DETROIT − Santiago Vescovi is out with the flu as Tennessee basketball faces Creighton within the Candy 16 on Friday.
Vescovi didn’t follow Thursday with the Vols at Little Caesars Enviornment. Vols coach Rick Barnes indicated Vescovi was ailing however he anticipated that Vescovi would play when No. 2-seeded Tennessee (26-8) faces No. 3 seed Creighton (25-9) on Friday (10:15 p.m. ET, TBS/truTV) in March Insanity.
Vescovi is averaging 6.5 factors and three.7 rebounds per sport this season. It’s the fourth sport Vescovi has missed in his five-year profession. UT had began the identical lineup in 28 straight video games. He’s day-to-day transferring ahead and can be reevaluated Saturday.
Junior guard Jahmai Mashack is beginning in Vescovi’s place.
Santiago Vescovi out for Tennessee basketball vs Creighton
Vescovi had began each sport this season for Tennessee. He has began 144 of the 148 video games in his profession, which is a Tennessee report. The fifth-year senior returned to UT this season. He’s averaging 10.4 factors per sport in his profession and capturing 37.3% on 3-pointers.
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Vescovi turned the Tennessee chief in profession steals with 212 after he tallied three towards Texas in UT’s 62-58 win within the second spherical in Charlotte. He’s considered one of two gamers to make greater than 100 3-pointers in a season. He hit 102 as a junior in 2021-22. Chris Lofton did it thrice. He additionally ranks third in class historical past in 3-pointers with 325, trailing Lofton’s 431 and Allan Houston’s 346.
The Uruguayan guard is considered one of two gamers in Tennessee historical past with 1,000 factors, 500 rebounds and 400 assists.
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Tennessee basketball had prevented harm, well being points this season earlier than March Insanity
Tobe Awaka was the one participant in Tennessee’s prime eight within the rotation that missed a sport this season coming into the Candy 16. He didn’t play towards North Carolina on Nov. 29 as a consequence of an ankle harm suffered within the Maui Invitational every week prior.
UT had began the identical beginning lineup in each sport since that North Carolina loss. Guard Zakai Zeigler entered the lineup towards the Tar Heels after coming off the bench within the first six video games of the season following ACL surgical procedure in March 2023.
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