Tennessee Volunteers vs. Houston Cougars

FINAL

Nov 25, 2025

Box Score

	1	2	T
TENN	35	41	76
HOU	39	34	73

Game Recap

Ja'Kobi Gillespie's clutch free throws lift No. 17 Tennessee to 76-73 win over No. 3 Houston. Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points and made all six of his free throws in the final 35 seconds to lift No. 17 Tennessee to a 76-73 victory over No. 3 Houston in the Players Era Championship on Tuesday.

Player Stats

TENNESSEE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Nate Ament	24	1-8	0-4	7-8	5	4	1	0	1	3	9
34Felix Okpara	31	3-6	1-1	2-4	3	0	0	1	1	0	9
12Cade Phillips	14	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
0Ja'Kobi Gillespie	38	5-16	3-9	9-9	2	4	1	0	0	4	22
3Bishop Boswell	32	4-4	0-0	2-4	4	3	3	1	2	1	10
13J.P. Estrella	13	3-3	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	0	0	2	8
23Jaylen Carey	22	6-11	0-1	1-2	7	0	0	0	3	0	13
35Ethan Burg	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
77Amaree Abram	19	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	1	3

TOTAL	-	24-5147.1%	5-1729.4%	23-2979.3%	31	15	6	3	9	15	76

HOUSTON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Chris Cenac Jr.	33	2-8	0-3	1-2	11	0	0	1	3	5	5
11Joseph Tugler	33	3-6	0-0	1-2	3	5	0	0	2	3	7
4Kingston Flemings	32	10-15	3-4	2-2	4	3	2	0	2	2	25
7Milos Uzan	35	7-15	1-6	2-2	3	4	0	0	2	3	17
21Emanuel Sharp	21	3-8	2-5	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	3	8
14Kalifa Sakho	7	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
24Chase McCarty	9	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
1Isiah Harwell	20	1-4	1-2	0-1	4	1	1	0	0	2	3
25Mercy Miller	8	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
3Ramon Walker Jr.	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	28-6145.9%	9-2437.5%	8-1172.7%	27	16	3	4	9	21	73

