KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Stanford has beaten two undefeated top-10 teams in the span of four days and believes it has room to improve.

DiJonai Carrington scored a career-high 33 points and pulled down 13 rebounds Tuesday as No. 8 Stanford defeated No. 9 Tennessee 95-85, handing the Lady Volunteers their first loss. The victory came three nights after Stanford beat Baylor 68-63, a result that dropped the Lady Bears from third to sixth in the AP Top 25 rankings.

“I’d say we’re a confident team, but we’re not content,” Carrington said. “We’re not content with this and not content with anything that we’ve done. We know that we have so many weapons from inside out, outside in, shooters, drivers, (offensive rebounders) who can finish.”

Stanford (8-1) had nearly two weeks off after falling 79-73 at Gonzaga on Dec. 2 for its lone loss. The Cardinal returned by showcasing Final Four potential in back-to-back wins over Baylor and Tennessee (8-1).

“We didn’t like how we played at Gonzaga,” Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer said. “We needed to play a lot harder. We needed to play smarter. We needed to show a lot more resilience.”

The Cardinal shot 14 of 24 from three-point range Tuesday and outrebounded Tennessee 45-31 to withstand a 20-turnover performance. Stanford also overcame a brilliant effort from Tennessee’s Evina Westbrook, who scored a career-high 29 points and had 10 assists.

Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick said her team played “soft” and showed a lack of effort for the first time this season.

“How have we won games? Defense,” Warlick said. “How have we won games? Rebounding. It was nonexistent tonight. They did nothing that we didn’t know about, that we didn’t practice and prepare for. Nothing.”

Kiana Williams and Alanna Smith each added 16 points for Stanford. Lacie Hull scored 14 and Maya Dodson had 10.

Steve Megargee is an Associated Press writer.