Dalton Knecht, No. 4 Tennessee fend off No. 14 Alabama to resolve solo lead in SEC
Rick Barnes is now in plump take care of a watch on of the SEC.
Dalton Knecht and No. 4 Tennessee rallied within the 2nd half on Saturday evening to settle on an 81-74 exercise over No. 14 Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The exercise broke a tie with the Crimson Tide and gave the Vols the solo lead within the SEC standings with beautiful two video games to head within the regular season.
Tennessee jumped up early and regarded poised to speed away with the game within the outlet minutes. The Vols snappy mounted a double-digit lead in Tuscaloosa, but then entirely stalled within the final nearly four minutes of the duration. Alabama ended the well-known half on a huge 12-0 speed, which gave it a 41-39 lead on the shatter.
Tennessee snappy took the lead again within the 2nd half on a Knecht 3-pointer, which used to be his first of the game. The Vols, on the replacement hand, snappy stalled. Alabama surged forward and held Tennessee without a self-discipline purpose for nearly six minutes within the 2nd half, which allowed it to push forward to a six-point lead by the halfway point.
Yet Alabama sooner or later went icy and went nearly 9 plump minutes without a self-discipline purpose themselves. It wasn’t until a Trace Sears layup with 1: 15 left within the game that the bound used to be sooner or later broken, but by then Tennessee held a itsy-bitsy three-point lead. From there, Tennessee hit six free throws and held Alabama to beautiful one extra layup down the stretch to settle on the seven-point exercise.
Zakai Zeigler led Tennessee with 17 substances within the exercise despite taking pictures 5-of-18 from the self-discipline. Knecht added 13 substances and 5 rebounds, and he went a tough 1-of-7 from the 3-point line. Tennessee shot beautiful 36% from the self-discipline as a team. The Vols like now obtained six straight video games. They’ll head to South Carolina next earlier than closing the season against Kentucky next Saturday.
Trace Sears led Alabama with 22 substances and six assists, and Aaron Estrada added 16 substances. Sever Pringle added 13 substances and 9 assists off the bench. Without reference to the loss, Alabama has obtained four of its last six video games. It’ll resolve on Florida next this week earlier than closing the regular season against Arkansas next Saturday.
Whereas Tennessee now has the conference lead, No. 18 South Carolina is beautiful half game within the abet of it within the standings and both No. 16 Kentucky and No. 11 Auburn are within two video games. Plenty can trade over the following week, however the Vols now like their future of their very private fingers.
