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Needing a win to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive, Arkansas will play its second straight road game Tuesday. The Razorbacks (16-7, 4-6 SEC) head to Knoxville, Tenn., for an SEC matchup with Tennessee (13-10, 5-5).
Before the 6 p.m. CT tip, which will be televised on the SEC Network, HawgBeat thought it'd be a good idea to give a scouting report of sorts on the Volunteers.
Below is a look at their starting lineup, bench players and where they're ranked in key metrics and statistics...
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Tennessee's Projected Starting Lineup
#10 - F John Fulkerson - R-Jr., 6-9, 212
Stats: 29.5 min., 12.2 pts. (63.2 FG%, 76.5 FT%), 6.0 reb., 1.4 ast., 1.3 stl.
#23 - G Jordan Bowden - Sr., 6-5, 193
Stats: 33.7 min., 13.1 pts. (36.8 FG%, 26.4 3PT%, 79.8 FT%), 4.0 reb., 2.4 ast., 1.1 stl.
#25 - G Santiago Vescovi - Fr., 6-3, 188
Stats: 29.3 min., 10.8 pts. (35.6 FG%, 36.4 3PT%, 82.1 FT%), 4.0 reb., 3.5 ast., 1.2 stl.
#34 - F Uros Plavsic - R-Fr., 7-0, 240
Stats: 11.3 min., 4.3 pts. (43.8 FG%), 1.4 reb.
#35 - G/F Yves Pons - Jr., 6-6, 215
Stats: 33.3 min., 11.1 pts. (48.3 FG%, 33.3 3PT%), 5.0 reb., 1.1 ast., 2.7 blk.
Tennessee's Bench
#0 - G Davonte Gaines - Fr., 6-7, 178
Stats: 9.3 min., 2.3 pts. (31.6 FG%, 78.6 FT%), 1.6 reb.
#5 - G Josiah-Jordan James - Fr., 6-6, 208
Stats: 30.7 min., 7.8 pts. (37.1 FG%, 36.7 3PT%, 82.4 FT%), 5.7 reb., 2.9 ast.
NOTE: Started the first 20 games of the season before suffering a hip/groin injury that has sidelined him the last three games... Went through limited pregame warmups and stretches before last game, but status for Tuesday is unknown
#13 - G Jalen Johnson - R-Jr., 6-6, 196
Stats: 15.8 min., 3.4 pts. (36.9 FG%, 33.3 3PT%, 86.7 FT%), 2.1 reb., 1.0 ast.
#21 - F Olivier Nkamhoua - Fr., 6-8, 224
Stats: 12.7 min., 3.7 pts. (56.1 FG%), 3.3 reb.
Rankings Comparison - Tennessee | Arkansas
~NET: No. 68 | No. 38
~KenPom: No. 68 | No. 36
~ESPN BPI: No. 57 | No. 38
~Sagarin: No. 61 | No. 47