No. 8 Tennessee faces Vanderbilt following Nkamhoua's 21-point game
Vanderbilt Commodores (8-7, 1-1 SEC) at Tennessee Volunteers (13-2, 3-0 SEC)
Knoxville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Tennessee hosts the Vanderbilt Commodores after Olivier Nkamhoua scored 21 points in Tennessee's 85-42 victory against the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The Volunteers have gone 7-0 in home games. Tennessee leads the SEC at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 52.5 points while holding opponents to 33.2% shooting.
The Commodores have gone 1-1 against SEC opponents. Vanderbilt is 4-0 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 11.9 turnovers per game.
The Volunteers and Commodores meet Tuesday for the first time in SEC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Zakai Zeigler is averaging 10.2 points, 4.1 assists and 2.4 steals for the Volunteers. Santiago Vescovi is averaging 12.8 points, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals over the past 10 games for Tennessee.
Myles Stute averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Commodores, scoring 10.4 points while shooting 43.6% from beyond the arc. Liam Robbins is averaging 12.9 points, six rebounds and 2.7 blocks over the last 10 games for Vanderbilt.
LAST 10 GAMES: Volunteers: 9-1, averaging 76.5 points, 40.2 rebounds, 18.9 assists, 9.7 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 50.5 points per game.
Commodores: 6-4, averaging 72.9 points, 35.6 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 4.9 steals and 5.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
