The Tennessee Volunteers were just too big, fast, and strong for the Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team on Saturday as they cruised to a 92-63 victory.
The Phoenix kept pace with the legacy program early on as they forced several turnovers and were able to hit shots over the taller Lady Vols. They were down 28-26 when the flood gates opened for the Lady Vols as they shot nearly 70 percent from the field in the second quarter and took a 16 point lead into the break. The Phoenix women were able to snap an over six minute drought early in the third quarter, but never could slow down the Lady Vols until the benches cleared late in the fourth quarter with the 30-plus point gap between the two teams.
Maddy Schreiber led the Phoenix with 13 points on six-of-eight shooting and was the player on the team that cracked double figures. Jasmine Kondrakiewicz had nine points and Natalie Andersen and Jenna Guyer each chipped in seven in the loss. The Volunteers had four players in double figures, led by Rickea Jackson, who scored 26 points.
The Phoenix will have to wait until next year to crack their over dozen-year drought without a win in the NCAA Tournament. They finished the year 27-7 overall.
