Belmont, which led 58-40 midway through the second half, pulled off an 82-79 win over visiting Middle Tennessee State.

Monday ultimately turned into another good night for the top-ranked Tennessee basketball ... Court Press. Monday's come-from-behind win improved Tennessee to 12-0, while the loss dropped MTSU ...

The Tennessee basketball guard ... Lanier skipped down the court before curling back toward the Vols bench, having righted Tennessee against Middle Tennessee State after a tense middle-game ...

Bishop Boswell is averaging 3.9 minutes in nine games this season for Tennessee. He will not be available for the Vols game ...

Tennessee basketball did not exactly cruise to victory ... It was not easy, but Tennessee earned a hard-fought 82-64 win over MTSU on Monday night to improve to 12-0 on the season.

Carter Whitt made four free throws in the final 5.1 seconds to lift Belmont men's basketball ... and the half-court line as time expired. Counter and Jestin Porter led a furious MTSU comeback ...

Bishop Boswell is out for Tennessee basketball against Middle Tennessee State on Monday with ... his right shoulder and crouched down to the court when play stopped. He checked out with 12:02 ...