Tennessee basketball bounced back from its midweek loss at South Carolina by knocking off No. 10 Kentucky 103-92 at Rupp Arena on Saturday night.
Zakai Zeigler hit a triple on the game’s first possession and he was off and the Vols were off and rolling from their. Kentucky made a number of pushes throughout the game but Tennessee withheld them all and never trailed.
After a poor performance on Tuesday, Zeigler played perhaps the best game of his career. The junior point guard scored 26 points (eight-of-11 FG), 13 assists and three steals.
“Tonight I thought he went through a stretch a little bit where he was trying to do a little bit too much, but overall I thought he was terrific,” Rick Barnes said of Zeigler.
Super senior wing Josiah-Jordan James broke out of his SEC play slump with a career-high 26 points including a number of crucial buckets as Tennessee withheld multiple Kentucky runs.
After the game, RTI’s Ric Butler and Ryan Schumpert discussed the veteran’s big games, Tobe Awaka battling on the glass and much more breaking down Tennessee’s win at Rupp Arena.
