Tennessee State Tigers vs. Tennessee Volunteers

Nov 20, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
TNST	21	39	60
TENN	43	46	89

Game Recap

Gillespie scores 17 to lead No. 20 Tennessee over Tennessee State 89-60. Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 20 Tennessee beat Tennessee State 89-60 on Thursday night.

Player Stats

TENNESSEE STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Carlous Williams	15	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
0Jalen Pitre	17	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	3	4	2
2Travis Harper II	33	7-15	3-10	0-2	5	2	2	1	4	2	17
30Aaron Nkrumah	34	5-16	1-8	8-10	4	5	3	0	5	1	19
10Dante Harris	36	0-6	0-2	6-8	2	3	3	0	2	3	6
21Jean Yvens Lafleur	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	4	0
23Kavien Jones	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Antoine Lorick III	14	3-3	1-1	5-5	2	0	0	1	2	2	12
4JC Brooks	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Jabrion Spikes	15	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	2	2
3Khalil London	15	0-7	0-4	0-0	1	1	1	0	2	3	0
TOTAL	-	18-5632.1%	5-2718.5%	19-2576.0%	26	11	12	3	21	23	60

TENNESSEE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Nate Ament	22	3-10	2-6	7-8	6	4	4	0	3	3	15
34Felix Okpara	29	3-7	1-1	4-4	8	1	0	1	2	2	11
12Cade Phillips	22	1-2	0-0	0-1	5	1	1	2	2	2	2
0Ja'Kobi Gillespie	31	7-13	1-7	2-2	4	5	3	0	4	1	17
77Amaree Abram	23	4-6	3-4	4-4	2	1	0	0	0	2	15
6DeWayne Brown II	16	3-6	0-0	7-8	3	0	0	1	2	1	13
23Jaylen Carey	13	3-4	0-0	0-0	4	4	1	0	0	5	6
35Ethan Burg	17	1-5	1-4	4-4	2	3	0	0	2	1	7
24Troy Henderson	18	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	1	0
4Clarence Massamba	6	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
1Amari Evans	3	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	25-5743.9%	8-2532.0%	31-3588.6%	36	20	12	4	17	20	89

