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Texas Tech prevails

Terrence Shannon Jr. had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Texas Tech continued its run of Jimmy V Classic upsets in an offensively anemic 57-52 overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee on Tuesday.

TEXAS TECH 57, NO. 13 TENNESSEE 52, OT

NEW YORK— Terrence Shannon Jr. had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Texas Tech continued its run of Jimmy V Classic upsets in an offensively anemic 57-52 overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee on Tuesday night.

Texas Tech (7-1) might want to petition to play in the Jimmy V Classic every season. The unranked Red Raiders knocked off No. 1 Louisville in 2019.

The Volunteers (6-2) missed a whopping 34 of 40 three-pointers and shot only 27% overall in regulation from the floor. John Fulkerson led the Vols with 10 points, followed by three players with nine points.

Tennessee missed 14 straight shots over a 10-minute stretch in the second half and had missed 27 three-pointers until Santiago Vescovi made the tying three with 1:55 left to make it 41-41. Josiah-Jordan James hit another tying three-pointer with 31 seconds left and sent the game into overtime tied at 44-44.

With that, fans in place for the second game of the night (Villanova vs. Syracuse) erupted in boos as the already late start would be delayed.

They booed again when Vescovi sank another three-pointer with 1.2 seconds to go in OT and cut it to 55-52. It wasn’t enough for the Vols.

Through the first 13 minutes of the second half, the Vols had scored just 12 points and the Red Raiders 10. Tennessee missed 20 of its first 23 three-point attempts overall.

Tennessee fans stood and gave a sarcastic ovation when one free throw brought the Vols within one with 4:12 left headed into a timeout.

James then slipped, comically missed a fastbreak dunk attempt and Texas Tech came right back and scored on the other end for a 41-38 lead.

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