No. 2 South Carolina zips by No. 18 Tennessee for 15th straight win

Field Level Media|published: Mon 27th January, 21:32 2025

South Carolina's Chloe Kitts (21) and Tennessee's Jillian Hollingshead (53) battle for the rebound during an NCAA college basketball game on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn.

Joyce Edwards piled up 18 points off the bench as one of five South Carolina scorers in double figures as the second-ranked Gamecocks topped No. 18 Tennessee 70-63 on Monday night in Knoxville, Tenn.

Edwards went 8-for-13 from the field and also hauled in five rebounds for South Carolina (20-1, 8-0 Southeastern Conference), which won its 15th game in a row. MiLaysia Fulwiley finished with 11 points, while Raven Johnson, Chloe Kitts and Te-Hina Paopao each added 10.

Ruby Whitehorn collected 12 points and Talaysia Cooper flirted with a double-double (11 points, eight boards), but the Lady Volunteers (15-5, 3-5) went just 3-for-26 from 3-point range and shot 30.7 percent overall.

Tennessee led by three, 20-17, with 6:50 left in the second quarter before the Gamecocks took over. They scored 18 of the next 19 points to go up 35-21, then led by at least nine until garbage time, where the Volunteers got as close as six.

--Field Level Media