SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Arkansas at Tennessee

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The Arkansas Razorbacks visit the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday in Knoxville in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Arkansas scores an average of 77.4 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 67.6 points per contest. Tennessee scores an average of 73.5 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 63.0 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBM	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Arkansas	0.443	0.312	0.748	11.28	4.28	7.86	4.21	14.38	12.38
Tennessee	0.428	0.346	0.720	12.34	3.86	9.59	4.62	16.00	12.45
	Opp FG%	Opp 3PT%	RB Off	RB Def	OFRB%	Scor. M	3ptMPG	TM PPG	Opp PPG
Arkansas	0.409	0.322	38.66	34.38	0.31	+9.86	6.41	77.4	67.6
Tennessee	0.407	0.318	37.38	33.52	0.34	+10.52	8.66	73.5	63.0

Key

FG%– Field goal shootage percentage.
3PT%– Three point field goal shootage percentage.
FT%– Free throw shooting percentage.
OREB– Offensive rebounds per game.
RBM– Average rebounding margin per game.
SPG– Steals per game.
BPG– Blocks per game.
APG– Assists per game.
TOPG– Turnovers per game.

Opp FG%– Opponent field goal percentage made.
Opp 3PT%– Opponent 3-point field goal percentage made.
RB Off– Rebounding Offense.
RB Def– Rebounding defense.
OFRB%– Offensive rebounding percentage.
Scor. M– Average game scoring margin.
3ptMPG– Three point shots made per game.
TM PPG– Team’s average points scored per game.
Opp PPG– Average points scored by opponents per game.

Statistical Leaders

SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FG	3PTFG	FTs	Points	Avg.
2. Notae, JD	Ark	27	181	61	81	504	18.7
12. Chandler, Kennedy	UT	26	136	32	49	353	13.6
13. Vescovi, Santiago	UT	27	118	79	51	366	13.6

Field Goal %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FGM	FGA	FG%
8. Chandler, Kennedy	UT	26	136	302	0.450
11. Notae, JD	Ark	27	181	432	0.419

3-point made per game
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	3PT Made	Avg. Per Game
3. Vescovi, Santiago	UT	27	79	2.93
4. Notae, JD	Ark	27	61	2.26

Free Throw %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FT Att.	FT Made	FT%
4. Lykes, Chris	Ark	28	87	101	0.861
10. Toney, Au’Diese	Ark	28	95	121	0.785
15. Notae, JD	Ark	27	81	107	0.757

Rebounding
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	Off	Def	Total	Avg. Per Game
2. Williams, Jaylin	Ark	28	44	224	268	9.57
17. Nkamhoua, Olivier	UT	22	40	84	124	5.64
18. James, Josiah-Jordan	UT	24	31	102	133	5.54

Arkansas vs. Tennessee Basketball Series History

Tennessee leads 23-21

Arkansas Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Stanley Umude	G	6′-6″	210	SR
1	JD Notae	G	6′-2″	190	SR
2	Khalen Robinson	G	6′-0″	180	SO
3	Trey Wade	F	6′-6″	220	SR
4	Davonte Davis	G	6′-4″	180	SO
5	Au’Diese Toney	G	6′-6″	205	SR
10	Jaylin Williams	F	6′-10″	240	SO
11	Chris Lykes	G	5′-7″	160	SR
13	Chance Moore	G	6′-5″	195	FR
14	Jaxson Robinson	G	6′-6″	185	SO
20	Kamani Johnson	F	6′-7″	235	JR
21	Cade Arbogast	G	6′-3″	170	SO
23	Connor Vanover	F	7′-3″	215	JR
45	Lawson Blake	F	6′-10″	225	FR

Tennessee Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Jonas Aidoo	F	6′-11″	234	FR
1	Kennedy Chandler	G	6′-0″	171	FR
2	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield	F	6′-10″	246	FR
3	Quentin Diboundje	G	6′-5″	217	FR
5	Zakai Zeigler	G	5′-9″	167	FR
10	John Fulkerson	F	6′-9″	219	SR
12	Victor Bailey Jr.	G	6′-4″	182	SR
13	Olivier Nkamhoua	F	6′-8″	232	JR
15	Jahmai Mashack	G	6′-4″	196	FR
21	Kent Gilbert	G	6′-1″	175	SO
24	Justin Powell	G	6′-6″	197	SO
25	Santiago Vescovi	G	6′-3″	191	JR
30	Josiah-Jordan James	G	6′-6″	214	JR
31	Isaiah Sulack	G	6′-5″	186	JR
32	Handje Tamba	F	6′-11″	229	FR
33	Uros Plavsic	F	7′-0″	251	JR
35	Brock Jancek	F	6′-8″	228	SR

