Tennessee junior wing JaJuan Smith said he's doing fine after Thursday morning X-rays revealed no fracture in his left wrist.

Wednesday night, the 6-foot-3 Smith was more than fine -- he was tremendous on one particular play.

"The moment just hit me,'' said Smith, who threw down one of the most fantastic dunks in Thompson-Boling Arena history in a 76-58 victory over No. 14 Memphis (6-2). "I told you the day before I was going to have something special for the crowd.''

The former McMinn County High School standout stole a pass and proceeded down the court on a breakaway with just over nine minutes remaining and the Vols (7-2) up 59-44.

"When he got to the free-throw line and started turning a little bit, I thought it was going to be that behind the head dunk again,'' teammate Duke Crews said. "I've been giving him a hard time because that's all he's done.''

This time, however, Smith continued his spin once elevating, and the result was a rare 360-degree slam.

"That was pretty incredible,'' UT coach Bruce Pearl said.

UT associate sports information director Craig Pinkerton, who has worked with the team for seven years, said it was a special play.

"It's one of the most exciting I've seen,'' Pinkerton said. "JaJuan has a show-man flair about him, and that dunk got the crowd fired up. It really displayed his athletic ability.

"I was shocked we got shut out of ESPN's Top 10 plays of the day.''

Smith, who increased his running vertical leap four inches to 44 inches in the offseason, said he didn't care about making the highlight reels.

"I just thought it would get the crowd back into the game and make Memphis put their heads down,'' he said.

But five minutes later, it was Smith who had his head down after a baseline drive and dunk attempt resulted in him taking a hard fall.

After the play, Smith lay motionless on the floor while play continued until the 4:01 mark.

"I had cramped up, I thought my hand was broken, and I thought I hurt my hip,'' Smith said. "Somebody came and got me with their body, and it threw my drive off.''

Smith ran into early foul trouble and played just 17 minutes, but he said he was proud to watch freshman Josh Tabb step up in his place.

"Tabb stepped up and played big, and showed character for the team,'' Smith said. "Josh is a player, and he's a team guy.''

Smith said that, despite some swelling on his wrist, he wants to try to practice when the team returns to the court today after taking off Thursday.

"You'll see me out there,'' he said. "I ain't done.''

The Other Smith: Pearl was giving kudos to freshman Ramar Smith after the freshman had a hand in limiting Memphis freshman point guard Willie Kemp to a 1-of-11 shooting performance.

"Ramar Smith is making progress,'' Pearl said. "In the first half, he had a plus-20 when he was on the floor.''

The plus-20 refers to the fact that the Vols outscored Memphis by 20 points with Ramar Smith playing through the first 20 minutes. With UT holding a 43-22 halftime lead, that means UT only outscored the Tigers by one with Ramar Smith out of the game.

"Ramar will start making a lot of those plays (drives) that he couldn't quite finish,'' Pearl said. "And Ramar had seven defensive rebounds.''

Tiger Blood: Senior Dane Bradshaw had blood on his shorts and streaks of blue from Memphis tennis' shoes atop his orange-and-white sneakers.

"That's my Tiger blood,'' Bradshaw said. "It was pretty physical out there.''

Bradshaw has been playing with two sore shoulders and a biceps injury.

Keeping Tabbs: Tabb played a season-high 24 minutes against Memphis, and though he was 0-for-4 shooting, Tabb had six rebounds, two steals, two assists and was not scored on.

Question: Pearl said he already knows what he'll say to his players when they return to practice today.

"I'll ask them, 'How would you feel right now if you had lost that game?' '' Pearl said. "They had better be ready to come back and practice hard, because we have a long ways to go.''

Focus: The Vols entered the game shooting .615 from the free throw line — next-to-last in the SEC.

Against Memphis, UT made 17-of-20 (85-percent) free throw attempts.

"Ramar Smith made 5-of-6,’’ Pearl said. "We have made progress there, for sure.’’

Worth Noting: Junior Jordan Howell isn’t putting up big scoring numbers, but the starting point guard is 6-for-6 from the free throw line this season and has 18 assists with six turnovers.

Howell attempted only one shot from the floor against Memphis, a 3-pointer he made, hit both of his free throws and had two assists with no turnovers in his 18 minutes on the court.

The Duke: Crews had his best game at UT with nine points, and career highs in rebounds (10) and blocked shots (3).

But Pearl was just as impressed with what Crews did before the game, when he asked out of the starting lineup so that fellow freshman Wayne Chism could start.

"I knew it was a real big game for him, and we’re tight,’’ Crews explained. "He had all his family there. Man, they were coming out of both tunnels into the stands.’’