
No. 15/15 Tennessee (14-3, 6-0 SEC) is back at Food City Center on Thursday night, as Mississippi State (15-6, 2-5 SEC) pays a midweek visit for the teams' second meeting this season.
The Lady Vols, who were off Monday after their game at No. 17/17 Ole Miss was postponed, face the Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. ET.
UT enters on a seven-game winning streak and has been victorious in nine of its last 10 after edging No. 11/12 Kentucky, 60-58, in Knoxville last Thursday night. Coach Kim Caldwell's squad remains as the only SEC team without a blemish in league play entering Thursday's slate of games.
MSU, meanwhile, has dropped five of its past six, but it did beat (then) No. 7 Kentucky on Jan. 18, 71-59, and pushed No. 5 Vanderbilt before falling, 89-85, on Jan. 15.
This is the 51st meeting between these programs, with UT improving to 42-8 all-time in the series after prevailing, 90-80, in Starkville on Jan. 8. The Lady Vols have won the past three match-ups and five of the last six vs. MSU.