The Arkansas basketball team stepped up in competition level Saturday and was decked by the nation’s top-ranked team.
Tennessee was dominant during its 76-52 victory over the 23rd-ranked Razorbacks at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.
The No. 1 Volunteers (14-0, 1-0 SEC) remained one of two undefeated teams in college basketball along with 12th-ranked Oklahoma, which opens SEC play with a game at fifth-ranked Alabama on Saturday night. Tennessee has won its first 14 games for the first time since the 1922-23 season.
Senior guard Chaz Lanier, a transfer from North Florida, scored a season-high 29 points to lead the Vols.