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No. 9 Tennessee claimed it was a tired team Friday night, and the Volunteers looked like it for a vast majority of their 86-69 win over College of Charleston in Thompson-Boling Arena.
Tennessee pulled away in the final minutes, but coach Bruce Pearl and his Vols admitted fatigue kept things interesting a little longer than they expected against the sweet-shooting Cougars.
"To play the way we play, you have to play with great passion and great intensity," Pearl said. "I'm not coming in here tonight saying we didn't because they didn't. We didn't because of the number of games we've played in a row, and the fact that I've probably worked them a little too hard."
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