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
