KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Tennessee almost followed up its latest flop in the Southeastern Conference tournament with another early exit from the 75th NIT. Almost.
The No. 1 seeded Vols (19-14) stormed out to a 22-5 lead, but had to hold off the scrappy Savannah State Tigers (21-12) in the second half before escaping with a 65-51 first-round victory before a meager crowd of 6,289 at Thompson-Boling Arena on Tuesday night.
The Vols will host the No. 4 seed Middle Tennessee State, an 86-78 winner over No. 5 Marshall, in the second round at a date and time to be determined.
Jarnell Stokes led Tennessee with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Trae Golden scored 11 and Yemi Makanjoula, who was starting for junior Jeronne Maymon, sidelined with a bruised right knee, and Josh Richardson each had 10 points. Makanjuola also had eight rebounds.
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