Game Thread: Lady Vols Vs Oklahoma; Sun Jan 5th ; Home game; 3 PM Eastern; ESPN

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- No. 15/13 Tennessee (13-0, 1-0 SEC) is back home for two games against top-10 teams, beginning with a Sunday matinee vs. No. 9/10 Oklahoma (12-2, 0-1 SEC) at Food City Center. The Lady Vols, who've won all eight games on The Summitt in 2024-25 and have a nine-game home winning streak dating back to last season, will face the Sooners at 3 p.m. ET. The Big Orange will attempt to open the year 14-0 for only the second time in the past 19 seasons.

Caldwell's first Lady Vol team enters Sunday's match-up ranked No. 1 nationally in six statistical categories through Jan. 2. UT is tops in the NCAA in scoring offense (98.2), three pointers per game (12.2), three point attempts per game (36.5), offensive rebounds per game (21.6), turnovers forced per game (27.38) and winning percentage (100.0). It is second in turnover margin (14.6) and third in steals per game (14.6) and bench points per game (37.5), and sixth in scoring margin (32.3).

Oklahoma enters on the heels of an 80-73 home loss to No. 5/6 Texas on Thursday night in Norman. That setback snapped a six-game Sooner winning streak. OU's only losses are to No. 13 Duke (109-99 OT) and to the Longhorns, and they have quality wins over No. 22 Louisville (78-72) and No. 20 Michigan (72-62).

INDIVIDUALLY SPEAKING
  • COOP TO THE HOOP: Talaysia Cooper is having a break-out season, leading Tennessee in scoring (17.9 ppg.), hitting double figures in 11 games, carding six efforts of 20+ points and notching seven quarters where she has scored 10 or more points, including 12 and 10, respectively, in the fourth quarters vs. Florida State and Iowa.
  • "FEAR DA SPEAR": Jewel Spear is enjoying her best stretch this season, hitting 15+ in each of the past three games and averaging 17.0 ppg. during that span with 13 treys.
  • SMOOTH SAMARA: Samara Spencer is averaging 11.7 ppg. and 5.6 apg., ranking No. 3 nationally in assist/turnover ratio (4.06) with 73 assists and 18 turnovers and No. 10 in three-point field goal percentage at 46.4 with a team-leading 32 three-pointers.
  • ZEE SPREE: After scoring in double figures once in her first four games, Zee Spearman has had 10+ points in seven of her last nine contests and is averaging 14.3 ppg. and 6.3 rpg. over Tennessee's past three contests.
  • RUBY'S ROLLING: Ruby Whitehorn has emerged as UT's second leading scorer at 12.9 ppg., putting up 14.0 ppg. and reaching double digits in her past seven outings.
FROM A TEAM PERSPECTIVE
  • PILING UP POINTS: The Lady Vols rank No. 1 nationally in scoring offense, generating 98.2 points per game. The lowest a Kim Caldwell team has ranked in ppg. is No. 4, where she was in 2023-24 (85.3) at Marshall.
  • MAKING THREES IN BUNCHES: UT ranks No. 1 in 3FGs made per game at 12.2 and has hit 10+ treys nine times, eclipsing the old school best of six at Memphis for most games with double-digit totals in a season.
  • ELITE ON O-BOARDS: UT is No. 1 in the nation in offensive rebounds per game at 21.6. It has twice reached 30+ this season.
  • TURNING OVER THE OPPOSITION: UT is No. 1 in turnovers forced per game (27.38) and No 2. in T.O. margin (12.62) after Texas A&M had 25 miscues for the 10th 20+ T.O. game (6th with 30+) by a foe in 2024-25.
  • RACKING UP STEALS: UT is No. 3 nationally in steals per game (14.6). It now has 190 in 13 games, but its 162 in only 11 contests passed last year's 159 in 33 games.
  • THAT'S A 10-COUNT: Tennessee has prevented its foes from getting the ball over halfcourt in 10 seconds a total of 15 times in 13 games. UT forced only five violations the previous five years combined.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • ONE OF SEVEN UNBEATENS: UT is tied with seven teams at No. 1 nationally with a win percentage of 100 through Jan. 2.
  • UT NO. 19 IN NET RANKINGS: UT is No. 19 in the NCAA's NET rankings, with wins over No. 21 Florida State, No. 30 Iowa, No. 38 Richmond and No. 66 Middle Tennessee.
LADY VOLS 6-2 IN "SUMMITT BLUES"
  • UT is 6-2 all-time in its "Summitt Blue" uniforms, including 2-0 in 2024-25, and is expected to wear them again on Sunday vs. Oklahoma.
LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST GAME
  • The Lady Vols (13-0, 1-0 SEC), who had lost in five of their last six trips to College Station, were led by Texan Jewel Spear. The fifth-year guard from The Colony knocked down six of eight attempts beyond the arc to finish with a season-high 20 points. Also in double figures for UT were Talaysia Cooper with 16, Ruby Whitehorn with 15 and Zee Spearman with 14. Samara Spencer dished out eight assists with only one turnover.
  • 13-0 WITH 12 DIFFERENT LINEUPS: The Lady Vols have begun the year 13-0 with 12 different starting lineups and 10 different players appearing in the first five. Tennessee repeated a previous quintet vs. Memphis but had new ones in the past four contests. Jewel Spear, Samara Spencer, Sara Puckett, Zee Spearman and Kaniya Boyd opened Thursday's contest. Spencer leads the team with 12 starts and Spearman recorded her ninth. Spear and Puckett tallied their seventh, while Boyd added her second versus the Aggies.
A LOOK AT THE SOONERS
  • Raegan Beers, a 6-4 center, paces the OU attack at 17.4 ppg. (68.3 FG%) and 9.4 rpg.
  • Payton Verhulst (14.1), Skylar Vann (10.8) and Sahara Williams (10.6) also score in double figures.
  • The Sooners have the No. 6 scoring offense in the country (90.3) and are No. 1 in rebound avg. (50.5) and No. 2 in assist avg. (22.4) and rebound margin (18.1).
OKLAHOMA'S LAST GAME
  • Freshman Jordan Lee scored 17 points off the bench and No. 5 Texas rallied to defeat No. 9 Oklahoma 80-73 Thursday night at Norman in the SEC opener for both teams.
  • Rori Harmon scored 16 points, Taylor Jones added 14 points on 7-for-9 shooting and Kyla Oldacre had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Longhorns (14-1).
  • Payton Verhulst scored 23 points and Liz Scott added 14 for Oklahoma (12-2). The Sooners squandered a 12-point lead in the second quarter, but kept it close, even without leading scorer Raegan Beers, who got in early foul trouble and scored 11 points in 17 minutes.
UP NEXT
  • Tennessee will play host to its second straight top-10 team, as No. 6/4 LSU pays a visit to Rocky Top on Thursday, Jan. 9.
  • The Lady Vols and Tigers will meet at 6:30 p.m. ET in a contest streamed live on SECN+ and available on Lady Vol Radio Network stations statewide and via audio stream on UTSports.com.
  • This will be the first of two meetings this season for these teams, as UT travels to Baton Rouge, La., for the second of those tilts at 3 p.m. CT (4 ET) on Feb. 9. That game will be televised by ESPN.
 
