BATON ROUGE, LA – January 30, 2023 – Guard Jordan Walker #4 of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers during the game between the LSU Tigers and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Photo By Kate Luffman/Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee pulled within one in the fourth quarter before ultimately falling to No. 3 LSU in a 76-68 nail-biter in front of a packed house in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Monday night. Graduate Jordan Walker was the top scorer for UT (16-8, 8-1 SEC), hitting 60 percent from the floor en route to 19 points to set new SEC and season highs. Senior Rickea Jackson was close behind with 17 points and eight rebounds, and fellow senior Jordan Horston was also in double figures with 11. The Tigers (21-0, 9-0 SEC) were led by Alexis Morris who turned in a career-high 31 points, while Angel Reese managed a double-double on the night with 18 points and 17 rebounds in front of a Maravich Center record basketball crowd of 15,157.
Tennessee returns home to host Ole Miss on Thursday in a 5:30 p.m. contest. Coverage can be heard on MIX 99.3.