KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Jordan Horston scored 21 factors and Rickea Jackson added 18 as the fourth-seeded Tennessee Girl Vols remained perfect when opening the NCAA Match on their home court docket, routing No. 13 seed Saint Louis 95-50 on Saturday.
The Lady Vols (24-11) improved to 25- in very first-round game titles on their house court docket to attain Monday night’s second-round where by they will participate in both No. 5 seed Iowa State or 12th-seeded Toledo. Tennessee enhanced to 6-2 all-time as a No. 4 seed.
Jordan Walker included 11 points and Tess Darby had 10 for the Woman Vols. They will test to progress to a second straight Sweet 16 in the Seattle 3 location.
The to start with NCAA Event visual appeal ended speedily for Saint Louis (17-18). The Billikens snapped the 6-activity profitable streak that assisted them win the Atlantic 10 Meeting Tournament after beginning the year 6-16.
Brooke Flowers led Saint Louis with 17 details, and Kyla McMakin, who followed mentor Rebecca Tillett from Longwood as a transfer, additional 11. Camree Clegg extra 12 off the bench.
The Billikens led twice in the to start with couple minutes, the past on a McMakin jumper at 4-3. Walker tied it at 4 with a free of charge throw, then finished a rapidly split with a layup putting the Girl Vols in advance to stay with 6:51 left. Darby added a 3, and Horston’s jumper capped an 8-point spurt for Tennessee.
Pictures: Lady Vols rout March Madness newcomer Saint Louis 95-50
The Lady Vols led by as a lot as 10 in advance of McMakin bankd in a buzzer-beating 3 that pulled Saint Louis in 20-15 at conclude of the initial quarter. Flowers hit two no cost throws to pull Saint Louis in just 20-17 to start the 2nd quarter.
Then Tennessee seized handle and scored the last 21 points for a 48-24 lead at halftime. The Girl Vols scored the very first eight of the 3rd and led 67-41 at the close of the quarter. They polished off the major earn outscoring Saint Louis 28-9 in the fourth with coach Kellie Harper pulling her starters with 6:24 remaining.
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Saint Louis: The Billikens’ foreseeable future looks vibrant with Tillett choosing up in which she left off just after top Longwood to the NCAA Match a calendar year ago from the Large South. She joined Lisa Bluder (Drake and Iowa) as the only Division I coaches to direct teams in unique conferences to event titles in consecutive a long time. This decline was just their next in the ultimate 13 games for a system that last received 11 of 12 in the 1978-79 time. Not bad for a method picked to finish 12th in the A-10.
Tennessee: The system that has appeared in all 41 NCAA Tournaments improved to 32-2 in the 1st round. The Lady Vols employed their top advantage for a 54-22 scoring edge in the paint. They also took treatment of the ball with only 10 turnovers and turned the Billikens’ 20 turnovers into 30 points.
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Tennessee played 15 teams in this NCAA Event discipline. The Woman Vols played neither Iowa Condition nor Toledo. Iowa Point out, rated 17th, experienced its have argument to host opening online games. The 24th-rated Girl Vols acquired the edge many thanks actively playing the nation’s hardest timetable.