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- No. 15/13 Tennessee (13-0, 1-0 SEC) is back home for two games against top-10 teams, beginning with a Sunday matinee vs. No. 9/10 Oklahoma (12-2, 0-1 SEC) at Food City Center. The Lady Vols, who've won all eight games on The Summitt in 2024-25 and have a nine-game home winning streak dating back to last season, will face the Sooners at 3 p.m. ET. The Big Orange will attempt to open the year 14-0 for only the second time in the past 19 seasons.

Caldwell's first Lady Vol team enters Sunday's match-up ranked No. 1 nationally in six statistical categories through Jan. 2. UT is tops in the NCAA in scoring offense (98.2), three pointers per game (12.2), three point attempts per game (36.5), offensive rebounds per game (21.6), turnovers forced per game (27.38) and winning percentage (100.0). It is second in turnover margin (14.6) and third in steals per game (14.6) and bench points per game (37.5), and sixth in scoring margin (32.3).

Oklahoma enters on the heels of an 80-73 home loss to No. 5/6 Texas on Thursday night in Norman. That setback snapped a six-game Sooner winning streak. OU's only losses are to No. 13 Duke (109-99 OT) and to the Longhorns, and they have quality wins over No. 22 Louisville (78-72) and No. 20 Michigan (72-62).

INDIVIDUALLY SPEAKING
  • COOP TO THE HOOP: Talaysia Cooper is having a break-out season, leading Tennessee in scoring (17.9 ppg.), hitting double figures in 11 games, carding six efforts of 20+ points and notching seven quarters where she has scored 10 or more points, including 12 and 10, respectively, in the fourth quarters vs. Florida State and Iowa.
  • "FEAR DA SPEAR": Jewel Spear is enjoying her best stretch this season, hitting 15+ in each of the past three games and averaging 17.0 ppg. during that span with 13 treys.
  • SMOOTH SAMARA: Samara Spencer is averaging 11.7 ppg. and 5.6 apg., ranking No. 3 nationally in assist/turnover ratio (4.06) with 73 assists and 18 turnovers and No. 10 in three-point field goal percentage at 46.4 with a team-leading 32 three-pointers.
  • ZEE SPREE: After scoring in double figures once in her first four games, Zee Spearman has had 10+ points in seven of her last nine contests and is averaging 14.3 ppg. and 6.3 rpg. over Tennessee's past three contests.
  • RUBY'S ROLLING: Ruby Whitehorn has emerged as UT's second leading scorer at 12.9 ppg., putting up 14.0 ppg. and reaching double digits in her past seven outings.
FROM A TEAM PERSPECTIVE
  • PILING UP POINTS: The Lady Vols rank No. 1 nationally in scoring offense, generating 98.2 points per game. The lowest a Kim Caldwell team has ranked in ppg. is No. 4, where she was in 2023-24 (85.3) at Marshall.
  • MAKING THREES IN BUNCHES: UT ranks No. 1 in 3FGs made per game at 12.2 and has hit 10+ treys nine times, eclipsing the old school best of six at Memphis for most games with double-digit totals in a season.
  • ELITE ON O-BOARDS: UT is No. 1 in the nation in offensive rebounds per game at 21.6. It has twice reached 30+ this season.
  • TURNING OVER THE OPPOSITION: UT is No. 1 in turnovers forced per game (27.38) and No 2. in T.O. margin (12.62) after Texas A&M had 25 miscues for the 10th 20+ T.O. game (6th with 30+) by a foe in 2024-25.
  • RACKING UP STEALS: UT is No. 3 nationally in steals per game (14.6). It now has 190 in 13 games, but its 162 in only 11 contests passed last year's 159 in 33 games.
