GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Tennessee 70, Mississippi 55
By MARK McGEE
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Josiah-Jordan James had game-highs of 20 points and seven rebounds, leading No. 17 Tennessee past Mississippi 70-55 in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
The fifth-seeded Vols (23-9) will play No. 4 seed Missouri in the semifinals.
James made four 3-pointers, including a shot on the Vols' first possession of the game. His 3 from the corner with 5 seconds left in the first half gave Tennessee a 39-33 lead at the break.
The Vols led 52-48 with 11 1/2 minutes left before increasing the margin to 64-50 on Julian Phillips' two free throws with 7 1/2 minutes to go.
Santiago Vescovi added 15 points for the Vols.
Myles Burns scored 14 points and also had three steals for Mississippi (12-21). Jae Brakefield and Murrell each had 12 points.
March 9, 2023
| Ole Miss | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Brakefield | F | 32 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Burns | F | 28 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| R. Allen | F | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Murrell | G | 35 | 4-14 | 2-2 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. White | G | 22 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Abram | 24 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| T. Akwuba | 12 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| T. Caldwell | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| J. McKinnis | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 20-53 (.377) |
8-12 (.667) |
7-20 (.350) |
5-22 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 55 | |
| Tennessee | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| O. Nkamhoua | F | 27 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Aidoo | F | 15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Vescovi | G | 36 | 4-12 | 4-4 | 3-10 | 0-6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| J. James | G | 31 | 6-13 | 4-4 | 4-11 | 0-7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| J. Mashack | G | 18 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Phillips | 22 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| T. Key | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| U. Plavsic | 14 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| T. Awaka | 13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| B. Edwards | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 24-51 (.471) |
12-14 (.857) |
10-28 (.357) |
9-38 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 70 | |