 After their first round bye , Tennessee faced Mississippi State again . Instead of Tennessee starting quickly , however , the Bulldogs did , taking a 9 – 2 lead . At this point though , the Vols went on one of their runs , this time a 15 – 2 one . State did not recover from this , and Tennessee advanced to the semi @-@ finals , 88 – 60 . Catchings had a double @-@ double by halftime . In the semi @-@ finals , UT met Vanderbilt for the third time , with an even better performance than the previous two . Catchings again had a double @-@ double by halftime and the team shot 6 of 7 from beyond the three point line , as they advanced to the championship 106 – 45 . The SEC Championship was against Alabama , who had played within seven points of the Lady Vols in their previous match @-@ up . Alabama used the same , slow style they had previously employed , and at the break were only down by three . Tennessee was able to slowly up the lead to ten during the first ten minutes of the second period , eventually reaching a fourteen @-@ point lead , before Alabama started a comeback , cutting the lead to five with just over forty seconds remaining . Alabama was able to score the five points , but Tennessee made their foul shots , and won the title , 67 – 63 . After the game , Holdsclaw was named the tournament 's most outstanding player . UT was now 33 – 0 , with the NCAA tournament coming up next . 
