No. 20/18 Tennessee defeated North Florida, 99-66, at Food City Center.
Redshirt sophomore forward J.P. Estrella paced all scorers with a career-high 23 points and game-best 10 rebounds for Tennessee in the victory.
Estrella, who had a career-best point total for the third consecutive outing to open the season, shot 11-of-14 from the field. Six of his rebounds came on the offensive end, while he added an assist and a block to his final line.
Senior guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie gave Tennessee two 20-point scorers for the second outing in a row—he was part of both pairs—as he posted 21 to go along with a game-best seven assists and two steals. The Greeneville, Tenn., native shot 4-of-10 from beyond the arc.
Freshman Nate Ament stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points, nine rebounds, five assists, two steals and one block. Junior Cade Phillips and senior guard Amaree Abram each scored nine points, with the former grabbing a co-career-best nine rebounds and the latter logging a team-best three...