No. 19 Tennessee Edges Stanford 65-62 on Cooper’s Late Layup in ACC/SEC Challenge

Overview

• The meeting was the programs’ first in nearly three years and snapped Stanford’s four-game run in the series.
• Cooper finished with a game-high 19 points and a career-best, single-game program record of 10 steals, keying Tennessee’s pressure.
• In the final sequence, Lara Somfai missed two free throws, Nunu Agara tied it with a putback, Cooper scored with six seconds left, and Agara missed a driving layup with two seconds remaining.
• Tennessee improved to 6-2 after a lopsided loss at UCLA, while Stanford dropped to 8-2.
• Next up, Tennessee hosts Winthrop on Dec. 14 after a break, and Stanford resumes after finals by hosting California the same day.