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Posted at 3:57 p.m., Friday, March 13, 2009

CBKB: SEC: Tennessee routs Alabama 86-62

By FRED GOODALL
AP Sports Writer

TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Smith scored 22 points and Wayne Chism added 15 Friday night to lead Tennessee to an 86-62 rout of cold-shooting Alabama in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The Volunteers (20-11) avenged a regular-season-ending home loss to the Crimson Tide, building an 11-point lead before going on a 17-0 run to start the second half. They'll face Auburn or Florida in Saturday's semifinals.

Tennessee won easily despite horrendous 3-point shooting (4 of 24, 16.7 percent). But the Volunteers were 31-for-48 (64.5 percent) inside the arc, with Smith, Chism and J.P. Prince, who scored 14, doing most of the damage.

Mikhail Torrance led Alabama (18-14) with 13 points.