Basketball

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team raced out to a 10-point lead Tuesday at Missouri, but ended the night on the short side of a 73-69 decision. Senior guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie led No. 22 Tennessee (20-8, 10-5 SEC) with 19 points at Mizzou...

RUTLEDGE - Greeneville’s Lady Devils took the floor at Grainger High School on Monday night with something to prove. After suffering their only conference loss of the season — a 75-49 defeat to Cherokee on Feb. 10 — Greeneville responded with a fast start,...

ELIZABETHTON - For the second year in-a-row North Greene and Unaka squared off in the District 1-1A Championship and for the second year in-a-row the Unaka Lady Rangers reigned supreme with a 56-51 win to capture gold. “It’s disappointing. Everybody wanted to come up...

BASKETBALL Greeneville 75, Cherokee 56 The Greeneville girls basketball team took down Cherokee 75-56 on Monday evening in the District 2-3A championship game. Maria Lyde led the way for the Lady Greene Devils as she scored 24 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and dished six...

BLOUNTVILLE – The South Greene girls struggled to get shots to fall on Monday night and fell to Unicoi County 41-36 in the District 1-2A Tournament championship game at West Ridge High School. “I’m disappointed in a lot of areas,” South Greene coach Stephen...

BLOUNTVILLE – The Chuckey-Doak girls basketball team fought to the finish on Monday night in the District 1-2A Tournament third-place game, but the Lady Black Knights came up short in a 73-68 loss to Johnson County. “The first two times we played them it...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Forward Nate Ament of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team is the SEC Freshman of the Week for the sixth time in 2025-26, as announced Monday afternoon by the league office. Previously, Ament earned the award Nov. 10, Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Feb....

NORMAN, Okla. – No. 21/21 Tennessee put up a valiant fight at the Lloyd Noble Center on Sunday afternoon, but No. 11/9 Oklahoma went to the free-throw line 46 times and hit 36 of them en route to a 100-93 victory. The Sooners (21-6, 9-5...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team registered its second AP top-20 road triumph of the season with a 69-65 victory Saturday afternoon at No. 19/18 Vanderbilt. Tennessee (20-7, 10-4 SEC) rallied from a nine-point deficit to claim its 15th victory in...