COLUMBIA, Mo. — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes asked the young guys on his bench at halftime, when the fifth-ranked Volunteers were losing to struggling Missouri, what they needed to turn things around over the final 20 minutes. “They said, ‘I think we need more effort,’” Barnes recalled. Dalton Knecht provided that, scoring 15 of his […]
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes asked the young guys on his bench at halftime, when the fifth-ranked Volunteers were losing to struggling Missouri, what they needed to turn things around during the final 20 minutes. “They said, ‘I think we need more effort,’” Barnes recalled. Dalton Knecht provided that, scoring 15 of his 17 points after the break, and a bigger lineup Barnes used out of the locker room paid off as Tennessee rallied from a seven-point deficit Tuesday night to beat the Tigers 72-67.