Tennessee was looking to bounce back from their second loss of the season at the hands of 5th ranked North Carolina on Sunday. The No. 21 Vols (8-2) played host to Furman (9-4) at Thompson-Boling Arena for midweek match up on Wednesday.
The Paladins came into Wednesday night’s match-up riding a five game win streak, and early it looked like they were looking to extend that streak to six versus a Tennessee team coming off of a tough loss at home. Match that with the late tip off just five days before Christmas and Tennessee was faced with what could be a classic “let down” game scenario.