Tennessee beats Virginia 79-72

#6 Tennessee Volunteers beat #3 Virginia Cavaliers 79-72 on Sunday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

The first half made the difference: Tennessee outscored Virginia 36-31.

Tennessee shot 47% to 39% and won the boards 39-35.

For Tennessee, Ja'Kobi Gillespie (G): 21. For Virginia, Thijs De Ridder (F): 22.

Tennessee improves to 24-11. Virginia falls to 30-6.

Attendance: 19,279.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.