The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
15-7, 5-4SEC
Tennessee
18-3, 8-0SEC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 28 | 39 | 67 |
| TENNESSEE | 35 | 64 | 99 |
Ole Miss Falls To No. 5 Tennessee, 99-67
2/6/2005 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2005
By ELIZABETH A. DAVIS
AP Sports Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Shanna Zolman scored 21 points and No. 5 Tennessee made a school-record tying 13 3-pointers in a 99-67 win over Mississippi on Sunday.
Shyra Ely added 19 points, Brittany Jackson had 16 and Nicky Anosike and Dominique Redding each had 11 for the Lady Vols (18-3, 8-0 Southeastern Conference), who have won 10 straight since a loss at Rutgers in December.
The Lady Vols have won 42 straight regular-season SEC games and 57 against the league at home.
Tennessee led the entire way, but the Lady Rebels (15-7, 5-4) threatened briefly to make it a game after halftime. They cut it to five by scoring the first points of the second half. It was the closest they would get as the Lady Vols responded with a 9-0 run.
Tennessee kept pouring on the points and were leading by 25 with 8:50 left after Ely converted a three-point play.
The Lady Vols were 13-of-27 from beyond the arc, getting five 3s from Zolman and four from Jackson. Ely had two from long range after making only three over the previous 20 games.
Ely rebounded from a bad outing in the Lady Vols' last game, a win at Florida, where she scored only two points.
Tennessee's Pat Summitt inched closer to passing Dean Smith as the all-time winningest coach in college basketball. The retired North Carolina legend holds the record at 879, and Summitt now needs 10 victories to pass him. The Lady Vols have six regular-season games remaining.
Ole Miss has lost 12 in a row to Tennessee.
The Lady Rebels were led by Armintie Price with 19 points and 11 by Carletta Brown. Price had a career- high 32 points in last season's meeting when Tennessee trailed by as many as 12.
The Lady Vols took over early and extended the lead to as many as 16 points in a first half marred by turnovers. The teams combined for 33 turnovers, 17 for Ole Miss and 16 for the Lady Vols. They had six steals apiece.
They combined for only 10 turnovers after halftime.
Tennessee center Tye'sha Fluker, whose grandmother died this week in California, missed her second game.
Lady Vols freshman Sa'de Wiley-Gatewood dressed out but did not play because of swelling in her right knee. She missed the first six games because of tendinitis in that knee.
