The Official #18 Tennessee vs. Florida Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, ESPN2

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#18 Tennessee Volunteers: 13-5 (4-3 SEC)

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Florida Gators: 12-7 (3-4 SEC)

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GAME 19 | TENNESSEE vs. FLORIDA - Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 | 6:01 p.m. ET | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)

Line: UT -10
O/U: 133.5

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Florida Game Notes


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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads the all-time series with Florida, 79-58, dating to 1927.
• The Vols hold a 49-16 edge when the series is contested in Knoxville.
• The Volunteers have won six of their last seven games against Florida. Over those seven games, neither team has reached 80 points.
• Tennessee AD Danny White is the younger brother of Florida head coach Mike White. See more below.
• Florida center Jason Jitoboh is a 2019 graduate of Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga. Tennessee big man Uroš Plavšić also is a Hamilton Heights graduate (2018).
• UF associate head coach Al Pinkins was an assistant coach at Tennessee during the 2014-15 season. Pinkins also was a college teammate of current Vols assistant coach Justin Gainey at NC State when Gainey was a freshman in 1996-97.
 
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LAYUP LINES - TEAM

• Tennessee stands at No. 11 in the NCAA's latest NET ratings. Each of UT's five losses are Quad 1.
• Tennessee ranks fifth nationally in average home attendance (16,789).
• In 2017-18, Tennessee owned a 13-5 (4-3) record seven games into SEC play. The Vols went on to post a 13-5 league finish en route to the SEC Championship.
• The Vols are unbeaten at home this season and are riding an 11-game win streak at Thompson-Boling Arena, dating to last year.
• During Saturday's win over LSU, the Vols became the first team this season to shoot better than 33 percent from 3-point range against the Tigers (10-28, .357).
• According to KenPom, the Vols rank fifth in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 87.8 points per 100 possessions.
• The Vols rank among the Division I top 20 in turnover margin (+5.3, 8th), steals per game (10.1, 10th) and assists per game (16.9, 18th).
 
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LAYUP LINES - PLAYERS

• Santiago Vescovi has increased his team-leading 14.1 ppg scoring average to 15.4 ppg in SEC play.
• Vescovi's 3.43 3-point makes per game during SEC play lead the league. His .429 3-pointpercentage during SEC play ranks second in the league behind only Matthew Murrell of Ole Miss (.515).
• Kennedy Chandler's 2.29 steals per game rank second among all Division I true freshmen. And his 4.9 assists per game rank third among true freshmen nationally.
• Chandler's 2.83 steals per game during SEC play rank tied for second in the league.
• Chandler has scored or assisted on 32 percent of Tennessee's total points this season (429 of 1,340).
• In three SEC starts this season, Uroš Plavšić is averaging 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds on 11-for-17 (.647) shooting.
• 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 148 career games.
 
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ABOUT FLORIDA

• Wednesday's game in Knoxville marks Florida's third game in a five-day span. The Gators (12-7, 3-4 SEC) defeated Vanderbilt at home on Saturday and lost at Ole Miss on Monday prior to playing at Tennessee on Wednesday. Monday's matchup between Florida and Ole Miss was originally scheduled for Dec. 29 and postponed due to COVID protocols.
• Florida began conference play by dropping its first three SEC games against Alabama, Auburn and LSU—all ranked teams at the time of the game—before rebounding with three straight wins over South Carolina, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. The Gators' win streak ended with Monday's loss to the Rebels.
• Entering Wednesday's game in Knoxville, Florida has played just three true road games, posting a 1-3 record.
• Florida has played its last three games without preseason First Team All-SEC selection Colin Castleton, who prior to injury was nearly averaging a double-double with a 15.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game average. Castleton has been Florida's leading scorer eight times and leading rebounder 13 times this season.
• Castleton was averaging 17.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.5 blocked shots and shooting .610 from the field through four SEC games before suffering a shoulder injury in practice on Jan. 18 that has kept him out since.
• In Castleton's absence, Florida's starting frontcourt duo of Anthony Duruji and Jason Jitoboh is averaging a combined 22.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per game on 25-for-37 (.676) shooting.
 
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Vol49er said:
Confession: I hate when UT players do the chomp. It looks stupid when Florida does it, so even though it’s done in a taunting way, a Tennessee player gator chomping just has never sat right with me
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I hear you, but IMHO Grant doing the chomp at their house makes gators fans sad, and things that make gators sad make me happy 😁
 
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