Three Vols receive All-SEC basketball honors

Three Vols receive All-SEC basketball honors.

Three Vols received All-SEC honors from the league’s coaches following regular-season play.

Santiago Vescovi, Zakai Zeigler and Julian Phillips received recognition for their accomplishments during the 2022-23 regular-season.

Vescovi received first-team honors for a second consecutive season.

He led the conference in 3-point shooting percentage (.387) and was second in the league averaging 2.71 3-pointers per game.

Defensively, Vescovi averaged 1.7 steals per game in SEC-play.

Zeigler was a second-team selection and was also named to the league’s all-defensive team. He averaged 6.5 assists per game during conference-play.

He also ranked sixth in the SEC averaging 1.8 steals per game.

Phillips was named to the SEC’s All-Freshman Team.

He leads the Vols in made free throws (95) and free throw attempts (111).

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