The Official #7 Tennessee vs. Eastern Kentucky Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

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#7 Tennessee Volunteers: 7-1 (0-0 SEC)
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Eastern Kentucky Colonels: 4-4 (0-0 ASUN)
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GAME 9 | TENNESSEE vs. EKU - Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 | 7:01 p.m. ET | Knoxville, Tenn. | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)

Line: UT -26.5
O/U: 139.5

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EKU Notes

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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads its all-time series with Eastern Kentucky, 5-0.
• Three meetings have taken place in Knoxville (1984, 2005 and 2018). The Vols also have defeated EKU in Richmond (1912) and Murfreesboro (1979).
• The Vols are 19-1 all-time against current members of the ASUN Conference. When these programs met in November of 2018, EKU was a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
• The Lady Vols basketball team defeated Eastern Kentucky, 105-71, at Thompson-Boling Arena on Nov. 27.
• A Vols victory Wednesday would extend UT's home win streak to 22 games overall and to 19 games against non-conference foes (dating to a loss to Wisconsin on Dec. 28, 2019).
 
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SCOUTING REPORT

• Tennessee debuted at No. 4 in the season's first NET rankings.
• The Volunteers have never trailed in each of their last three games.
• Tennessee ranks among the national top 10 in seven statistical categories: field-goal percentage defense (.345, 3rd), steals per game (11.9, 3rd), scoring defense (51.5 ppg, 4th), 3-point FG defense (.226, 4th), scoring margin (+23.5 ppg, 7th), offensive rebounds per game (14.4 orpg, 9th) and turnover margin (+6.1, 10th).
• Just as the Vols saw the return of preseason All-SEC wing Josiah-Jordan James after missing four games due to left knee soreness, fellow preseason All-SEC senior Santiago Vescovi was sidelined with a left (shooting) shoulder sprain. Vescovi remains day-to-day.
• The Volunteers own the best adjusted defensive efficiency in the country, allowing only 83.2 points per 100 possessions.
• Six times this season, the Vols have held their opponents to 50 points or less. Tennessee held its foes to 50 or less five times all of last season and have now done it 26 times during the Barnes era.
• Tennessee has yet to trail at the half this season and is outscoring its opponents 34.4 ppg to 23.3 ppg (+11.1 ppg) in first-half action.
• True freshman Julian Phillips has attempted more free throws this season (51) than every player in the SEC except Mississippi State's Tolu Smith (54) and Texas A&M's Tyrece Radford (52). Phillips' .804 free-throw percentage is fifth-best in the league.
• The Vols boast an average home attendance of 16,722 this season. That average ranks fifth nationally behind only Kentucky (19,301), Arkansas (19,200), North Carolina (18,695) and Syracuse (16,788).
 
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ABOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY

• Eastern Kentucky (4-4) enters Wednesday's game in Knoxville coming off a 97-80 loss at James Madison on Friday.
• The Colonels have faced one power conference opponent this season—falling 87-69 at Cincinnati on Nov. 13.
• EKU head coach A.W. Hamilton is in his fifth season at the helm of the program, having posted a 68-64 record during his time in Richmond.
• Eastern Kentucky is in its second season as a member of the ASUN after spending 73 years in the Ohio Valley Conference.
• The Colonels are ranked No. 268 in KenPom—ranking No. 275 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 262 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
• Eastern Kentucky's leading scorer, junior forward Devontae Blanton, ranks third in the ASUN and 72nd amongst all Division I players with a 17.8 ppg scoring average. Blanton has scored in double figures during every game this season.
• Eastern Kentucky ranks 15th in the nation in 3-pointers made per game with 10.5. Nearly half of those 3-pointers (4.4 per game) come from Blanton and junior forward Michael Moreno, who are shooting 50.0 and 40.4 percent from 3-point range this season, respectively.
• Moreno, who is currently averaging 11.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, was Eastern Kentucky's lone selection to the preseason ASUN all-conference team.
• The Colonels are 21st in the nation in bench points, averaging 32.6 points off the bench per game. EKU also leads the ASUN in steals with 9.8 per game.
 
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Yeah, I didn't expect him to play but thought they might have him "break a sweat" though before hitting the road just so he can see how it feels. But the risk of reinjury is probably not worth it either.

Hopefully BJ Edwards sees more minutes tonight and we see ZZ and Phillips get a bit of a rest.
 
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Saw the post above about Level II sprain. I think it’s actually a Grade 2 sprain, which unfortunately, is probably not good. You’re talking about some significant structural damage if I’m not mistaken.
 
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YankeeVol said:
THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads its all-time series with Eastern Kentucky, 5-0.
• Three meetings have taken place in Knoxville (1984, 2005 and 2018). The Vols also have defeated EKU in Richmond (1912) and Murfreesboro (1979).
• The Vols are 19-1 all-time against current members of the ASUN Conference. When these programs met in November of 2018, EKU was a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
• The Lady Vols basketball team defeated Eastern Kentucky, 105-71, at Thompson-Boling Arena on Nov. 27.
• A Vols victory Wednesday would extend UT's home win streak to 22 games overall and to 19 games against non-conference foes (dating to a loss to Wisconsin on Dec. 28, 2019).
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The next two games are going to be real scrappers against Maryland in Brooklyn and Arisona in Tucson.

I foresee this game tonight being a 90-65 type final score.
 
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I say lets roll through this game and get ready to smoke Maryland Sunday I think
 
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