MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Interstat) — Tennessee cruised to an 85-41 win over Middle Tennessee in a women’s basketball game Thursday night at Murphy Athletics Center. The Lady Volunteers built a commanding 48-16 halftime lead and never looked back, improving to 4-1 on the season. The Blue Raiders fell to 2-3.

Janiah Barker scored a game-high 20 points for Tennessee, while Deniya Prawl added 15 and Talaysia Cooper had 13. Savannah Davis led Middle Tennessee with 18 points. A crowd of 10,212 attended the non-conference matchup.