BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Khayla Pointer scored 24 points with 10 rebounds and six assists, Awa Trasi had five 3-pointers and scored 22 points, and LSU handed No. 25 Tennessee its third-straight loss, 75-65. The duo combined for 16…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Freshman Santiago Vescovi had 20 points and eight assists before fouling out to set career highs in both categories as the Volunteers trounced Arkansas 82-61. Arkansas (16-8, 4-7 SEC) lost its third consecutive game, shot a…
Arkansas (16-7, 4-6) vs. Tennessee (13-10, 5-5) Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: SEC foes meet as Arkansas battles Tennessee. Arkansas came up short in an 83-79 overtime game at Missouri in its last outing. Tennessee…
Vols coach Rick Barnes hopes to continue his home mojo against Kentucky Saturday. He has never lost to the Cats in Knoxville. Kentucky coach John Calipari on the other hand, has a less than stellar mark at Thompson Boling Arena.…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The No. 23/25 Lady Vols took a lead into the second quarter but couldn't hang on, falling to No. 8/8 Mississippi State on Thursday night in Thompson-Boling Arena, 72-55. Sophomore Rae Burrell led Tennessee (17-6, 7-3 SEC), scoring…
(utsports.com) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – 20-point outputs from senior Jordan Bowden and junior John Fulkerson, along with junior Yves Pons's second career double-double propelled the Tennessee men's basketball team past Alabama, 69-68, on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa. The win ended Tennessee's (13-9, 5-4…
The Vols are riding a three game losing streak, and it might be hard to snap that skid in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday. Tennessee has won only four of their last 25 games at the Tide's Coleman Coliseum. Said head coach…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Zia Cooke had 20 points, and No. 1 South Carolina beat No. 22 Tennessee 69-48 for its 15th straight win. Aliyah Boston scored 10 points for the Gamecocks before limping off the court in the third…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rennia Davis scored 16 of her 22 points in the second half and the No. 22 Tennessee women shook off Vanderbilt in the fourth quarter for a 78-69 win. The Lady Vols have won six straight…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football head coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the hire of former Tennessee star Jay Graham as running backs coach on Thursday. Graham has established himself as one of the country’s top mentors of running backs during stops…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Wendell Mitchell scored 23 points to lead Texas A&M to a 63-58 victory over Tennessee. Quenton Jackson added 11 points for the Aggies (10-9, 4-3 Southeastern Conference), and Emanuel Miller pulled down 12 rebounds. John Fulkerson…
The basketball world continues to mourn the loss of Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant, including Vols coach Rick Barnes. Barnes never met Kobe, but he did see him at an AAU tournament in high school. Said Barnes:"Then all at once there's…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Devon Dotson scored 22 points, Udoka Azubuike added 18 and No. 3 Kansas beat Tennessee 74-68 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Azubuike was the lone big man for the Jayhawks after Silvio De Sousa was suspended…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Crystal Dangerfield scored 14 points and No. 3 UConn used a dominant third quarter to beat 23rd-ranked Tennessee 60-45 on Thursday night _ the first matchup in 13 years between the two teams whose rivalry dominated…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The Big 12 has suspended four players from Kansas and Kansas State a combined 25 games for their roles in a melee that spilled off the court. The brawl erupted into a section of disabled seating…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the addition of veteran wide receiver and kick returner Velus Jones to the Volunteers’ football program on Monday. Jones collected All-Conference Second Team honors from the Pac-12 as a return specialist…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown with a wild melee behind the basket that included punches, shoving and at least one player picking up a stool. The brawl started moments after the Jayhawks…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - John Fulkerson scored a career-high 18 points and matched a career high with 10 rebounds as Tennessee trounced Mississippi 73-48 to hand the Rebels their sixth consecutive loss. Tennessee (12-6, 4-2 SEC) won for the fourth…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rennia Davis sank a long go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left and No. 23 Tennessee beat Alabama 65-63 to snap a five-game losing streak in the series. Jordan Horston scored 16 of her 19 points in…
(utsports.com) ATHENS, Ga. – Two first-half runs and a hot-shooting touch from 3-point range in the opening half from Georgia were the difference on Wednesday night, as the Tennessee men's basketball team fell, 80-63, in Athens. Tennessee dropped to 10-6…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee football team and head coach Jeremy Pruitt welcomed four true freshmen early enrollees to campus this month as the first members of the 2020 recruiting class to arrive on Rocky Top. All four scholarship…
(utsports.com) The NCAA's Committee for Legislative Relief notified the University of Tennessee Athletics Compliance staff Tuesday that men's basketball student-athlete Uros Plavsic has been ruled eligible to compete, effective immediately. "We appreciate the committee's work as this process ran its course,"…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - John Fulkerson had 15 points and 10 rebounds and drew a game-clinching charge with 1.4 seconds left as Tennessee edged South Carolina 56-55 on Saturday. South Carolina had the ball in the closing seconds with a…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Rennia Davis had 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting and No. 23 Tennessee beat Mississippi 84-28, limiting the Rebels to their fewest points in program history. It was Tennessee's largest margin of victory against a Southeastern Conference…