The Lady Volunteers continued their dominant start to SEC play with an emphatic 85–50 victory over the University of Arkansas on their home floor, improving to 4–0 in conference action and 12–3 overall.

Zee Spearman paced Tennessee with an outstanding all-around performance, finishing with 20 points, eight rebounds, and three steals. Pauldo followed closely with 18 points, while Barker chipped in 13. Civil rounded out the balanced scoring effort with 12 points as the Lady Vols overwhelmed Arkansas on both ends of the court.

With the win, Tennessee moves into a three-way tie atop the SEC standings with Vanderbilt and South Carolina. The Lady Vols play 12 of their last 13 games against conference opponents, including the Gamecocks and Commodores, putting them in strong position to contend for the conference title.

Tennessee will next hit the road to face Alabama on January 18 before returning home for a marquee matchup against No. 6 Kentucky on January 22.