TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Lady Vols suffered a tough shooting night on the road Thursday, falling in SEC play to Alabama in Coleman Coliseum, 72-56.
Fifth-year seniors Rickea Jackson and Jasmine Powell were the leading scorers for Tennessee (14-8, 7-3 SEC) with 13 and nine, respectively. Fellow fifth-year Tamari Key also had a productive night, turning in nine points and a team-leading seven rebounds.
UP NEXT: UT will close the regular season with four of its final six games in the friendly confines of Food City Center. The first of those four is a 7 p.m. ET contest on Monday vs. Arkansas. Listen on 95.5FM, WSMG beginning at 6:30pm. That match-up, UT’s Play4Kay “pink game,” will be televised by the SEC Network and broadcast on Lady Vol Radio Network stations and via live stream on UTSports.com.
CLOSER TO 1,000: Rickea Jackson and Tamari Key finished with 13 and nine points, respectively, vs. Alabama, drawing them nearer to milestones. Key moved to within 27 of scoring 1,000 points in her career at UT, while Jackson closed the gap to 71 from tallying 1K in her second season on Rocky Top. They can become the 49th and 50th Lady Vols to score that many points as Lady Vols
