Nate Ament set to play for Tennessee in SEC tournament

Tennessee star freshman Nate Ament will return to the lineup for the No. 25 Volunteers towards Auburn in Thursday’s SEC quarterfinals.

Ament, who has missed the previous two video games with a leg damage that he suffered towards Alabama on Feb. 28, was listed as out there on the SEC availability report.

A supply informed ESPN that it was unsure how a lot Ament will play towards Auburn.

Ament is a projected top-10 choose in the upcoming NBA draft and is Tennessee’s second-leading scorer behind Ja’Kobi Gillespie. Ament, a 6-foot-10 ahead who has impressed along with his versatility and capturing stroke, is averaging 17.4 factors, 6.4 rebounds and a pair of.4 assists per recreation.

His return looms massive for Auburn, which is on the NCAA tournament bubble. While a flurry of outcomes in different convention tournaments Wednesday helped Auburn’s case for a bid, a win could be important for the Tigers’ NCAA possibilities.

Ament scored 22 factors and grabbed eight rebounds towards Auburn earlier this 12 months in a 77-69 Volunteers win. I shot 4-of-16 from the sphere in that recreation.

He left the Alabama recreation after an ungainly fall and missed subsequent video games towards South Carolina and Vanderbilt.