Lady Vols Cap 2015 With 90-56 Win Over Stetson

Wednesday, December 30

Knoxville

7:00 PM

University of Tennessee

9-3

Stetson

8-5

Stetson

Tennessee

December 30, 2015 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Dec. 30, 2015

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- It was Diamond DeShields' world on Wednesday night and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers were happy to be living in it. The redshirt sophomore scored 30 points to lead UT to a 90-56 win over Stetson at Thompson-Boling Arena.

DeShields scored the first 10 points of the night for Tennessee, a total of 14 in the opening period. Te'a Cooper scored 13, Jamie Nared 12 and Mercedes Russell 11. All 12 of Nared's points came in the second half.

The Lady Vols rushed out to a 24-14 lead after the first quarter, but the Hatters held strong to match Tennessee 17-17 in the second period that gave UT a 10-point halftime advantage.

Tennessee opened the second half with a 3-point barrage that pushed the advantage quickly skyward. DeShields and Kortney Dunbar hit back-to-back 3s on UT's first two possessions of the third quarter. DeShields followed that with a pair of free throws and another made bucket from long range that pushed the lead to 19 and put the game away.

Russell pulled down a team-high eight rebounds for Tennessee (9-3), who will turn its attention to Southeastern Conference play next, with a road trip to face the Missouri Tigers on Monday night (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network).

Brianti Saunders led Stetson (8-5) with 15 points, Myka Johnson-Matthews added 12.

Diamond Delivery

Diamond DeShields finished with 30 points, the fourth time in her career she has crossed the 30 point plateau and the second time she has done so at UT.

DeShields finished the game 11-17 from the field, 6-6 from the free throw line and 9-10 from inside the arc.

DeShields started the game hot, scoring 14 points in the first quarter, the high mark for a Lady Vol in a quarter this season.

Coop There It Is

Te'a Cooper set a career high with seven rebounds, besting her previous high of three which she has notched twice this year.

Cooper also tied her career high with six assists, which was set against Central Arkansas in the season opener.

Cooper tied her career high with four steals, she previously hit that mark against Chattanooga on 11/23/15.

The freshman also finished with 13 points on 5-9 shooting.

High Flying

The Lady Vols had the third and fourth highest scoring halves of the season with 41 points in the first half and 49 in the second.

Tennessee scored 63 points in the first half of the season opener against Central Arkansas and 52 in the second half against ETSU.

The Lady Vols capitalized on 11 first half offensive rebounds and held an 11-2 advantage on second chance points.

UT tallied 37 points off the bench, the second highest bench total of the season behind the 38 they scored against Penn State on November 18.

Defensive Stand

The Lady Vols held Stetson to 56 points, it is the ninth opponent out of 12 the Lady Vols held under sixty points this season.

Stetson shot 35.0 percent from the field becoming the seventh team the Lady Vols held under 40 percent shooting this year.

Up Next

The Lady Vols will open up SEC play with a road trip to Missouri on Monday, January 4.

The game will be broadcast by SEC Network at 7 p.m. ET.

The Tigers are 13-0 on the season and 8-0 at home.

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Team Stats

STET

FG%

.350

.530

3FG%

.211

.238

FT%

.909

.750

STL

Diamond DeShields

Pts

FGM

3FGM

FTM

Te'a Cooper

Pts

FGM

3FGM

FTM

Jaime Nared

Pts

FGM

3FGM

FTM

Mercedes Russell

Pts

FGM

3FGM

FTM

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