  • THAT'S A 10-COUNT: Tennessee has prevented its foes from getting the ball over halfcourt in 10 seconds a total of 15 times in 13 games. UT forced only five violations the previous five years combined.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • ONE OF SEVEN UNBEATENS: UT is tied with seven teams at No. 1 nationally with a win percentage of 100 through Jan. 2.
  • UT NO. 19 IN NET RANKINGS: UT is No. 19 in the NCAA's NET rankings, with wins over No. 21 Florida State, No. 30 Iowa, No. 38 Richmond and No. 66 Middle Tennessee.
LADY VOLS 6-2 IN "SUMMITT BLUES"
  • UT is 6-2 all-time in its "Summitt Blue" uniforms, including 2-0 in 2024-25, and is expected to wear them again on Sunday vs. Oklahoma.
LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST GAME
  • The Lady Vols (13-0, 1-0 SEC), who had lost in five of their last six trips to College Station, were led by Texan Jewel Spear. The fifth-year guard from The Colony knocked down six of eight attempts beyond the arc to finish with a season-high 20 points. Also in double figures for UT were Talaysia Cooper with 16, Ruby Whitehorn with 15 and Zee Spearman with 14. Samara Spencer dished out eight assists with only one turnover.
  • 13-0 WITH 12 DIFFERENT LINEUPS: The Lady Vols have begun the year 13-0 with 12 different starting lineups and 10 different players appearing in the first five. Tennessee repeated a previous quintet vs. Memphis but had new ones in the past four contests. Jewel Spear, Samara Spencer, Sara Puckett, Zee Spearman and Kaniya Boyd opened Thursday's contest. Spencer leads the team with 12 starts and Spearman recorded her ninth. Spear and Puckett tallied their seventh, while Boyd added her second versus the Aggies.
A LOOK AT THE SOONERS
  • Raegan Beers, a 6-4 center, paces the OU attack at 17.4 ppg. (68.3 FG%) and 9.4 rpg.
  • Payton Verhulst (14.1), Skylar Vann (10.8) and Sahara Williams (10.6) also score in double figures.
  • The Sooners have the No. 6 scoring offense in the country (90.3) and are No. 1 in rebound avg. (50.5) and No. 2 in assist avg. (22.4) and rebound margin (18.1).
OKLAHOMA'S LAST GAME
  • Freshman Jordan Lee scored 17 points off the bench and No. 5 Texas rallied to defeat No. 9 Oklahoma 80-73 Thursday night at Norman in the SEC opener for both teams.
  • Rori Harmon scored 16 points, Taylor Jones added 14 points on 7-for-9 shooting and Kyla Oldacre had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Longhorns (14-1).
  • Payton Verhulst scored 23 points and Liz Scott added 14 for Oklahoma (12-2). The Sooners squandered a 12-point lead in the second quarter, but kept it close, even without leading scorer Raegan Beers, who got in early foul trouble and scored 11 points in 17 minutes.
UP NEXT
  • Tennessee will play host to its second straight top-10 team, as No. 6/4 LSU pays a visit to Rocky Top on Thursday, Jan. 9.
  • The Lady Vols and Tigers will meet at 6:30 p.m. ET in a contest streamed live on SECN+ and available on Lady Vol Radio Network stations statewide and via audio stream on UTSports.com.
  • This will be the first of two meetings this season for these teams, as UT travels to Baton Rouge, La., for the second of those tilts at 3 p.m. CT (4 ET) on Feb. 9. That game will be televised by ESPN.
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LVs 103--OK 72. I see big games from our big 3--Coop, Jewel, and Ruby, with Zee, Spencer, and Tess having a strong presence as well. GBO.
 
