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Knecht, Aidoo lead No. 5 Tennessee past Texas A&M, 86-51

AP
Feb 24, 2024

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Dalton Knecht scored 24 points and No. 5 Tennessee beat Texas A&M 86-51 on Saturday night to tie Alabama for the Southeastern Conference lead and give coach Rick Barnes his 800th Division I victory.

The 69-year-old Barnes became the 14th coach to win 800 games at Division I schools. He also coached George Mason, Providence, Clemson and Texas, winning 402 games in 17 seasons with the Longhorns. He has 196 in nine seasons at Tennessee.

“Like the motto of our program, it's not about me,” Barnes said about his milestone. "God blessed me with players, coaches and administrations. I thought I could do it on my own and I messed up. I'm glad (God) didn't quit on me.”

Jonas Aidoo had 18 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks to help the Volunteers (21-6, 11-3) win their fourth straight game. Zakai Zeigler had 14 assists and nine rebounds and Tobe Awaka added 12 points. Tennessee shot 52.4% from the field.

“(Zeigler) is underrated,” Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams said. “He's an elite on-ball defender. He's the engine. He's the conduit on so many things they do.”

Barnes was upset with Zeigler's effort earlier in the week in a narrow victory over Missouri.

“He said I didn't have my normal poise,” Zeigler said about Barnes. “I didn't have the swagger I usually have.”

That wasn't the case Saturday night.

“(Zeigler) was locked in the last couple days,” Barnes said. “He impacts the game in so many ways.”

Tyrese Radford and Wade Taylor IV led Texas A&M (15-12, 6-8) with 11 points each. The Aggies shot 27.3% from the field in dropping their fourth in a row.

“We are reliant on offensive rebounds (the Aggies had just 10),” Williams said. "We are reliant on getting fouled (they shot 50% - 10 of 20 from the line).

Tennessee dominated the boards, 50-33.

“(A&M is) one of the best rebounding teams in the country,” Barnes said.

Santiago Vescovi hit a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to put Tennessee up 37-27 at halftime.

THE TAKEAWAY

Texas A&M: Two weeks ago, the Aggies couldn’t miss from beyond the arc in their 16-point win over Tennessee. They hit 8 of 16 3-pointers in the first half and were up by 14 before the Vols knew what hit them. … Andersson Garcia was dominant on the boards with 17 rebounds.

Tennessee: The Vols control their own destiny for a double-bye in the SEC Tournament. … Tennessee continues to get production from different areas of its roster. Earlier this week it was Awaka off the bench to rescue the Vols against Missouri.

UP NEXT

Texas A&M: Host No. 20 South Carolina on Wednesday night.

Tennessee: Host No. 14 Auburn on Wednesday night.

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1st Half
TXAM
Aggies
27
TENN
Volunteers
37

