No. 1 South Carolina (24-0, 11-0 SEC) defeated Tennessee (15-8, 8-3 SEC), 66-55, on Thursday at Food City Center.
Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll.
Rickea Jackson led the Lady Vols in scoring with 19 points. She converted 8-of-20 field goal attempts, 1-of-4 three-point attempts and 2-of-2 free throw attempts.
Kamill Cardoso led South Carolina with 18 points.
Jasmine Powell led the Lady Vols with eight rebounds, while Jackson was Tennessee’s leader in assists with three.
Tennessee still leads the all time series versus South Carolina, 51-14. The Lady Vols are 23-5 in Knoxville, 21-4 in Columbia and 7-5 at neutral sites versus South Carolina in the all time series.
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