The Lady Vols shot 59 percent from the floor to take a commanding 96-57 victory over Wright State in Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday.
Four players were in double figures for Tennessee (6-5), with senior Rickea Jackson leading the charge with a 17-point effort on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor and a perfect 5-of-5 mark from the free-throw line. Sophomore Sara Puckett turned in a season-high 16 points, and senior Jordan Horston and graduate Jasmine Franklin each tallied 14. Franklin’s total also was a season best, coming after missing the past two contests due to injury.
WSU (1-8) was led by Emily Chapman, who managed a game-high 18 points.
The Lady Vols shot a red-hot program-best 84.6 percent in the third quarter on 11-of-13 from the floor. Previously, the highest single-quarter field goal percentage was 81.8 percent recorded on two occasions, most recently in the second quarter against Tennessee Tech on Dec. 1, 2021, vs. Tennessee Tech, and during the 2016-2017 season in the second stanza against Navy on Nov. 13, 2016.
Tennessee finished the afternoon 38 of 64 from the field for a season-best 59.4 percent accuracy. That mark stands as the best by the Lady Vols since hitting 61.7 percent vs. Liberty on March 16, 2018, in the NCAA First Round in Knoxville.
Tennessee will close out a six-game home stand with a midweek matchup against UCF on Wednesday night. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m., and the contest will be streamed on SECN+.