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Volunteers gains possession)
19:48		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
19:46		Jace Carter defensive rebound
19:35		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
19:33		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
19:30	+2	Dalton Knecht makes two point layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	0-2
19:16		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
19:14		Santiago Vescovi defensive rebound
19:13		Tyrece Radford personal foul
18:51	+2	Josiah-Jordan James makes two point jump shot	0-4
18:30		Jonas Aidoo blocks Wildens Leveque's two point layup
18:28		Josiah-Jordan James defensive rebound
18:17		Wade Taylor IV shooting foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
18:17	+1	Zakai Zeigler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-5
18:17	+1	Zakai Zeigler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-6
17:49		Zakai Zeigler personal foul
17:49		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
17:47		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
17:44		Solomon Washington misses three point jump shot
17:42		Josiah-Jordan James defensive rebound
17:32		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
17:30		Solomon Washington defensive rebound
17:13	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Tyrece Radford assists)	3-6
16:52	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point jump shot	3-8
16:24		Jonas Aidoo blocks Tyrece Radford's two point layup
16:22		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
16:17		Wildens Leveque blocks Josiah-Jordan James's two point layup
16:15		Jace Carter defensive rebound
15:59		Tyrece Radford misses two point jump shot
15:57		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
15:51	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	3-11
15:24	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Tyrece Radford assists)	6-11
15:08		Zakai Zeigler misses two point layup
15:06		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
15:03	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot	9-11
14:51		Wildens Leveque shooting foul (Josiah-Jordan James draws the foul)
14:51		TV timeout
14:51	+1	Josiah-Jordan James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-12
14:51	+1	Josiah-Jordan James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-13
14:40		Andersson Garcia turnover (bad pass) (Josiah-Jordan James steals)
14:20		Josiah-Jordan James misses three point jump shot
14:18		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
14:10		Solomon Washington misses three point jump shot
14:08		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
13:59		Dalton Knecht offensive foul
13:59		Dalton Knecht turnover (offensive foul)
13:52		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
13:50		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
13:45		Tobe Awaka offensive foul
13:45		Tobe Awaka turnover (offensive foul)
13:19	+2	Jace Carter makes two point layup (Manny Obaseki assists)	11-13
13:19		Jahmai Mashack shooting foul (Jace Carter draws the foul)
13:19		Jace Carter misses regular free throw 1 of 1
13:19		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
13:13		Manny Obaseki personal foul
13:07		Jordan Gainey turnover (Andersson Garcia steals)
13:01	+2	Solomon Washington makes two point dunk (Andersson Garcia assists)	13-13
12:44		Jonas Aidoo misses two point jump shot
12:42		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
12:23	+2	Manny Obaseki makes two point jump shot	15-13
12:07		Jordan Gainey offensive foul
12:07		Jordan Gainey turnover (offensive foul)
11:50		Henry Coleman III misses two point jump shot
11:48		Tyrece Radford offensive rebound
11:41		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
11:39		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
11:31	+2	Tobe Awaka makes two point dunk (Zakai Zeigler assists)	15-15
11:13		Tyrece Radford turnover (Zakai Zeigler steals)
11:09		Zakai Zeigler misses two point layup
11:07		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
11:05	+2	Jahmai Mashack makes two point layup	15-17
10:41		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
10:39		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
10:34		Santiago Vescovi misses three point jump shot
10:32		Manny Obaseki defensive rebound
10:04		Tyrece Radford turnover (Zakai Zeigler steals)
9:54		Jonas Aidoo turnover (bad pass) (Andersson Garcia steals)
9:45		Wade Taylor IV turnover (lost ball) (Jahmai Mashack steals)
9:45		TV timeout
9:27	+3	Zakai Zeigler makes three point jump shot	15-20
9:05		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
9:04		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
9:03		Henry Coleman III personal foul
8:52		Zakai Zeigler misses two point layup
8:50		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
8:26	+2	Jace Carter makes two point layup (Wade Taylor IV assists)	17-20
8:10	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point jump shot (Santiago Vescovi assists)	17-22
7:56		Manny Obaseki misses three point jump shot
7:55		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
7:55		TV timeout
7:33		Josiah-Jordan James turnover (Jace Carter steals)
7:23		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
7:21		Henry Coleman III offensive rebound
7:19		Josiah-Jordan James shooting foul (Henry Coleman III draws the foul)
7:19		Henry Coleman III misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:19	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-22
7:01		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
6:59		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
6:49		Andersson Garcia misses three point jump shot
6:47		Santiago Vescovi defensive rebound
6:35		Jonas Aidoo misses two point layup
6:33		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
6:12		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
6:10		Santiago Vescovi defensive rebound
6:03		Santiago Vescovi misses two point layup
6:01		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
5:41	+3	Jace Carter makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	21-22
5:24		Santiago Vescovi misses three point jump shot
5:22		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
5:20		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
5:18		Jace Carter defensive rebound
5:10		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
5:10		Volunteers defensive rebound
5:10		Solomon Washington personal foul
4:51	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point hook shot (Josiah-Jordan James assists)	21-24
4:36	+3	Jace Carter makes three point jump shot (Andersson Garcia assists)	24-24
4:32		Aggies 30 second timeout
4:08	+2	Josiah-Jordan James makes two point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	24-26
3:53		Tyrece Radford misses two point layup
3:51		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
3:49		Hayden Hefner misses three point jump shot
3:48		Aggies offensive rebound
3:48		TV timeout
3:28		Hayden Hefner misses three point jump shot
3:26		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
3:09		Wade Taylor IV personal foul
3:09		Dalton Knecht misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:09		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
3:06		Dalton Knecht turnover (Andersson Garcia steals)
2:59		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
2:57		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
2:49		Dalton Knecht misses two point layup
2:47		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
2:44	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point dunk	24-28
2:09		Hayden Hefner misses two point layup
2:09		Henry Coleman III personal foul
2:09	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-29
2:09	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-30
1:38		Jace Carter misses two point layup
1:36		Tyrece Radford offensive rebound
1:21	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point layup	26-30
1:21		Jonas Aidoo shooting foul (Tyrece Radford draws the foul)
1:21	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 1 of 1	27-30
1:07	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	27-32
0:46		Josiah-Jordan James blocks Solomon Washington's two point jump shot
0:44		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
0:40		Manny Obaseki personal foul (Dalton Knecht draws the foul)
0:40	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-33
0:40	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-34
0:18		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
0:16		Santiago Vescovi defensive rebound
0:12		Volunteers 30 second timeout
0:02	+3	Santiago Vescovi makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	27-37
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
TXAM
Aggies
24
TENN
Volunteers
49

