KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - JANUARY 28: Olivier Nkamhoua #13 of the Tennessee Volunteers looks for a pass against Dillon Mitchell #23 of the Texas Longhorns in the second half of the game at Thompson-Boling Arena on January 28, 2023 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Texas interim coach Rodney Terry was eager to see how his team stacked up against Tennessee, a program he praised as “Final Four good’ heading into Saturday night’s tilt at Thompson-Boling Arena.
The matchup between two self-styled national championship contenders with divergent philosophies, led by a pair of head coaches who formerly spent almost a decade working together in Austin, was presented as the main event of Saturday’s 10-game slate pitting the Big 12 versus the SEC. No one expected a work of art - the way Tennessee operates typically doesn’t lend itself to offensive fireworks. That wasn’t the case Saturday as it shot a blistering 55 percent from the field with 40 points in the paint and 15 second-chance points.
“They’re Final Four good,” Terry said Thursday of Tennessee. “No. 1-rated defense in the country. They got a little bit of everything you need in terms of being elite. To go in and compete on their home floor, against that quality of opponent, for us to go in have success, obviously we have to do some things that are at a very elite level ourselves. It will be an incredible resume game for ourselves, if we’re able to go in and get that done.
Senior forward Oliier Nkamhoua was the other half of the 1-2 punch. He erupted for 27 points, eight rebounds and three assists in 33 minutes of action. His presence on the glass helped Tennessee finish with a plus-15 rebounding edge.
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