By james art 
Knoxville, TN (utsports.com) – No. 18/17 Tennessee was held №2/2 South Carolina to one of its lowest point sums for the season, but Gamecocks holds the fourth quarter of Lady Vol to remain unbeaten in SEC game with 70-63 win in front of the front of the crowd From the season of 12 033 Monday night in the center of Food City.
UT (15-5, 3-5 sec) exceeded USC, 24-13, in the last quarter and trimmed a deficit of 22 points to six, but could not overcome Gamecocks (20-1, 8-0 sec) that won their The 55th direct competition for the regular season of SEC. Lady Vols suffered a 30.7 percent firing of the season, but held an average of 81.9 points per game until 70 in the evening for the fifth largest amount of the campaign. In the return of Kim Caldwell to the side line after missing the game in Texas due to the birth of her first child, her team also won the battle of the boards, 49-40, including margin 18-7 in the offensive end.
For the second consecutive match, Junior Guard Ruby Whitehorn’s foot on the Tennessee attack, ending with 12 points and added five rebounds, three thefts, two assists and a pair of blocks. The Redshirt Taleysia Cooper’s Sophomore was also in double figures with 11, removing eight boards.
Joyce Edwards shoots 18 points to lead five South Carolina players in two -digit. Milania Fulviel contributed by 11 points, while Chloe Kits, The-Hina Paopa and Raven Johnson chipped 10 each.
Lady Vols put the tone early, grabbing a 4-0 lead on Jumpers from Cooper and Whitehorn, and then led 6-2 at the 6:45 brand of a pair of free throw on Whitehorn and 9-5 at 4:55 Time-Aut’s Media Time Samara Spencer. Tennessee restricted the 9-0 mileage by scoring the next six points of a pair of Spencer results and a layout from Whitehorn to build a nine-point game, 14-5, with 2:48 to go. Gamecocks reacted with their own performance, blurring eight straight to cut the margin up to one, 14-13, at a Madic placement before the end of a quarter.
UT pushed its advantage back to three in three different cases at the beginning of the second stanza, climbing 16-13 to a pair of free throwing of Whitehorn, 18-15 on Cooper’s crack and 20-17 on Cooper Jumper with 6: 50 yes I go. South Carolina, however, is countered by 7-0, closed by Fulwiley Fast Greak Layup to take the lead by 24-20 and to impose a large orange time with 4:46 left in the first half. Gamecocks continued their distance, reaching 14 directly before Jillian Holingshead’s free throw with 2:14 left of his visitors’ team, 31-21. Three and fast Cooper load and quick break allow Tennessee to stimulate the difference to nine, 35-26 before anthract.
South Carolina uses 10-2 outbursts from the dressing room to build a gap of 45-28 to the brand 7:11 and took the advantage of 48-32 at 4:57 the media time. Zee Speyrman understood five, and Kania Boyd added a bucket in the last five minutes, but Gamecocks supported a 57-39 pillow aimed at the final frame.
After South Carolina pushed the gap to 22, 61-39, with 9:05 remaining in the game, Lady Vols began to methodically deviate from the lead. A pair of free throwing of Spencer, arrangement by Alice Latham and Tess Darby and Boyd’s pads forced Gamecocks to ask for Tennessee time within 14, 63-49, with 5:58 remaining. Reading back from Whitehorn made Tennessee to nine to the 1:18, 69-60 brand, and Jewel Spear triplets attracted Lady Vols within six, 69-63, with 14 ticks remained on the clock, but the home team exhausted the time.
Forward: Tennessee is idle on Thursday before heading to Colombia, Mexico to face Missouri on Sunday afternoon at Mizzou Arena. Lady Vols and Tigers will meet at 2:00 pm (15:00 ET) in a SECN+competition. The game will also be available on Lady Vol Network radio stations across the country and through the audio stream of utsports.com.
Food City Center was rock: The highest crowd of 12,033 fans attended the center of Food City during the match against Gamecocks and they certainly brought the energy. It was the biggest crowd of Lady Vol in the place after the LSU match on February 25, 2024, when 15,281 by hand. It also marks the fourth crowd of 10,000 plus from the 2024-25 season. The remaining crowds of 10,000 plus were against LSU (10,220), Oklahoma (11,321) and Winthrop (11,152).
Takeaway game: Lady Vols has collected 10 thefts against Gamecocks, marking the 13th time this season that Tennessee has dialed two-digit takes and for the first time against the top 10 team in three attempts. The big orange cut its highest number of thefts by 27 against Samford on November 5, 2024. Ruby Whitehorn led the team with three thefts against South Carolina, tying its season and a second.