Time		Play	Score
19:41		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
19:39		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
19:32	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point layup (Josiah-Jordan James assists)	27-39
19:14		Tyrece Radford turnover (lost ball) (Santiago Vescovi steals)
19:13		Solomon Washington personal foul
19:02		Josiah-Jordan James misses three point jump shot
19:00		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
18:47	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point layup	29-39
18:40	+3	Santiago Vescovi makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	29-42
18:18	+3	Tyrece Radford makes three point jump shot	32-42
18:06	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	32-45
17:42		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
17:40		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
17:32	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point dunk (Josiah-Jordan James assists)	32-47
17:23		Aggies 30 second timeout
17:23		TV timeout
17:13		Jonas Aidoo personal foul (Wildens Leveque draws the foul)
16:58		Wade Taylor IV turnover (bad pass)
16:39		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
16:37		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
16:30		Tyrece Radford misses two point driving layup
16:28		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
16:17	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	32-49
15:51		Jace Carter misses two point stepback jump shot
15:49		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
15:38		Santiago Vescovi turnover (bad pass) (Wade Taylor IV steals)
15:33		Santiago Vescovi personal foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
15:33		TV timeout
15:18		Josiah-Jordan James personal foul (Manny Obaseki draws the foul)
15:15		Tyrece Radford misses two point turnaround hook shot
15:13		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
14:57		Tobe Awaka turnover (lost ball) (Manny Obaseki steals)
14:52		Josiah-Jordan James shooting foul (Henry Coleman III draws the foul)
14:52		Henry Coleman III misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:52	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-49
14:45		Zakai Zeigler misses two point jump shot
14:43		Tobe Awaka offensive rebound
14:42		Andersson Garcia shooting foul (Tobe Awaka draws the foul)
14:42		Tobe Awaka misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:42	+1	Tobe Awaka makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-50
14:30		Manny Obaseki turnover (bad pass) (Tobe Awaka steals)
14:22		Jonas Aidoo misses two point jump shot
14:19		Aggies defensive rebound
14:17		Solomon Washington turnover (bad pass) (Zakai Zeigler steals)
14:13	+2	Zakai Zeigler makes two point layup	33-52
14:02		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
14:00		Jace Carter offensive rebound
13:55		Tobe Awaka blocks Jace Carter's two point layup
13:53		Henry Coleman III offensive rebound
13:51	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point putback layup	35-52
13:44		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
13:42		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
13:38		Jonas Aidoo turnover (lost ball)
13:26	+2	Manny Obaseki makes two point driving layup	37-52
13:10		Manny Obaseki shooting foul (Jonas Aidoo draws the foul)
13:10		Jonas Aidoo misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:10		Jonas Aidoo misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:10		Jace Carter defensive rebound
12:57	+2	Solomon Washington makes two point cutting dunk (Wade Taylor IV assists)	39-52
12:36	+2	Tobe Awaka makes two point pullup jump shot	39-54
12:17		Jace Carter offensive foul (Jordan Gainey draws the foul)
12:17		Jace Carter turnover (offensive foul)
12:00		Jahmai Mashack misses two point driving layup
11:58		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
11:58		Jonas Aidoo misses two point putback dunk
11:57		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
11:57		Tobe Awaka personal foul (Henry Coleman III draws the foul)
11:57		TV timeout
11:48		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
11:46		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
11:43		Jonas Aidoo turnover (bad pass) (Andersson Garcia steals)
11:41		Jonas Aidoo shooting foul (Jace Carter draws the foul)
11:41		Jace Carter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:41		Jace Carter misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:41		Josiah-Jordan James defensive rebound
11:31	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	39-57
11:19		Henry Coleman III misses two point driving layup
11:17		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
11:12		Jonas Aidoo blocks Andersson Garcia's two point layup
11:10		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
10:56		Josiah-Jordan James misses two point pullup jump shot
10:54		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
10:43		Manny Obaseki misses two point driving layup
10:41		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
10:36	+2	Jahmai Mashack makes two point cutting layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	39-59
