2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4
2010-11 TENNESSEE E LADY VOL BASKETBALL LL LL 2010-11 TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS No. 1 4 5 10 12 13 15 20 21 25 33 40 52
Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Briana Bass Jr. 5-2 PG Kamiko Williams So. 5-11 G Angie Bjorklund Sr. 6-0 G-F Meighan Simmons Fr. 5-9 G Lauren Avant Fr. 5-9 PG Taber Spani So. 6-1 F-G Alicia Manning Jr. 6-1 F Sydney Smallbone Sr. 5-10 G Vicki Baugh RS-Jr. 6-4 F Glory Johnson Jr. 6-3 F Alyssia Brewer Jr. 6-3 F Shekinna Stricklen Jr. 6-2 PG-F Kelley Cain RS-Jr. 6-6 C
Ppg Rpg Notes 1.0 0.6 Appeared in 19 games; 9.2 mpg 7.3 3.6 11 games of double figure scoring 10.7 2.9 Back from rt. foot sprain; missed 6 games 13.8 2.8 Leading scorer; SEC Rookie MVP 2.8 1.2 Suffered concussion at Ole Miss; DNP LSU 8.2 4.0 UT is undefeated when she scores 10+ pts. 4.8 4.0 Menace on defensive; Blue collar,tough 1.5 0.8 Has contributed in 10 of 16 SEC games 3.2 3.1 Back after 2 ACL surgeries; great vs. Ole Miss 11.5 9.6 10 dbl-dbls on the year; 1,000 pt club 1.9 2.2 Started last 3-4 gms; slowed by Achilles surgery 12.3 7.7 Best LV over last 10 games-- 15.5 ppg, 8.8 rpg 7.4 6.1 Missed last 2 games -Ole Miss/LSU for rest
Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir. of Character Development Dir. of BB Operations Video Coordinator Graduate Assistant
Pat Summitt (Tennessee-Martin ‘74) 37th season at UT Holly Warlick (Tennessee ‘81) 26th season at UT Dean Lockwood (Spring Arbor College [Mich.] ‘82) 7th season at UT Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech ‘77) 19th season at UT; First since 2003 Daedra Charles-Furlow (Tennessee ‘91) 3rd season at UT Kathy Harston (Wayland Baptist ‘80) 3rd season at UT Dustin Edwards (Carson-Newman ‘03) 1st season at UT Corinne Milien (Bemidji State ‘10) 1st season at UT
How To Say It
Briana/Bree-ah-na; Kamiko/Ka-MEE-ko; Bjorklund/BEE-YORK-lund; Avant/A-VANT; Taber Spani/Tay-bur Spain-ee; Baugh/BAW; Alyssia/A-lee-see-uh; Shekinna/Shuh-KEE-na
Probable Tennessee Starters
Alyssia Brewer - Starts in the post...Rangy lefty...Started 3 of last 4 games...Earned late season starting assignments after her play off the bench at Vanderbilt on Feb. 17... Worked her way back from Achilles surgery on Sept. 10, 2010...Cleared to practice on Dec. 6, a month earlier than anticipated... Has played 14 games in 2010-11 and eight of the last nine SEC contests...Scored a season best seven points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. South Carolina...Coming off a sensational sophomore season earning SEC Sixth Player of the Year and 2010 SEC Tournament MVP honors... Taber Spani - Forward...A solid lefty w/ middle linebacker instincts... Snapped out of a scoring rut vs. Georgia with 11 pts... 5 vs. USC & Fla. ...18 vs. Ark...18 birthday pts. vs. Miss. St...9 pts/5 rbs at USC...O-fer vs. Vandy...14 pts vs. Ole Miss...15 pts/5 asts vs. Bama...Career hi 22 vs. Rutgers...1st career dbl-dbl vs. ETSU 15 pts/12 rbs...10 pts vs. Stanford...Exceeded rookie dbl-fig scoring games w/12 as a soph...14 vs. Virginia/UTC... Over turf toe which limited her last season...Rookie played in 33 games/started 16...4 games in dbl-figures...Averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.7 rpg...13th LV freshman to start Meighan Simmons- Guard...“Speedy”...Summitt, “Quickest player I’ve coached”...2011 SEC Freshman of the Year...10 vs. LSU2...14 vs. UGA...17 pts vs USC...9 key pts. at Vandy...SEC Rookie of the Week (2/13, 12/13 & 12/6)...clutch 3FG & FTs at Kentucky/15 pts... 0-fer at Ark...12 pts vs Miss St...16 pts/4 ast at USC...17 vs. Vandy...14 at Fla...18 pts vs. Ole Miss...15 pts & UT frosh record 11 asts vs. Bama...13 consecutive dbl-fi g games snapped w/7 vs. Rutgers...23 vs. Stanford....22 at Baylor...18 pts at Texas...Career 28 pts & UT record 8 treys vs. Lamar...P-Jam All-Tourney...60th LV rookie to start- 26 pts/4 asts vs UTC...Sub at Louisville --22 pts... Glory Johnson - Starts in the post ... 2011 All-SEC and All-Defensive Team...SEC Player of the Week (11/30, 1/3, 1/31, 2/28)... Started last 8 games...10 pts/11 rbs at Vandy...16 pts. va. Fla...10/10 at Kentucky...14 rbs at Ark....career hi 22 pts/18 rbs vs. Miss. St...16 pts/13 rbs at Auburn...19 pts vs. Bama...19 pts/15 rbs at LSU...2 key OT steals vs. Stanford...13 pts./5 stls at Texas...12 rbs vs. Lamar...All-Tourney - P-Jam...13 pt/12 rb vs. Georgetown...18 rbs/15 pts vs. Ga Tech...vs. Ariz. St. 14 pts & 15 rbs...UTC 10 pts/8 rbs/4 stls in 17 min... Missed a dunk attempt vs. Ole Miss/UTC...53 career games in dbl-fi gure scoring..20 career dbl-dbls...
Shekinna Stricklen- Forward...2011 SEC Player of the Year...17/11 vs. LSU2...10 at Ole Miss...11 vs. UGA...12/10 vs. USC...14/9 at Vandy...SEC Player of the Week 2/13...17 vs. Fla...20 pts/12 rbs at UK... Tied career hi 26 at Ark...10/10 vs. Miss. St...18 at Auburn...18 pts/career high 16 rbs at USC...at Florida- 11 pts/12 rbs...Ole Miss 18 pts/13 rbs...14 career dbl-dbls...15 pts/Stanford...11 rbs vs. Baylor...10 pts/11 rbs at Texas...14pts/12 rbs vs. Lamar...Injured vs. G’town...18 vs. Az State....Louisville 14 pts/12 rbs....Started all gms as a soph--12.7 ppg/6.1 rpg...64 gms in dbl-digit scoring...2009 Freshman of the Year by the USBWA...
GAME #31 NOTES SEC TOURNAMENT Tennessee (28-2, 16-0 SEC) Florida (17-13, 7-9 SEC) or Arkansas (18-10, 6-10 SEC) Date: Mar. 4, 2011 Time: Noon CT Site: Nashville, Tennessee Arena: Bridgestone Arena (17,576) TV: SportSouth; Dave Neal (PbP) and Carol Ross (color). Radio: The Sports Animal, WNML (990 AM, 99.1 and 99.3 FM). Mickey Dearstone calls the action. Internet: www.utladyvols.com; espn3.com Records: Tennessee is 28-2 after defeating LSU, 80-60, on Feb. 27 in Knoxville Florida is 17-13 after defeating #22 Georgia, 74-71, on Feb. 27 in Gainesville Arkansas is 18-10 after losing to Alabama, 92-79, on Feb. 27 in Fayetteville National Rankings: UT is ranked No. 4 in the AP and No. 4 in USA Today/ESPN polls. UF/UA are not ranked in the AP and USA Today/ESPN polls. UT Coach Pat Summitt is 1,065-198 (.843) overall in her 37th season, all at UT. UF Coach Amanda Butler is 115-74 (.608) overall in her 6th season UA Coach Tom Collen is 282-125 (.693) overall in his 13th season Upcoming Games: SEC Tournament Semis Mar. 5 UT/UF/UA vs. UGA/UM/USC, 3 pm CT
UT SEC Second Round All-Time: Tennessee leads 27-4 2nd Round Winning Streak: 17 straight In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 2-0 Away: Tennessee is 0-0 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 25-4 Overtime: Tennessee is 1-0 Last Time in SEC 2nd Round: #4/4 Tennessee 76, Ole Miss 51, on Mar. 5, 2010, in Duluth, Ga.
UT Media Relations Associate A.D. for Media Relations and Basketball Contact: Debby Jennings Jennings’ Email: djennings@utk.edu Asst. BB Contact: Zach Stipe Stipe’s Email: zstipe@utk.edu
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 TODAY’S GAME
The #4/4-ranked and the SEC’s top-seeded Tennessee Lady Vols (28-2, 16-0 SEC) will open play in their 32nd conference tournament taking on the winner of the #8 seed vs. #9 seed game. The 8th-seeded Florida Gators (17-13, 7-9 SEC) battled #9-seed Arkansas (18-10, 6-10 SEC) on Thursday, March 3 for the right to face the Lady Vols at the Bridgestone Arena at noon CT on Fri., Mar. 4. SportSouth has the broadcast.
