No. 20 Tennessee Volunteers square off against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-1) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (5-0)

Las Vegas; Monday, 1 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Volunteers -15.5; over/under is 143.5

BOTTOM LINE: Rutgers and No. 20 Tennessee square off in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Volunteers have a 5-0 record in non-conference play. Tennessee is eighth in the SEC scoring 90.0 points while shooting 50.2% from the field.

The Scarlet Knights are 4-1 in non-conference play. Rutgers leads the Big Ten scoring 17.2 fast break points per game.

Tennessee's average of 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season is the same per game average that Rutgers gives up. Rutgers has shot at a 43.7% clip from the field this season, 9.7 percentage points greater than the 34.0% shooting opponents of Tennessee have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nate Ament is shooting 43.5% and averaging 18.8 points for the Volunteers. Ja'Kobi Gillespie is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers.

Tariq Francis is shooting 32.3% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Scarlet Knights, while averaging 14.8 points and 3.4 assists. Dylan Grant is averaging 16.6 points and 7.2 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.