Before the Ohio State women’s basketball team and Tennessee Volunteers could even make it to the tip off Sunday, there were already eyes firmly on the court. All looking for the status of Vols star forward Rickea Jackson. Missing five games in a row with a lower leg injury, Jackson didn’t warm up with Tennessee and sat for a sixth game in a row.
Questions linger on what difference Jackson would have made for the Vols, with the Buckeyes taking the away win, its first in program history against Tennessee on Rocky Top, in a 78-58 victory.