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In the outside chance the LV’s blow out OK at home, I think they move up close to the top 10.

If that happens, all bets are off for this season…it’s still possible this is a great team. This game is the first game that will tell us what this version of the LV’s is capable of. It’s the true first big test of CKC’s tenure imo, but I am not saying this game will define her first season. I just think the potential is there to show everyone early that this team is way better than most know already.
 
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- No. 15/13 Tennessee (13-0, 1-0 SEC) is back home for two games against top-10 teams, beginning with a Sunday matinee vs. No. 9/10 Oklahoma (12-2, 0-1 SEC) at Food City Center. The Lady Vols, who've won all eight games on The Summitt in 2024-25 and have a nine-game home winning streak dating back to last season, will face the Sooners at 3 p.m. ET. The Big Orange will attempt to open the year 14-0 for only the second time in the past 19 seasons.

Caldwell's first Lady Vol team enters Sunday's match-up ranked No. 1 nationally in six statistical categories through Jan. 2. UT is tops in the NCAA in scoring offense (98.2), three pointers per game (12.2), three point attempts per game (36.5), offensive rebounds per game (21.6), turnovers forced per game (27.38) and winning percentage (100.0). It is second in turnover margin (14.6) and third in steals per game (14.6) and bench points per game (37.5), and sixth in scoring margin (32.3).

Oklahoma enters on the heels of an 80-73 home loss to No. 5/6 Texas on Thursday night in Norman. That setback snapped a six-game Sooner winning streak. OU's only losses are to No. 13 Duke (109-99 OT) and to the Longhorns, and they have quality wins over No. 22 Louisville (78-72) and No. 20 Michigan (72-62).

