National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tennessee 66, East Tennessee St. 63
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 23, 2011
Where: Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee
Officials: # Marc Ellard, # Chuck Jones, # Michael Kitts
Attendance: 16044

Trae Golden scored nine of his 11 points in the final six minutes as Tennessee rallied from an eight-point deficit to beat visiting East Tennessee State 66-63 on Friday.

The Volunteers (5-6) trailed 59-51 with 5:36 to go before finishing with a 15-4 run.

Kenny Hall’s dunk with two minutes to go pushed the Volunteers ahead 60-59 and Golden’s fastbreak dunk with 1:22 remaining put Tennessee in front 62-59.

East Tennessee State (5-6) got within 64-63 on Adam Sollazzo’s layup with 10 seconds left, but the Volunteers hung on to extend their modest winning streak to two games.

The Buccaneers raced to an 11-point lead in the first half, but Tennessee’s Cameron Tatum made a 3-pointer with 2:13 left to tie the game at 29.

Tatum led Tennessee with 13 points, while Sollazzo paced East Tennessee State with 19 points and Adam Hubbard added 18.
Top Game Performances
 
East Tennessee St.   Tennessee
Adam Sollazzo 19 Scoring Cameron Tatum 13
Adam Sollazzo 7 Assists Trae Golden 6
Tommy Hubbard 9 Rebounds Kenny Hall 8
Adam Sollazzo 7 Free Throws Made Trae Golden 3
Sheldon Cooley 2 Steals Jeronne Maymon 2
Isiah Brown 2 Blocks Kenny Hall 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
East Tennessee St. 63 40.7 4-13 11-13 11 29 2 8 12
Tennessee 66 52.2 8-19 10-13 11 23 7 5 15