Tennessee’s Trae Golden, left, and Jordan McRae celebrate after McRae scored against LSU on an assist from Golden during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday in Knoxville, Tenn.KNOXVILLE – Among the six swished 3-pointers and the one-handed tomahawk dunk that might make this morning’s “SportsCenter” on ESPN, Jordan McRae picked perhaps the least flashiest moment as his favorite from a career scoring night.
The Tennessee guard had plenty of options, but he needed little time to pick out one play.
“The tip-in I made over Johnny O’Bryant,” McRae said after he scored 34 points in the Volunteers’ 82-72 Southeastern Conference victory against visiting LSU on Tuesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena.
“I think that was a big play for us.”
It was one of many for McRae, a 6-foot-6 junior, in the Vols’ fourth consecutive win. He had Tennessee’s highest scoring output since Chris Lofton scored 35 points and made the memorable 3-pointer over Kevin Durant in a home win against Texas in December 2006.