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Pregame Injury Report: Tennessee updates status of Igor Milicic for Ole Miss game

IMG_3593by:Grant Ramey•about 15 hours•

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Igor Milicic
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Igor Milicic Jr. is expected to be available for No. 4 Tennessee in tonight’s game at Ole Miss. The senior forward is not expected to be on the SEC Injury Report after missing practice Tuesday due to an illness. He was listed as probable on Tuesday night’s injury report.

The Vols (24-5, 11-5 SEC) and Rebels (20-9, 9-7) are scheduled for a 9 p.m. Eastern Time start (TV: ESPN2) at The Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford.

Tennessee, projected as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament during the final week of the regular season, closes the regular-season schedule against South Carolina on Saturday, on Senior Day in Knoxville.

Igor Milicic: 10.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists in 26.6 minutes per game

Sickness has been an issue the Tennessee roster recently. Senior guard Jordan Gainey was a game-time decision at LSU last week due to flu-like symptoms. He played a season-low 17 minutes off the bench, scoring five points on 2-for-7 shooting. 

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said last week, when asked about wanting Chaz Lanier to be more aggressive and take more shots, that Lanier has also been sick recently. 

“We’ve had some guys under the weather and he’s been one of them,” Barnes said, “but he needs to (shoot more). We need him to, he needs to and so we’ll see.”

How To Watch: No. 4 Tennessee at Ole Miss

Start Time: Wednesday, 9 p.m. Eastern Time

TV: ESPN2

Streaming: ESPN App or WatchESPN.com

Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.

KenPom Prediction: Tennessee 69, Ole Miss 65 (62% chance to win)

The Line: Tennessee -2.5 (Total: 137.5)

Igor Milicic leads Vols in rebounding, fourth in scoring

Milicic is Tennessee’s fourth-leading scorer at 10.2 points per game and lead the Vols in rebounding at 7.5 per game. He’s shooting 47.6% from the field and 31.6% from the 3-point line in 26.6 minutes per game, starting all 28 games he’s played in this season. 

Milicic has scored just 12 points over Tennessee’s last three games, with five in the win at Texas A&M, four at LSU and three on Saturday in the win over Alabama. He’s 4-for-16 from the field and 2-for-9 from the 3-point line in the three-game stretch. 

He had 19 in the home loss against Kentucky on January 28 and 21 in the win over Missouri on February 5.

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