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No. 15 Commodores Fall To No. 8 Lady Vols, 79-65 1-16-05 1/16/2005 Box Score | Photo Gallery NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reserve Shanna Zolman scored 20 points, and No. 8 Tennessee rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat 15th-ranked Vanderbilt 79-65 Sunday. With the victory, the Lady Vols (12-3, 2-0) won their 36th straight Southeastern Conference regular season game. The streak dates back to Feb. 2, 2002, when they lost their last league game in the regular season at Vanderbilt. The Commodores (13-3, 2-1) looked ready to snap Tennessee’s streak in the first half when they led by as many as 15 and hit their first nine shots. But the Lady Vols used a 21-6 run for a 37-all tie at halftime. The teams swapped the lead five times with eight ties in the second half, the last at 59 before Tennessee took control with a 13-0 run started by freshman Alexis Hornbuckle’s layup. Zolman capped the spurt with a 3-pointer and a 72-59 lead. Ashley Earley finally scored Vandy’s first bucket in nearly five minutes with 3:46 to go, and Dee Davis added a bucket to pull the Commodores to 72-63. Zolman hit another 3 with 2:29 left, and the Lady Vols pushed their lead to as much as 14 down the stretch. Reserve Hornbuckle added 16 points, all in the second half. Brittany Jackson and Tye-sha Fluker had 14 apiece for Tennessee, which shot 48.3 percent (28-of-58) against the nation’s third-best defense. Vanderbilt had been holding opponents to 36.3-percent shooting. Carla Thomas led Vanderbilt with 18 points. Davis had 14, and Earley finished with 12. With the Commodores driving to the basket for easy shots up close, the Lady Vols hurt themselves with five turnovers in the first eight minutes and too many shots from outside as Vanderbilt build a 24-10 lead. Vandy led 31-16 after a pair of consecutive buckets by Thomas with 8:30 left. But the Commodores started missing shots. Jackson jumpstarted the Lady Vols with her third of four 3-pointers in the first half, and Tennessee outscored Vandy 21-6 and tied the game at the break on Sa’de Wiley-Gatewood’s 3. |
