Mercedes Russell’s 1,500th career point was supposed to be a moment of celebration. Instead, the night ended in one of embarrassment for the Tennessee Lady Vols, as they suffered a terrible home loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide.
There’s something about Tennessee basketball teams seeing their winning streaks come to embarrassing ends against Alabama. Somehow, on the women’s side, this was the Tide’s fourth straight win against UT. And make no mistake, this one was awful.
Alabama is barely a Top 100 RPI team, and they marched right into Knoxville and dominated in the fourth quarter to pull out this win.