No. 11 Tennessee 73, Arkansas 66

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tony Harris scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to lead No. 11 Tennessee to a 73-66 victory over<br>Arkansas on Wednesday night.<br><br>The win gave Tennessee a school-record

Wednesday, March 1st 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tony Harris scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to lead No. 11 Tennessee to a 73-66 victory over
Arkansas on Wednesday night.

The win gave Tennessee a school-record 23 victories, breaking a mark set in 1976-77, and moved it into a tie with Kentucky for second place in the Southeastern Conference's East Division.

The Volunteers (23-5, 11-4), coming off an upset loss to Alabama, struggled for most of the game against the Razorbacks (14-14, 6-9) and SEC freshman scoring leader Joe Johnson, who finished with 21 points.

Arkansas shot 32 percent (10-of-31) from the field in the first half, but denied the Vols any second-chance points.

Tennessee had to score the last eight points of the half, keyed by two 3-pointers by Jon Higgins, to take a 28-27 halftime lead.

The teams went through four lead changes and almost four minutes without a field goal before Harris got a steal and layup to tie the
game at 49 with less than eight minutes to play.

C.J. Black, Tennessee's career block shot leader, denied Blake Eddins in one of his four blocks for the game and followed with two
free throws to put the Vols ahead 51-49.

Johnson tied the game at 55-55 with two free throws on a team technical called after a Tennessee fan hurled an orange onto the
court.

But Vincent Yarbrough, who finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds, hit a 3-pointer to put Tennessee ahead 58-55 with 5:22 to play.

The Vols never trailed again as Harris scored eight of Tennessee's final 15 points and built their largest lead of the game at the end.

Ron Slay added 13 points for Tennessee.

Arkansas got 14 points from Eddins and 11 from Chris Walker.

Tennessee shot 47 percent (26-of-55) from the field to Arkansas' 40 percent (27-of-67).