Saturday, March 3, 2012

No. 4 Tennessee Beats Florida

JaJuan Smith scored 23 points and Chris Lofton added 21 as No. 4 Tennessee overcame a 16-point deficit to beat Florida 89-86 on Wednesday night.

The Volunteers (27-3, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) set a school record for victories and may have knocked the two-time defending national champions out of the NCAA tournament picture.

The Gators (21-9, 8-7) have lost six of their last 10 and might need to win the SEC tournament to earn a 10th consecutive NCAA berth.

They also might want to avoid facing Tennessee in the conference tournament.

The Volunteers overcame a 13-point deficit to beat the Gators 104-82 in Knoxville last month and dug …

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