No. 16 Tennessee hosts No. 6 LSU after Spear's 28-point game

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LSU Tigers (17-0, 2-0 SEC) at Tennessee Volunteers (13-1, 1-1 SEC)

Knoxville, Tennessee; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 16 Tennessee faces No. 6 LSU after Jewel Spear scored 28 points in Tennessee's 87-86 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Volunteers are 8-1 on their home court. Tennessee ranks third in the SEC in rebounding with 39.6 rebounds. Talaysia Cooper paces the Volunteers with 5.6 boards.

The Tigers are 2-0 in SEC play. LSU is third in college basketball with 30.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Aneesah Morrow averaging 9.0.

Tennessee averages 12.1 made 3-pointers per game, 5.5 more made shots than the 6.6 per game LSU gives up. LSU averages 5.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 more makes per game than Tennessee gives up.

The Volunteers and Tigers match up Thursday for the first time in SEC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cooper is shooting 51.7% and averaging 17.8 points for the Volunteers.

Flau'jae Johnson is averaging 19.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the Tigers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Volunteers: 9-1, averaging 97.3 points, 39.7 rebounds, 17.3 assists, 13.4 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points per game.

Tigers: 10-0, averaging 92.8 points, 44.4 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 10.8 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 50.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.3 points.

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