THINGS TO KNOW • Tennessee claimed the SEC regular season crown with the win over Georgia on Feb. 21 after clinching at least a share versus South Carolina on Feb. 17. • It marked the 16th time that the Lady Vols have won the SEC regular season title; UT has now won back-toback titles in 2010 and 2011. In the regular season SEC finale victory over LSU, the Lady Vols extended their 2011 SEC record to 16 wins. A new program highwater mark due to the revised 16-game SEC schedule which went into effect in 2010. • The Big Orange has been fortunate to win 14 SEC Tournament titles taking the crown in 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010. • The Lady Vols would love to win the “daring double” by tacking on an SEC Tournament title to go along with the regular season crown. There have been six other times when UT won the regular season SEC title and went on to win the tournament championship: 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2010. • The Lady Vols have a 63-17 (.789) all-time record in the SEC Tournament dating back to 1980. •.Tennessee has faced Florida seven times in the SEC Tournament and sports a 7-0 record...6-0 in Second Round games and 1-0 in the Semifinals. The last time UT faced the Gators at the SEC Tourney was 2009 in North Little Rock, Ark., taking a narrow 71-67 decision. The last time at the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Lady Vols opened with Florida and grabbed a 92-61 decision in 2008. • UT has faced 10 other league teams in the SEC Tournament all-time. Arkansas is the only team that Tennessee has never faced in the March spectacular. Auburn is UT’s most often faced opponent with 13 meetings. Next to zero encounters with the Razorbacks, the Lady Vols have only played South Carolina twice and enjoys a 2-0 SEC Tournament record vs. the Gamecocks. •. The Music City hasn’t been particularly kind to the Lady Vols in the previous three appearances as UT has posted a 5-2 record. In 2002, UT defeated Georgia (81-67) but lost to LSU in the semis (81-80); in 2004, Tennessee defeated Mississippi State (67-57) but lost to Georgia in the semis (68-60 OT), and in 2008, Candace Parker and company went for the extended stay plan sweeping Florida (92-61), Vanderbilt (63-48) and LSU (61-55) in the title game. • Tennessee enters the game with Florida or Arkansas sporting the nation’s number five strength of schedule and the sixth best RPI. Florida has an RPI of 48 and a strength of schedule at 15, while Arkansas has an RPI of 58 and a strength of schedule at 59. • In SEC games only, UT is winning by +24.1 ppg margin. • The victory over Florida on Feb. 10, 2011, was the 300th SEC league win all-time for the Lady Vols. UT owns a league best record of 305-40 (.879) against all SEC teams dating back to the 1982-83 season. • Tennessee owns a 443-66 record all-time record vs. 12 teams from the SEC. UT maintains a winning record against every team in the SEC. • The game with #22-ranked Georgia was the Lady Vols sixth of the season against a ranked opponent. With the win over UGA, UT is 4-2 vs. ranked teams this season. • Since Pat Head Summitt arrived as head coach at UT in 1974, the other 11 Southeastern Conference schools have seen a total of 68 coaches at the helm of their women’s basketball programs. Over the last 37 years, Tennessee has enjoyed one head coach for Lady Vol hoops -- Summitt. Next to Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia and Vanderbilt are the SEC programs with the next fewest head coaches over the 37 year span -- just four each.
UT - UF/UA Matchup 28-2 16-0
17-13 18-10 7-9 6-10
UF
UA
Points Per Game Points Allowed Scoring Margin
78.3 54.6 +23.7
65.9 63.6 +2.3
63.4 58.6 +4.9
FG Percentage Opp. FG 3FG Percentage Opp. 3FG%
.460 .330 .365 .269
.404 .395 .333 .330
.396 .360 .321 .307
FT Percentage Opp. FT%
.669 .688
.672 .667
.656 .664
Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Rebound Margin
46.5 33.6 +12.9
41.3 37.0 +4.3
38.8 39.5 -0.7
Assists Opp. Assists
14.0 9.9
12.9 11.8
12.0 11.6
Turnovers Opp. Turnovers
15.7 17.4
17.4 16.4
15.4 17.6
Blocks
5.3
4.4
3.8
2010-11 Record SEC Record
Opp. Blocks Steals Opp. Steals
UT
2.8
7.9 7.8
3.4
7.5 8.1
3.0
8.8 6.6
LADY VOLS AT A GLANCE This is the Lady Vols’ 37th season under Head Coach Pat Summitt… She has compiled a staggering 1,065-198 overall record… Collected her record 1000th coaching win with a 73-43 decision over Georgia on Feb. 5, 2009… She passed Dean Smith for the most NCAA collegiate basketball wins of all-time with a 75-54 victory over Purdue on Mar. 22, 2005 for #880…Her 2007 and 2008 squads were crowned as the NCAA Champions producing the program’s seventh and eighth titles…Last season, UT finished with a 32-3 overall record and was crowned both the SEC Champions and the SEC Tournament Champions. This season, UT returned 11 letterwinners and welcomed rookies Meighan Simmons and Lauren Avant. OUR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK Survive and advance in the SEC Tournament. ON THIS DAY IN LADY VOL BASKETBALL HISTORY UT is 11-5 in games played on Mar. 4. The Lady Vols are 2-1 at home,0-1 on the road and 9-3 on neutral courts. The last time out on Mar. 4, #8/9-ranked UT defeated #12-ranked Georgia, 89-79, in 2006 in North Little Rock, Ark. LOOKING BACK Last year at this time, the #4/4-ranked Lady Vols were 27-2, 15-1 SEC and had just defeated Ole Miss, 75-63 in Knoxville to complete the regular season.
Lady Vols By The Numbers Number of National Assistant Coaches of the Year:
2 Holly Warlick 2007) and Mickie DeMoss (1998, 2000). 4 Number of hall of fame coaches on UT’s staff. per game averaged by Glory Johnson and Kelley Cain to lead UT in 2009-10. 7.7Rebounds National Championships won by UT teams 8 (1987, ‘89, ‘91, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, 2007, ‘08) Kelley Cain had versus LSU on Feb. 22, 12 Blocks 2010 in Knoxville, a UT single-game record. Tournament titles (1980, ‘85, ‘88, ‘89, ‘92, ‘94, ‘96, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘05, ‘06, ‘08, ‘10) 14 SEC SEC Regular Season titles (1980, ‘85, ‘88, ‘89, 15‘92, ‘94, ‘96, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘05, ‘06, ‘08, ‘10, ‘11) of teams that qualified for the 2010 NCAA Tournament on this year’s docket. 15 Number from UT have won WBCA State 19 Women Farm/Kodak All-America honors of Final Fours (both AIAW and NCAA) 22 Number that Summitt has taken her teams to. over Mississippi State. The Lady Bulldogs are the only SEC team to never have beaten UT. 32 Wins Glory Johnson became the 36th Lady Vol 36 Junior to score 1,000 career points on Feb. 21, 2011. number of weeks Tennessee has 112 The been ranked No. 1 in the AP poll number of women who have played for Coach Pat Summitt. 158 The Miles from Knoxville to Indianapolis, site 358 of the 2011 NCAA Women’s Final Four. Tennessee wins over teams in the SEC. 443 All-Time number of consecutive weeks UT has been ranked in the AP Top-25. 465 The Points scored by Angie Bjorklund in 487 2009-10 to lead the Lady Vols (13.9 ppg). of wins Head Coach Pat Summitt 551 Number has over teams on this year’s schedule. number of wins in UT women’s 1,158 The basketball history
The Lady Vols players and staff are wearing #35 patches in memory of two-time Tennessee NCAA Champion (1987 & 1989) Melissa McCray-Dukes who lost her battle to breast cancer on Dec. 27, 2010.
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 2010-11 Tennessee Lady Vols Schedule/TV/Results N12 - at Louisville (CBS College Sports) W, 63-50 N15 - CHATTANOOGA (SS)
W, 103-43
Meighan Simmons scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in her debut to spark UT to a 63-50 win at Louisville in front of 22,124. UT broke the record for made 3-pointers with 15 and Meighan Simmons erupted for 26 pts and 4 asts in first career start.
N18 - VIRGINIA (SS)
W, 85-73
Paced by Angie Bjorklund, who scored 26 points, the Lady Vols came from behind to knock off the Cavaliers after a slow start.
N21 - ARIZONA STATE (SS)
W, 80-64
Five Lady Vols scored double-figures led by Shekinna Stricklen’s 18 pts. while Glory Johnson goes 14 pts & 15 rbs.
N25- vs. Missouri
W, 82-44
Everyone played and all recorded a basket as four Lady Vols reached double figures led by Meighan Simmons with 14 points.
N26- vs. Georgia Tech
W, 66-42
Junior Glory Johnson puts on a rebounding clinic with a career high 18 boards and adds 15 points to lead UT.
N27- vs. #13/12 Georgetown
L, 58-69
Georgetown was the 181st team to ever face Tennessee and the first team to record a win over the Lady Vols on an island all-time.
D1- LAMAR
W, 99-55
Lamar was the 182nd team ever to play UT. Meighan Simmons celebrated with a career high 28 pts and a school record 8 treys.
D5 - at Old Dominion (CSN/myvlt8)
W, 74-44
UT has won 15 straight contests over ODU dating back to Jan. 7, 1997. Meighan Simmons led UT with 14 points.
D12 - at #21/24 Texas (FSN)
W, 92-77
LV starting five each goes for double-figures led by Angie Bjorklund with 20, Meighan Simmons 18 and Shekinna Stricklen’s 10 pts/11rbs
D14 - at #2/3 Baylor (ESPN2)
L, 54-65
UT shoots a school record low 25% from the field (18-72) as BUs Brittney Griner blks 9 shots. Meighan Simmons paces LVs with 22 pts.
W, 82-72 OT
UT guts out OT win surviving 7 ties & 7 lead changes as rookie Meighan Simmons drops in 23. UT outscores SU, 12-2 in OT.
D22 - ETSU (SS)
W, 102-53
Shekinna Stricklen becomes the 35th Lady Vol to join the 1,000 point club as six players drop in double-figure scoring.
D30 - RUTGERS
W, 87-51
Sophomore Taber Spani has a career high 22 pts., and senior Angie Bjorklund breaks the UT all-time 3-FGM record in the win.
J2 - at LSU (SEC Network)
W, 73-65
Glory Johnson is a monster off the bench with 19 pts and 15 rbs; Kelley Cain has 19 pts...UT misses first three-pointer in 423 games.
J6 - ALABAMA (CSS)
W, 110-45
UT now has a 37-game winning streak versus the Crimson Tide after Glory Johnson (19 pts) leads five LVs in double-figure scoring.
J9 - OLE MISS (CSS)
W, 86-46
Four LVs tally dbl-figs led by Shekinna Stricklen’s 18 pts and 13 rbs...Rookie Meighan Simmons drops in 18 as UT shoots 50% as a team for last 5 games
J13 - at Florida (CSS)
W, 83-40
UT jumps out to a 47-15 halftime advantage as Shekinna Stricklen has back-to-back double-doubles with 11 pts & 12 rbs.
