Tennessee Handles Mississippi State in 68-56 Triumph

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00:00Tennessee entered this week dropping two of its last four games including over

00:05the weekend against Vanderbilt in a game they were a five and a half point

00:10favorite. So how would the Vols respond? Same question for the Bulldogs of

00:14Mississippi State who oftentimes on the defensive side of the floor under head

00:19coach Chris Janz known for being incredibly stingy but they had allowed

00:25at least 80 points in three straight. Not all that high scoring yesterday for

00:30the third most efficient defense in the country but the Vols back on track.

00:35Double-digit win 68-56. Tennessee covers as an eight and a half point home

00:40favorite. Total of 142 and a hook. Stays well under as well. Yeah you probably

00:45thought that game would probably stay under the two calling cards for both of

00:48these teams. It's not really getting up and down the court. It's playing good

00:50defense and not turning the basketball over and you might say like well why is

00:53the reason I scored 56 points is a direct correlation that you just turned

00:56it over too many times. They only had 11 turnovers talking about Mississippi

01:00State. Tennessee only had 10 turnovers in this game. So theoretically it was a

01:03pretty clean basketball game but shot making ability a little bit different

01:07there. 34% as a team from Mississippi State. 42% for the Tennessee

01:11Volunteers and when you're getting on well it's hard to win basketball games

01:15in college basketball on the road in conference play. It's always a starting

01:19point here but you do look at saying okay how did home court advantage help

01:22us here? Simple fact 10 of 33 from three-point range only 30% there. 66%

01:27from the free throw line and if you don't get started off well in an

01:30opposing team's gym it's typically too tough to overcome. You score 16 points in

01:35the first half when your opponent scores 34. That game is over at the break. Even

01:39though Mississippi State opened up a bit more in the second half with 40 points

01:42you can't dig yourself that big of a hole against a defensive team when

01:45you're not known then as a great offensive team already. It was over at

01:49the half.