Jewel Spear scored 20 points and Talaysia Cooper added 16 as No. 15 Tennessee continued its late-season surge with an 88-80 victory Thursday over No. 18 Alabama in Knoxville, Tenn. Zee Spearman had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Vols (20-6, 7-6 SEC), who won for the fifth time in their last six games while reaching 20 victories for the 42nd time in program history. Sarah Ashlee Barker scored 22 points and Zaay Green added 16 for the Crimson Tide (21-6, 8-5), who had a four-game winning streak snapped. Essence Cody had 13 points and seven rebounds for Alabama.
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Tennessee fends off No. 18 Tide
