Zakai Ziegler dropped 22 points — 14 of which came in the second half — and added 10 assists for his third double-double since SEC play started, and Olivier Nkamhoua finished with a career-high 27 points in Tennessee’s 82-71 win against Texas.
Tennessee’s offense kicked off the game by getting two offensive boards and ending up with an empty possession thanks to a turnover.
Texas took an early 2-0 lead on its first trip down the floor, and the Vols turned it over on their second possession that led to former Tennessee recruiting target Dillon Mitchell hitting one of his two free-throw attempts.