Chrissy Givens had 26, but MTSU was no match for the Vols. The Blue Raiders couldn't handle Tennessee's size and defensive intensity.

"Tennessee is outstanding," said MTSU coach Rick Insell. "We played hard, we didn't quit, but they just happen to be six inches taller than us at every position."

A reader recently wrote in about Insell's history:

Just wondering if you – and your readers -- are aware that Rick Insell was the coach of the legendary Shelbyville basketball dynasty in Tennessee up until he was hired by MTSU in 2005. (In fact, his name surfaced as a replacement for Jim Foster when he left Vanderbilt to go to Ohio State, but the idea of hiring a high school coach was too much for VU.) Anyway, Shelbyville was seen as being a pipeline for sending great players to Tennessee.

Alex Fuller is the fifth Vol to come out of Shelbyville. Her time under Insell gave her a little edge yesterday. "He ran the same plays as in high school," she said. "I was trying to call the plays out for them to let them know what was going on."