J15 - VANDERBILT (ESPN)
W, 68-56
ESPN GameDay watches a UT sweep over Vandy. LVs are led by 17 from Meighan Simmons and 13 rbs from Kelley Cain.
J20 - at SOUTH CAROLINA (SS)
W, 71-56
Sloppy UT (24 TO) overcomes 8 point deficit as Shekinna Stricklen drops in 18 points and grabs a career high 16 rbs.
J23 - at Auburn (CSS)
W, 73-53
All 13 Lady Vols contributed to the box score. Shekinna Stricklen goes for 18 pts and Glory Johnson has 16 pts/13 rbs.
J27 - MISSISSIPPI STATE (CSS)
W, 81-55
MSU drops to 0-32 in the series against UT as Glory Johnson has career highs of 22 pts., 18 rbs. & 7 asts on short-handed nite.
J30 - at Arkansas (SEC Network)
W, 72-53
In front of the home folks in Arkansas, Shekinna Stricklen ties career mark with 26 pts. (6 treys) while Taber Spani adds 18.
F7 - at #15/18 Kentucky (ESPN2)
W, 73-67
UT commits 24 miscues but shoots 55.8% and outrebounds UK, 45-23, behind Shekinna Stricklen’s 20 pts and 12 rbs.
F10 - FLORIDA (SS)
W, 61-39
UT scores fewest pts. in a win this season (61) and holds Florida to a season low (39) as Shekinna Stricklen paces LVs w/17 pts.
F13 - at Vanderbilt (ESPNU)
W, 65-57
UT scores just 15 pts in the first half and trails by 13; mounts second half comeback behind rookie Lauren Avant w/ 11 pts
F17 - SOUTH CAROLINA (CSS)
W, 82-60
UT gets 32 pts from the bench behind a career high 22 pts from junior Alicia Manning to win going away. Brewer and Stricklen grab 10 rbs..
F21 - #22/RV GEORGIA (ESPN2) Pink ZoneW, 77-44
Balanced LV scoring from Meighan Simmons (14), Shekinna Stricklen/Taber Spani (11); UT shots 50% FG in the pink win
F24 - at Ole Miss (SS)
W, 66-39
In a game called w/ 5:24 to go due to rain (leaking roof at the Tad Pad), UT places four in dbl-figs led by Glory Johnson’s 18 pts/9 rbs.
F27 - LSU (ESPNU)
W, 80-60
Shekinna Stricklen (17 pts/11 rbs) and Glory Johnson (15 pts/16 rbs) send the LV seniors out in style in front of 14,473 at TBA.
D19 - #3/2 STANFORD (ESPN2)
FINAL SEC Standings
Team Tennessee Kentucky Vanderbilt Georgia South Carolina Auburn LSU Florida Arkansas Alabama Mississippi State Ole Miss
SEC 16-0 11-5 10-6 10-6 8-8 8-8 8-8 7-9 6-10 5-11 4-12 3-13
Overall 28-2 22-7 19-10 20-9 16-13 15-14 18-12 17-13 18-10 16-13 12-16 10-18
(all times ET)
2011 SEC TOURNAMENT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Thursday, March 3 -- FIRST ROUND (times CT) Noon Game 1 - #8 Fla. vs. #9 Ark., SS 2:30 pm Game 2 - #7 LSU vs. #10 Ala., SS 6:30 pm Game 3 - #5 USC vs. #12 Ole Miss, SS 9:00 pm Game 4 - #6 Aub. vs. #11 MSU, SS Friday, March 4 -- SECOND ROUND (times CT) Noon Game 5 - #1 UT vs. Game 1 winner SS 2:30 pm Game 6 - #2 UK vs. Game 2 winner SS 6:30 pm Game 7 - #4 UGA vs. Game 3 winner SS 9:00 pm Game 8 - #3 Vandy vs. Game 4 winner SS Saturday, March 5 -- SEMIFINALS (times CT) 3:00 pm Game 9 Game 5 winner vs. 7 winner ESPNU 5:30 pm Game 10 Game 6 winner vs. 8 winner ESPNU Sunday, March 6 -- FINALS (times CT) 4:30 pm Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner ESPN2 2011 NCAA FIRST/SECOND ROUND SITES Mar. 19 & 21 at Albuquerque, New Mexico at Columbus, Ohio at Durham, N.C. at KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE at Salt Lake City, Utah at Spokane, Wash. at Stanford, Calif. at University Park, Penn. Mar. 20 & 22 at Auburn, Ala. at Charlottesville, Va. at Cincinnati, Ohio at College Park, Maryland at Shreveport, La. at Storrs, Conn. Aat Waco, Texas at Wichita, Kansas
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 NO. PLAYER 3 10 12 13 14 22 23 24 31 32 33 50
Lanita Bartley Jaterra Bonds Deana Allen Azania Stewart Ndidi Madu Kayla Lewis Brittany Shine Deaundra Young Lily Svete Jennifer George Jordan Jones Ebonie Crawford
2010-11 FLORIDA GATORS POS CL
G G G C F G G F F F G C
Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. R-Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Jr. Sr.
HT
5-6 5-7 5-9 6-4 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-9 6-3
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
Jacksonville, Fla./Santa Fe College/Lee Gainesville, Fla./P.K. Yonge Houma, La./Pensacola JC/Ellender Memorial Wood Green, England/Notre Dame(Va.) Acad. Antioch, Tenn./McGavock Decatur, Ga./Southwest DeKalb Sacramento, Calif./Sacramento Titusville, Fla./Astronaut Granger, Ind./Penn Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore Suwanee, Ga./Collins Hill/Univ. of So. Carolina Decatur, Ga. /Paideia
Head Coach: Amanda Butler Assistant Coach: Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, David Lowery, Murriel Page GATORS PROBABLE STARTERS 3-Lanita Bartley, G, 5-6, Jr., 8.1 ppg, 4.1 apg 12-Deana Allen, G, 5-9, Jr., 6.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg 13-Azania Stewart, C, 6-4, Jr., 6.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg 14-Ndidi Madu, F, 6-1, R-Jr., 6.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg 33-Jordan Jones, G, 5-9, R-Jr., 10.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg 4-1-1 ON FLORIDA In its last outing before facing Tennessee, Florida met Arkansas in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. Entering the game with the Razorbacks, the Gators had won their last three games with wins over Mississippi St. (78-63), at Vanderbilt (74-69) and #22-ranked Georgia (74-71). UF opened the 2011 SEC slate with a 64-53 win over then #22/24-ranked Arkansas in Gainesville. TWOSIES WITH FLORIDA The Lady Vols played a pair of games against the Gators again this season. In the first meeting in Gainesville on Jan. 13, the Lady Vols took an 83-40 win and on Feb. 10, UT claimed a 61-39 victory. Last season, UT also took a pair from UF winning 66-64 in Gainesville and 83-44 in Knoxville. 2011 UT MEETING AT FLORIDA After opening the conference slate with back-toback blowout wins over SEC opponents in Knoxville, the No. 5/6 ranked Tennessee Lady Vols anticipated a stiffer test on the road against Florida on Jan. 13, 2011. Instead, UT got more of the same, overwhelming Florida, 83-40, at the O’Connell Center. The Gator’s 40 points were the lowest scored by a UT opponent since San Francisco scored just 34 against the Lady Vols in Knoxville on Dec. 22, 2009. Tennessee raced to an 11-3 lead to start the game behind two quick baskets by redshirt junior Kelley Cain and a three and a layup from senior Angie Bjorklund, who scored all 16 of her points before intermission. Tennessee ended the first half on a 25-4 run over the last 11 minutes of the first half. Seven different Lady Vols scored during the run, which was capped by a deep three-pointer from Simmons just five seconds before the intermission buzzer. UT held Florida to just one field goal – a three pointer by Brittany Shine at the 2:49 mark – over that first half 11-minute stretch to take a commanding 47-15 lead into the break. The game was so lopsided at halftime that Tennessee had more three pointers (7) than Florida had field goals (6). The second half evoked more the same style of play. UT scored 10 consecutive points after a Florida three to start the second stanza, and the Orange never let up. Over its last three games including the win at UF, Tennessee out-scored its SEC opponents by an average of 49.3 points per contest. Against the Gators, junior Shekinna Stricklen recorded her second straight double double with 11 points and 12 boards, as classmate Glory Johnson finished with
12 points, nine boards and three blocks. 2011 UT MEETING IN KNOXVILLE Despite shooting just 38.5 percent from the field, the fourth-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols were able to secure another blowout victory in the SEC with a 6139 triumph over Florida on Feb. 10, 2011. Returning to Thompson-Boling Arena for the first time in two weeks, the Lady Vols came out flat, making just 9 of 27 field goals in the first half. Despite the poor shooting half, UT still led 27-18 at the break behind its strong defense. Florida shot just 21.9 percent in the first half and 25 percent for the game, as UT forced 24 turnovers and turned those miscues into 27 points. The Lady Vols held the Gators to a 2010-11 season opponent-low of 39 points - the lowest total by a UT opponent since San Francisco tallied just 34 points on Dec. 22, 2009. As had been the common thread for the team, junior Shekinna Stricklen and Glory Johnson led the Lady Vols in scoring with 17 and 16 points, respectively. Stricklen was instrumental in Tennessee’s two big runs that clinched the game. After Florida took a 7-4 lead on a Ndidi Madu layup at the 15:16 mark, the Lady Vols went on a 14-0 run sparked by treys from Stricklen and sophomore Taber Spani to take an 18-7 lead just over 10 minutes into the contest. UT’s stingy defense held the Gators scoreless until the 9:32 mark after the Madu layup - a 5:44 span. UT opened the second half on all cylinders, scoring 12 straight points right out of the break. Stricklen had a couple of steals and a pair of assists on Glory Johnson layups during the gamebreaking spurt that put Tennessee ahead, 39-18 with 16:37 left to play. Florida head coach Amanda Butler tried to stop the run with two timeouts in the first three minutes of the second frame, but it was all for naught, as UT cruised to 14th straight victory and moved to 11-0 in the SEC. Stricklen scored 12 of her game-high 17 in the first half, making 4-of-5 shots from the field. She added four assists and three second-half steals. Redshirt junior Vicki Baugh also had great game, grabbing seven boards and dishing three assists in just 13 minutes. Freshman Lauren Avant added a career-best seven points. LADY VOL NOTABLES FOR BOTH 2011 GAMES In two games this season against the Gators, UT averaged 72.0 ppg while giving up 39.5 to UF. The Lady Vols shot just .437 from the field (52-119)....424 (14-33) from three-point land... was .667 (26-39) from the charity stripe and controlled the boards, 49.5 to 38.5. Angie Bjorklund, Shekinna Stricklen and Glory Johnson all averaged double-figures with 16.0 ppg for Bjorklund and 14.0 for both Stricklen and Johnson. Angie B averaged a ridiculous 33.0 mpg. Rookie Meighan Simmons averaged 9.0 ppg. UT played too loose with the rock turning the ball over to the Gators 17 times per game as UF picked UT’s pocket for 10 steals per game in the two 2011 meetings.
