University of Tennessee Athletics
University of Tennessee
2-0
East Tennessee State
1-1
Vols Handle ETSU 102-76
November 19, 2000 | Men's Basketball
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| Harris Walker came off the bench to score 12 points, connecting on 5-of-5 from the field. |
Tennessee (2-0), playing its second game of a five-game home stand, has won 29 straight non-conference home games and three in a row over the Buccaneers.
"This was a good way to get ready for a tough test Tuesday," said UT head coach Jerry Green, whose team host 2000 Final Four participant Wisconsin. "I thought it would be closer than this, but we played a little better today than we did Friday. I liked the way we shared the ball today."
Charles Hathaway, Harris Walker and Marcus Haislip each scored 12 points, and Isiah Victor, Tony Harris and Terrence Woods had 11 apiece for the Vols. Victor also had 10 rebounds.
"Terrence Woods is giving us a good lift," said Green. "He's scoring quickly and giving us better overall play. Charles Hathaway is working hard and he's been a bright spot on defense and offense."
Dimeco Childress led East Tennessee State (0-2) with 15 points, while D.J. McDuffie had 14 and Ryan Lawson 11.
After the Vols built a 55-28 halftime lead, Tennessee stretched its lead to 71-31 with a 16-3 run four minutes into the second half.
A total of 53 fouls were called, 29 against the Buccaneers and 24 against the Vols. Tennessee finished 31-of-39 from the foul line, ETSU was 14-of-27.
Free-throw shooting dominated the final two minutes of the first half. Walker's tip-in basket that made it 51-25 with 2:16 left was the final field goal of the half.
Tennessee took a 21-9 lead with 13:37 to go after hitting five 3-pointers, two each by Harris and Woods, then used a 16-8 run over the next eight minutes to take a 20-point lead. Yarbrough's basket at 5:54 put Tennessee ahead 37-17 and started an 18-11 run to finish the first half.
