No. 16 Tennessee, still in contention for the SEC regular-season title, heads to red-hot Mississippi State on Tuesday.
Tennessee (21-7, 11-5 SEC) has won two in a row and trails first-place Auburn by one game. The Volunteers are coming off a 73-65 win at Ole Miss on Saturday and will have their hands full with the surging Bulldogs.
Mississippi State (21-8, 9-8) has won three in a row and seven of nine overall to vault into third place in the SEC standings. The Bulldogs survived a stern test from South Carolina and pulled out a 72-68 overtime win over the Gamecocks.