After a lackluster five-game stretch, Dalton Knecht exploded with two huge performances on the road this week as Tennessee fell at Mississippi State and defeated Georgia.
Knecht proved huge in the Vols’ second half comeback bid that came up short at Mississippi State scoring 26 points in the game’s final 20 minutes. The senior wing followed it up by scoring 36 points in Tennessee’s win at Georgia.
The two dominant road performances continued the Northern Colorado transfer’s elite play away from home this season. Taking a look at the stats from Knecht’s elite play on the road this season and from the past two games here.
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- Knecht is averaging 31.3 points on 62% shooting from the field and 48% shooting from three-point range in four road games.
- Knecht scored 20 points in the second half against Georgia, marking the third time he’s done so this season.
- Knecht is responsible for two of Tennessee’s six 36-point performances in the last 33 seasons.
- Knecht is the fourth player in program history to score 35-plus points on the road multiple times in his career joining Bernard King (three times), Allan Houston (two times) and Grant Williams (two times).
- Knecht is the only big six player this season to record 24-plus points on the road three times this season. He’s done so six times.
- Knecht is the last Tennessee player to score 25 points in back-to-back games since Admiral Schofield in 2018-19 and the first Tennessee player to score 25 points in back-to-back road games since Chris Lofton did so in 2005-06.
- Knecht is the first Vol to record 25 points in consecutive SEC games since Kevin Punter in 2015-16.
- Knecht is the first Tennessee player with multiple 35-point performances in a season since Allan Houston in 1990-91. He is also one of three division one players with multiple 35-point performances this season.
