Tennessee downs Oklahoma 8-0 at Minute Maid Park

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HOUSTON, TEXAS (March 6, 2022) Number six ranked Tennessee completed their three-game series at the Shirners Children's College Classic  inside Minute Maid Park in Houston with an 8-0 win over Oklahoma. The Voluneers (10-1) went 2-1 in the tournament, dropping their first game of the season by the score of 7-2 to the No. 1 Texas Longhorns on Friday evening (March 4). On Saturday, they downed the Baylor Bears by the score of 10-5.

Tennessee was paced by designated hitter Christian Moore, who was 3-for-4 at the plate, with two runs and three RBI. He was assisted by left fielder Seth Stephenson, who went 2-for-2 with one RBI. For the Sooners, center fielder Tanner Tredaway tallied two hits from four at bats. 

The Volunteers used five pitchers in the victory, with starter Drew Beam getting the win. He completed five innings while giving up only two hits in facing 17 batters. The win pushed his season record to 2-0.

Starting pitcher Chazz Martinez receive the loss for the Sooners, with 3.2 innings of work. He gave up five runs, all of them earned, on five hits while facing 20 batters.

Next on tap for the Volunteers with be a Tuesday, March 8 matchup against James Madison. Oklahoma, who went 0-3 at Minute Maid Park, will face Dallas Baptist on Tuesday.

The box score from the game can be accessed by clicking here.

Tennessee shuts down Wright State 73-47

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DALLAS, TEXAS (March 15, 2018)  After failing to score in the first three minutes of the game, the No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers took a 34-23 lead into halftime and went on to down the No. 14 Wright State Raiders by the score of 73-47 at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The Raiders showed little offense offense after the first few minutes of the game, shooting 31% from the field and 19% from three-point range. It was a distinct difference from the regulars season, where they shot 43% and average more than 72 points a game.

Lamonte Turner came off the bench and scored 19 points for the Volunteers and head coach Rick Barnes. The 61- sophomore guard from Florence, Alabama was 9-of-10 from the free-throw line and hit two three-pointers. Starting guard Admiral Schofield (Zion, Illinois) tallied 15 points and 12 rebounds, 10 of them on defense, for his fourth double-double of the season. Grant Williams (Charlotte, North Carolina) added 14 in the winning effort. 

Barnes stated after the game:

"Obviously we're happy with the win and the fact that we felt coming in that Wright State would be as difficult a team that we've played all year in terms of the way they move without the ball. They're really a team that, you watching them on tape, you could tell they were just a terrific team. They understood each other. They've had one of those special years, a lot like we have. So from that point, defensively we were really pretty good today against a team that's not a very easy team to guard. Offensively once we settled in, we settled in, and we missed some easy ones early, but we settled in and got our offense going."

Wright State heads home to Dayton, Ohio with a 25-10 record while Tennessee moves on to face the winner of No. 11 Loyola Chicago and No. 8 Miami on Saturday, March 17. The tip-off time yet to be determined.

2008 Houston College Classic-Day 2 Action

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

Day 2 action at the 2008 Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park saw the Oklahoma Sooners facing the Houston Cougars, the Texas Tech Red raiders facing the Volunteers of Tennessee and the Rice Owls squaring off against the Texas Longhorns.

In game one on Saturday, sophomore Spencer Selby drove a three-run home run over the left-field fence in the top of the tenth inning to give the Sooners’ (4-2) an 8-5 win over Houston (4-3). Click here for the recap on Oklahoma and here for the Houston recap

In game two, Nate Karns logged five strong innings while Joey Kenworthy and Taylor Ashby added two RBIs each to lead Texas Tech to a 7-3 win over Tennessee. Click here for the Texas Tech recap and here for the Tennessee version.

In the nightcap, the sixth-ranked Rice baseball team exploded for 10 runs on 15 hits, including three home runs, on the way to a 10-4 victory over fourth-ranked Texas. Click here for the Rice recap and here for the Texas recap.

Action continues on Sunday with Oklahoma facing Tennessee at 11:00 am, Texas Tech and Rice at 2:30 pm and Houston meeting Texas at 6:00 pm.