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No. 18 Arkansas hosts Gillespie and No. 19 Tennessee
By The Associated Press
Tennessee Volunteers (10-3) at Arkansas Razorbacks (10-3)
Fayetteville, Arkansas; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Tennessee plays No. 18 Arkansas after Ja'Kobi Gillespie
scored 21 points in Tennessee's 105-54 victory against the South Carolina State
Bulldogs.
The Razorbacks have gone 8-0 in home games. Arkansas is fifth in the SEC
scoring 90.5 points while shooting 49.1% from the field.
The Volunteers are 0-1 on the road. Tennessee is 1-1 in games decided by less
than 4 points.
Arkansas averages 90.5 points, 26.8 more per game than the 63.7 Tennessee gives
up. Tennessee has shot at a 49.1% clip from the field this season, 7.2
percentage points greater than the 41.9% shooting opponents of Arkansas have
averaged.
The Razorbacks and Volunteers face off Saturday for the first time in
conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Trevon Brazile is averaging 13.7 points, seven rebounds and 1.5
blocks for the Razorbacks. Darius Acuff Jr. is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers
over the last 10 games.
Gillespie is scoring 17.8 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists for
the Volunteers. Nate Ament is averaging 14.0 points and 6.4 rebounds while
shooting 37.2% over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Razorbacks: 8-2, averaging 90.9 points, 32.4 rebounds, 17.9
assists, 7.7 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.8% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 77.1 points per game.
Volunteers: 7-3, averaging 82.1 points, 39.1 rebounds, 18.8 assists, 7.8 steals
and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 48.4% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 64.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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