It wasn’t pretty, but No. 17 ranked Tennessee basketball remained undefeated after beating the Chattanooga Mocs 58-46 Monday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Now the Vols can get ready to take their 5-0 record down to Niceville, Fla. for the final two rounds of the Emerald Coast Classic, which will involve them facing the 4-1 Florida State Seminoles.
To be able to focus on that matchup, though, UT had to survive against a Chattanooga team that fell to 3-3 with the loss. The Vols had a 10-point lead at halftime, and the Mocs cut it to six points, 38-32 with just over 13 minutes to go in the game in the second half.