The Official #18 Tennessee vs. USC Upstate Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network+

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#18 Tennessee Volunteers: 7-2 (0-0 SEC)

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USC Upstate Spartans: 2-7 (0-0 Big South)

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GAME 10 | TENNESSEE vs. USC UPSTATE - Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 | 7:01 p.m. ET | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)

Line: UT -35.5
O/U: 139.5

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USC Upstate Game Notes


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THE SERIES

• Tennessee won both of its previous meetings with USC Upstate, both of which took place at Thompson-Boling Arena in 2013 and 2020.
• Tennessee's margin of victory in this brief, two-game series is 14.5 points.
• Tennessee is 27-0 all-time against current members of the Big South Conference. And Rick Barnes is 22-0 against Big South opposition as a head coach.
• USC Upstate freshman Jordan Gainey is the oldest son of first-year Tennessee assistant coach Justin Gainey. Jordan Gainey has already claimed two Big South Freshman of the Week awards this season.
• Justin Gainey starred as a guard at NC State from 1996-2000. At the conclusion of his Wolfpack career, Gainey ranked second in program history in starts (103), fourth in steals (190), tied for fifth in games played (128) and ninth in assists (344).
 
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LAYUP LINES - TEAM

• Tennessee leads the nation in defensive efficiency, according to KenPom. See "Nation's Top-Rated Defense" note below.
• The 36 points scored by UNC Greensboro Saturday were the fewest points allowed by the Vols since they limited Ohio Northern to 33 in the 1983-84 opener.
• The Vols are leading the SEC in both assists per game (18.2 apg) and assist/turnover ratio (1.7).
• 46 percent of Tennessee's points this season have been scored by first-year Vols (320 of 689).
• The Vols are attempting 8.9 more 3-pointers per game than they did last season (28.8 per game compared to 19.9). In wins, UT is shooting .391 from long range. In losses, that average drops to .164.
• Tennessee owns a +30.6 scoring margin at home this season (85.2 ppg to 54.6 ppg).
• Tennessee ranks fifth nationally in average home attendance this season, drawing 16,348 fans per game at Thompson-Boling Arena.
 
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LAYUP LINES - PLAYERS

• Freshman All-America candidate Kennedy Chandler has scored or assisted on 34.5 percent of Tennessee's points this season.
• Sophomore guard Justin Powell is shooting .733 from 3-point range at home this season (11-of-15).
• Tuesday will be John Fulkerson's 141st career game as a Vol. He ranks second on Tennessee's all-time games played list and is on the verge of passing school-record-holder Wayne Chism (142, 2006-10).
• Fulkerson has eight blocks over UT's last two games.
• Santiago Vescovi made 18 total 2-point field goals in 27 games last season. He's already made 19 2-point field goals through nine games this year—many of them layups.
 
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ABOUT USC UPSTATE

• USC Upstate enters Tuesday's game with a 2-7 record. The Spartans have played two games against major conference teams—a 78-60 loss to South Carolina on Nov. 9 and a 79-53 loss to Wake Forest on Dec. 11.
• Currently in his fourth season at USC Upstate, head coach Dave Dickerson served on the Ohio State coaching staff for seven seasons prior to taking the USC Upstate job—the final six seasons as associate head coach. With stops at five other schools, Dickerson boasts more than 20 years of total college coaching experience.
• Tennessee assistant coach Justin Gainey's son Jordan Gainey has been a major contributor for USC Upstate. Gainey is second on the team in scoring (10.1 ppg) and has been named Big South Freshman of the Week twice this season.
• Senior Bryson Mozone is the Spartans' leading scorer this season with 13.6 points per game. Mozone has been Upstate's leading scorer in six games this season.
• Former Spartan and Knoxville native Ty Greene is one of the most decorated players in USC Upstate program history. Greene starred at Knoxville's Bearden High School before going on to play at USC Upstate from 2011-15. Greene won the 2015 Lou Henson Award, which honors the nation's top mid-major player.
• USC Upstate is a publicly funded university in the University of South Carolina system, founded in 1967. The school was originally founded as the University of South Carolina Spartanburg, before changing its name to USC Upstate in 2004.
 
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Last year's game was actually competitive for the greater part of the contest before Tennessee pulled away late. I do not expect this year's game to be so close.
 
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calban said:
Lines -34 TN. Now that's ugly.
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It is ugly, and this team sounds like a bad version of a normally sound team. I think Barnes will not want to run things up too badly because of Gaines. It seems possible we will see the end of the bench earlier than normal.
 
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Would love to see Mashack get some legit early minutes, not just first off the bench at the end of the game of the non-players…his advanced numbers are really impressive, would like to see a sample size that includes some meaningful minutes. Would also like to see more for BHH & Powell, after seemingly moving in the right direction Powell didn’t play much last game.
 
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More BHH, Powell, and Maschack in final tune up game please. Less Uros and Bailey.

Also, pretty cool that Gainey's son is on the other team. I would take USC Upstate and the points in this game. Feels like Barnes will take his foot off the gas early if this thing starts to look ugly because of the father/son dynamic going on.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
More BHH, Powell, and Maschack in final tune up game please. Less Uros and Bailey.

Also, pretty cool that Gainey's son is on the other team. I would take USC Upstate and the points in this game. Feels like Barnes will take his foot off the gas early if this thing starts to look ugly because of the father/son dynamic going on.
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Glad to know this. Vols ONLY by 30.
 
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Last cupcake game for a while. Important to get some of our younger guys some more run in this game, particularly the ones we're going to be relying on to play roles in February and March.
 
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YankeeVol said:
THE SERIES

• Tennessee won both of its previous meetings with USC Upstate, both of which took place at Thompson-Boling Arena in 2013 and 2020.
• Tennessee's margin of victory in this brief, two-game series is 14.5 points.
• Tennessee is 27-0 all-time against current members of the Big South Conference. And Rick Barnes is 22-0 against Big South opposition as a head coach.
• USC Upstate freshman Jordan Gainey is the oldest son of first-year Tennessee assistant coach Justin Gainey. Jordan Gainey has already claimed two Big South Freshman of the Week awards this season.
• Justin Gainey starred as a guard at NC State from 1996-2000. At the conclusion of his Wolfpack career, Gainey ranked second in program history in starts (103), fourth in steals (190), tied for fifth in games played (128) and ninth in assists (344).
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This is a basketball version of the 2021 World Series where the Snitker family squared off against each other.

The father beat the son.
 
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