UT vs. Florida Series
Tennessee leads 42-3 UT/OPP DATE RANK SITE W/L SCORE 2/8/80 5/nr H W 118-44 11/28/81 2/nr A W 85-73 2/1/82 H W 83-67 1/23/83 8/nr A W 94-62 2/2/83 8/nr H W 70-69 1/8/84 8/nr A W 78-70 1/31/84 9/nr H W 69-49 1/21/85 H W 69-61 2/10/85 A W 83-74 2/2/86 10/nr H W 82-60 1/17/87 2/nr A W 90-72 2/21/88 3/nr H W 108-53 2/18/89 3/nr A W 85-52 2/17/90 4/nr H W 75-42 3/3/90 3/nr N51 W 81-56 1/16/91 4/nr A W 71-70(OT) 2/22/92 2/nr H W 90-69 2/21/93 1/nr A W 88-75 12/18/93 1/nr H W 84-69 2/1/95 2/14 A W 76-69 1/2/96 4/21 H W 87-67 3/3/96 5/18 N65 W 74-63 1/21/97 8/19 A L 62-71 1/10/98 1/12 H W 99-60 1/21/99 1/21 A W 77-64 2/26/99 2/nr N65 W 92-80 2/13/00 2/nr H W 97-78 3/3/00 2/nr N65 W 91-79 2/11/01 2/6 A W 103-73 1/3/02 2/15 A W 88-64 1/31/02 2/12 H W 86-66 1/19/03 5/nr A W 94-53 2/9/03 3/nr H W 79-40 2/19/04 3/nr H W 88-79 2/3/05 5/nr A W 91-82(OT) 2/26/06 5/nr H L 93-95(OT) 1/11/07 4/nr A W 80-58 2/28/08 3/nr H W 88-61 3/7/08 3/nr N101 W 92-61 2/8/09 11/12 A L 57-66 3/6/09 19/21 N107 W 71-67 1/14/10 4/nr A W 66-64 2/14/10 5/nr H W 83-44 1/13/11 5/nr A W 83-40 2/10/11 4/nr H W 61-39
FLORIDA SERIES Tennessee leads the series with Florida, 423. UT has gone to overtime with the Gators in two of the last 11 meetings. In 2006, Florida became the first unranked team to deal the Lady Vols a loss in Thompson-Boling Arena and the second home loss ever delivered by an unranked team in any Lady Vol Knoxville venue. The second Gator victory came in the 1997 meeting in Gainesville where Florida upended the eventual 1997 NCAA Champs, 71-62. The Gators victory in 2006 broke a 12-game winning run by the Lady Vols and spoiled “Senior Night” for Shanna Zolman and Tye’sha Fluker. UF struck for a third all-time win over UT with a 66-57 win on Feb. 8, 2009 in Gainesville. SUNSHINE GIRLS Former Lady Vols from the state of Florida include Dominique Redding (Clearwater). slamdunk queen Michelle Snow (Pensacola), Lady Vol Hall of Famer Bridgette Gordon (DeLand) and Hollywood producer Pam Marr (Winter Park).
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 NO. PLAYER 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 33 44 45
2010-11 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Keira Peak Kelsey Hatcher Jamesha Townsend Sarah Watkins Chrisstasia Walter Amanda Westbrook Ashley Daniels Julie Inman Erin Gatling Skye Rees Dominique Robinson C’eira Ricketts Caroline Powell Brittney Richardson Lyndsay Harris Quistelle Williams Yashira Delgado
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Clyattville, Ga./Lowndes HS Little Rock, Ark./Cen. Ark. Christian/Okla. State Chula Vista, Calif./Bonita Vista HS Germantown, Tenn./Houston HS Texarkana, Ark./Arkansas HS Little Rock, Ark./Mt. St. Mary Academy Coldwater, Miss./Coldwater HS Carlisle, Ark./Carlisle HS Van Buren, Ark./Van Buren HS Drouin, Victoria, Aust./Drouin HS/NE OK A&M Baton Rouge, La./Capitol HS Louisville, Ky./Fairdale HS Conway, Ark./Conway HS/Shelton State CC Mountain Home, Ark./Mountain Home HS Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS Grand Rapids, Mich./Ottawa Hills HS Kissimmee, Fla./West Oaks Academy
Head Coach: Tom Collen Associate Head Coach: Timothy Eatman Assistant Coaches: Zenarae Antoine, Greg Collins RAZORBACKS PROBABLE STARTERS 3- Jamesha Townsend, F, 6-2 , Jr., 2.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg 4- Sarah Watkins, C, 6-3, So., 13.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg 12- Ashley Daniels, F, 6-2, Jr., 8.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg 22- C’eira Ricketts, G, 5-9, Jr., 14.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg 33- Lyndsay Harris, G, 5-9, Jr., 12.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg 4-1-1 ON ARKANSAS In their last outing before facing Tennessee, Arkansas faced Florida in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. The Razorbacks started the nonconference season 12-0 and posted a 6-10 mark in the SEC. After Tennessee dealt UA a 72-53 loss on Jan. 30 in Fayetteville, the Hogs went 2-6 the rest of the way heading into Nashville. 2011 MEETING IN FAYETTEVILLE UT junior forward Shekinna Stricklen was glad to be home. The 6-2 Morrilton, Ark., native tied a career-high with 26 points, while leading the No. 5/6-ranked Tennessee Lady Vol basketball team to a 72-53 victory at Bud Walton Arena on Jan. 30, 2011. She finished 10-of-15 from the field and 6-of-9 from three to go along with four boards. Her 10 field goals tied a career best, while the six three-pointers set a new personal best. Sophomore wing Taber Spani also put on a show for family and friends who traveled from Lee’s Summitt, Mo., to see her play. She scored 18 points, including three treys. Sophomore Kamiko Williams added 10 points, while junior Glory Johnson recorded her third consecutive double double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, as well as three steals. With close to 60 family and friends making the short drive to Fayetteville, Stricklen shot out of the start like a cannon, making her first four field goal attempts, including her first three trey tries. Her third trey of the game gave Tennessee a 16-12 lead with 11:21 remaining in the first half. Arkansas kept it close in the first half behind guard C’eira Ricketts (12 points) and center Sarah Watkins (15 points), but UT capped the opening stanza with an impressive run. The Lady Vols exploded for eight straight points in under a minute towards the end of the first half to take a 39-27 lead into the break. A three-point swish from Spani at 2:13 sparked the run. She followed with another long jumper, before Stricklen capped the run with her fourth trey of the opening half with 1:17 to go before the intermission. Stricklen had 18 points in the first half which tied her previous season best. The Razorbacks made a brief run early in the second half, closing UT’s advantage to four points with 15:11 left in the game behind big three’s from Watkins and Lyndsay Harris. The Lady Vols
answered with an 11-3 run, however, and held UA to just six second half paint points and 33.9 percent shooting for the game. 2010 MEETING WITH ARKANSAS Tennessee enjoyed a significant size advantage against Arkansas on Feb. 4, 2010 and used the edge to earn a 74-57 victory at ThompsonBoling Arena. Redshirt sophomore Kelley Cain and sophomore Alyssia Brewer dominated down low at both ends of the floor. On the offensive end, the pair combined for 34 points and eight offensive boards, and helped UT enjoy a 40-16 advantage in paint points. On the defensive end, the two combined for 18 boards and 10 blocks, while limiting the Razorback starting post game to just two points and six total rebounds. Cain tied Ashley Robinson’s school record of eight blocks and posted a career-best 17 rebounds, while Brewer tallied her second career 20-plus point performance. Tennessee got the first bucket of the game, a fastbreak layup by Shekinna Stricklen, and never looked back. UT also owned a 51-41 advantage on the glass. The Lady Vols’ top two scorers, junior Angie Bjorklund and Stricklen, combined for two points on 1-of-8 shooting in the first half. The duo responded by going 9-of-16 for 27 points in the second half. Sophomore Glory Johnson came off the bench for the third time in 2009-10 and tallied five points and six rebounds in 12 minutes of action. Freshman Kamiko Williams became the 59th rookie to start a game at Rocky Top, getting the nod at point guard, and finished with three points, two rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes. The victory earned the Lady Vols their 34th consecutive season of at least 20 wins, tying the seventh fastest squad to the milestone and extended UT’s winning streak to 16 against the Razorbacks. UT-ARKANSAS SERIES RANKINGS Tennessee has been ranked in all 23 meetings with Arkansas while the Razorbacks have been ranked in just five meetings. The last time the two teams faced each other as ranked squads was in 2003 when #4-ranked Tennessee won 92-79 over #12-ranked Arkansas in Fayetteville.
