Tennessee advanced to its 37th NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in program history. The No. 5 seeded Lady Vols (24-9) defeated No. 4 seed Ohio State (26-7), 82-67, Sunday in the second round at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio.
First-year Tennessee head coach Kim Caldwell recapped the Lady Vols’ win.
“I thought we played really, really hard, probably, the hardest we’ve played all year, which is what we needed,” Caldwell said. “I thought we played as a team, which is something we’ve really been working on. Hats off to the Ohio State fan base. It was loud in there. For a period of time, and I thought we did a really good job, our huddles were tight. We did a really good job of playing through the runs, which is something we talked about.”
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The Lady Vols are in the Birmingham 3 Regional and will face either No. 1 seed Texas or No. 8 seed Illinois in the Sweet 16. The Sweet 16 matchup will be contested on Saturday at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Tipoff will take place at 1 or 3:30 p.m. EDT (ABC).
This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: First-year Tennessee head coach Kim Caldwell recaps win at Ohio State
