According t0 Tennessee Athletics, No. 6 seed Tennessee blew the game open in the second quarter vs. No. 11 seed Green Bay and cruised to a 92-63 victory in NCAA First Round play on Saturday afternoon at Reynolds Coliseum.
Fifth-year forward Rickea Jackson paced the UT attack with game highs of 26 points and nine rebounds, connecting on 10 of 14 field goal attempts and all six free-throw tries. Senior guard Jewel Spear, who exploded for 11 points in the second quarter, finished with 13, while junior forward Sara Puckett and senior guard/forward Tess Darby chipped in 14 and 11, respectively.
Green Bay (27-7), which hit 60 percent of its field goal attempts in the opening 10 minutes before finishing at 37.9 percent, was led by Maddy Schreiber with 13 points.
The Lady Vols advance to Monday’s NCAA Second Round and will face 11th-ranked and No. 3 seed NC State (28-6). The Wolfpack defeated No. 14 seed Chattanooga (28-5), 64-44, in Saturday’s second game in Raleigh. Tennessee takes on North Carolina State on Monday at 3:00 PM. Coverage can be heard on MIX 99.3