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No. 9 seed Tennessee (21-8, 8-8 SEC), which is ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press Poll this week, will open play at the 2025 Southeastern Conference Tournament in Greenville, S.C., on Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET vs. No. 16 seed Texas A&M (10-18, 3-13 SEC).

The Lady Vols and Aggies will clash at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in a contest televised on SEC Network and carried on Lady Vol Network radio stations as well as audio-streamed on UTSports.com. These teams met earlier this season in College Station, Texas, on Jan. 2, with Tennessee claiming a 91-78 victory over A&M. Jewel Spear had 20 points for the Big Orange in that triumph.

After winning four straight over Auburn, Ole Miss, Alabama and Florida, UT enters the tourney on the heels of back-to-back losses at No. 15/14 Kentucky (82-58) on Feb. 27 and vs. Georgia (62-58) on March 2. UT, thtough, still maintains a No. 14 placement in the most recent NCAA NET Rankings.

The Lady Vols have been led this season by redshirt sophomore guard Talaysia Cooper, a member of the John R. Wooden, Naismith and Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Year Watch Lists and the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List.

She puts up 16.7 ppg., 5.6 rpg., 3.2 apg. and 3.0 spg. and shoots 45 percent from the field.

Cooper has 11 20+ scoring efforts this season, including 25 at Kentucky on Feb. 27. Also averaging double figures are fifth-year guard Jewel Spear (13.2 ppg., 68 3FGs), junior guard Ruby Whitehorn

(11.8 ppg.), junior forward Zee Spearman (11.7 ppg., 6.0 rpg.) and senior point guard Samara Spencer (10.4 ppg., 4.9 apg.).