KNOXVILLE – Coming into the season, Tennessee junior forward Rennia Davis was the senior-most member of the Lady Volunteers in terms of game experience.
As Tuesday’s exhibition against Division II member Carson-Newman showed, that was an important fact.
Davis scored a game-high 21 points, and the Lady Vols forced 19 turnovers and held the Eagles to 29 percent shooting in a 70-44 win in front of 3,335 at Thompson-Boling Arena.
The game kicked off the Kellie Harper era for Tennessee, although the season officially begins on Nov. 5 at East Tennessee State.
Davis added eight rebounds and made nine of 14 shots in just 21 minutes of action, scoring 14 of her points in the second half.