No. 16 Tennessee, LSU meet in battle of second-place teams

Published Feb. 12, 2021 12:53 p.m. ET

Associated Press

A look at the weekend action around the Southeastern Conference:

GAME OF THE WEEKEND

No. 16 Tennessee (14-4, 7-4 SEC) visits LSU (12-6, 7-4) in a battle between teams locked in a second-place tie with Arkansas. Both teams are coming off high-scoring wins, the Volunteers beating Georgia 89-81 and

The other big game is streaking Arkansas against No. 10 Missouri, which is

The Texas A&M-Florida game was postponed because of COVID-19 issues within the Aggies program.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Darius Days, F, LSU: He returned from an ankle injury with a 16-point, 11-rebound effort against Mississippi State. Days made four 3-pointers. It was his first action since Jan. 30 against Texas Tech, missing the Alabama game. Days had his highest scoring and rebounding totals since racking up 18 points and 13 boards in the Arkansas game on Jan. 13. He gives the team another scorer alongside Thomas, Trendon Watford and Javonte Smart.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

LSU just wrapped up four straight conference games on the road for the first time since 1972, going 2-2. ... LSU shot 61.3% (38 of 62) against Mississippi State, the second-highest field goal percentage under coach Will Wade. It was the Tigers’ best shooting percentage on the road since 2000. ...

ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE

No. 16 Tennessee and No. 6 Texas A&M are set for a meeting originally scheduled for Dec. 31. The game features two stingy defenses. The Lady Vols entered the week giving up 59.3 points per game while the Aggies were allowing an average of 59.8. Texas A&M was coming off a big weekend win, 69-67, over No. 16 Arkansas. The Lady Vols hadn't played since Jan. 31 coming into the week before Thursday night's 71-56 loss to Kentucky. ... Georgia’s Que Morrison and Mississippi's Shakira Austin are co-SEC players of the week. ... No. 1 South Carolina won its 30th consecutive league game, 77-62 over Missouri on the heels of Monday night's loss to No. 2 UConn.

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