How Nate Ament found his groove for Tennessee basketball just in time vs Virginia
Nate Ament found his shot in the second half of Tennessee basketball's 79-72 win over Virginia in the NCAA Tournament.
PHILADELPHIA − Nate Ament didn't say much about scoring his first points in over a week. "It felt good," was all he offered, but the 6-foot-10 freshman exuded a quiet confidence after No. 6 Tennessee basketball toppled No.
3 Virginia (30-6) at Xfinity Mobile Arena on March 22. The Vols (24-11) will match up with No. 2 Iowa State (29-7) in the Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 at the United Center in Chicago.
Tennessee knows it will need Ament's best against the Cyclones on March 27 (10:10 p. m. ET, TBS), just like it needed him to beat the Cavaliers.
Ament missed his first shot of the game against Virginia, continuing a cold shooting spell that started in the SEC Tournament against Vanderbilt and dribbled into his first scoreless outing of the season against Miami (Ohio) in the first round. The potential NBA draft lottery pick soon snapped the streak with a 3-pointer from the left wing. "We knew Nate wasn't going to have another game like that," said junior forward Jaylen Carey.