UT vs. Arkansas Series Tennessee leads 22-1
DATE 2/29/92 2/27/93 1/2/94 2/7/95 1/17/96 12/29/96 1/1/98 3/27/98 12/17/98 1/10/00 1/7/01 2/7/02 1/30/03 1/8/04 2/26/04 1/13/05 2/20/05 2/5/06 2/22/07 1/24/08 1/22/09 2/4/10 1/30/1 1
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SCORE 105-59 72-55 89-67 87-67 78-66 75-77 88-58 86-58 82-62 79-69 76-61 93-65 92-79 83-44 93-71 72-54 84-71 77-37 75-68 OT 98-55 76-67 74-57 72-53
UA SERIES TIDBITS Tennessee leads the all-time series with Arkansas 22-1, dating back to the 1991-92 season, the Lady’Backs’ first in the SEC. Arkansas’ lone series win came at home on Dec. 29, 1996, a 7775 victory over the Chamique Holdsclaw-led Lady Vols. Since then, UT has won 17 straight over Arkansas. FIRST OT In 2007, Arkansas came close to spoiling Tennessee’s perfect run in the SEC with a near overtime upset in Fayetteville. UT led 62-59 with less than 15 ticks left when an unguarded Dominique Washington put up a trey with nine seconds left and missed. Arkansas teammate Tanisha Smith grabbed the offensive board and fed her again for the game-tying trey with 4 ticks to go. Candace Parker’s long attempt at the buzzer rimmed out. In the OT, Tennessee’s only extra time game of the 2007 NCAA Championship season, the Lady Vols took immediate control and outscored UA 13-6 in the extra stanza. AVERAGE SCORE The average score of a Tennessee vs. Arkansas game is UT 82.9 (1,906) and UA 61.7 (1,420). All-time, the Lady Vols average margin of victory over Arkansas is +21.2 points.
FIRST LADY VOL FROM STATE OF ARKANSAS Tennessee junior Shekinna Stricklen is the first Lady Vol to hail from the state of Arkansas. The Morrilton native had almost 100 followers make the 116 miles (or so) trip to Fayetteville when Tennessee came to face UA in Bud Walton Arena in 2009.
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 LADY VOLS SUCCESS IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT 2011 SEC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET March 3-6 • Bridgestone Arena (17,576) • Nashville, Tenn. Thursday, March 3
Friday, March 4
Saturday, March 5
Sunday, March 6
#9 Arkansas Game 1 - Noon [FSN]
#8 Florida
Game 5 - Noon [FSN]
#1 Tennessee #12 Ole Miss Game 3 - 6:30 p.m. [FSN]
#5 South Carolina
SEC TOURNAMENT UT ROUND-BY-ROUND
Game 9 - 3 p.m. [ESPNU]
UT IN SEC FIRST ROUND GAMES 1997: UT def. South Carolina,75-48 2009: UT def. Alabama, 68-49
Game 7 - 6:30 p.m. [FSN]
#4 Georgia
Championship - 4:30 p.m. [ESPN2]
#11 Mississippi State Game 4 - 9 p.m. [FSN]
#6 Auburn
NCAA Tournament Automatic Qualifier
Game 8 - 9 p.m. [FSN]
#3 Vanderbilt Game 10 - 5:30 p.m. [ESPNU]
#10 Alabama Game 2 - 2:30 p.m. [FSN]
#7 LSU
Game 6 - 2:30 p.m. [FSN]
#2 Kentucky
SEC MEDIA DAY PREDICTION The Tennessee Lady Vols were predicted to finish first in a pre-season vote of the coaches and the league’s media members attending the Tip-Off 2011. The coaches accurately predicted Tennessee (#1), Kentucky (#2), Georgia (#4) and Auburn (#6). SEC ANNOUNCES 2011 HONORS After going undefeated in 2011 SEC play, the University of Tennessee Lady Vols swept the trifecta of SEC Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors, announced the conference office on Mar. 1. Lady Vol Coach Pat Summitt collected her eighth SEC Coach of the Year award, while junior forward/guard Shekinna Stricklen (Morrilton, Ark.) was named the 2011 SEC Player of the Year and guard Meighan Simmons (Cibolo, Texas) was tabbed as the 2011 SEC Freshman of the Year. Additionally, UT junior post Glory Johnson (Knoxville, Tenn.) was also selected to the eight player SEC First Team and was also placed on the SEC All-Defensive squad in a vote by the league’s 12 coaches. This marks the second time Tennessee has swept the top three conference awards after Summitt was named the 1998 SEC Coach of the Year, Chamique Holdsclaw was the 1998 SEC Player of the Year and Tamika Catchings was honored as the 1998 SEC Freshman of the Year. “I am so excited for, and proud of, Shekinna, Glory and Meighan,” Summitt said. “They have impacted our success in SEC play all season long and are very deserving of this recognition.” In her 37th season at the helm of the UT program, Summitt has accumulated 1,065 wins - more than any other Division I coach in the history of men’s or women’s college basketball. In addition to her eight NCAA Titles, eight SEC Coach of the Year Awards, seven NCAA Coach of the Year Awards and 18 NCAA Final Four appearances, the Henrietta, Tenn., native has coached 19 Kodak All-Americans, has a 100% graduation rate for student-athletes who exhaust their eligibility in Lady Vol uniforms and boasts two basketball courts and a gymnasium that bear her name. A junior for the Big Orange, Stricklen led her 2011 team in SEC scoring (13.8 ppg) while playing all five positions on the floor. Asked to play inside, she grabbed 8.4 rebounds per game in SEC contests. Need help at guard? She buried 43 percent of her three-pointers (25-57) while dishing almost two assists per game. Stricklen is the first Lady Vol to garner the award since Candace Parker in 2007. In addition to POY, Stricklen earned All-SEC First Team honors for the first time after placing on the Second Team in 2009 and 2010 and All-Freshman team in 2009. “Shekinna has been a multiple threat for us this
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season,” Summitt said. “I challenged her at the start of SEC play and she has really stepped up her game and played like an All-American.” Stricklen is joined on the All-SEC First Team by Johnson who is making her very first appearance since earning 2009 SEC All-Freshman honors. The 6’3” leaper was also named to the six player 2011 SEC All-Defensive Team. This season, Johnson was selected as the 2011 SEC Player of the Week four times and was UT’s second leading scorer in SEC games at 13.7 ppg while posting 10.3 rpg. Simmons has been a dynamo for the Lady Vols all season. The overall scoring leader at 13.8 ppg, she was third on the UT team in SEC scoring at 11.3 ppg while dishing 3.4 helpers per game. Simmons was selected as the 2010-11 SEC Freshman of the Week three times. In addition to her Freshman of the Year honors and SEC All-Freshman Team selection, she also earned a place on the All-SEC Second Team. 2011 SEC Women’s Basketball Postseason Awards: First Team All-SEC Tierney Jenkins, Ala., Ali Smalley, Auburn, Porsha Phillips, Georgia, Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky, LaSondra Barrett, LSU, Shekinna Stricklen, and Glory Johnson, Tennessee, Jence Rhoads, Vanderbilt Second Team All-SEC C’eira Ricketts and Sarah Watkins, Arkansas, Jasmine James, Georgia, A’dia Mathies, Kentucky, Kayla Melson, Ole Miss, Mary Kathryn Govero, Mississippi St., Iesia Walker, South Carolina, Meighan Simmons, Tennessee All-Freshman Team Kaneisha Horn, Ala., Jaterra Bonds, Florida, Khaalidah Miller, Georgia, Bernisha Pinkett, Kentucky, Valencia Mcfarland, Ole Miss, Meighan Simmons, Tennessee, Jasmine Lister/Stephanie Holzer, Vanderbilt All-Defensive Team Tierney Jenkins, Ala., Meredith Mitchell, Georgia, Victoria Dunlap and A’dia Mathies, Kentucky, Katherine Graham, LSU, Glory Johnson, Tennessee Coach of the Year Pat Summitt, Tennessee Player of the Year Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee Freshman of the Year Meighan Simmons, Tennessee Defensive Player of the Year Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky 6th Woman of the Year Stephanie Holzer, Vanderbilt Scholar-Athlete of the Year Mary Kathryn Govero, Mississippi State
UT IN SEC SECOND ROUND GAMES 2010: UT def. Ole Miss, 76-51 2009: UT def. Florida, 71-67 2008: UT def. Florida, 92-61 2007: UT def. South Carolina, 81-63 2006: UT def. Auburn, 77-45 2005: UT def. Auburn, 64-54 2004: UT def. Mississippi St., 67-57 2003: UT def. Auburn, 66-51 2002: UT def. Georgia, 81-67 2001: UT def. Alabama, 82-52 2000: UT def. Florida, 91-79 1999: UT def. Florida, 92-80 1998: UT def. Mississippi St., 88-60 1997: UT def. LSU, 100-99 (OT) 1996: UT def. Mississippi, 73-51 1995: UT def. Kentucky, 74-62 1994: UT def. Georgia, 86-72 1993: Georgia def. UT, 73-72 1992: UT def. LSU, 70-65 1991: UT def. Vanderbilt, 62-60 1990: UT def. Florida, 81-56 1989: UT def. Alabama, 89-61 1988: UT def. Kentucky, 100-66 1987: UT def. LSU, 64-63 1986: Mississippi def. UT, 83-78 1985: UT def. LSU, 85-78 1984: Alabama def. UT, 85-66 1983: UT def. Alabama, 91-73 1982: UT def. Vanderbilt, 80-75 1981: Alabama def. UT, 77-71 1980: UT def. Florida, 118-44 2010: 2009: 2008: 2007: 2006: 2005: 2004: 2003: 2002: 2001: 2000: 1999: 1998: 1997: 1996: 1995: 1994: 1992: 1991: 1990: 1989: 1988: 1987: 1985: 1983: 1982: 1980:
UT IN SEC SEMIFINAL GAMES UT def. Vanderbilt, 68-49 Auburn def. UT, 75-58 UT def. Vanderbilt, 63-48 LSU def. UT, 63-54 UT def. Georgia, 89-79 UT def. Vanderbilt, 76-73 Georgia def. UT, 68-66 (OT) UT def. Mississippi St. 76-75 LSU def. UT, 81-80 Vanderbilt def. UT, 77-74 UT def. Vanderbilt, 61-53 UT def. Alabama, 80-69 UT def. Vanderbilt, 106-45 Auburn def. UT, 61-59 UT def. Florida, 74-63 UT def. Alabama, 84-70 UT def. Alabama, 72-56 UT def. Kentucky, 90-84 UT def. Auburn, 70-62 UT def. Georgia, 73-54 UT def. Mississippi, 82-60 UT def. Georgia, 82-76 Auburn def. UT, 102-96 UT def. Ole Miss, 79-71 Georgia def. UT, 71-65 UT def. Georgia, 55-44 UT def. Auburn, 72-61
UT IN SEC CONSOLATION FINALS 1983: UT def. Auburn, 83-75 UT IN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES 2010: UT def. Kentucky, 70-62 2008: UT def. LSU, 61-55 2006: UT def. LSU, 63-62 2005: UT def. LSU, 67-65 2003: LSU def. UT, 78-62 2000: UT def. Mississippi St., 70-67 1999: UT def. Georgia, 85-69 1998: UT def. Alabama, 67-63 1996: UT def. Alabama, 64-60 1995: Vanderbilt def. UT, 67-61 1994: UT def. Vanderbilt, 82-57 1992: UT def. Georgia, 73-66 1991: LSU def. UT, 80-75 1990: Auburn def. UT, 78-77 1989: UT def. Auburn, 66-51 1988: UT def. Auburn, 73-70 1985: UT def. Auburn, 63-60 1982: Kentucky def. UT, 80-74 1980: UT def. Mississippi, 85-71
