KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Facing a non-conference opponent as the No. 1 team in the nation for the first time in program history, the University of Tennessee defeated Miami, 75-62, Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Fifth-year transfer guard Chaz Lanier scored a game-high 22 points for top-ranked Tennessee (9-0), which trailed for just 35 seconds in the Jimmy V Classic. Both sides got off to blistering starts from 3-point range, connecting on four attempts in the first six minutes and six in the first 11. The Volunteers opened 4-of-6 and 6-of-11, while Miami (3-7, 0-1 ACC) was 4-7 and 6-of-12. Lanier shot 8-of-15 from the floor, including 4-of-7 beyond the arc, for his fourth 20-point performance in the last five contests. Senior forward Igor Miličić Jr. scored 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting and a team-best nine rebounds. Like Miličić, senior guard Zakai Zeigler, who played approximately 38 miles from his Long Island hometown of Wyandanch, N.Y., also finished just shy of a double-double, amassing 13 points and a game-leading nine assists. Tennessee now heads to Champaign, Ill., where it faces Illinois, its third-straight Power Five opponent, Saturday at 5:30 p.m., live on FOX from the State Farm Center.
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Fifth-year transfer guard Chaz Lanier scored a game-high 22 points for top-ranked Tennessee (9-0), which trailed for just 35 seconds in the Jimmy V Classic. Both sides got off to blistering starts from 3-point range, connecting on four attempts in the first six minutes and six in the first 11. The Volunteers opened 4-of-6 and 6-of-11, while Miami (3-7, 0-1 ACC) was 4-7 and 6-of-12. Lanier shot 8-of-15 from the floor, including 4-of-7 beyond the arc, for his fourth 20-point performance in the last five contests. Senior forward Igor Miličić Jr. scored 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting and a team-best nine rebounds. Like Miličić, senior guard Zakai Zeigler, who played approximately 38 miles from his Long Island hometown of Wyandanch, N.Y., also finished just shy of a double-double, amassing 13 points and a game-leading nine assists. Tennessee now heads to Champaign, Ill., where it faces Illinois, its third-straight Power Five opponent, Saturday at 5:30 p.m., live on FOX from the State Farm Center.
