According to Tennessee Athletics, The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team fell, 85-69, Saturday night at Texas A&M.
Sixth-ranked Tennessee (17-6, 7-3 SEC) could not weather an early long-range shooting onslaught by the Aggies and climb back at Reed Arena. Fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht paced the Volunteers with 22 points in the setback, marking his eighth time posting 20-plus in the last nine contests. Zakai Zeigler finished with 15 points, a career-high-tying six rebounds, a team-best six assists and a game-leading four steals. The Long Island, N.Y., native played all 40 minutes, becoming the first Tennessee player to do so in 2023-24. Graduate student guard Tyrece Radford led all scorers with 27 points for the Aggies.
The Vols dropped three spots to #9 Monday morning in the AP Poll. Tennessee now heads to Fayetteville, Ark., where it plays Wednesday at 8 p.m. against Arkansas, live on ESPN2 from Bud Walton Arena.