No. 6 Tennessee basketball fought tooth and nail for 40 minutes inside of The Jungle on Saturday night.

An incredible defensive effort wasn’t enough to overcome an offensive struggle in a 53-51 loss at No. 1 Auburn when Tigers guard Miles Kelly knocked down an open corner three to give them a one-point lead with 30 seconds remaining.

The Volunteers shot 31% from the floor (17-of-54) and 18% from the three-point line (4-of-222) in their third loss of SEC play. Tennessee’s 51 points were the second-fewest its scored this season.

Here are our takeaways from Tennessee’s (17-3, 4-3 SEC) loss at Auburn (18-1, 6-0 SEC).

These takeaways will continue to be updated throughout postgame.