No. 11 Tennessee hits 100 in blowout of Austin Peay

Igor Milicic Jr. scored a season-high 23 points and recorded nine rebounds, helping lead No. 11 Tennessee to a 103-68 win over visiting Austin Peay on Sunday.Zakai Zeigler added 19 points and eight assists for Tennessee (4-0), becoming the fifth player in program history to record 500 career assists. Jordan Gainey added 15 points off the bench, while Cade Phillips chipped in 13 points and nine boards. Felix Okpara had 12 points, followed by Jahmai Mashack’s 10.Austin Peay (3-1) was led by Isaac Haney’s 22 points. LJ Thomas added 20 for the Governors, who shot just 35.5 percent from the field, while Tennessee made 37 of its 58 (63.8 percent) shots.Austin Peay took its first and only lead on the game’s first possession, as Haney drilled a triple to put the Governors ahead 3-0. From there, Zeigler’s back-to-back jumpers capped a 9-0 Tennessee run, before Sai Witt’s layup stopped the bleeding.Another Tennessee run ensued, as its lead ballooned to 21-5 on Milicic’s layup at the 13:26 mark.

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