No. 17 Tennessee faces Syracuse after Ament’s 20-point game

By Canadian Press on December 1, 2025.

Tennessee Volunteers (7-1) at Syracuse Orange (4-3)

Syracuse, New York; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Tennessee visits Syracuse after Nate Ament scored 20 points in Tennessee’s 81-76 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks.

The Orange are 3-0 on their home court. Syracuse is fourth in the ACC in team defense, giving up 65.3 points while holding opponents to 37.8% shooting.

The Volunteers play their first true road game after going 7-1 with a 2-1 record in neutral-site games to start the season. Tennessee has a 6-0 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

Syracuse scores 74.9 points, 9.5 more per game than the 65.4 Tennessee allows. Tennessee has shot at a 48.8% clip from the field this season, 11.0 percentage points greater than the 37.8% shooting opponents of Syracuse have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kiyan Anthony is scoring 11.9 points per game with 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists for the Orange. Donnie Freeman is averaging 17.8 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 50.0%.

Ja’Kobi Gillespie is scoring 18.5 points per game and averaging 2.5 rebounds for the Volunteers. Ament is averaging 17.9 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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