STARKVILLE, Miss — Tennessee men's basketball beat Mississippi State on Wednesday night 72-63 and they immediately thought to Facetime teammate Olivier Nkamhoua.
The forward suffered an ankle injury in the Vols' last game against South Carolina. He will likely miss the rest of the season as Nkamhoua will need surgery to properly heal.
He didn't make the trip to Starkville and so they called so he could share in the excitement of the win.
"I told you we got you, bro, I told you," Uros Plavsic said after the game on Facetime.
The team was cheering very loudly as the phone was passed around and then to head coach Rick Barnes.
“We have something bigger we are playing for now. We’re playing for him,” Josiah-Jordan James said after the game.
The 19th ranked Vols play again on Saturday when they host Vanderbilt.