Arkansas Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	Mercer	61	Arkansas	74
11/13/2021	Gardner-Webb	69	Arkansas	86
11/17/2021	Northern Iowa	80	Arkansas	93
11/22/2021	Arkansas	72	Kansas State	64
11/23/2021	Cincinnati	67	Arkansas	73
11/28/2021	Pennsylvania	60	Arkansas	76
12/1/2021	C Arkansas	60	Arkansas	97
12/4/2021	Little Rock	78	Arkansas	93
12/7/2021	Charlotte	66	Arkansas	86
12/11/2021	Arkansas	66	Oklahoma	88
12/18/2021	Hofstra	89	Arkansas	81
12/21/2021	Elon	55	Arkansas	81
12/29/2021	Arkansas	68	Mississippi State	81
1/4/2022	Vanderbilt	75	Arkansas	74
1/8/2022	Arkansas	81	Texas A&M	86
1/12/2022	Missouri	87	Arkansas	43
1/15/2022	Arkansas	65	LSU	58
1/18/2022	South Carolina	59	Arkansas	75
1/22/2022	Texas A&M	73	Arkansas	76
1/26/2022	Arkansas	64	Ole Miss	55
1/29/2022	West Virginia	68	Arkansas	77
2/2/2022	Arkansas	99	Georgia	73
2/5/2022	Mississippi State	55	Arkansas	63
2/8/2022	Auburn	80	Arkansas	76
2/12/2022	Arkansas	67	Alabama	68
2/15/2022	Arkansas	76	Missouri	57
2/19/2022	Tennessee	48	Arkansas	58
2/22/2022	Arkansas	82	Florida	74
2/26/2022	Kentucky	73	Arkansas	75
3/2/2022	LSU	76	Arkansas	77
3/5/2022	Arkansas		Tennessee

Tennessee Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	UT Martin	62	Tennessee	90
11/14/2021	ETSU	62	Tennessee	94
11/20/2021	Villanova	71	Tennessee	53
11/21/2021	Tennessee	89	North Carolina	72
11/26/2021	Tennessee Tech	69	Tennessee	80
11/30/2021	Presbyterian	44	Tennessee	85
12/4/2021	Tennessee	59	Colorado	54
12/7/2021	Texas Tech	57	Tennessee	52
12/11/2021	UNC Greensboro	36	Tennessee	76
12/14/2021	SC Upstate	52	Tennessee	96
12/18/2021	Tennessee	Canc.	Memphis	Canc.
12/22/2021	Arizona	73	Tennessee	77
12/29/2021	Tennessee	68	Alabama	73
1/5/2022	Ole Miss	60	Tennessee	66
1/8/2022	Tennessee	67	LSU	79
1/11/2022	South Carolina	46	Tennessee	66
1/15/2022	Tennessee	79	Kentucky	107
1/18/2022	Tennessee	68	Vanderbilt	60
1/22/2022	LSU	50	Tennessee	64
1/26/2022	Florida	71	Tennessee	78
1/29/2022	Tennessee	51	Texas	52
2/1/2022	Texas A&M	80	Tennessee	90
2/5/2022	Tennessee	81	South Carolina	57
2/9/2022	Tennessee	72	Mississippi State	63
2/12/2022	Vanderbilt	64	Tennessee	73
2/15/2022	Kentucky	63	Tennessee	76
2/19/2022	Tennessee	48	Arkansas	58
2/22/2022	Tennessee	80	Missouri	61
2/26/2022	Auburn	62	Tennessee	67
3/1/2022	Tennessee	75	Georgia	68
3/5/2022	Arkansas		Tennessee

Injuries and Suspensions

Arkansas

None reported.

Tennessee

[F] 02/07/2022 – Olivier Nkamhoua is out for season (Ankle)

Source: statfox.com

Arkansas-Tennessee Prediction

Tennessee 70, Arkansas 69

Score prediction for entertainment purposes only.

Saturday‘s game tips off at 12:00 PM ET. TV: ESPN.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Arkansas at Tennessee

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Arkansas at Tennessee

Team Statistical Comparison

Key

Statistical Leaders

Field Goal %

3-point made per game

Free Throw %

Rebounding