Carson-Newman Game Notes

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#20/16 TENNESSEE (0-0) vs. CARSON-NEWMAN (0-0)

NOV. 1 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

vs CARSON-NEWMAN

THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 0-0 in Exhibition Games 0-1 in Exhibition Games Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: NR 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 17-11 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 10-8/5th Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 1/4 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 7/5 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 7

CARSON-NEWMAN EXHIBITION  The Lady Vols open the 2012-13 season with an exhibition contest against CarsonNewman College on Thursday night at Thompson-Boling Arena.  This marks the ninth-consecutive year these two teams have met in an exhibition game.  Tennessee reached the century mark in seven of the last eight meetings vs. the Lady Eagles. UT won by scores of 105-47, 101-55, 104-49, 135-55, 124-34, 110-66 and 105-40 in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.  The game will mark Holly Warlick’s debut as head coach at Tennessee after spending the past 27 years as an assistant and associate head coach for Pat Summitt.  Following a diagnosis of early-onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, in August 2011, Summitt stepped away from her post in April after 38 years at the helm and now serves as the program’s head coach emeritus.

A LOOK AT THE RANKINGS TOP STATISTICAL RETURNEES SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (11.1 ppg)

SCORING #25 Whitney Moody (7.8 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #11 Cierra Burdick (2.8 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #32 Nikki James (3.7 rpg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.9 apg.)

ASSISTS #25 Whitney Moody (0.9 apg.)

STEALS #5 Ariel Massengale (1.4 spg.)

STEALS #34 Courdne Miles (1.3 spg.)

BLOCKS #11 Cierra Burdick (0.6 bpg.)

BLOCKS #34 Courdne Miles (1.3 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 14-2 Knoxville: UT, 7-1 Jefferson City: UT, 5-1 Neutral: UT, 2-0 Streak: UT, W9 Exhibitions: UT, 8-0

Last Meeting: UT, 105-40 11/1/2011 in Knoxville UT All-Time Record: 1,191-265 in 68th season

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 UT will begin the campaign ranked No. 20 in the Associated Press Preseason Poll and No. 16 in the USA Today Sports/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Preseason Poll.  It marks UT’s lowest preseason AP Poll position since not being ranked in the inaugural AP Poll in 1976-77, Holly Warlick’s freshman season at Tennessee.  The last time the Lady Vols were ranked as low as 20th in an AP Poll was the 14th polling period of 1984-85, when UT stood 20th.  The most recent low came when UT dropped to 19th in the 16th AP Poll of the 2008-09 campaign before finishing 18th.  The Lady Vols concluded the 2011-12 campaign at No. 9 in the AP Poll and No. 7 in the USA Today/ESPN Poll.  Carson-Newman is not ranked.

THE RECORD

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:

0-0

SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

 THE SCHEDULE DATE Nov. 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Nov. 28 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 7 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 28 March 3

OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Carson-Newman ^ 7:00 p.m. Coker ^ 2:00 p.m. at Chattanooga 7:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech 2:00 p.m. Rice 7:00 p.m. at Miami 2:05 p.m. Alcorn State 2:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee State 7:00 p.m. North Carolina (SPSO) 1:00 p.m. at Texas (FSN) 2:00 p.m. at Baylor (ESPN) 8:00 p.m. Stanford (SPSO) 4:00 p.m. Davidson 7:00 p.m. Rutgers (SPSO) 1:00 p.m. at South Carolina * (SPSO) 9:00 p.m. Georgia * (SPSO) 1:00 p.m. Missouri * (SPSO) 8:00 p.m. at Florida * (ESPNU) 11:30 a.m. at Auburn * (CSS) 9:00 p.m. Alabama * (CSS) 1:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt * (SPSO) 9:00 p.m. Notre Dame (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. Mississippi State * (CSS) 7:00 p.m. at Missouri * (CSS) 2:00 p.m. at LSU * (CSS) 9:00 p.m. Ole Miss * 2:00 p.m. Vanderbilt * (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. Auburn * 7:00 p.m. at Arkansas * (SEC Network) 2:00 p.m. Texas A&M * (CSS) 7:00 p.m. at Kentucky * (ESPNU) 3:30 p.m.

March 6-10 SEC Tournament

TBA

^ Exhibition Game * SEC Game All Times Eastern

NEW FACES, NEW ROLES  In addition to Holly Warlick filling the head coaching position and Pat Summitt working in the role of head coach emeritus, there are other changes to the staff.  Former Lady Vol player (1996-2001) Kyra Elzy returned to UT as an assistant coach after spending the past four seasons coaching at Kentucky and serving as recruiting coordinator.  Former Iowa standout and Harlem Globetrotter Jolette Law is UT’s second new assistant coach. Known as a key contributor to Rutgers’ success during her 12 seasons there, Law most recently served as head coach at Illinois from 2007-12.  Elzy and Law fill the spots previously occupied by Warlick and Mickie DeMoss, who left after last season to take an assistant coaching job with the WNBA’s Indiana Fe-

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