The No. 15 Lady Vols lost another heartbreaker, falling 71-70 to Vanderbilt. It was an uphill battle to erase the 11-point lead at halftime that Vanderbilt (15-4, 2-3 SEC) had built. Tennessee had one of its worst shooting games of the season, going 6-for-26 from 3-point range, and the way the game was called was not in its favor.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No. 15 Tennessee women's basketball fell to Vanderbilt on a last-second shot on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville.

Zee Spearman is available for Lady Vols basketball at Vanderbilt. She was upgraded from questionable on the SEC injury report.

A day after a late rally by the UT men wasn't quite enough — the sixth-ranked Volunteers missed a chance to force overtime while falling 76-75 on Saturday — the No. 15 Lady Vols suffered a similar finish as Vanderbilt freshman guard Mikayla Blakes capped her game-high 23 points by tipping in a missed shot at the buzzer,

The Lady Vols came back from an 11-point deficit at halftime, but lost another heartbreaker in conference play and fell 71-70 at Vanderbilt on Sunday.

The Lady Vols dropped in the AP poll after losing their third game of the season. Tennessee lost by one point at Vanderbilt on Sunday.