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#13/#15 Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball gets 87-62 victory over Middle Tennessee in NCAA Tournament
![]() Tennessee Women’s Basketball sophomore Rae Burrell had 22 points in Lady Vols win over Middle Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament, Sunday. (Ut Athletics) Middle Tennessee (17-8) was led by sisters Anastasia and Aislynn Hayes, who combined for two-thirds of the Lady Raiders’ 62 points. Anastasia Hayes turned in 26, while Aislynn Hayes managed 15. Tennessee jumped out to a lead early, going up 6-0 off buckets by Davis and Walker, before Anastasia Hayes scored her first points of the game to put Middle Tennessee on the board just over three minutes in. The Blue Raiders pulled within three off an Anastasia Hayes trey on their next possession, but Burrell and Davis combined for four quick points to give the Lady Vols a 12-5 lead at the media break. Davis knocked down a jumper following the timeout to stretch the lead to nine before the Hayes sisters set off a 9-2 Middle Tennessee run to pull the Blue Raiders within two with just over two minutes left in the first. Davis hit a three to put UT up by five on the next possession, and Tennessee maintained that lead into the final seconds when a layup by Aislynn Hayes makes the score 21-18 Lady Vols at the end of the first. MT tied it up at 23-all less than a minute into the second period and took the lead 50 seconds later off a trey by Courtney Whitson. Jordan Horston hit a pair of free throws and Walker hit a jumper in the paint to reclaim the lead for UT at 27-26 at the 6:54 mark, but the teams would trade the lead five more times before the end of the half. Burrell hit six-straight points for the Lady Vols to end the quarter, setting the halftime score at 39-all. Davis scored the first points of the second half with a jumper, and Key followed it up with four points to give UT a six-point lead three minutes in. Anastasia Hayes hit two free throws to stop the UT run, but Burrell and Kushkituah scored on back-to-back plays to build UT’s lead up to eight. Deja Cage answered with a 3-pointer to give MT a bit of momentum, but Kushkituah hit a layup on the next trip down the court, setting off a 9-0 spree that propelled the Lady Vols to a 58-44 lead with 2:24 to play in the third. The teams traded buckets through the closing minutes, with UT taking a 13-point lead into the final stanza.
Anastasia Hayes hit a pair of layups in the closing minutes, but Tennessee kept its foot on the gas, stretching its lead to 28 off free throws by Davis and Burrell before Aislynn Hayes nailed a trey for the final bucket of the game to close out the scoring and send the Lady Vols on to the NCAA Second Round with an 87-62 victory. Harper Gets Her First: Kellie Harper picked up her first NCAA win as head coach of the UT Lady Vols and became only the second women’s coach to lead four different programs to the NCAA Division I Tournament. She is the first to do so as her alma mater.
Next Up For Tennessee Women’s BasketballThe Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team will advance to the Round of 32 to face the winner of No. 6 seed Michigan vs. No. 11 seed Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Time, location, and television network are to be determined. SectionsSportsTopicsAnatasia Hayes, Austin TX, Florida Gulf Coast, Jordan Horston, Jordan Walker, Kasiyahna Kushkituah, Kellie Harper, Lady Raiders, Lady Vols, Michigan, Middle Tennessee, NCAA tournament, Rae Burrell, Rennia Davis, SEC, Southeastern Conference, Tamari Key, Tennessee, UT, UT Basketball, UT Lady Vols, UT Women's Basketball |
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