KNOXVILLE – Tennessee finally was able to secure another men’s basketball win Tuesday.
It just had to roll around in the mud for a little while to do it.
The fifth-ranked Volunteers won 66-53 over Georgia Tech at Thompson-Boling Arena to improve to 3-0 for the season.
They’re off until Nov. 21 when they face Louisville in the NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The Vols didn’t play particularly well as Georgia Tech (1-1) tried to slow the game on the defensive end with a physical style of play, but Tennessee had a strong defensive effort that limited the Yellow Jackets to 28 percent from the field. The Vols weren’t much better, making 40 percent of their shots, and struggled at the free-throw line, making 24 of their 38 attempts.