The smallest player on the court was the biggest story of the game, again.
Zakai Zeigler scored his first points of today’s game with a made 3 at the 14:51-mark of the second half, which gave Tennessee a six-point lead, 43-37. And then on the next possession, he made another 3, and the Vols never looked back.
Zeigler scored a career-high-tying 18 points against the Gamecocks, all in the final 20 minutes, on 4-4 shooting from deep and 6-9 shooting overall. He also added three steals in 27 minutes.
The first half was a bit touch-and-go: Tennessee bombed away from the game’s outset, with the Vols’ first four made baskets coming from behind the 3-point line.