SO SAD: Tennessee Vols star is dead……….

As No. 17, Jonas Aidoo finished with a career-high 17 points, eight rebounds, and four assists. Tuesday night in

Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee defeated George Mason 87-66 to snap a three-game losing run. Against George

Mason (7-2), where Tennessee’s Rick Barnes began his head coaching career, the Volunteers (5-3) steadily drew

away in the first half after losing three straight games to ranked opponents, including then-No. 1 Kansas and then-

No. 2 Purdue. Barnes led the Patriots for one season (1987–88). For the Volunteers, Josiah-Jordan James finished

with 15 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tobe Awaka, the reserve, scored a career-high 11 points.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, Illinois basketball’s two biggest talents led the Illini to

victory over a top-20 opponent. But on Saturday, they failed to show enough brilliance to hand Illinois its second

top-20 victory in as many weeks.

The Illini seniors Terrence Shannon (22 points, 5-16 FG) and Marcus Domask (six points, 2-for-11 FG) combined for

just 28 points on 7-for-27 shooting in the No. 20-ranked Illini’s 86-79 loss to the No. 17-ranked Volunteers (6-3) at

Food City Center on Saturday. This came after they had combined for 66 points on 25-for-35 shooting in a victory

over Florida Atlantic.

Dalton Knecht, the key player for Tennessee, ended the Vols’ three-game losing record against top-25 opponents

with a game-high 21 points. Adding 12 points and 9 rebounds, Santiago Vescovi

Quincy Guerrier scored a season-high 22 points (7-for-14 FG, 3-for-8 from three) and Coleman Hawkins scored a

season-high 12 points (4-for-13 FG, 3-for-10 from three) for the Illini (7-2). However, the supporting cast did step up

for the Illini. Off the bench, Luke Goode contributed eight points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Illinois, who had dominated Florida Atlantic in the paint, was a terrible shooting team (35.4%) and had to settle for

three-point shooting (9-for-36). The majority of Shannon’s damage occurred at the free-throw line (11-for-11) and

late in the second half.

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