North Carolina Central Eagles (0-11) at Tennessee Volunteers (7-0)
Knoxville, Tennessee; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Tennessee hosts North Carolina Central after Talaysia Cooper scored 23 points in Tennessee’s 78-68 victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
The Volunteers are 6-0 on their home court. Tennessee leads college basketball with 18.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Ruby Whitehorn averaging 3.4.
The Eagles are 0-8 in road games. North Carolina Central averages 23.2 turnovers per game and is 0-1 when turning the ball over less than opponents.
Tennessee is shooting 43.0% from the field this season, 4.2 percentage points lower than the 47.2% North Carolina Central allows to opponents. North Carolina Central averages 3.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 fewer made shot on average than the 4.6 per game Tennessee gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Cooper is scoring 20.1 points per game and averaging 6.1 rebounds for the Volunteers.
Aysia Hinton averages 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, scoring 5.5 points while shooting 41.0% from beyond the arc.
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