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Gainey and No. 1 Tennessee host Western Carolina
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Original Publication Date: December 17, 2024 12:47AM
Publication Updated: April 11, 2025 5:31AM
Western Carolina Catamounts (3-6) at Tennessee Volunteers (10-0)
Knoxville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Volunteers -37.5; over/under is 144
BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Tennessee takes on Western Carolina after Jordan Gainey scored 23 points in Tennessee’s 66-64 victory against the Illinois Fighting Illini.
The Volunteers are 5-0 in home games. Tennessee is fifth in the SEC with 16.3 assists per game led by Zakai Zeigler averaging 7.5.
The Catamounts have gone 0-5 away from home. Western Carolina is 2-5 against opponents with a winning record.
Tennessee makes 49.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.3 percentage points higher than Western Carolina has allowed to its opponents (43.6%). Western Carolina has shot at a 43.2% rate from the field this season, 7.9 percentage points greater than the 35.3% shooting opponents of Tennessee have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Chaz Lanier is shooting 45.8% and averaging 18.9 points for the Volunteers.
Chevalier Emery is averaging 12 points for the Catamounts.
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