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 LADY VOLS SUCCESS IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT
IN OUR HALF OF THE 2011 SEC BRACKET In Tennessee’s half of the 2011 SEC Tournament bracket are #4 seed Georgia, #5 seed South Carolina, #8 seed Florida, #9 seed Arkansas and #12 seed Ole Miss. Tennessee posted an 8-0 mark against these squads. The Lady Vols were 8-0 in contests with the teams from the other half of the bracket. vs. #4-seed Georgia 2-21-11 in Knoxville #4/4 UT def. #22 Georgia, 77-44 vs. #5-seed South Carolina 1-20-11 in Columbia, #5/6 UT def. USC, 71-56 2-17-11 in Knoxville, #4/4 UT def. USC, 82-60 vs. #8-seed Florida 1-13-11 in Gainesville, #5/6 UT def. UF, 83-40 2-10-11 in Knoxville, #4/4 UT def. UF, 61-39 vs. #9-seed Arkansas 1-30-11 in Fayetteville, #5/6/ UT def. UA, 72-53 vs. #12-seed Ole Miss 1-9-11 in Knoxville, #5/6 UT def. UM, 86-46 2-24-11 in Oxford, #4/4 UT def. UM, 66-39
32 SEC APPEARANCES The Tennessee Lady Vols’ 2011 appearance in the SEC Tournament is the school’s 32nd time to the mini-Final Four. This season marks the 30th time that UT has received a first round bye and the 16th trip as the No. 1 seed. The last two times the Lady Vols were the No. 1 seed? In 2007, they fell to LSU in the semifinals, 63-54, but rebounded to win the next six games and NCAA title No. 7. In 2010, they won the SEC Tournament title with a win over Kentucky, 70-62 and lost in the Sweet 16 to Baylor, 77-62.. UT’s SEC TOURNAMENT W-L Since the tourney began in 1980, the Lady Vols sport the best overall record in the conference tournament. UT has produced a 63-17 (.782) record which breaks down this way: vs. Alabama (9-2), vs. Auburn (9-4), vs. Florida (7-0), vs. Georgia (8-3), vs. Kentucky (4-1), vs. LSU (7-4), vs. Ole Miss (5-1), vs. Miss St. (40), vs. South Carolina (2-0), and vs. Vanderbilt (8-2). The Lady Vols have never faced Arkansas. (The SEC Office record indicates that UT is 62-17 in SEC play. However, in the old format, there was a consolation game. In 1983, UT defeated Auburn, 83-75, in the consolation finals.) BOWING OUT EARLY There have been four trips to the SEC Tournament since 1980 when the Lady Vols didn’t even get to unpack their bags, losing in second round action after receiving a bye. In 1981, Alabama sent UT packing after a 77-71 loss; in 1984, Alabama again provided the honors with a 85-66 drubbing; in 1986, Ole Miss dealt UT a 83-78 loss, and in 1993, Georgia provided UT with an early exit from Chattanooga, 73-72. UT AND AUBURN FIND A WAY TO MEET In UT’s 80 all-time SEC Tournament games, Tennessee and Auburn have battled in over one-sixth of the contests or 13 games. The Lady Vols sport an 9-4 record in SEC Tournament action against the team from The Plains. TWO SEC TOURNAMENT MEETINGS WITH USC Whereas the Lady Vols have played Auburn more times than any other SEC school in the Tournament, Tennessee has faced South Carolina the least number of times (two games, 2-0) outside of never having faced Arkansas at all. Ironically, the first meeting with South Carolina was (previously) the ONLY time UT had to play on the Tournament’s first day – in 1997. That year, UT defeated USC, 75-48, beat LSU in overtime, 100-99, and lost to Auburn in the semifinals. The Lady Vols would not lose again that season winning the 1997 NCAA title with a 29-10 overall record.
SIXTY IS SLICK The Tennessee Lady Vols recorded their 60th win all-time in the SEC Tournament with the win over #21/18 Florida, 71-67, on Mar. 6, 2009. In 2005, UT grabbed win number 50 with the victory over #18/17 Vanderbilt, 76-73, on Mar. 5, 2005. Vanderbilt is a distant second in all-time SEC Tournament wins with 42 and Georgia stands third with 40 wins all-time. 19 TIMES IN THE FINALS The Championship game against Kentucky in the 2010 SEC Tournament marked the Lady Vols 19th incredible trip to the final round of the nation’s toughest conference tournament. UT is 14-5 in alltime SEC Championship game meetings. In the 1990s alone, the Lady Vols were in the title game eight times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999) against five different SEC teams. In that decade, UT won titles in five of the years – 1999 vs. Georgia, 85-69, 1998 vs. Alabama, 67-63, 1996 vs. Alabama, 64-60 (without Chamique Holdsclaw due to a knee injury suffered in the opening minutes of play), 1994 vs. Vanderbilt, 82-57 and 1992 vs. Georgia, 73-66. The Lady Vols have won titles in 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1989, 1988, 1985, and 1980. The Lady Vols amassed a 16-3 record in SEC games played in Chattanooga and brought home four titles from that venue (1994, 1996, 1999 and 2000). In three SEC Championships in Nashville, UT took one title home in 2008. DARING DOUBLES At the 2010 SEC Tournament, the Lady Vols accomplished something they had not done in 10 years, win the “daring double” of the SEC regular season and SEC Tournament titles. Prior to last season, the last time UT accomplished the double was in the 19992000 season when UT won its sixth all-time D-D. Years when the Lady Vols won dual crowns were 1980, 1985, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2010. Only three other SEC schools have ever won both titles: Georgia (1983, 1984 and 1986), Auburn (1981 and 1987) and Kentucky (1982). THE CENTURY MARK The Lady Vols have reached the century scoring mark four times in the SEC Tournament. In 1998, the Lady Vols derailed Vandy, 106-45. In the previous year, the Lady Vols scored 100 on LSU in overtime. Nine years earlier, in 1988, Tennessee nailed Kentucky for 100 points. And in the very first SEC Tournament game in 1980, Tennessee crushed Florida, 118-44. That Florida team was then coached by UT assistant head coach Mickie DeMoss. OUR SEC OVERTIME GAMES In 31 years and 80 games in the SEC Tournament, the Tennessee Lady Vols have been involved in just two overtime contests. In 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee and Georgia met in the semifinals on Mar.6. #20/16-ranked Georgia forced the overtime with the score knotted at 57-all. #1-ranked UT took a quick four-point lead but Georgia responded with a 7-0 run to take the 68-66 win and earned a trip to the title game. In Tennessee’s only other SEC overtime, in 1997, Tennessee snuck by LSU with a narrow 10099 victory in overtime in second round play. In the next game, a weary UT squad lost a heartbreaker to Auburn, 61-59, in semifinal action. The loss to Auburn was UT’s 10th on the season. It would be the last loss for the 1996-97 “Cinderella Season” team as they ran the table in the NCAA Tournament to claim NCAA title number five.
TENNESSEE 2011 SEC GREAT MELISSA McCRAY DUKES Lady Vol Basketball -- 1985-1989
The Tennessee Lady Vol basketball family learned on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010, that Melissa Ann McCray Dukes had lost her long and hard fought battle with cancer. She was 43 years old. Nicknamed “Emma” by her Tennessee teammates, McCray Dukes played on four consecutive NCAA Final Four teams (1986-87-88-89) and started as a guard on coach Pat Summitt’s first two national championship teams in 1987 and 1989. “Melissa was one of the most incredible people you could ever meet,” Summitt said. “She fought cancer with the same determination and tenacity she showed on the basketball court. She went into every single day of her life as a winner.” McCray Dukes lived in Knoxville and remained close to her former teammates over the years. It wasn’t unusual for her to drop by practice. When she played, her teammates called her the “mother hen.” Said Lady Vol teammate Sheila Frost on Feb. 11, 1989, “She kind of pulls us together as a family,” Frost said of McCray. “We need a core like that. She’s been called the mother of our team since she was a freshman.” McCray Dukes was special. Even when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2006, she wanted to fight it privately at first and not “burden anyone” with what she was going through. However, her friends and former teammates coaxed her into revealing her fight and she served as an inspiration to others. She was the guest speaker many times at churches, women’s cancer support groups and at the UT Cancer Institute. When the cancer returned in 2009, she shared the importance of always fighting to the young 2008-09 Lady Vol basketball team – “whether it was basketball or your life, you fight.” She was always the Lady Vol. Her teammates voted her as the “Best Defensive Player” for four consecutive seasons at UT. She didn’t throw up gaudy numbers in the box score but she was always the one to get a critical basket or make a game-changing play. She was a member of the first class of players (men or women), to play in the NCAA Final Four all four years of her career joined by Lady Vol classmates Bridgette Gordon and Sheila Frost. For her career, she scored 874 points, grabbed 376 rebounds and handed out 289 assists in 139 career games with 87 career starts -- she committed a total of just 164 turnovers in 2,892 minutes of play…an unmatchable statistic. She graduated from UT with a bachelor’s in political science in 1989 and was a longtime employee of Knoxville law firm Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C. She was the wife to the Rev. John Dukes and mother to daughter Stephanie McCray, 20, and son Chandler Dukes, 16, who are at the 2011 SEC Tournament.
