Tennessee’s Meighan Simmons, left, drives past Texas’ Chassidy Fussell during the Lady Vols’ 94-75 win on Sunday. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)AUSTIN, Texas – Tennessee’s varied and balanced attack outweighed a career-high 31 points from Texas’ Chassidy Fussell, as six players scored in double figures for the 13th-ranked Lady Vols in a 94-75 romp over 18th-ranked Texas on Sunday.
Fussell, who is from Troy, Tenn., racked up the points on the team she grew up rooting for, but it was not enough for the Longhorns.
“I had a rough start but just kept after it and kept playing hard,” Fussell said.
Meighan Simmons, from the San Antonio suburb of Cibolo, Texas, poured in 18 points to lead Tennessee. Ariel Massengale and Taber Spani had 15 points apiece for Tennessee and Cierra Burdick and Bashaara Graves scored 14 each. Graves also had 10 rebounds. Jasmine Jones added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Vols (7-1).
Tennessee shot 46.8 percent from the floor and held the Longhorns to 34.3 shooting in winning for the fourth straight year against Texas.