By Jackson Posey | Sports Writer
Two years ago, Chaz Lanier came off the bench for a North Florida team that went 14-17 and finished seventh in the Atlantic Sun conference.
Friday, the fifth-year guard dropped 25 first-half points and a career-high seven 3-pointers for No. 11 Tennessee, lifting the Volunteers to a 77-62 victory over No. 13 Baylor in the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship in Nassau.
“I’m ecstatic,” Lanier said. “We’re gonna celebrate tonight, and then we’re gonna get back in the lab and get to work.”
It only took nine seconds for Lanier to splash his first 3-pointer of the night.