Zakai Zeigler matched his career best of 26 points and recorded a career-high 13 assists to help No. 5 Tennessee notch a 103-92 victory over No. 10 Kentucky on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Lexington, Ky.
Josiah-Jordan James also scored 26 points to set a career high for Tennessee (16-5, 6-2 SEC), which set a season best for points scored during the wire-to-wire victory.
Dalton Knecht added 16 points and Santiago Vescovi and Jonas Aidoo had 11 points apiece for the Volunteers, who have won five of their past six games.
Rob Dillingham established career highs of 35 points and six 3-pointers off the bench before fouling out for Kentucky (15-6, 5-4), which lost for the third time in four games.
Antonio Reeves scored 21 points and Reed Sheppard added 16 points and six assists before fouling out for the Wildcats.
Kentucky played without guard D.J. Wagner (ankle) for the second straight contest.
Tennessee made 48.6 percent of its shots, including 12 of 30 from 3-point range. Knecht was just 5-of-14 shooting to end a streak of six straight games of 25 or more points.