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Oklahoma visits Tennessee following Ament's 22-point performance
By The Associated Press
Oklahoma Sooners (13-12, 3-9 SEC) at Tennessee Volunteers (18-7, 8-4 SEC)
Knoxville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Tennessee hosts Oklahoma after Nate Ament scored 22 points in
Tennessee's 73-63 victory over the LSU Tigers.
The Volunteers have gone 13-1 at home. Tennessee averages 81.0 points while
outscoring opponents by 11.7 points per game.
The Sooners are 3-9 against SEC opponents. Oklahoma is 2-2 in games decided by
3 points or fewer.
Tennessee makes 46.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.0
percentage points higher than Oklahoma has allowed to its opponents (44.9%).
Oklahoma has shot at a 46.9% rate from the field this season, 6.5 percentage
points higher than the 40.4% shooting opponents of Tennessee have averaged.
The Volunteers and Sooners face off Wednesday for the first time in SEC play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ja'Kobi Gillespie is shooting 36.0% from beyond the arc with
2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Volunteers, while averaging 18.2 points,
5.4 assists and 1.6 steals. Ament is averaging 22.2 points and 6.3 rebounds
over the past 10 games.
Nijel Pack is shooting 43.2% from beyond the arc with 3.2 made 3-pointers per
game for the Sooners, while averaging 16 points and 3.2 assists. Xzayvier Brown
is shooting 44.9% and averaging 16.7 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Volunteers: 7-3, averaging 77.5 points, 40.4 rebounds, 15.3
assists, 6.4 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.2% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 74.7 points per game.
Sooners: 2-8, averaging 81.1 points, 30.1 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 5.6 steals
and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 86.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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