Tennessee Lady Vols Thumped by Baylor: 5 Takeaways from their 88-66 Loss

The Volunteers women’s basketball team got destroyed by the Lady Bears Sunday. Here are five takeaways from the Tennessee Lady Vols’ loss.

Well that was embarrassing. With a chance to right the ship in front of their home crowd Sunday afternoon, Holly Warlick’s Tennessee Lady Vols got destroyed by another elite team.

This time, it was the No. 4 ranked Baylor Bears in the SEC vs Big 12 challenge. The Lady Bears marched into Thompson-Boling Arena and had their way with the Lady Vols from start to finish.

Despite double-doubles from Mercedes Russell and Jaime Nared along with Diamond Deshields scoring in double-figures, this team looked overmatched in every way.

Currently ranked No. 22 with a 4-3 record, this time is likely to fall right out of the Top 25 once again with losses to two unranked opponents and now a blowout loss at home.

They get a week to regroup, but the No. 14 ranked Texas Longhorns are next on the schedule. Warlick’s group travels to Austin in a week for that game.

But before moving onto that, here are five takeaways from the Tennessee Lady Vols’ embarrassing loss to the Bears.

1. Mercedes Russell has major issues on defense.

It’s hard to harp on Mercedes Russell as the biggest star on the Tennessee Lady Vols when she comes through with 22 points and 12 rebounds. But despite racking up stats, she got abused in the paint. At one point, the Lady Bears were outscoring the Lady Vols 30 to 8 in the paint. They had 50 points in the paint going into the fourth. Sure, …

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