Vols T logoKNOXVILLE – Tennessee ended its slump in emphatic fashion.
Isabelle Harrison returned from a five-game absence and Jaime Nared scored 20 points Wednesday night as the 14th-ranked Lady Vols trounced winless Saint Francis (Pennsylvania) 111-44 to avoid their first three-game losing streak since February 1986.
Tennessee (5-2) was back at home after falling 67-63 to Chattanooga and 72-59 to No. 4 Texas in its first two road games of the season.
“(Against) Chattanooga and Texas, we didn’t play hard,” Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said. “We had no fight in us. We’ve got talent, but talent doesn’t always win. You’ve got to play with heart and you’ve got to be passionate about what you do. I thought those two games, we were neither. Tonight, we played with a lot of heart and we played hard.”
Tennessee recorded its highest point total since a 136-26 rout of Puerto Rico Mayaguez on Nov. 29, 2002. The Lady Vols also out-rebounded Saint Francis 71-28 and matched their fourth-highest rebounding total in school history.