Tennessee at Kentucky 1/15/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Two teams ranked in the top 22 of the nation meet on Saturday, when the No. 22 ranked Tennessee Volunteers visit Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky to play the No. 18 ranked Kentucky Wildcats in a SEC showdown. Tennessee improved to 11-4 overall and 2-2 in the SEC following its 66-46 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday. Santiago Vescovi was the leading scorer for Tennessee with 14 points.

Santiago Vescovi is the leading scorer for Tennessee with an average of 13.6 points per game, while Kennedy Chandler is the second leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 13.4 points and 5.1 assists per game. Josiah-Jordan James is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.1 rebounds per game. Tennessee is scoring an average of 75.3 points per game while shooting 43.7% overall and 32.2% from 3-point territory.

Kentucky improved to 13-3 overall and 3-1 in the SEC following its 78-66 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores on Tuesday. Oscar Tshiebwe was the leading scorer for Kentucky with 30 points. The Wildcats have won two straight and six of the last seven, with only a loss to LSU during that stretch of seven games.

Oscar Tshiebwe is leading Kentucky in scoring and rebounding with averages of 17.0 points and 15.1 rebounds per game, while the leader in assists is Sahvir Wheeler with an average of 7.3 assists per game. Kentucky has four players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team in scoring an average of 82.6 points per game while shooting 49.6% overall and 34.6% from 3-point territory.