Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (11/02/2026) — The Tennessee Volunteers turned a three-point halftime edge into a 90-59 rout of the Wofford Terriers on Monday night at Food City Center, outscoring the visitors 56-28 after the break behind a monster double-double from DeWayne Brown II.
Tennessee shot 52 percent from the floor, won the rebounding battle 42-34, and dished 17 assists against just 10 turnovers. Wofford, which hung within 34-31 at halftime, managed only 31 percent shooting for the game and 22 percent from three-point range.
How It Happened
The first half gave little hint of the final margin. Dai Dai Ames opened the scoring with a driving layup at 19:53, and Tyler Lundblade buried back-to-back threes from 27 feet — the second off a Juke Harris feed at 15:55 — to stake Tennessee to a 12-6 lead.
Wofford refused to fade. Luke Flynn answered from 23 feet, and Chace Watley's layup at 10:29 gave the Terriers their only lead of the night at 16-15. Lundblade's third triple of the half, a 25-footer off a Miles Rubin assist, knotted the game at 18, and Chris Arias kept Wofford even with a pair of 23-foot threes, the second tying it 27-27 with 2:51 left in the half.
Tennessee closed with the half's decisive flurry. Troy Henderson drilled a 25-footer off a Terrence Hill Jr. assist at 1:58 to make it 32-27, and after Cam Lowe answered from 27 feet, Cutter Sisk's free throw sent the teams to the locker room with the Volunteers up 34-31. The game featured just one lead change and four ties — all of them before intermission.
The second half belonged entirely to Tennessee. Rubin threw down two dunks in the opening 91 seconds, both assisted by Brown, and Lundblade's fourth three of the night — a 28-footer off an Ames assist — pushed the lead to 39-34. When Harris connected from 23 feet at 17:28, Tennessee led 44-34 and never looked back.
Turning Point
The sequence that ended Wofford's night came midway through the second half, when Tennessee ripped off a 10-0 run that turned a 46-36 edge into an 18-point cushion. The Terriers briefly stopped the bleeding on Sisk's 24-foot three at 10:34, but by then the deficit stood at 62-41, and the margin only grew. Henderson's second triple of the game, again set up by Hill, made it 73-45 with 5:51 to play, and Jyi Dawkins' free throw in the final minute closed the scoring at 90-59.
Star of the Game
DeWayne Brown II controlled the paint on both ends, finishing with 17 points, a game-high 17 rebounds, and three assists — including the feeds on both of Rubin's early second-half dunks that sparked the pull-away. Brown's 17 boards accounted for nearly half of Tennessee's 42 as a team.
Hill matched Brown with 17 points and added three assists, repeatedly finding shooters on the perimeter. Lundblade's 12 points came entirely from beyond the arc on four three-pointers, and Henderson chipped in 10 for a Tennessee attack that put four players in double figures.
For Wofford, Cam Lowe led the way with 14 points, including a 27-foot three late in the first half that kept the Terriers within striking distance. Sisk and Arias added 10 points apiece, and Evan Ramsey battled for a team-high 10 rebounds to go with eight points.
What It Means
For the Tennessee Volunteers, the night checked every early-season box: efficient shooting at 52 percent, a plus-eight edge on the glass, 17 assists against 10 turnovers, and a dominant 56-point second half that showed what the offense looks like when the perimeter attack and interior presence click together. Brown's 17-and-17 line anchored it all, and the balanced scoring — four Volunteers in double figures — suggests Tennessee won't need to lean on one option night to night.
The Wofford Terriers leave Knoxville with a first half worth building on. They traded threes with Tennessee for 20 minutes, tied the game four times, and briefly led behind Arias, Lowe, and Flynn's perimeter shooting. But 31 percent shooting for the game and a 22 percent night from deep proved too much to overcome once Tennessee tightened the screws after halftime. Ramsey's double-digit rebounding effort stands out as a bright spot the Terriers can carry forward.