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 DOUBLE DIGIT SEC WINS Against Kentucky on Feb. 10, the Lady Vols went to double-digit victories in SEC play for a record 17th time. The victory over the Wildcats was Tennessee’s 10th on the season in SEC play. Last season, the Lady Vols won 15 games in the expanded SEC slate. All-time, the Lady Vols have registered double-digit victories in conference play since the 1991-92 season when SEC play first expanded, the Lady Vols have won at least 10 games in the following 17 years: 1992-10 wins, 1993-11 wins, 1994-11 wins, 1995-11 wins, 1998-14 wins, 1999-13 wins, 2000-13 wins, 2001-14 wins, 2002- 13 wins, 2003-14 wins, 2004-14 wins, 2005- 13 wins, 200611 wins, 2007- 14 wins, 2008-13 wins; 2010-15 wins and 2011-16 wins. UNDEFEATED FOR NINTH TIME The 2010-11 Lady Vols became the ninth Tennessee squad to go undefeated in SEC league play with a win over LSU. Historically, going undefeated in the SEC has not been kind to UT the following week in the SEC Tourney. LEAGUE RECORD 1992-93: 11-0 1993-94: 11-0 1994-95: 11-0 1997-98: 14-0 2000-01: 14-0 2002-03: 14-0 2003-04: 14-0 2006-07: 14-0 2010-11: 16-0
SEC TOURNAMENT RESULT lost quarters to NR Georgia WON SEC TOURNAMENT lost title game to Vanderbilt WON SEC TOURNAMENT lost in semifinals to Vanderbilt lost title game to LSU lost in semifinals to Georgia lost in semifinals to LSU in progress
WE ARE STINGY, I TELL YOU Tennessee’s streak of holding 11 consecutive opponents below 40 percent shooting from the field ended at Kentucky when the Cats shot a sizzling 40.3 percent. The Lady Vols had held opponents from East Tennessee State (Dec. 22) to the Arkansas games (Jan. 30) to shooting just 30.4 percent from the field (223-734) while winning the 11 games by a margin of +30.3 ppg. UT picked up a below 40% game from Florida to start a new streak -- the Gators managed just 25% FG shooting in Knoxville on Feb. 10 and were followed with sub-40 games from Vandy (37%), South Carolina (34%), Georgia (25%), Ole Miss (31%) and LSU (.313. SEC TEAMS WITH DOUBLE DIGIT WINS Three SEC schools holding double-digit wins over the Lady Vols all-time. Auburn has 10 wins against 34 losses and is joined by Georgia with 15 wins (against 41 losses) and LSU with 12 victories (against 41 defeats). Outside of these SEC schools, only four of Tennessee’s other 170 opponents have ever recorded double-digit wins over the Lady Vols. RARE SEC ROAD LOSSES FOR SUMMITT Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt’s teams rarely lose on the road in the SEC but 2008-09 was the exception with five losses on the road against just two wins. The loss to Vanderbilt on Jan. 11, 2009 was the 30th SEC road loss suffered by a Summittcoached Lady Vol team and halted a 17-game SEC road winning streak. Two weeks later, UT also lost, this time at #6/5 Auburn and two weeks after that #11/13 Florida defeated the Lady Vols. Add another two weeks and another SEC road loss for UT, this time a 66-56 decision a the hands of the Kentucky Wildcats and a week later it was a road loss at LSU, 63-61. Last season, Georgia tagged the Lady Vols with a regular season SEC loss for the first time since the Bulldogs prevailed 78-51 on Jan. 17, 2000.
AMAZING AT HOME VS. THE SEC Since Tennessee began contesting games with SEC opponents, the Lady Vols have produced a 185-12 record in home games. Only six SEC teams have ever managed a victory over the Lady Vols in Knoxville – Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Ole Miss. Georgia has won three games on UT’s turf while Auburn, Kentucky, Ole Miss and LSU have registered two wins each and Florida one win. Georgia was the only team to defeat UT at home in the 1990s (1991 & 1996). LSU and Florida are the only SEC teams to defeat UT at home in the 21st century. UT WINNING STREAKS VS. SEC TEAMS Tennessee holds a winning streak over every SEC team. The Lady Vols sport 30-plus game winning streaks over three SEC teams -- South Carolina 40, Alabama 37, and Mississippi State 32. Five conference foes broke Lady Vol winning streaks in the 2008-09 season when Auburn, Kentucky, LSU and Vanderbilt all tagged UT with a loss. Mississippi State is still the only SEC school never to defeat Tennessee. School Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Mississippi Mississippi St. South Carolina Vanderbilt
Win Streak and last loss 37 in a row, since 3-3-1984 17 in row, since 12-29-1996 2 in a row, since 3-7-2009 4 in a row, since 2-8-2009 1 in a row, since 2-21-2011 3 in a row, since 2-19-2009 4 in a row, since 2-26-2009 22 in a row, since 2-4-1996 32 in a row, never lost to MSU 40 in a row, since 1-23-1980 7 in a row, since 1-11-2009
AGAINST THE SEC OPPOSITION In 16 SEC contests, UT is outscoring its SEC opponents by 24.1 ppg)...outrebounding by a +14.8 margin and connecting on 46.8% of field goals (opponents just 31%) and 70% from the charity stripe. An area of concern is in turnovers and steals where UT has committed 249 miscues and grabbed only 100 steals (124 for the opposition). LADY VOL CAREER SEC TOURNEY AVERAGES Briana Bass -- in 5 games 2.4 ppg, 1.8 apg 66.7 FG%, 33.3 3pt% Vicki Baugh -- in 3 games 5.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 71.4 FG% Angie Bjorklund --in 8 games 9.2 ppg, 2.6 apg, 2.6 rpg, 34.5 FG%, 31.6 3pt% Alyssia Brewer -- in six games 11.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 1.2 spg, 54.9 FG% Kelley Cain -- in 6 games 8.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 73.1 FG% Glory Johnson -- in 6 games 7.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 40.5 FG% Alicia Manning --in 5 games 8.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.6 apg, 47.4 FG% Sydney Smallbone -- in 7 games 1.6 ppg, 33.3 FG%, 20.0 3pt% Taber Spani -- in 3 games 2.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.3 apg, 36.4 FG% Shekinna Stricklen --in 6 games 13.2 ppg 5.3 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.2 bpg, 1.0 spg Kamiko Williams --in 3 games 2.7 ppg, 1.3 apg, 1.3 rpg, 44.9 FG%
TENNESSEE’S SEC FINISHES THROUGH THE YEARS Year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
Record Finish Tournament 16-0 First in progress 15-1 First SEC Champs 9-5 Fourth (tie) Lost in semis 13-1 Second SEC Champs 14-0 First Lost in semis 11-3 Second SEC Champs 13-1 Second SEC Champs 14-0 First Lost in semis 14-0 First Lost in finals 13-1 First Lost in semis 14-0 First Lost in semis 13-1 First (tie) SEC Champs 13-1 First SEC Champs 14-0 First SEC Champs 8-4 Fifth Lost in semis 9-2 First SEC Champs 11-0 First Lost in finals 11-0 First SEC Champs 11-0 First Lost in quarters 10-1 Second SEC Champs 6-3 Third Lost in finals 8-1 First Lost in finals 8-1 Second SEC Champs 8-1 Second SEC Champs 6-3 Fourth Lost in semis 5-4 Fifth Lost in quarters 4-4 Third (E) SEC Champs 7-1 Second(E) Lost in quarters 7-1 First (E) Lost in semis no official standings Lost in finals no official standings Lost in quarters no official standings SEC Champs
AGAINST THE SEC Tennessee owns a 443-66 record all-time record vs. 12 teams from the SEC. UT maintains a winning record against every team in the SEC. SEC LEAGUE PLAY UT owns a league best record of 305-40 (.878) against all SEC teams dating back to the 1982-83 season. SEC REGULAR SEASON STORY UT’s last SEC win at home: LSU, 80-60, 2-27-11 UT’s last SEC win away: Auburn, 66-39, 2-24-11 UT’s last SEC loss at home: LSU, 78-62, 2-14-08 UT’s last SEC loss away: UGA, 53-50, 1-21-10 16 SEASONS AT LEAST 10 SEC WINS After only winning nine SEC games in 2009, UT rallied and hit double-digits again in 2010 and 2011. All-time, the Lady Vols have registered double-digit victories in conference play an incredible 17 times. Since the 1991-92 season when SEC play expanded, the Lady Vols have won at least 10 games in the following years: 1992-10 wins, 1993-11, 1994-11, 1995-11, 1998-14, 1999-13, 2000-13, 2001-14, 2002- 13, 2003- 14, 2004-14, 2005- 13, 200611, 2007- 14, 2008-13 and 2010- 15 wins and 2011-16 wins.
