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McRae leads Vols to 86-70 win over Mississippi

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jordan McRae scored 26 points and shot 6 of 7 from 3-point range Wednesday as Tennessee defeated Mississippi 86-70 to end the Rebels' four-game winning streak. McRae's efforts helped Tennessee withstand a 26-point performance from Mississippi's…

Odom leads Vanderbilt over Georgia 59-54

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Rod Odom scored 16 points on Wednesday night as Vanderbilt defeated Georgia 59-54 and ended the Bulldogs' eight-game home winning streak. Odom scored Vanderbilt's (11-8, 3-4 SEC) last field goal with 3:23 to play, nailing a…

No. 22 Memphis holds off UCF 69-59

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Joe Jackson scored 17 points, Chris Crawford and Michael Dixon added 12 each and No. 22 Memphis was able to hold off UCF 69-59 on Wednesday night. The victory extends the Tigers' winning streak to four…

Weather postpones Middle Tenn-Southern Miss game

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - The women's basketball game between No. 25 Middle Tennessee and Southern Miss, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed due to inclement weather conditions. The game has been moved to Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 8 p.m.…

McRae, Henderson ready to duel in Knoxville

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Seven months after rooming together at the Kevin Durant Skills Academy, Mississippi's Marshall Henderson and Tennessee's Jordan McRae are meeting again under different circumstances. Henderson will try giving Mississippi (14-5, 5-1 SEC) its fifth straight victory…

Massengale still day to day for No. 10 Lady Vols

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee guard Ariel Massengale's status remains day to day with an injury to her face that already has forced her to miss one game. Massengale didn't practice Tuesday, but Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said the 5-foot-7…

Tennessee notes big demand for 'Battle at Bristol'

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee already has filled up its initial allotment of 40,000 tickets for its 2016 game with Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway. University officials said Tuesday they have taken deposits for 35,000 seats. Tennessee athletic department…

Most teams in Deep South dodge weather conflicts

ATLANTA (AP) - Most of the sports teams in the Deep South dodged the winter storm that hit the region. The majority of the college basketball, NBA and NHL squads in the region were off or playing on the road…

Titans hire Sullivan as assistant O-line coach

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have hired Mike Sullivan as assistant offensive line coach. The Titans announced the hiring Tuesday. Sullivan has coached in the NFL for 11 seasons and coached the offensive line in Cleveland in 2013…

Lipscomb escapes with 75-74 win over N. Kentucky

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) - Malcolm Smith scored 21 points and his layup with 10 seconds left lifted Lipscomb to a 75-74 win at Northern Kentucky Friday night. The Bisons led by as many as 13 points late in the…

Vols seek to continue their hex over No. 6 Florida

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee often saves its best performances of the season for Florida. The Volunteers want to make sure the trend continues Saturday. Tennessee (12-6, 3-2 SEC) has won all three of its meetings with Florida (16-2, 5-0)…

Chattanooga's Jim Foster seeks 800th career win

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga coach Jim Foster is about to join select company. A victory Saturday over Samford would make Foster just the 11th NCAA women's basketball coach with 800 career wins. Foster would be the first in the…

Ex-UCLA coach Dorrell joins Mason's staff at Vandy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell will serve as offensive coordinator on Derek Mason's Vanderbilt staff. Mason announced on Friday the hirings of Dorrell as well as defensive coordinator David Kotulski, running backs/special teams coach Charles…

Vols' Martin seeks consistency from Stokes

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin has no doubt that junior forward Jarnell Stokes is one of college basketball's best big men. If Stokes keeps playing the way he did in his last game, a few more people…

Former Vandy player can remove tracking device

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville judge has ordered that an ankle monitoring device be removed from a former Vanderbilt football player accused in a gang rape on campus. Cory Batey was the only one of the four former football…

Vanderbilt hires Stanford DC Derek Mason as coach

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt has hired Stanford defensive coordinator Derek Mason as its new football coach, wrapping up the search in a week. The university announced the hiring Friday in a statement. Mason will be introduced at a news…

Chattanooga ranks 1st with 32-game home win streak

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga coach Jim Foster can thank his famous former assistant for helping give the Lady Mocs the longest active home winning streak of any Division I women's basketball program. He'd rather not talk about the streak…

UTEP propels past Middle Tennessee 63-54

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Vince Hunter scored 20 points and UTEP pulled away from Middle Tennessee in the second half winning 63-54 on Thursday night. Jon Bohannon grabbed 11 rebounds and 8 points for UTEP. Middle Tennessee (11-6, 1-1 Conference…

No. 12 Tennessee beats Mississippi St 67-63

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Ariel Massengale and Bashaara Graves both scored 13 points, Isabelle Harrison added 10 and No. 12 Tennessee survived a tough challenge from Mississippi State before escaping with a 67-63 win on Thursday night. Tennessee (14-3, 3-2…

Lipscomb survives against Kennesaw State 88-83

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - J.C. Hampton logged 22 points, and Malcom Smith added 21 in helping Lipscomb narrowly get past Kennesaw State 88-83 on Thursday night. Lipscomb (7-11, 2-5 Atlantic Sun) and Kennesaw State (4-15, 1-5) were knotted at 45…

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