Everything Rick Barnes said after Tennessee basketball’s loss at Ole Miss

No. 4 Tennessee basketball lost to Ole Miss 78-76 in its final road game of the season on Wednesday night in Oxford.

The Vols didn’t have an answer for Rebels forward Jaemyn Brakefield, who scored all 19 of his points over the final 10:23 to lead Ole Miss to a win on his senior night. Brakefield was responsible for 19 of the Rebels’ final 29 points.

Tennessee had three players finish in double figure. Senior guard Jordan Gainey shot 4-of-9 from the three-point line to score a team-high 19 points, while fellow senior guard Chaz Lanier scored 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting and junior foward Felix Okpara added 13 points and seven rebounds. Senior point guard Zakai Zeigler dished out a career-high 15 assists.

Rick Barnes met with the media following the Vols’ loss to discuss what went wrong for his team down the stretch. Here’s everything Barnes had to say.

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