Play-by-Play

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1st halfTENNHOU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Tennessee.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Houston.
(19:47) Cade Phillips Turnover.
(19:40) Foul on Nate Ament.
+2 (19:27) Milos Uzan made Jumper. Assisted by Joseph Tugler.
02
(19:13) Nate Ament missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:10) Tennessee Offensive Rebound.
(18:56) Felix Okpara missed Layup.
(18:53) Nate Ament Offensive Rebound.
(18:53) Foul on Chris Cenac Jr..
(18:53) Nate Ament missed Free Throw.
(18:53) Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (18:53) Nate Ament made Free Throw.
12
(18:39) Joseph Tugler missed Jumper.
(18:36) Cade Phillips Defensive Rebound.
(18:15) Nate Ament missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:15) Emanuel Sharp Block.
(18:12) Nate Ament Offensive Rebound.
(18:12) Foul on Emanuel Sharp.
+1 (18:12) Nate Ament made Free Throw.
22
+1 (18:12) Nate Ament made Free Throw.
32
+2 (17:56) Chris Cenac Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Joseph Tugler.
34
(17:43) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Layup.
(17:40) Milos Uzan Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:37) Emanuel Sharp made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Milos Uzan.
37
(17:15) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:10) Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:09) Kingston Flemings made Layup.
39
(17:09) Foul on Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
+1 (17:09) Kingston Flemings made Free Throw.
310
+3 (16:55) Felix Okpara made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bishop Boswell.
610
(16:27) Kingston Flemings missed Jumper.
(16:25) Cade Phillips Defensive Rebound.
(16:25) Foul on Joseph Tugler.
(16:04) Bishop Boswell Turnover.
(16:04) Kingston Flemings Steal.
(15:57) Chris Cenac Jr. Turnover.
(15:57) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Steal.
+2 (15:51) Bishop Boswell made Layup. Assisted by Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
810
(15:29) Chris Cenac Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:25) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(15:25) Foul on Emanuel Sharp.
+3 (15:13) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nate Ament.
1110
+2 (14:57) Kingston Flemings made Layup.
1112
(14:57) Foul on J.P. Estrella.
+1 (14:57) Kingston Flemings made Free Throw.
1113
(14:37) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:32) Jaylen Carey Offensive Rebound.
(14:31) Jaylen Carey missed Layup.
(14:31) Jaylen Carey Offensive Rebound.
(14:31) Foul on Kalifa Sakho.
+1 (14:31) Jaylen Carey made Free Throw.
1213
(14:31) Jaylen Carey missed Free Throw.
(14:29) Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(14:10) Joseph Tugler missed Jumper.
(14:08) J.P. Estrella Defensive Rebound.
(13:50) Nate Ament missed Layup.
(13:50) Chris Cenac Jr. Block.
(13:46) Isiah Harwell Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:44) Kingston Flemings made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isiah Harwell.
1216
(13:26) Nate Ament missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:23) Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.
(13:22) Foul on Ethan Burg.
(13:22) Joseph Tugler missed Free Throw.
(13:22) Houston Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:22) Joseph Tugler made Free Throw.
1217
(12:57) Jaylen Carey Turnover.
(12:42) Chris Cenac Jr. missed Jumper.
(12:40) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:35) Jaylen Carey made Layup. Assisted by Amaree Abram.
1417
(12:18) Mercy Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:15) Houston Offensive Rebound.
+3 (12:04) Chase McCarty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kingston Flemings.
1420
(11:31) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Jumper.
(11:28) Isiah Harwell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:12) Joseph Tugler made Layup. Assisted by Kingston Flemings.
1422
+2 (10:59) Felix Okpara made Dunk. Assisted by Ethan Burg.
1622
+3 (10:30) Chase McCarty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mercy Miller.
1625
(10:17) Foul on Kingston Flemings.
(9:57) Nate Ament missed Jumper.
(9:54) Mercy Miller Defensive Rebound.
(9:48) Foul on Cade Phillips.
+2 (9:42) Milos Uzan made Jumper.
1627
(9:20) Felix Okpara missed Layup.
(9:20) Joseph Tugler Defensive Rebound.
(9:20) Foul on Cade Phillips.
(9:02) Joseph Tugler missed Layup.
(9:00) Bishop Boswell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:48) J.P. Estrella made Jumper. Assisted by Nate Ament.
1827
(8:15) Isiah Harwell missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:13) J.P. Estrella Defensive Rebound.
(7:51) Foul on Isiah Harwell.
+1 (7:51) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Free Throw.
1927
+1 (7:51) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Free Throw.
2027
(7:28) Milos Uzan missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:27) Houston Offensive Rebound.
(7:27) Foul on J.P. Estrella.
+1 (7:27) Kalifa Sakho made Free Throw.
2028
+1 (7:27) Kalifa Sakho made Free Throw.
2029
(7:15) Foul on Mercy Miller.
+1 (7:15) Nate Ament made Free Throw.
2129
+1 (7:15) Nate Ament made Free Throw.
2229
(7:02) Mercy Miller missed Layup.
(7:02) Felix Okpara Block.
(6:58) Milos Uzan Offensive Rebound.
(6:52) Foul on Nate Ament.
(6:52) Chris Cenac Jr. missed Free Throw.
(6:52) Houston Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:52) Chris Cenac Jr. made Free Throw.
2230
(6:39) Amaree Abram missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:34) Bishop Boswell Offensive Rebound.
(6:34) Foul on Mercy Miller.
(6:34) Bishop Boswell missed Free Throw.
(6:33) Milos Uzan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:19) Kingston Flemings made Layup.
2232
(5:55) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:52) Amaree Abram Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:45) Jaylen Carey made Layup.
2432
(5:15) Milos Uzan Turnover.
(5:15) Amaree Abram Steal.
+2 (5:12) Bishop Boswell made Layup. Assisted by Amaree Abram.
2632
(5:12) Foul on Kingston Flemings.
(5:12) Bishop Boswell missed Free Throw.
(5:11) Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:56) Foul on Amaree Abram.
(4:56) Isiah Harwell missed Free Throw.
(4:55) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
(4:35) Jaylen Carey missed Layup.
(4:33) Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:12) Isiah Harwell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Milos Uzan.
2635
+2 (3:39) Jaylen Carey made Layup.
2835
+2 (3:06) Milos Uzan made Jumper.
2837
+2 (2:56) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Layup.
3037
(2:34) Chris Cenac Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:31) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:23) Amaree Abram made Three Point Jumper.
3337
(1:52) Chase McCarty missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:49) Amaree Abram Defensive Rebound.
(1:38) Jaylen Carey Turnover.
(1:38) Isiah Harwell Steal.
(1:23) Isiah Harwell missed Jumper.
(1:20) Isiah Harwell Offensive Rebound.
(1:08) Milos Uzan missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:59) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(0:51) Jaylen Carey missed Jumper.
(0:49) Jaylen Carey Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:47) Jaylen Carey made Layup.
3537
+2 (0:31) Milos Uzan made Jumper. Assisted by Ramon Walker Jr..
3539
(0:01) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Layup.
(0:01) Ramon Walker Jr. Block.
(0:00) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

TENN

HOU

76Points73

24-51(47.1%)Field Goal(%)28-61(45.9%)

5-17(29.4%)3-Point(%)9-24(37.5%)

23-29(79.3%)Free Throw(%)8-11(72.7%)

32(13)Rebounds(Offensive)33(15)

15Assists16

6Steals3

3Blocks4

9Turnovers9

15(0)Fouls(Technical)21(0)

6Largest Lead11

Game Details

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 · 6:00 PM

Fertitta Center · Houston, TX

attendance: 5,110 (72.0%)

tv: TNT

spread: HOU -2.5

over/under: 136.5