BATON ROUGE, La. — Tennessee men's basketball cruised by LSU in a road matchup on Saturday.
Santiago Vescovi returned to the starting lineup after missing the last game against Mississippi State due to a left shoulder injury. The ninth-ranked Vols were without Uros Plavsic due to sickness.
Tyreke Key came off the bench as Zakai Zeigler started. Josiah-Jordan James, Julian Phillips and Olivier Nkamhoua filled out the rest of the starting lineup.
The Vols trailed 7-6 early but went on a 9-0 run to take a 15-7 lead. LSU trimmed the lead to 16-13, but the Vols responded with an 8-2 run. Later up 27-20, they finished the half on a 12-2 run and took a 39-22 lead into the break
Josiah-Jordan James led the team with 10 points at the break and the team made eight three-pointers in the first half.
The second half was stat stuffing for the Vols.
Josiah-Jordan James finished with points. That is a season-high for him. Zakai Zeigler finished with 10 assists, his second game with 10 assists in SEC play.
Tennessee is 6-1 in SEC play.
The Vols play Georgia next inside Thompson-Boling Arena at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
