University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper said her team looked “comfortable” with its offensive scheme Sunday afternoon while making host Liberty “uncomfortable” on the court.
The outcome reflected Harper’s assessment, too.
Rickea Jackson led all scorers with 21 points in her second game back from injury, Tess Darby had career highs with 18 points and six 3-pointers, and the Lady Volunteers won 90-55 in wire-to-wire fashion in Lynchburg, Virginia.
“I felt like our team was really clicking,” Harper said in her postgame news conference. “I thought we were very focused on both ends of the court, and I thought we made Liberty uncomfortable, which helped us.”
Tennessee (7-5) played for the first time since its 85-63 victory against Wofford in Knoxville on Dec. 19. The road win against the Lady Flames (5-10) of Conference USA was the Lady Vols’ last game before opening Southeastern Conference play at Auburn on Thursday, with tipoff set for 8 p.m. Eastern.