The Official #18 Tennessee @ #21 LSU Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, ESPN2

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#18 Tennessee Volunteers: 10-3 (1-1 SEC)

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#21 LSU Tigers: 13-1 (1-1 SEC)

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GAME 14 | TENNESSEE at LSU - Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 | 6:01 p.m. ET / 5:01 p.m. CT | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (13,215)

Line: UT +1.5
O/U: 136

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LSU Game Notes



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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads the all-time series with LSU, 65-49, dating to 1933.
• The Tigers hold a 27-26 edge when the series is contested in Baton Rouge. The Vols had won five straight at the PMAC before falling in each of their last three visits.
• Fifth-year LSU head coach Will Wade is a Nashville native and graduate of Franklin Road Academy.
• Saturday marks Tennessee's fifth game this season against an AP top-25 opponent. The Vols are 2-2 vs. top-25 opposition thus far.
• This is the first time since January of 2012 that Tennessee has faced three top-25 opponents in a four-game span. In 2011-12, the Vols defeated No. 13 Florida before falling to No. 20 Mississippi State and No. 2 Kentucky—all consecutively.
• LSU and Tennessee boast the nation's No. 1- and No. 2-rated KenPom defensive efficiencies.
 
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LAYUP LINES - TEAM

• Wednesday against Ole Miss, the Vols managed to win a game they never led during regulation.
• Tennessee forced the Rebels into five shot-clock violations.
• According to KenPom, the Vols rank second in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 85.7 points per 100 possessions. College teams typically average close to 70 possessions per game.
• The Vols rank among the Division I top 10 in turnover margin (+6.7, 6th), steals per game (10.8, 8th) and assists per game (18.2, 9th).
• Tennessee's 11.5 turnovers per game is the lowest (best) average in the SEC.
• The Vols are attempting 8.6 more 3-pointers per game than they did last season (28.5 per game compared to 19.9). In wins, UT is shooting .375 from long range. In losses, that average drops to .188.
• In five games away from home this season, Tennessee has held opponents to just 65.4 ppg. And those teams are shooting .372 from the field.
 
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LAYUP LINES - PLAYERS

• In SEC play, true freshman Zakai Zeigler ranks third in the league in free-throw percentage (.875) and fourth in steals (3.5 spg).
• Junior guard Santiago Vescovi has 16 steals over UT's last six games (2.7 spg).
• In two career games vs. LSU, Vescovi is shooting .529 (9-for-17) from 3-point range and averaging 15.5 points.
• Vescovi has played 74:07 of a possible 85:00 minutes through UT's first two SEC games.
• Kennedy Chandler's 5.4 assists per game rank second in Division I among true freshmen.
• The SEC record for career games played is 152, held by Kentucky's Darius Miller (2008-12). John Fulkerson is closing in, having now appeared in a Tennessee-record 143 career games.
 
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ABOUT LSU

• Prior to splitting its first two SEC games, LSU entered conference play with a perfect 12-0 record, featuring wins over power conference opponents Penn State, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech.
• After having not faced a ranked opponent during its first 12 games of the season, Saturday's matchup with No. 18 Tennessee marks LSU's third straight game against a ranked foe. The Tigers fell in their SEC opener at No. 11 Auburn, 70-55, before defeating No. 16 Kentucky on Tuesday, 65-60.
• Saturday's game is a matchup of the nation's two top-rated defenses in adjusted efficiency, according to KenPom. LSU's defense ranks No. 1, allowing just 82.7 points per 100 possessions, while Tennessee is No. 2 with a 85.7 mark.
• LSU surrenders just 0.675 points per possession—a mark that leads the nation. The Tigers' defense also ranks near the best in the nation in several other categories: field-goal percentage defense (1st; .347), steals per game (2nd; 12.4) and scoring defense (4th; 55.6 ppg).
• The Tigers' leading scorer, sophomore forward Tari Eason, is a first-year transfer from Cincinnati and was named to the 2021 All-AAC Freshman Team. Averaging 15.6 points per game, Eason currently ranks sixth in the SEC in scoring.
• In Tennessee's home win over Cincinnati last season, Eason started and totaled seven point and seven rebounds in 26 minutes of action.
• LSU's starting point guard and third-leading scorer is Missouri transfer Xavier Pinson. Pinson played three seasons at Mizzou. In 2020-21, he averaged a career-best 13.6 points per game. This season for LSU, Pinson has started all 14 games at point guard, averaging 11.0 points, 4.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game.
• Senior forward Darius Days, a Preseason First Team All-SEC selection, is LSU's second-leading scorer (14.3 ppg) and leading rebounder (7.9 rpg).
 
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This really has the makings of the Texas Tech vs Tennessee game. Top 2 defensive teams efficiency teams in the country. Weird thing is Wade has flipped the script with this team he typically has a VERY good offensive team and a mediocre defensive team. This year, it’s backwards. Wade may have Barnes “number” as many have said. But I expect this game to be opposite of how our past meetings with LSU have been.
 
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Agree with Hippie. Expect a close game going whichever way Fulky allows it to go.

Something like 62-58.
 
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I think LSU ends up taking this one. They're a bad matchup for TN and just seems to have Barnes number. They've got the kind of length that have given KC and ZZ fits.
 
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