Texas A&M looks to prolong its three-game road win streak with a victory against No. 21 Tennessee. The teams square off Tuesday for the first time this season.

Coming off a 6-game winning streak, A&M is riding into Rocky Top with a ton of confidence with an 83-76 win, while Tennessee isn’t after a 91-67 loss on the road to the defendin

The No. 22 Vols (11-4, 1-1 SEC) bludgeoned Texas (9-6, 0-2) on the interior, racking up 44 points in the paint in the win at Food City Center. Adding to the dominant interior performance was senior guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie, who finished with a career-high 34 points on 12-of-18 shooting and 5-of-8 from three-point range.

Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 34 points to lead No. 21 Tennessee to a 85-71 victory over Texas. J.P. Estrella scored 11 and DeWayne Brown II and Jaylen Carey each added 10 for the Volunteers (11-4, 1-1 in Southeastern Conference).

Texas basketball played Tennessee on Jan. 6, 2026, at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn. Find score-by-score updates and more here.

I honestly don’t know where this team would be without Ja’Kobi Gillespie. Nowhere near where they’re at right now, to be sure. Gillespie had a massive game in the Tennessee Vols’ home opener against Texas,

Texas heads to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in our first midweek SEC action of the 2025-26 season.

Texas takes on the No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers after Dailyn Swain scored 34 points in the Longhorns' 101-98 overtime loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs