Tennessee defeats Mississippi State on Thursday. They will play again on Sunday where they will travel to Nashville, Tennessee to take on Vanderbilt.

The Lady Vols' progress on the court each game isn't the only reason it's not hard to see where Tennessee is going under coach Kim Caldwell.

Tennessee Lady Vols basketball vs Mississippi State Bulldogs in We Back Pat game on Jan. 16, 2025, at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center

Ruby Whitehorn scored 20 points, Talaysia Cooper had a double-double and No. 15 Tennessee turned back Mississippi State 86-73.

Mississippi State coach Sam Purcell had high praise for former assistant Gabe Lazo and said he'll "probably be a head coach somewhere next year."

Tennessee made close to half of its 26 attempts from 3-point range against Mississippi State in an SEC women's basketball matchup Thursday in Knoxville.

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Ruby Whitehorn scored 20 points, Talaysia Cooper had a double-double and No. 15 Tennessee turned back Mississippi State 86-73 on Thursday night.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state bans.

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