For the primary time since 2007, the Tennessee Girl Volunteers have overwhelmed the Connecticut Huskies.
A extremely anticipated showdown between the 2 groups lived as much as expectation and noticed Tennessee come away with an 80-76 victory.
Earlier than the win on Thursday, the Girl Vols hadn’t received a sport towards a ranked opponent since Dec. 7, once they knocked off then-No. 19 Iowa.
With Iowa not being a prime 25 staff, this was Tennessee’s first true win towards a ranked opponent. It’s a big weight lifted off the shoulders of Kim Caldwell’s staff.
A 13-0 run within the third quarter gave the Girl Vols a nine-point lead that was finally an excessive amount of for UConn to beat. The Huskies went over 4 minutes with out scoring throughout the Tennessee scoring run.
With the ability to maintain Paige Bueckers (14) and Sarah Sturdy (18) to only 32 mixed factors was additionally an enormous a part of Tennessee’s win.
Bueckers (19.0) and Sturdy (17.0) common 36.0 factors mixed per sport, so permitting 4 lower than that will have finally determined the Vols’ four-point victory.
The normally environment friendly Bueckers was simply 5-for-16 (31.2%) from the sphere, nicely beneath her season common of 54.4%.
Tennessee could have an opportunity to maintain the momentum going Sunday once they journey to Baton Tough to face No. 6 LSU.
UConn will journey to Windfall on Sunday.
