within the final six video games. It’s the Volunteers’ third straight loss in opposition to a ranked workforce.
It would not get any simpler, as its subsequent sport might be in opposition to No. 2 South Carolina.
For Texas, Madison Booker and Taylor Jones carried the load, scoring 47 of the Longhorns 80 factors. Jones completed with a 21 level and 14 rebound double-double. Booker scored 26 factors and added six rebounds.
Jordan Lee scored 10 factors off the bench and hit the one Texas three-pointer of the sport.
Ruby Whitehorn led the Volunteers with 21 factors. It was her second time in three video games with 20+ factors.
Zee Spearman was the one different Tennessee participant in double figures, ending with 14 factors off the bench.
A extremely talked about convention sport lived as much as the expectations and these are two groups we will definitely see make deep runs into the postseason in March.