INDIVIDUALLY SPEAKING
  • COOP TO THE HOOP: Talaysia Cooper is having a break-out season, leading Tennessee in scoring (17.9 ppg.), hitting double figures in 11 games, carding six efforts of 20+ points and notching seven quarters where she has scored 10 or more points, including 12 and 10, respectively, in the fourth quarters vs. Florida State and Iowa.
  • "FEAR DA SPEAR": Jewel Spear is enjoying her best stretch this season, hitting 15+ in each of the past three games and averaging 17.0 ppg. during that span with 13 treys.
  • SMOOTH SAMARA: Samara Spencer is averaging 11.7 ppg. and 5.6 apg., ranking No. 3 nationally in assist/turnover ratio (4.06) with 73 assists and 18 turnovers and No. 10 in three-point field goal percentage at 46.4 with a team-leading 32 three-pointers.
  • ZEE SPREE: After scoring in double figures once in her first four games, Zee Spearman has had 10+ points in seven of her last nine contests and is averaging 14.3 ppg. and 6.3 rpg. over Tennessee's past three contests.
  • RUBY'S ROLLING: Ruby Whitehorn has emerged as UT's second leading scorer at 12.9 ppg., putting up 14.0 ppg. and reaching double digits in her past seven outings.
FROM A TEAM PERSPECTIVE
  • PILING UP POINTS: The Lady Vols rank No. 1 nationally in scoring offense, generating 98.2 points per game. The lowest a Kim Caldwell team has ranked in ppg. is No. 4, where she was in 2023-24 (85.3) at Marshall.
  • MAKING THREES IN BUNCHES: UT ranks No. 1 in 3FGs made per game at 12.2 and has hit 10+ treys nine times, eclipsing the old school best of six at Memphis for most games with double-digit totals in a season.
  • ELITE ON O-BOARDS: UT is No. 1 in the nation in offensive rebounds per game at 21.6. It has twice reached 30+ this season.
  • TURNING OVER THE OPPOSITION: UT is No. 1 in turnovers forced per game (27.38) and No 2. in T.O. margin (12.62) after Texas A&M had 25 miscues for the 10th 20+ T.O. game (6th with 30+) by a foe in 2024-25.
  • RACKING UP STEALS: UT is No. 3 nationally in steals per game (14.6). It now has 190 in 13 games, but its 162 in only 11 contests passed last year's 159 in 33 games.
  • THAT'S A 10-COUNT: Tennessee has prevented its foes from getting the ball over halfcourt in 10 seconds a total of 15 times in 13 games. UT forced only five violations the previous five years combined.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • ONE OF SEVEN UNBEATENS: UT is tied with seven teams at No. 1 nationally with a win percentage of 100 through Jan. 2.
  • UT NO. 19 IN NET RANKINGS: UT is No. 19 in the NCAA's NET rankings, with wins over No. 21 Florida State, No. 30 Iowa, No. 38 Richmond and No. 66 Middle Tennessee.
LADY VOLS 6-2 IN "SUMMITT BLUES"
  • UT is 6-2 all-time in its "Summitt Blue" uniforms, including 2-0 in 2024-25, and is expected to wear them again on Sunday vs. Oklahoma.
LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST GAME
  • The Lady Vols (13-0, 1-0 SEC), who had lost in five of their last six trips to College Station, were led by Texan Jewel Spear. The fifth-year guard from The Colony knocked down six of eight attempts beyond the arc to finish with a season-high 20 points. Also in double figures for UT were Talaysia Cooper with 16, Ruby Whitehorn with 15 and Zee Spearman with 14. Samara Spencer dished out eight assists with only one turnover.
  • 13-0 WITH 12 DIFFERENT LINEUPS: The Lady Vols have begun the year 13-0 with 12 different starting lineups and 10 different players appearing in the first five. Tennessee repeated a previous quintet vs. Memphis but had new ones in the past four contests. Jewel Spear, Samara Spencer, Sara Puckett, Zee Spearman and Kaniya Boyd opened Thursday's contest. Spencer leads the team with 12 starts and Spearman recorded her ninth. Spear and Puckett tallied their seventh, while Boyd added her second versus the Aggies.
A LOOK AT THE SOONERS
  • Raegan Beers, a 6-4 center, paces the OU attack at 17.4 ppg. (68.3 FG%) and 9.4 rpg.
  • Payton Verhulst (14.1), Skylar Vann (10.8) and Sahara Williams (10.6) also score in double figures.
  • The Sooners have the No. 6 scoring offense in the country (90.3) and are No. 1 in rebound avg. (50.5) and No. 2 in assist avg. (22.4) and rebound margin (18.1).
OKLAHOMA'S LAST GAME
  • Freshman Jordan Lee scored 17 points off the bench and No. 5 Texas rallied to defeat No. 9 Oklahoma 80-73 Thursday night at Norman in the SEC opener for both teams.
  • Rori Harmon scored 16 points, Taylor Jones added 14 points on 7-for-9 shooting and Kyla Oldacre had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Longhorns (14-1).
  • Payton Verhulst scored 23 points and Liz Scott added 14 for Oklahoma (12-2). The Sooners squandered a 12-point lead in the second quarter, but kept it close, even without leading scorer Raegan Beers, who got in early foul trouble and scored 11 points in 17 minutes.
UP NEXT
  • Tennessee will play host to its second straight top-10 team, as No. 6/4 LSU pays a visit to Rocky Top on Thursday, Jan. 9.
  • The Lady Vols and Tigers will meet at 6:30 p.m. ET in a contest streamed live on SECN+ and available on Lady Vol Radio Network stations statewide and via audio stream on UTSports.com.
  • This will be the first of two meetings this season for these teams, as UT travels to Baton Rouge, La., for the second of those tilts at 3 p.m. CT (4 ET) on Feb. 9. That game will be televised by ESPN.
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Get Oklahoma to hold their beers while running them ragged tomorrow.

Tennessee 94
Oklahoma 73
 
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Get Oklahoma to hold their beers while running them ragged tomorrow.

Tennessee 94
Oklahoma 73
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Love the spirit, I called 85-79 LV’s. I feel it is the first big test of this team. Obviously I think they pass it.

If they exceed expectations against a team of this stature, it’s like I already said, all bets are off. I believe SC will find a way to win the SEC this year, but Texas and UT are the biggest worries to me atm. I’m still not sure which of the two is more dangerous to SC.
 
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