Dalton Knecht takes aim at his sixth straight outing of 25 or more points when No. 5 Tennessee faces rising South Carolina on Tuesday night in Southeastern Conference play at Knoxville, Tenn.
Knecht has been a transfer portal steal from Northern Colorado and he is on an impressive roll that includes performances of 39, 36 and 32 points. He is averaging 32 points during the five-game stretch.
Knecht scored 32 points on 13-of-21 shooting during Saturday’s 75-62 road victory over Vanderbilt. The victory was the fourth straight and 11th in 12 games for the Volunteers (15-4, 5-1 SEC).
“I just got hot, and my teammates kept feeding me the ball,” said Knecht, who is shooting 54.9 percent from the field during the stretch.
Knecht leads Tennessee in scoring at 19.5 points per game and 3-point baskets with 39.
His route to an SEC program was very much atypical.
Knecht played two seasons at Northeastern (Colo.) Junior College, and then transferred to Northern Colorado of the Big Sky. He averaged 8.9 points in the 2021-22 season before leading the Big Sky with a 20.2 scoring average last season.