The Official #5 Tennessee vs. #22 Ole Miss Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, SEC Network

[Creeker]

Knecht and Gainey with the lowest efficiency ratings of the first half for us by a decent amount. 2.0 for Knecht and 1.0 for Gainey.

 

[RavinDave]

Big bucket by Mashack!

 

[volplaya8]

Mashack should be a 30 minute player and Knecht is becoming nothing more than just another basic player

 

[aWhiteLoftonChism]

Mashack on the Josh Richardson track of becoming (one of??) the best player on this team by march???

I hope so! They are very comparable imho.

 

[first time caller]

Big Shot Mashack!

 

[DC_Vol]

My quick bullets for first half:

- defense was really solid

- mostly disciplined play - not many fouls. Credit to refs for letting them play ball. Let’s hope they are consistent with the whistle second half

- some sloppy ball handling cost us some points

- Mashack is in the zone. Locked in on D.

- Knecht seems to be broken

Let’s scout what we’ve seen and see if we can get more productive on the offense in the second half.

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

The development of Mashack has been awesome. Keeps getting better.

Totally agree…operative work here is “keeps”

 

[chuckb1448]

Mashack should be a 30 minute player and Knecht is becoming nothing more than just another basic player

He just Stopped a few games ago, not sure what has happened

 

[Chris4Vols22]

We looked good to start out, but Miss made adjustments and we got sloppy. We'll be fine if we just play our brand of bball.

 

[Volfan2012]

Happy with that half 47 percent from the field. Mashack made the three point percentage look better making those last two got us up to 31 percent. We need a big start in the second half get this up to 20.

 

[vols 30]

Mashack should be a 30 minute player and Knecht is becoming nothing more than just another basic player

Almost feels like Knecht gave every thing he had left in the North Carolina game . Has he been the same since?

 

[Franklin_Vol09]

Knecht and Gainey with the lowest efficiency ratings of the first half for us by a decent amount. 2.0 for Knecht and 1.0 for Gainey.

They are denying Knecht. Forcing others to score….and we are.

 

[Namorto1]

Getting great shots. Really should be up 15+.

 

[chuckb1448]

I feel Sick saying this but Go gators today

 

[Creeker]

For as bad as our shooting seemed we pushed our fg% to 47 and 3p% to 31. Both numbers better than Ole Miss.

 

[The Dog]

has 12 points, 4 boards and an assist. Rebels, two 7-footers, 0 points (no shots), 4 rebounds, an assist and one block, combined

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Almost feels like Knecht gave every thing he had left in the North Carolina game . Has he been the same since?

Gotta agree. Hope he gets back to his prior self.

 

[chuckb1448]

For as bad as our shooting seemed we pushed our fg% to 47 and 3p% to 31. Both numbers better than Ole Miss.

Let's hope we come out breathing Fire

 

[Mikevol1964]

They are denying Knecht. Forcing others to score….and we are.

This. With Z and Santi scoring now Knecht is a luxury

 

[vavolfan6]

Did every SEC home team lose today?? NOT US!!

EDIT: I guess South Carolina won. But so far home teams are 1-4 today.

 

[A-RodWiLks]

Gotta say, that was one of the best officiated halves I've watched this season.

 

[Volfan2012]

Ole Miss averages 77 a game and 31 makes this well below that at this point. If we can defend as well in the second half were going away with this win.

 

[volsarelife1]

Again, we fart around and play like crap on offense for so long and then I look up and we somehow have scored 40 in the first half. Like clockwork. This is not last year’s offense.

This team does seem to be different in that sense. We still have that major scoring drought issue. But this team scores in bunches much more frequently tho. Pretty impressive

 

[joevols89]

I expect OM to hit some more outside shots this half. So we need to clean up some of the unforced turnovers and we should be OK.

 

[amaralfan1]

For now, teams are focused on stopping Knecht first... Forcing others to score. As others step up, teams have to adjust. I expect Knecht to be a second half scoring monster going forward.