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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles vs. Tennessee Volunteers Recap: Vols Ring In The New Year With 96-53 Win

It’s always good to finish out strong. For the Tennessee Volunteers, you can’t finish much stronger than they just did.

Tennessee routed the visiting Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles to the tune of a 96-53 defeat in Knoxville on Saturday. It was the final game of the 2018 calendar year. Now, the Vols will look to the new year as SEC play begins in a week.

The Vols got off to a quick start and led 5-0 within the first 1:10 of the game. Tech battled back to make it 5-4, but Tennessee was able to pull away with 6-0 run that started with a sick dunk from Grant Williams as he cleaned up a Jordan Bowden miss.