Overview
- Ja'Kobi Gillespie led the Volunteers with 17 points as five players scored in double figures.
- Nate Ament and Amaree Abram added 15 points each, with DeWayne Brown II scoring 13 and Felix Okpara 11.
- J.P. Estrella was diagnosed with a left knee bone bruise and is expected to miss two to three weeks.
- Bishop Boswell missed his third straight game with a left leg injury, and Cameron Carr remains out with a thumb injury, leaving nine scholarship players available.
- Tennessee finished with a 38-30 rebounding edge after trailing on the glass at halftime, and next faces Rutgers in the Players Era Men's Championship in Las Vegas.