Arkansas vs. Tennessee Betting Preview January 4, 2025

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3 January, 2025

Tennessee opens as an -11.5 favorite hosting Arkansas January 4. The Volunteers and Razorbacks face off Saturday for the first time in SEC play this season.

The Volunteers are 8-0 on their home court and have not lost a game this season thus far. Tennessee ranks ninth in the SEC in rebounding averaging 36.0 rebounds. Igor Milicic Jr. leads the Volunteers with 8.2 boards.

The Vols have beaten their last three opponents by well cover the current 11.5 spread.

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The Razorbacks are 1-0 on the road. Arkansas has a 2-0 record in one-possession games.

Tennessee averages 8.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.6 more made shots than the 7.2 per game Arkansas gives up. Arkansas has shot at a 51.5% clip from the field this season, 16.8 percentage points above the 34.7% shooting opponents of Tennessee have averaged.

Zakai Zeigler is averaging 11.7 points, 8.1 assists and 1.8 steals for the Volunteers.

Chaz Lanier scored 24 points to lead No. 1 Tennessee to a 67-52 victory over stubborn Norfolk State on Tuesday.

Adou Thiero is scoring 18.0 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Razorbacks.

By Mary Montgomery

A former track and field star and diver, Mary is a senior sports writer for the Gambling911.com website whose work spans well over a decade. She is the go-to person for our evening sports reports in the US. Mary works out of our Miami Beach headquarters.