Tennessee and Vanderbilt, both with two losses in SEC basketball play and a hate seared over years of red-hot in-state rivalry, squared off Tuesday in Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium. After trailing by ten in the second half, the hostilities turned number 24 ranked Tennessee’s way.
Grant Williams led Tennessee with a career-best 37 points and the Volunteers beat Vanderbilt 92-84.
“He’s good,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said of Williams. “He’s really good down there when he gets it deep and he goes quick. And we knew. We spent a lot of time expecting double-teams not just on Grant but on Admiral.