Overview
- Tennessee improved to 12-5 overall and 2-2 in the SEC as Texas A&M fell to 13-4 and 3-1.
- Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 18 points, while Bishop Boswell (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Felix Okpara (10 points, 12 rebounds) recorded double-doubles.
- Regulation ended tied at 71, and Ament’s potential winner at the end of the first overtime missed before the Vols finished the job in the second extra period.
- The Volunteers overcame an 0-for-9 start from three by leaning on interior scoring, free throws and a dominant night on the glass.
- Gillespie logged 48 minutes as Boswell and Ament each played 43, and next up Tennessee hosts Kentucky while A&M visits Texas on Saturday.