KNOXVILLE – Holly Warlick looked at the stat sheet, noted the scoring of her Tennessee basketball team Monday and smiled.
“I’ll take that any day,” she said.
The 12th-ranked Lady Vols dominated their lone exhibition game Monday, defeating NCAA Division II visitor Carson-Newman 128-59 in front of 3,267 at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee dressed only 10 players, but eight of them scored in double figures against the overmatched Eagles, who won 32 games last season and advanced to the D-II Elite Eight.
Tennessee had 27 assists on 52 made baskets.
“This is a very unselfish basketball team,” Warlick said. “This is a great example of our togetherness; our tight-knit group, coaching each other, helping each other, excited for each other. This is a long time coming, to see a group so passionate about each other’s success. I just think they don’t care who gets the credit – they just want to win the basketball game.