Tennessee basketball center Felix Okpara is off the SEC Availability Report and is good to go for the Vols against Kentucky on Tuesday night.
The Vols listed their starting center as “probable” on their Monday night injury report after Okpara suffered a minor left ankle injury in Tennessee’s Monday afternoon practice.
The Ohio State transfer has started all 24 games for Tennessee this season where he’s averaging 7.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. After a slightly slow start to the season, Okpara has been better and more consistent in SEC play where he’s averaging 8.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.
Tennessee has a severe lack of depth this season with just nine healthy scholarship players and only two healthy scholarship centers.
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Kentucky is down one starter in shooting guard Jaxson Robinson. The BYU transfer ranks third on Kentucky averaging 13.3 points per game to go along with 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Robinson is a strong three-point shooter, knocking down 38% of his attempts from beyond the arc this season.
Robinson scored 17 points on four-of-nine shooting from three-point range in Kentucky’s 78-73 win in Knoxville two weeks prior.
The Vols are 2.5-point favorites over Kentucky according to the DraftKings Sportsbook with the over/under set at 148.5. KenPom predicts Tennessee to earn a 74-72 victory.
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Tipoff between Tennessee and Kentucky is at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday night at Rupp Arena. Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Molly McGrath are on the call for ESPN.