10:27		Aggies 30 second timeout
10:12		Henry Coleman III misses two point turnaround jump shot
10:10		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
9:58		Jace Carter shooting foul (Dalton Knecht draws the foul)
9:58	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-60
9:58	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-61
9:43		Dalton Knecht shooting foul (Henry Coleman III draws the foul)
9:43	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-61
9:43		Henry Coleman III misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:43		Josiah-Jordan James defensive rebound
9:41		Andersson Garcia personal foul (Josiah-Jordan James draws the foul)
9:35		Andersson Garcia personal foul (Tobe Awaka draws the foul)
9:35	+1	Tobe Awaka makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-62
9:35		Tobe Awaka misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:35		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
9:17	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point cutting layup (Wade Taylor IV assists)	42-62
9:04		Dalton Knecht misses two point alley-oop layup
9:02		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
8:52		Tobe Awaka personal foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
8:52		Wade Taylor IV misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:52		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
8:29	+2	Josiah-Jordan James makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	42-64
8:15		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
8:13		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
7:57		Tobe Awaka misses two point layup
7:55		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
7:51		TV timeout
7:29		Wade Taylor IV misses two point layup
7:27		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
7:06		Zakai Zeigler misses three point pullup jump shot
7:04		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
7:00		Jahmai Mashack misses three point jump shot
6:58		Volunteers offensive rebound
6:50	+2	Dalton Knecht makes two point pullup bank jump shot	42-66
6:44		Wade Taylor IV turnover (bad pass) (Zakai Zeigler steals)
6:41	+2	Zakai Zeigler makes two point driving reverse layup	42-68
6:24	+3	Tyrece Radford makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	45-68
6:18		Jonas Aidoo misses two point alley-oop dunk
6:16		Jace Carter defensive rebound
6:09		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
6:07		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
6:02	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point alley-oop dunk (Dalton Knecht assists)	45-70
5:50		Aggies 60 second timeout
5:41		Manny Obaseki misses three point jump shot
5:39		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
5:23	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot (Josiah-Jordan James assists)	45-73
5:01		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
4:59		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
4:44	+2	Dalton Knecht makes two point cutting dunk (Zakai Zeigler assists)	45-75
4:25		Tyrece Radford misses three point pullup jump shot
4:23		Josiah-Jordan James defensive rebound
4:09		Josiah-Jordan James misses two point pullup jump shot
4:07		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
3:59		Jahmai Mashack personal foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
3:59		TV timeout
3:59	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-75
3:59	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-75
3:39		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
3:37		Jordan Gainey offensive rebound
3:22	+2	Tobe Awaka makes two point turnaround jump shot (Santiago Vescovi assists)	47-77
3:00		Manny Obaseki misses two point pullup jump shot
2:58		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
2:39	+2	Tobe Awaka makes two point dunk (Zakai Zeigler assists)	47-79
2:38		Volunteers 30 second timeout
2:22		Henry Coleman III misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
2:20		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
2:19		Cameron Carr personal foul (Solomon Washington draws the foul)
2:19	+1	Solomon Washington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-79
2:19	+1	Solomon Washington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-79
2:11	+2	Tobe Awaka makes two point alley-oop dunk (Jordan Gainey assists)	49-81
1:56	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point jump shot (Eli Lawrence assists)	51-81
1:24		Freddie Dilione V turnover (bad pass) (Manny Obaseki steals)
1:01		Eli Lawrence misses three point stepback jump shot
0:59		Santiago Vescovi defensive rebound
0:50		Volunteers 30 second timeout
0:35	+2	Jordan Gainey makes two point driving layup	51-83
0:35		Henry Coleman III shooting foul (Jordan Gainey draws the foul)
0:35	+1	Jordan Gainey makes regular free throw 1 of 1	51-84
0:26		Freddie Dilione V blocks Eli Lawrence's two point driving layup
0:24		Jordan Gainey defensive rebound
0:20	+2	Cameron Carr makes two point driving dunk (Jordan Gainey assists)	51-86
0:00		End of period

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Cameron Carr makes two point driving dunk (Jordan Gainey assists)