Play-by-Play

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1st halfTNSTTENN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:54) Jump Ball won by Tennessee.
(19:54) Jump Ball lost by Tennessee State.
+2 (19:37) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Jumper.
02
+2 (19:17) Aaron Nkrumah made Layup.
22
+3 (18:58) Amaree Abram made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
25
(18:25) Dante Harris Turnover.
+3 (18:09) Amaree Abram made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
28
(17:48) Travis Harper II Turnover.
(17:35) Cade Phillips missed Layup.
(17:30) Nate Ament Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:30) Nate Ament made Two Point Tip Shot.
210
(17:08) Dante Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:04) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:00) Amaree Abram made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
213
(16:59) Foul on Cade Phillips.
+2 (16:50) Aaron Nkrumah made Jumper.
413
(16:29) Felix Okpara Turnover.
(16:29) Carlous Williams Steal.
(16:07) Carlous Williams missed Jumper.
(16:03) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(16:01) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:58) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
(15:49) Travis Harper II missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:45) Amaree Abram Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:36) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Layup. Assisted by Nate Ament.
415
(15:10) Antoine Lorick III Turnover.
+2 (14:55) DeWayne Brown II made Dunk. Assisted by Jaylen Carey.
417
(14:40) Aaron Nkrumah missed Jumper.
(14:37) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(14:24) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:24) Foul on DeWayne Brown II.
(14:23) Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:02) Khalil London Turnover.
+2 (13:44) Jaylen Carey made Layup. Assisted by Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
419
(13:27) Dante Harris missed Jumper.
(13:22) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(13:16) DeWayne Brown II missed Layup.
(13:12) DeWayne Brown II Offensive Rebound.
(13:12) DeWayne Brown II missed Two Point Tip Shot.
(13:09) Kavien Jones Defensive Rebound.
(12:46) Dante Harris missed Jumper.
(12:44) Tennessee State Offensive Rebound.
(12:33) Aaron Nkrumah missed Jumper.
(12:28) Ethan Burg Defensive Rebound.
(12:25) Foul on Khalil London.
+1 (12:25) Ethan Burg made Free Throw.
420
+1 (12:25) Ethan Burg made Free Throw.
421
(12:08) Khalil London missed Jumper.
(12:08) DeWayne Brown II Block.
(11:59) Jalen Pitre Offensive Rebound.
(11:59) Aaron Nkrumah missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:56) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(11:55) Amaree Abram missed Layup.
(11:49) Kavien Jones Defensive Rebound.
(11:43) Khalil London missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:39) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(11:39) Foul on Aaron Nkrumah.
(11:17) Foul on Jalen Pitre.
(11:17) Nate Ament missed Free Throw.
(11:17) Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:17) Nate Ament made Free Throw.
422
(10:53) Jalen Pitre Turnover.
(10:53) Nate Ament Steal.
(10:27) Nate Ament missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:21) Khalil London Defensive Rebound.
(10:14) Jabrion Spikes missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:09) Jabrion Spikes Offensive Rebound.
(10:07) Foul on Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
(10:01) Travis Harper II missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:01) Cade Phillips Block.
(10:00) Tennessee State Offensive Rebound.
(9:58) Travis Harper II Turnover.
(9:58) Troy Henderson Steal.
(9:44) Nate Ament missed Layup.
(9:38) Travis Harper II Defensive Rebound.
(9:37) Jabrion Spikes Turnover.
(9:37) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Steal.
+2 (9:32) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Layup.
424
(9:18) Jalen Pitre Turnover.
(9:18) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Steal.
(9:13) Felix Okpara missed Layup.
(9:13) Jalen Pitre Block.
(9:13) Tennessee Offensive Rebound.
(9:10) Cade Phillips Turnover.
(8:55) Khalil London missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:44) Travis Harper II Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:44) Travis Harper II made Two Point Tip Shot.
624
(8:35) Troy Henderson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:30) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
(8:22) Aaron Nkrumah Turnover.
(8:22) Troy Henderson Steal.
(8:00) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Turnover.
(8:00) Khalil London Steal.
(7:52) Aaron Nkrumah missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:49) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(7:48) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:44) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
(7:35) Travis Harper II Turnover.
(7:35) Jaylen Carey Steal.
+2 (7:31) Jaylen Carey made Dunk. Assisted by Nate Ament.
626
(7:14) Dante Harris missed Jumper.
(7:09) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:57) Felix Okpara made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Troy Henderson.
629
(6:48) Travis Harper II Turnover.
(6:37) Ethan Burg Turnover.
(6:37) Travis Harper II Steal.
(6:23) Foul on Amaree Abram.
(6:23) Aaron Nkrumah missed Free Throw.
(6:23) Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:23) Aaron Nkrumah made Free Throw.
729
(6:14) Foul on Jalen Pitre.
+1 (6:14) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Free Throw.
730
+1 (6:14) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Free Throw.
731
(5:59) Dante Harris Turnover.
(5:45) Foul on Travis Harper II.
+1 (5:45) Felix Okpara made Free Throw.
732
+1 (5:45) Felix Okpara made Free Throw.
733
(5:25) Foul on Ethan Burg.
+1 (5:25) Aaron Nkrumah made Free Throw.
833
+1 (5:25) Aaron Nkrumah made Free Throw.
933
+2 (5:21) Felix Okpara made Dunk. Assisted by Jaylen Carey.
935
+2 (5:04) Antoine Lorick III made Layup. Assisted by Travis Harper II.
1135
(5:04) Foul on Jaylen Carey.
+1 (5:04) Antoine Lorick III made Free Throw.
1235
+3 (4:55) Ethan Burg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaylen Carey.
1238
(4:45) Foul on Jaylen Carey.
+1 (4:45) Antoine Lorick III made Free Throw.
1338
+1 (4:45) Antoine Lorick III made Free Throw.
1438
(4:31) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Turnover.
(4:31) Aaron Nkrumah Steal.
(4:16) JC Brooks missed Layup.
(4:16) Felix Okpara Block.
(4:11) JC Brooks Offensive Rebound.
(4:10) Aaron Nkrumah missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:07) Cade Phillips Defensive Rebound.
(4:00) Troy Henderson missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:56) Cade Phillips Offensive Rebound.
(3:54) Ethan Burg missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:53) Tennessee State Defensive Rebound.
(3:37) Foul on Jean Yvens Lafleur.
(3:37) Jean Yvens Lafleur Turnover.
(3:20) Amaree Abram missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:14) Dante Harris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:13) Travis Harper II made Dunk. Assisted by Dante Harris.
1638
+2 (2:47) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Layup.
1640
(2:28) Foul on Cade Phillips.
+1 (2:28) Dante Harris made Free Throw.
1740
+1 (2:28) Dante Harris made Free Throw.
1840
(2:04) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Turnover.
(2:04) Dante Harris Steal.
(1:57) Dante Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:53) Aaron Nkrumah Offensive Rebound.
(1:53) Aaron Nkrumah missed Two Point Tip Shot.
(1:52) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(1:44) Nate Ament missed Jumper.
(1:40) Carlous Williams Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:38) Aaron Nkrumah made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dante Harris.
2140
(1:15) DeWayne Brown II Turnover.
(1:00) Carlous Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:54) Jean Yvens Lafleur Offensive Rebound.
(0:54) Jean Yvens Lafleur missed Two Point Tip Shot.
(0:52) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(0:35) Jaylen Carey missed Jumper.
(0:31) Dante Harris Defensive Rebound.
(0:26) Aaron Nkrumah missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:23) Amaree Abram Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:12) Nate Ament made Three Point Jumper.
2143
(0:00) Travis Harper II missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:00) Tennessee State Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

TNST

TENN

60Points89

18-56(32.1%)Field Goal(%)25-57(43.9%)

5-27(18.5%)3-Point(%)8-25(32.0%)

19-25(76.0%)Free Throw(%)31-35(88.6%)

30(12)Rebounds(Offensive)38(10)

11Assists20

12Steals12

3Blocks4

22Turnovers17

23(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)

0Largest Lead34

Game Details

Thursday, November 20, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN

attendance: 17,313 (79.9%)

tv: SECN+