He leads the team and ranks third in the SEC with 75 stops 9. McCoy also reached the career tackle mark vs. South Carolina. He has in four seasons on Rocky Top and could climb into the all-time UT top 10 in total tackles with 26 more stops this season.
Senior quarterback Jonathan Crompton has made strides in his last four games after struggling through three of the first four contests this season. In his last four games, the Waynesville, N. In those four games, Crompton averaged yards through the air and an interception every 65 attempts.
Through the season's first four games, Crompton had completed 62 of Those numbers work out to an average of In the last four games, Crompton has a quarterback rating of After struggling through the season and the early portion of the season, Crompton finds himself in position to become on of UT's top ten passers of all time.
He has 3, career passing yards, which ranks 14th in program history. He needs just passing yards in the last four or five games to reach 10th on the all-time list. Tennessee has produced 20 plays of 20 yards or more in the last four games, and six of those plays have gone for touchdowns. In the previous three games, the Vols managed just eight plays of 20 yards or more.
In the South Carolina and Alabama contests combined, Tennessee posted eight plus yard plays and 13 additional plays that gained between 10 and 19 yards. The Vols have scored 11 touchdowns in their last three games, and the average number of plays on those scoring drives has been five plays. On six of the 11 scores, UT took five plays or less to find paydirt. In four games prior to the Georgia contest , the Vols produced only three touchdown drives of five plays or less, and one came off a UCLA turnover in its own red zone.
Junior wideout Gerald Jones caught just three passes in his first three games of the season after sitting out the Western Kentucky game due to injury. In the last four games, Jones has caught 21 passes for yards and three touchdowns. He set a career high for receptions with seven in the Auburn and Alabama games and set a career high for receiving yards with in the Georgia game. Senior Denarius Moore has also overcome early season injuries to become a threat in the passing game.
Moore made only one catch for four yards in the season's first three games, but he has posted 18 catches for yards and two touchdowns in the last five contests. After using three different starting lineups at wide receiver in the first five games, Moore and Jones have each started the last three contests and combined for 25 catches, yards and four touchdowns.
He posted yards on 23 carries and scored twice in UT's romp over South Carolina. Barnes wondered if that means the SEC would add conference games. The SEC plays an game conference schedule. The Vols had 13 nonconference games scheduled for the season, including four against preseason top teams. Six of its nonconference games are against power-conference opponents. Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. Email him at michael. Is there a future for Tennessee basketball vs.
Tigers, Vols sound off on possibilities. Facebook Twitter Email. The Tigers beat Tennessee on Dec. The final matchup was delayed from Dec. The programs postponed the meeting due to the shared desire to play the game in a sold-out arena, which was not possible due to the COVID pandemic.
Barnes indicated when the series was announced he hoped the Nashville meeting would turn into "some kind of jamboree or extravaganza — something that will really promote basketball in the state of Tennessee. A 47 percent free throw shooter on the season, Prince sank both free throws to give UT a advantage The Vols fouled Derrick Rose at midcourt to send him to the line for a 1-and The freshman made the first before intentionally missing the second Chris Lofton was fouled after grabbing the rebound and made both of his free throws to seal the win Tyler Smith led the Vols with 16 points to go with six rebounds and three assists Prince scored all of his 13 points in the second half and added eight rebounds Wayne Chism threw in 13 points and seven boards JaJuan Smith tied a career-high with 10 rebounds Rose led the Tigers with a game-high 23 points UT won the battle of the boards Memphis connected on five of its first eight 3-pointers but made just 3-of after that Vols junior J.
His father, John, served as an assistant coach at Memphis under Larry Finch in the mids Tyler Smith has been on target from the free-throw line in Tennessee's last five games During that span, Smith is shooting He has shot a team-high free throws this season, and his 7.
That would be the most attempts by a Vol since Allan Houston shot free throws in 34 games during the season. Tennessee is the only team in the Southeastern Conference to boast six players who average at least 9.
No other conference team has more than four players averaging 9. This proves that while the Vols lead the SEC in scoring, contributions are being made by many different offensive weapons. Tennessee has been strong on the boards this season, outrebounding its opponents by an average of 6.
The Volunteers lead the SEC in total rebounds per game Three times this season UT has pulled down at least 50 rebounds in a game, with a high of 58 against UT Martin on Nov. The SEC has won The SEC also is the only league in which none of its members have a losing record; each of the SEC teams began league play with at least nine wins.
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