Tennessee without reserve guard for Tuesday night’s game vs. Ole Miss
By Sydney Hunte
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Tennessee will be without one of its reserve guards as it faces Ole Miss on Tuesday night.
According to the Volunteers’ X account, Amaree Abram is “day-to-day” with flu symptoms. The Vols will “continue to … evaluate” Abram while he is out.
Tuesday’s news means that Abram won’t play against the program he began his college career with in 2022. He was a four-star recruit when he signed with Ole Miss out of high school and averaged 8.0 points as a freshman. He then transferred to Georgia Tech before landing at Louisiana Tech, where he averaged 12.3 points while starting 32 games and averaging 32.1 minutes a contest.
Since joining the Vols, Abram’s role hasn’t been as active. He’s started three games and appeared in 21, averaging 12.0 minutes and 3.8 points per outing. He had a season-high 15 points against Tennessee State on Nov. 20 and matched that total against Gardner-Webb just over a month later. Against Auburn on Saturday, Abram played just two minutes.
Tennessee, at 15-6 and 5-3 in the SEC, now turns its attention to Ole Miss as it seeks its fourth win in a row while looking to move within a game and a half of Texas A&M atop the standings. Meanwhile, the Rebels, who enter the night at 11-10 and 3-5 in league play, have lost three straight games.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
