KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee women’s basketball team helped itself a lot with a couple of dominant runs in the second half of Sunday’s game against Vanderbilt.
Lady Volunteers coach Kellie Harper was especially happy to see her players helping one another throughout the game.
No. 13 Tennessee used a strong second half to defeat the Commodores 66-52 at Thompson-Boling Arena, where the Lady Vols stretched their lead in the series between intrastate Southeastern Conference programs to 76-10 overall and 35-1 in Knoxville.
Tennessee (21-4, 10-2 SEC) won the rebounding battle 48-29 and totaled 19 assists on 23 made field goals against Vanderbilt (12-14, 3-9).
“That is the stat I was the proudest of, especially in this game when they want to speed you up and take away any opportunities to find your teammates,” Harper said of the assists in her postgame news conference. “I thought we settled in, found our teammates, finished, and that’s a big number for us. I’m excited. Proud of our team for sharing the ball.”