Number-seven Tennessee held off Ole Miss 73-71 in Oxford. Grant Williams scored the winning jumper with four seconds left to lift the Vols. They’ll host fourth-ranked Kentucky on Saturday.
Elsewhere in the SEC: Vanderbilt fell to Florida 71-55. The Commodores have lost 16 games in a row and return to action Saturday at Texas A&M.
Number-24 Louisville fell to Boston College 66-59. The Cardinals are on a three-game slide and welcome Notre Dame to the KFC/Yum Center on Sunday.
Tonight’s Games
Western Kentucky is in Conference USA action at UAB in Bartow Arena with tipoff at 6:30. Coverage of the game can be heard in progress following the Christian County girls game on News Radio 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP and whopam.com.
In the OVC: Austin Peay plays a men’s/women’s doubleheader at Eastern Kentucky and Murray State is at Morehead State for a men’s/women’s doubleheader.
Women’s games: Southeastern Conference action has 11th ranked Kentucky welcoming 19th ranked Texas A&M and Tennessee entertains Vanderbilt.
Third ranked Louisville is in ACC action this evening hosting 10th ranked NC State.