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Tennessee Vols morning report: Women’s basketball loses fourth straight

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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The Tennessee Vols picking up a football transfer while the Lady Volunteers lose a fourth straight game lead our UT news for Friday, Jan. 18, 2019.

Happy Friday to Vol Nation. Well, it’s happy Friday unless your Holly Warlick and the women’s basketball team, who get the rare opportunity to lead off our Tennessee Vols news. Unfortunately for them, it’s bad news.

Our morning report on Rocky Top leads with a rare four-game losing streak by the Lady Vols after a horrendous showing Thursday night. Sure, it’s a standard recap, but it’s a news story that simply can’t be ignored.

Then we go to football news. It may be rare to have football play second fiddle to women’s basketball in news coverage, but that’s where we are today. The football news involves another assistant coach and the pickup of a transfer. But let’s start with our Lady Vols recap.

Tennessee Lady Vols fall to Alabama 86-65 – UTSports

The Alabama Crimson Tide won their fifth straight game over the Tennessee Lady Vols Thursday night, while Holly Warlick’s team lost its fourth straight on the year. After trailing by two at halftime and five heading into the third quarter, the Tide used a dominating fourth quarter to pull out the victory.

"Sophomore Evina Westbrook was Tennessee’s (12-5, 1-4 SEC) high scorer with 19 points and five assists. Zaay Green finished the day with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while fellow freshman Rae Burrell managed 12 points and seven rebounds.Alabama (10-8, 2-3 SEC) was led by junior Cierra Johnson, who had 17 points and seven rebounds. Ariyah Copeland finished with 16 points and nine rebounds, while Shaquera Wade added 15 points."

Tennessee football expected to land transfer – Grant Ramey, GoVols247

The Tennessee Vols football team is expected to land Georgia Bulldogs transfer Deangelo Gibbs, who left the program back on Dec. 19. Gibbs was a four-star safety in the 2017 recruiting class and is the cousin of UT safety Nigel Warrior and nephew of UT legend Dale Carter. He will likely have to sit out in 2018 due to NCAA transfer eligibility rules.

"Sources described Tennessee as the fresh start Gibbs was looking for, thanks in large part to Pruitt, who was the primary recruiter for Gibbs while working at Alabama as defensive coordinator.The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Gibbs, from Oxford, Ga., and a product of Grayson High School, played in seven games for Georgia last season, finishing with seven tackles. He played in six games and had three tackles as a freshman in 2017."

Football assistant leaving for NFL – Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com

Tennessee Vols football assistant coach John Lilly is reportedly leaving for the NFL. Lilly has served as assistant to the head coach under Jeremy Pruitt, but sources say he is joining Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens in the NFL to coach tight ends. Kitchens served as interim head coach for the Browns this past year before being named head coach after the season ended.

"Kitchens played quarterback at Alabama and was teammates with Jeremy Pruitt from 1995-96.Lilly served as tight ends coach at Georgia when Pruitt was defensive coordinator for the Bulldogs from 2014-15."

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