COLUMBIA, S.C. — Looking for a discussion about Tennessee basketball winning the SEC Championship?
There's a GoVols247 podcast for that.
GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Ben McKee gathered at a hotel in Columbia to help lead No. 4 Tennessee to a 66-59 win over No. 16 South Carolina at Colonial Life Arena on Wednesday night, the program's first SEC game since 2018. We talked about winning the championship and our first outright SEC title. Since 2008.
Tennessee never trailed Wednesday night, but that didn't mean things were simple. Things were never that simple. The Vols took a 48-34 lead on a dunk by the junior forward. Jonas Aidoo The lead was still in double digits with 9:40 remaining when Aidoo's dunk made it 57-47 with 2:51 left, but South Carolina rode the momentum and the junior guard's layup cut the lead to one possession. Stuffed. meechie johnson 1:14 left.
But Aidoo's free throws with 0:47 left pushed the lead back to two possessions, and the Vols made a stop and survived by going 6-of-6 from the stripe with 27 seconds left, the program's first since 2018. Won the SEC Championship. And they won their first outright league title since 2008.
Vols senior guard Dalton Knecht led all scorers with 26 points on 5-of-11 3-point shooting, and Aidoo added 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds.junior point guard Zakai Zeigler He had 13 points, a game-high seven assists, and five rebounds.senior security guard josiah jordan james In his final game against South Carolina, he recorded six points, six rebounds, two blocked shots, and made the last two free throws in the final minutes.senior security guard Santiago Vescovi Although he didn't score, he had five rebounds, two assists, and two steals in 28 minutes and finished tied with Zeigler for the game's best plus/minus rating at +10.
Johnson led South Carolina with 18 points, and added five rebounds and three assists, despite shooting poorly on 3-of-7 shooting.senior security guard Taron Cooper Cooper had 11 points, eight rebounds and two assists in 36 minutes as a freshman forward. Colin Murray Boyles He recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, along with two assists, two steals, and three blocked shots.
As always, there's a lot to discuss, and a lot is discussed in this episode.
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