LEXINGTON, Ky. — Isabelle Harrison and Cierra Burdick combined to score 25 second-half points and sixth-ranked Tennessee held on to edge No. 10 Kentucky 73-72 victory Thursday night.
Trailing 33-27 just after the break, the Lady Vols’ two post players took charge inside to seize control of a game that was tight throughout.
Harrison scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half, while Burdick added 12 of her 16 in the final 20 minutes as Tennessee (18-3, 8-0 Southeastern Conference) earned its first true road win over a top-10 opponent since 2008.
Makayla Epps’ consecutive 3-pointers got Kentucky (16-5, 5-3) to 73-72 with 1:16 remaining and the Wildcats had several chances to win it in the final 16 seconds. But Epps and Jennifer O’Neill missed jumpers, Jordan Reynolds blocked Alexis Jennings’ shot with 2 seconds left and Andraya Carter blocked O’Neill’s jumper as time expired.
Bashaara Graves added 11 points and Harrison had 10 rebounds as Tennessee shot 67 percent after halftime for its 14th win in 15 games that extended its SEC-best winning streak to 15 games dating to last season.