Knoxville, TN – Closing both non-conference action and the 2024 calendar year, the No. 1 Tennessee men’s basketball team faces Norfolk State at home Tuesday afternoon at Food City Center. Tipoff is set for 2:00pm CT, 3:00pm ET.
Fans can catch Tuesday’s game between the Volunteers (12-0) and Spartans (9-6) on SEC Network+. Will Boling (play-by-play) and Steve Hamer (analyst) will have the call.
Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate to hear Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp describing the action.
In Tennessee’s most recent outing, it increased its season-opening winning streak to a dozen for the third time in program history with an 82-64 win last Monday night against Middle Tennessee State.
Facing a halftime deficit for the first time in 2024-25, top-ranked Tennessee controlled much of the second stanza to claim the win in front of 20,706 fans at Food City Center. Fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier paced the victors with 23 points, while senior guard Zakai Zeigler posted his second straight double-double, notching 17 points and career-high 15 assists, tied for the fifth-most in program history.
The Matchup
After never playing previously, this is the second matchup between Tennessee and Norfolk State in 2024. The Volunteers won, 87-50, on 1/2/24 behind a game-best 17 points from Zakai Zeigler.
This is the second season in a row Norfolk State is UT’s 13th and final non-conference opponent.
After going 24-11 (11-3) and winning the CIT in 2023-24, the Spartans placed second in the MEAC preseason poll.
Graduate student guard Brian Moore Jr. leads Norfolk State with 19.4 ppg and 1.6 spg.
Tennessee is just 2-0 all-time versus current MEAC schools. In addition to its win over Norfolk State, UT beat Coppin State, 99- 65, on 11/19/06 in Knoxville.
