BATON ROUGE, La. – The last five games have been an offensive nightmare for coach Donnie Tyndall and his Tennessee Volunteers.
In losing all five games, Tennessee had reached the 60-point mark one time. The situation drastically changed in the second half of the Volunteers’ 78-63 victory against LSU on Wednesday.
Tennessee shot 69 percent from the field (18 of 26), including 63 percent on 3-pointers (5 of 8) in the final 20 minutes. The Volunteers outscored LSU 45-30 in the second half en route to their highest point total of the season.
“We talked about playing in attack mode and not settling for jump shots,” Tyndall said. “We did get in the paint a bunch which led to some draw-and-kick opportunities. In some cases, we converted at the rim.
“Sometimes the ball goes in and sometimes it does not. We played well offensively which always helps particularly on the road. We did a great job, maybe our best job all year, in sharing the basketball and making extra passes. We did that a couple of times late in the (shot) clock and that was huge.”