Overview
- The school announced on March 2 that Ament will miss the March 3 game at South Carolina with a right leg injury and will be evaluated further with no return timetable.
- It will be the freshman’s first missed game after 29 appearances in which he averaged 17.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists as Tennessee’s second-leading scorer.
- Ament turned his right ankle on Feb. 24 at Missouri and injured his right leg/knee during a pileup on Feb. 28 against Alabama before exiting after a brief second-half return.
- Associate head coach Justin Gainey said it will be all hands on deck, naming Bishop Boswell, Amari Evans, Ethan Burg, Troy Henderson and Amaree Abram as players who must be ready.
- Evans logged a career-high 28 minutes in Ament’s place against Alabama with 7 points and 8 rebounds, and forward Clarence Massamba was also ruled out with a right hip injury.