Playing its fourth game in four days, Texas A&M (23-12) started slowly and never recovered. The second-seeded Volunteers (26-7) never trailed, winning for the 12th time in 13 games.
— Santiago Vescovi scored 17 points and Josiah-Jordan James had 16 points and 10 rebounds to help ninth-ranked Tennessee beat Texas A&M 65-50 on Sunday to claim its first men’s SEC basketball tournament title in 43 years.
The Aggies missed their first eight shots — seven of them 3-point attempts — while Tennessee began the game with Chandler making a 3-pointer, James delivering a 3-point play and then hitting a shot from behind the arc for a quick 9-0 lead. Tennessee also was outstanding defending the 3-point line in Saturday’s 69-62 semifinal victory over fifth-ranked Kentucky, which finished 2 of 20 from beyond the arc. Since yielding 80 points in a 10-point victory over Texas A&M in Knoxville on Feb. 1, the Vols have held 10 of 12 SEC opponents under 65.
Chandler, falling out of bounds, shoveled a nifty underhand pass to James in the corner, where the Tennessee forward sank a 3-pointer that gave the Vols, who led by as many as 18, their biggest lead of the day.
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