There are 5,225 miles separating College Station, Texas, from Montevideo, Uruguay.
It sure seemed like home for Santiago Vescovi.
Playing at Texas A&M for the first time in his career, Tennessee’s sophomore guard from South America made four 3-pointers in the first eight minutes Saturday to ignite the No. 9 Volunteers to a 68-54 dismantling of the Aggies. Tennessee improved to 9-1 overall and 3-1 in Southeastern Conference play, while Texas A&M fell to 6-4 and 1-3.
“I was not feeling that good today in terms of rhythm on my shot,” a somewhat bewildered Vescovi said afterward. “I really don’t know what happened today. I was shooting in warmups and couldn’t make shots.
“Then I got in the game, and they started falling, so I just started taking the opportunities.”