COLUMBIA, S.C.-Tobias Harris emerged from the Tennessee locker room in the bowels of Colonial Life Arena wearing a gray sweatshirt he got from his selection to last year’s McDonald’s High School All-American Game.
“I thought it was a pretty good game for me,” the steady freshman said.
The Volunteers needed it, too.
Harris’ career-high 25 points helped UT overcome the absence of their biggest player in a 73-69 Southeastern Conference win Thursday night at South Carolina.
“Tremendous,” UT coach Bruce Pearl said. “Tobias finished around the basket. Tobias rebounded the ball in traffic. He was the only guy in there that had any kind of size – any kind of physical presence. That’s one of his best games. I played him at a lot of center. And as a freshman he’s a winner.”