Tennessee Volunteers vs Kentucky Wildcats: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/20/2021

A game after he put up 29 points in a 93-73 win over South Carolina, Victor Bailey Jr. leads the No. 19 Tennessee Volunteers (15-5) at home against the Kentucky Wildcats (7-13) as 7-point favorites. The matchup, which begins at 1:00 PM ET on Saturday, February 20, 2021, airs on CBS. The point total is set at 136 in the matchup.

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ATS Records for Tennessee and Kentucky

Tennessee Leaders

• The Volunteers scoring leader is Jaden Springer, who contributes 12.4 points per game.
• Santiago Vescovi leads the team with 3.3 assists a game and Josiah-Jordan James paces the squad with 6.0 rebounds per outing.
• Vescovi hits a team-high 2.0 three-pointers per game for the Volunteers.
• Tennessee's steals leader is James, who averages 1.4 per game. Yves Pons leads the team averaging 1.6 blocks a contest.

Kentucky Leaders

• Brandon Boston Jr. owns the Wildcats top spot in scoring with 12.2 points per game and also tacks on 5.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per contest.
• Isaiah Jackson's 6.9 rebounds per game and Devin Askew's 3.2 assists per game put them in the top spots on the Wildcats rebounds and assists leaderboards.
• Davion Mintz makes more threes per game than any other member of the Wildcats, averaging 1.8 treys per game.
• Boston is the steals leader for the Kentucky with 1.4 steals per game and Jackson leads the squad in blocks with 2.7 per game.

Tennessee vs Kentucky: Last 5 Meetings

The Volunteers are 3-2 against the Wildcats in the last five meetings between the two teams. The Volunteers have a 2-1 record against the spread in those contests with the Wildcats.

Points Insights

• The Volunteers put up only 2.8 more points per game (73.8) than the Wildcats give up (71).
• Tennessee has an 11-0 record overall and a 9-0 record against the spread when scoring more than 71 points.
• Kentucky is 1-9 against the spread and 3-7 overall when giving up more than 73.8 points.
• The Wildcats put up an average of 69.8 points per game, 7.5 more points than the 62.3 the Volunteers give up to opponents.
• Kentucky is 5-0 against the spread and 7-7 overall when it scores more than 62.3 points.
• Tennessee has a 4-4 record overall and an ATS record of 4-4 in games when its opponents score more than 69.8 points.
• The Volunteers have totaled 231 more points than their opponents this season (11.5 per game on average), while the Wildcats have been out-scored by 23 total points (1.2 per game average differential).

Rebounding Insights

• The Volunteers and the Wildcats are similar rebounding teams, with the squads averaging and 34.8 and 37.2 rebounds per game, respectively.
• The Wildcats are 4-8 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Volunteers are 3-4 when they lose the rebounding advantage
• The Volunteers average 10.2 offensive boards per game, -1 rebounds fewer than the Wildcats.
• The Wildcats are 2-8 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Volunteers are 6-3 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Both teams tend to win the board battle. The Volunteers record an average rebounding margin of +3.1 rebounds per game, and the Wildcats average a margin of +2.7 rebounds.