No. 4 Lady Vols breeze past Winthrop 81-48

photo Tennessee center Nia Moore (1) battles for the ball with Winthrop center Schaquilla Nunn (4) in their game Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, in Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE - Ariel Massengale scored 20 points off the bench and made a career-high six 3-pointers Friday as No. 4 Tennessee breezed to an 81-48 victory over Winthrop.

Massengale entered the game with 16:34 left in the first half and went 5 of 5 from 3-point range over the next three minutes. Three of those 3-pointers came in a span of 70 seconds during a 17-0 run that gave the Lady Vols a 27-7 advantage.

The 5-foot-7 senior finished 6 of 10 from beyond the arc. Her previous career high in 3-pointers was five.

Bashaara Graves had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Tennessee (3-0). Nia Moore added 14 points and Jaime Nared had 10.

Schaquilla Nunn had 12 points and 15 rebounds for Winthrop (1-2). Erica Williams had 13 points and Zoe Vernon had 10.

Tennessee forced 34 turnovers and outscored Winthrop 36-7 in points off turnovers.

Ariel Massengale scored 20 points off the bench and made a career-high six 3-pointers Friday as No. 4 Tennessee breezed to an 81-48 victory over Winthrop.

Massengale came off the bench with 16:34 left in the first half and went 5 of 5 from 3-point range over the next three minutes. Three of those 3-pointers came in a span of 70 seconds during a 17-0 run that gave the Lady Vols a 27-7 advantage.

The 5-foot-7 senior finished 6 of 10 from beyond the arc. Her previous career high in 3-pointers was five.

Bashaara Graves had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Tennessee (3-0). Nia Moore added 14 points and Jaime Nared had 10.

Schaquilla Nunn had 12 points and 15 rebounds for Winthrop (1-2). Erica Williams had 13 points and Zoe Vernon had 10.

Tennessee forced 34 turnovers and outscored Winthrop 36-7 in points off turnovers.

The Lady Vols capitalized on the foul trouble of Nunn, who had averaged 29 points and 14 rebounds in the Eagles' first two games. Winthrop trailed 12-7 when the 6-foot-3 junior went to the bench after picking up her second foul five minutes into the game. When Nunn returned four minutes later, the score was 25-7.

Tennessee played a second straight game without senior center Isabelle Harrison and junior forward Jasmine Jones. Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said Harrison sprained a knee and Jones sustained a mild concussion in a season-opening victory over Penn last week.

This marked the first time Tennessee and Winthrop had faced each other since the Eagles beat the Lady Vols 55-53 in the 1974 AIAW Region II semifinals. That represented Tennessee's last game under former coach Margaret Hutson before Pat Summitt began her legendary 38-year tenure.

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