Lady Vols eliminated by Vanderbilt in SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament second round, 84-76
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Ninth-seeded Tennessee women’s basketball mounted a comeback, but came up short against eighth-seeded Vanderbilt in the second round of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday in Greenville, South Carolina.
The Lady Vols went on a run late in the fourth quarter, but the surge was not enough in an 84-76 losing result against the Commodores, who defeated Tennessee earlier this season on a last-second bucket. This is the first time in program history that Vanderbilt has beaten the Lady Vols twice in the same season.
Vanderbilt led for 37:02 minutes of game time, and the Commodores were up by 21 points at one point in the fourth quarter. Tennessee’s only lead came in the second quarter, when the Lady Vols were up by just a single point for 2:32 of game time.
The Commodores advance to the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinals against top-seeded South Carolina on Friday, March 7, at noon.
Tennessee will wait a couple weeks to find out its NCAA Tournament seeding, which will likely not see the team earn a bid as a host site for the first two rounds. The NCAA Women’s Basketball bracket will be revealed during the NCAA Selection Show at 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 16 on ESPN.