NASSAU, The Bahamas — The Tennessee men's basketball team pulled off an upset to defeat No. 3 Kansas in the Battle 4 Atlantis Championship game in the Bahamas.
The Vols shot very well from three-point range in the first half. They were 7 of 13 from deep, which powered the offense. Santiago Vescovi had three made threes in the first stanza and had 9 first-half points.
The Vols had 17 turnovers in the first 20 minutes, though.
Despite the mistakes, the Vols still took a 33-25 lead into halftime.
It was as close as a three-point game with the Vols leading in the second half, but Tennessee would find themselves by up double digits with 10:47 left in the half.
Vescovi and Zakai Zeigler played a huge part in engineering the cushion as the Vols got up 56-38.
The Vols made 12 of 27 three-pointers in the win. Vescovi led all scorers with 20 points. Zeigler added 14 points.
With the win, the Vols get their fourth straight victory over an Associated Press top 5 team.
Tennessee's next game is at home on No.v 30 against McNeese State at 7:15 p.m.