#6/4 LSU edges #19/17 Lady Vols in Baton Rouge, 82-77 – University of Tennessee Athletics

Baton Rouge, La. – Playing his fourth race in five of five games against teams of the top five teams, No. 19/17 Tennessee went to five with No. 6/4 LSU and grabbed the fourth quarter before the tiger race, 82-77, before 11,154 in Pete Maravic’s Assembly Center on Sunday afternoon.

Lady Vols (17-6, 4-6 sec) were led by 21 points of junior security Ruby WhitehornWhile the fifth guard Jewel Spear contributed 19, sophomore Talaysia Cooper 16 and junior ahead Zee Spearman 15 In another narrow failure for the large orange against a glove, resembling gloves from their graphics. Sophomore forward Alyssa Latham He got off the bench to accelerate his team on the glass with eight rebounds.

Tigers (25-1, 10-1 sec) also had four results in double numbers, led by 23 by Kaylin Gilbert. She was assisted by Michael Williams with 16, Aneaa Morow with 14 and Flyaj Johnson with 12. Morow grabbed 14 rebound Nine in the fourth quarter.

LSU grabbed an early lead by 4-0 and then pushed 7-2 before Lady Vols equalized things, 9-9, with Spearman’s 5:15 brand by Spearman and Whitehorn and Spearman Trive. The theft from Spearman and Pass forward to Spear for Transitional Arrangement gave Lady Vols his first lead in 11-9 with 5:01 to go before laying Sa’myah Smith, send the teams to 4:17 Medium 11. Putting and Trey Whitehorn pushed his team in front, 18-15, with staying 2:48, but LSU uses a 7-0 mileage to seize the lead of 22-18 from the brand 1:11 before Whitehorn counters with the first period with her team, which moves, 22-20.

LSU built a nine-point lead in the middle of the second stanza at 33-24, but Lady Vols replied when Skyar scored eight straight points, including threes at the rear to cut the margin to three, 35-32, from The 4:45 time for Waiting for the media. A pair of free throwing on a copy responded again within three in the 3:32 brand, and after the tigers pushed the margin to seven, 41-34, it drained a long three to reduce the margin to four, 41-37, halfway.

Tennessee came up with the opening of the third frame, scoring the first seven points and building a three-point lead, 44-41, on a bucket of Whitehorn and Spirman and free throw and arrangement from Cooper to force the LSU Timeout by 7-0 remains S Free throw and arrangement from Cooper gave Lady Wols’ largest lead, 47-43, with 5:52, but tigers trimmed the deficit to one, 49-48, to a pair of free throws to Gilbert before the teams went to the media time With staying 4:50. LSU outpaced Lady Vols, 14-8, the rest of the road, but the spear free throw was ultimately the end points of the quarter after a three-point LSU shot was placed after the Zumer sounds, sending LSU in The fourth with 62-57 leads.

Lady Vols scored the first seven points of the final stanza by receiving a shot of Spearman Hook, a pair of free throws on a spear and a Tess Darby Three to move forward, 64-62, with 8:01 remain. 9-2 burst out of the home team, however, won the 71-66 lead with 5:00 left and forced a waiting for UT. The tigers twice pushed their lead to eight, 76-68, and then 78-70 by 2:14, but the Whitehorn arrangement reduced the precipice to 78-73 by staying 1:30. Then, an old-fashioned three-point game of Whitehorn narrowed the deficit to two, 78-76, with 23 ticks on the clock. However, LSU struck four free throws down the section to give up the upset offer.

Forward: Lady Vols will now focus on the first of the three direct games at home. On the deck on Thursday at Food City Center is Auburn at 6:30 pm ET, with this competition available for streaming of SECN+. The match will also be broadcast on Lady Vol Network radio stations across the country and through Utsports.com audio. Tilt will be the game of the Play4Kay of UT, which will realize awareness in the fight against breast cancer.

Ruby reaches 1000 career points: Ruby Whitehorn It darkens 1000 career points on Sunday afternoon, reaching a total of 21 against LSU to raise its career to a total of 1.013 in its third collegial season. Junior boarded the hoop to ensure that he was arranged for his 1000 point in the career with 51 seconds left in the first quarter. Detroit, Michigan, born nine points only in the first quarter. Whitehorn has scored 302 points this season in UT and is on its way to its collegial season with the highest rating. She collected 331 as a freshman in Clemson and 380 as a sophomore there 711.

UT rests the record for the three -dedicated season: Lady Vols collected six three directors against the tigers, raising her total to 245 thirds in just 23 games this season to map a new record for women in Tennessee. The previous Big Orange record for the season was 242 deep balls in 37 games during the 2010-11 campaign. Jewel Spear He led the big orange with three paths a day and has a team of 54 in 2024-25.

Spear slides in ninth place in the career assessment list: Jewel Spear’s 19 points against LSU drive it ninth in the Tennessee Career Evaluation list, including transfers. The fifth guard holds 2,078 during his collegial career. Spear surpassed Meagan Simmons, who amounted to 2,064 points from 2010-14, moving it to the tenth in the list of large orange point current. Spear scored in double numbers for the 13th time this season and 107th time in his career.