KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- The injury depleted, undermanned and offensively challenged Arkansas Razorbacks finally ran into an opponent ready and able to stomp them in the Tennessee Volunteers on Tuesday.
The Razorbacks, with leading scorer Mason Jones held out of the starting lineup and limited to nine points in 24 minutes, got behind early and could not recover from a series of turnovers and sloppy offensive trips that led to season-low 30.6% shooting.
The Volunteers were more than happy to capitalize on the Razorbacks' dysfunction in an 82-61 victory before a crowd of 17,222 at Thompson-Boling Arena.
The Volunteers (14-10, 6-5 SEC), desperate to climb back into the SEC race, forced 14 turnovers and made the Razorbacks scramble to launch quality shots much of the night.