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Vols break program record with 16th straight victory in men’s basketball

Tennessee's Lamonte Turner dribbles while guarded by Texas A&M's Jay Jay Chandler on Saturday night in College Station, Texas. Turner finished with 19 points and seven assists as the No. 1 Vols won 93-76 to extend their streak of victories to 16 straight games, which broke a program record.
Tennessee's Lamonte Turner dribbles while guarded by Texas A&M's Jay Jay Chandler on Saturday night in College Station, Texas. Turner finished with 19 points and seven assists as the No. 1 Vols won 93-76 to extend their streak of victories to 16 straight games, which broke a program record. Tennessee's Lamonte Turner dribbles while guarded by Texas A&M's Jay Jay Chandler on Saturday night in College Station, Texas. Turner finished with 19 points and seven assists as the No. 1 Vols won 93-76 to extend their streak of victories to 16 straight games, which broke a program record.

By Associated Press 4 min read

photo Texas A&M’s Savion Flagg gets control of a high pass to Tennessee’s Jordan Bowden at midcourt during Saturday night’s SEC matchup in College Station, Texas.
photo Tennessee forward Grant Williams shoots over Texas A&M guard Brandon Mahan (13) and forward Josh Nebo during the first half of Saturday night’s game.
photo Texas A&M men’s basketball coach Billy Kennedy said his team needed to do “everything right” to beat visiting Tennessee playing at its best Saturday night, and that didn’t happen for the Aggies as they fell to 1-7 in SEC play.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The top-ranked Tennessee men’s basketball team didn’t take much time to celebrate breaking a 100-year-old record Saturday night.

The Volunteers have much bigger goals this season.

Grant Williams scored 22 points as Tennessee beat Texas A&M 93-76, winning for the 16th straight game to set a program record.

“We have a long way to go,” Williams said. “We have a long season ahead of us. It’s nice to set that record, but we want more. We can’t ever settle, because if we settle or we start thinking that’s all we want, we’re going to drop to teams left and right.”

The Vols (20-1, 8-0 Southeastern Conference) surpassed the 15-game streak they had from February 1915 to January 1917 and are off to their best start in conference play since also going 8-0 in the 1981-82 season.