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 WEEK
Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28
2010-11 LADY VOL WEEKLY GAMES, RECORD, POLLS
GAMES PLAYED
CARSON-NEWMAN (EXH), UNION (EXH) Louisville CHATTANOOGA, VIRGINIA, ARIZONA STATE Missouri, #13/12 Georgetown, Georgia Tech LAMAR, Old Dominion #21/24 Texas #2/3 Baylor, #3/2 STANFORD ETSU RUTGERS, LSU ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI Florida, VANDERBILT South Carolina, Auburn MISSISSIPPI STATE, Arkansas No games #15/18 Kentucky, FLORIDA, Vanderbilt SOUTH CAROLINA #22/RV GEORGIA, Mississippi, LSU at SEC Tournament
2001-11 LINE-UP COMBINATIONS Tennessee has utilized 10 starting line-ups (in 30 games) for the 2010-11 season. During the 200910 season, Tennessee employed 13 different starting lineups (nine of the starting five combos were one and done). Shekinna Stricklen is the common denominator starter this season. She is the ONLY Lady Vol to start in all 30 games. Games 1 2-7 8, 22 9 10-11 12-13 14-21 23-25 26 27-29 30
Rec. Line-up (F-F-C-G-G) 1-0 Spani, Manning, John, Bjork, Strick 5-1 John, Bjork, Cain, Simmons, Strick 2-0 Spani, Strick, John, Simmons, Will 1-0 Strick Mann, John, Simmons, Bjork 1-1 Bjork, Strick, John, Simmons, Will 2-0 Spani, Strick, John, Simmons, Bjork 8-0 Spani, Strick, Cain, Simmons, Bjork 3-0 John, Strick, Cain, Simmons, Spani 1-0 John, Strick, Baugh, Simmons, Spani 3-0 John, Strick, Brew, Simmons, Spani 1-0 Strick, Small, John, Simmons, Bjork
SHE LIKED THIS COMBO After tinkering with six starting line-ups in the first 13 games, Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt settled into the longest tenured starting five of the season in Meighan Simmons, Angie Bjorklund, Taber Spani, Shekinna Stricklen and Kelley Cain. This quintet started and won eight games together. Their starting act broke up for Mississippi State when Bjorklund was sidelined with a sprained right foot and Cain fell ill on game day. Summitt reached into her bag of tricks and brought out the starting five from the Lamar game (8th game of the season) -- Simmons, Spani, Stricklen, Glory Johnson and Kamiko Williams. Against Arkansas, she introduced the eighth starting five of the season with Bjorklund still sidelined. Line-up number nine was unveiled at Vanderbilt as Vicki Baugh earned a starting nod over Kelley Cain. After her outstanding play off the bench at Vanderbilt, Lyssi Brewer got the starting nod in games 27-29 for the 10th combo of the season. 11TH COMBO ON SENIOR DAY Coach Pat Summitt played her 11th different starting combo versus LSU on Feb. 27 -- Lady Vol Senior Day. Starting were senior guards Angie Bjorklund and Sydney Smallbone along with rookie guard Meighan Simmons, junior forward Shekinna Stricklen and post Glory Johnson. UT’S OFFENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES In all games, this is how Tennessee has shot from the field: 60% FG: none; 50%FG: Kentucky (.558), Chattanooga (.532), Alabama (.530), Rutgers (.525), ETSU (.522), Ole Miss2 (.521), Missouri (.508), Georgia, Ole Miss1 & LSU1 (.500); 40%FG: S.Carolina2 (.492), Virginia (.483), S.Carolina1 (.482), Florida (.478), Arkansas
RECORD
1-0 4-0 6-1 8-1 9-1 10-2 11-2 13-2 15-2 17-2 19-2 21-2 21-2 24-2 25-2 28-2
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4/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 9/8 8/7 6/6 5/6 5/6 5/6 5/6 5/6 5/6 5/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 4/4
(.475), Texas (.470), ODU (.464), Arizona St. (.456), Lamar (.453), LSU2 (.448), Stanford (.433), Auburn (.431), Miss. State (.425), Georgia Tech (.423), Louisville (.407), Vanderbilt1 (.403), Georgetown (.400); 30%FG: Florida2 (.385), Vanderbilt2 (.379); 20%FG: Baylor (.250). DEEE ----- FENSE In all games, this is how the opposition has shot from the field: 50%FG: none, 40%FG: Virginia (.455), Stanford (.413), Texas (.409), Georgetown (.404), Kentucky (.403), Arizona St. (.400); 30%FG: Vanderbilt2 (.377), LSU1 (.371), Baylor (.357), Miss. State (.355), S.Carolina2 (.349), Auburn (.343), Missouri (.341), Arkansas (.339), Vanderbilt1, Rutgers & Georgia Tech (.333), S. Carolina1 (.329), LSU2 (.313), Ole Miss2 (.311), ODU (.309), Lamar (.306), Louisville (.305), ETSU (.302); 20%FG: Chattanooga (.294), Ole Miss1 (.266), Georgia (.258), Florida2 (.250), Florida (.214); 10%FG: Alabama (.195).
Associated Press 2/28 1. Connecticut 2. Stanford 3. Baylor 4. TENNESSEE 5. Texas A&M 6. Xavier 7. Notre Dame 8. Duke 9. UCLA 10. Miami (FL) 11. Michigan State 12. DePaul 13. Maryland 14. Florida State 15. Green Bay 16. Kentucky 17. Georgetown 18. Oklahoma 19. North Carolina 20. Marquette 21. Marist 22. Gonzaga 23. Iowa State 24. Iowa 25. Houston
ESPN/USA Today 3/1 1. Connecticut 2. Stanford 3. Baylor 4. TENNESSEE 5. Texas A&M 6. Xavier 7. Duke 8. Notre Dame 9. UCLA 10. Miami (FL) 11. Michigan State 12. Green Bay 13. DePaul 14. Florida State 15. Maryland 16. Kentucky 17. Oklahoma 18. Marist 19. North Carolina 20. Gonzaga 21. Georgetown 22. West Virginia 23. Marquette 24. Houston 25. Iowa State
Receiving Votes Georgia Tech Georgia Louisville
2010-11 Opponents Receiving Votes Georgia Tech Rutgers Louisville Rutgers
2010-11 WON-LOSS DIFFERENTIAL Wins: +65 (1), +60 (1), +49 (1), +44 (1), +43 (1), +40 (1), +38 (1), +36 (1), +33 (1), +30 (1), +27 (1), +26 (1), +24 (1), +22 (2), +20 (2, +19 (1), +16 (1), +15 (2), +13 2010-11 Opponents (1), +12 (2), +10 (1), +8 (2), +6 (1). Losses: -11 (2) GREAT ATTENDANCE THIS SEASON Tennessee eclipsed 100,000 fans at home on Jan. 9 against Ole Miss for an amazing 17th consecutive year. The Lady Vols currently average a nation leading 13,078 fans per home game in 2010-11 in 15 home games as 196,173 have clicked through the turnstiles. SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOUR TIMES Lady Vol junior forward Glory Johnson was named the SEC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the fourth time this season on Feb. 28. She is the only player to have been selected for the top SEC honor more than twice in the 2010-11 season. In three wins last week, Johnson continued to shine for the Lady Vols turning in 14.0 ppg and 11.3 rpg in victories over #22 Georgia, at Ole Miss and LSU to conclude the regular season. In continuing to lead the Lady Vols in league play, Johnson averaged a double-double in SEC play with 13.7 ppg and 10.3 rpg. She’s the first Lady Vol since Candace Parker in 2006-07 to perform that feat in conference play. Against Georgia, Johnson became the 36th Lady Vol to score 1,000 career points on a free throw at the 13:26 mark in the second half. She finished with nine points and ripped down 9 rebounds. At Ole Miss in the rain shortened game, the Knoxville, Tenn., native made her first six shots and first four free throws. She finished with 18 points (on 7-of-10 shooting), nine boards, three assists and four steals. Johnson scored or assisted on the Lady Vols’ first nine points, making a jumper in the lane and dishing assists on three other buckets. UT opened the
Tennessee In The National (AP) Rankings Total weeks ranked in the AP poll Weeks ranked in the AP top 10 Weeks ranked in the AP top 5 Weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP Most consecutive weeks in top 25 Most consecutive weeks in top 10 Most consecutive weeks in top 5 Most consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 *indicates inactive streak
595 538 438 112 464 211* 90* 19*
Tennessee vs. AP Ranked Opponents In 2010-11 4-2 Home 2-0 Away 2-1 Neutral 0-1 All-Time 413-163 Home 173-37 Away 117-76 Neutral 123-50 vs. Top 10 (all-time) 176-118 Home 68-30 Away 42-53 Neutral 65-35 vs. Top 5 (all-time) 83-78 Home 38-22 Away 16-34 Neutral 29-22
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 game on a 9-0 run. At the 7:20 mark in the second half, Johnson grabbed a steal and attempted a dunk for the second time this season, but missed as it rimmed out. In the regular season finale against LSU, Johnson coupled solid offense with aggressive defense and secured her 10th double-double of the season and 20th of her career with 15 points and 16 boards as well as two blocks against LSU. She is the only player in the conference to capture the POW award four times this season. Johnson previously earned the honor this season on Nov. 29, Jan. 3 and Jan. 31. SENIORS SALUTED In the final regular season home game versus LSU on Feb. 27, 2011, Lady Vol seniors Angie Bjorklund and Sydney Smallbone were saluted. Over the past four years, they have accumulated an overall record of 118 wins and just 18 losses – an 87 percent winning percentage. Against SEC opponents, they have an outstanding 53-7 record! The seniors have made one trip to the NCAA Final Four…winning the 2008 Championship! They have also captured two SEC regular season crowns and two SEC Tournament titles. If you looked up the term “perfect teammate” in the dictionary, Sydney Smallbone’s picture would accompany the definition. You’ll always notice her as the player constantly encouraging her teammates. For four years, she has played whatever role her coaches asked her to play. When she came to Tennessee, she had the Lady Vol DNA of dedication, desire, drive and determination. Putting on the orange and white uniform did not make her a Lady Vol; her hard work did. During her career, she has played in 103 games and earned 10 career starts… She has scored 263 points, grabbed 91 rebounds, dished 69 assists and snagged 30 steals…Three times, she has connected in double-figures scoring…Syd etched her name in the Lady Vol record books for the fourth most three-pointers by a rookie with 4…She recorded a career high 12 points versus Virginia, grabbed 4 rebounds against Lamar and dished a career best 4 assists versus Middle Tennessee…In the drive to the 2008 NCAA Tournament, she provided solid back-up minutes en route to the championship as a freshman. A four-year academic standout earning SEC All-Academic honors, Syd already has a job lined up with a Fortune 500 global company following graduation. She is a four year Vol Scholar and senior with a double major in Marketing and Logistics with an international concentration. Senior Angie Bjorklund is the first Lady Vol to hail from the state of Washington…Something has always been long distance about her game. She rolled into Knoxville with a deadly three-point shot and made an immediate impact as the 10th Lady Vol rookie to start her very first game on Rocky Top… Lethal from behind the arc, she has shattered Tennessee’s three-point records for most threes made (288) and most three’s attempted (711) in a career… She has swished seven three-pointers in a game three times while wearing the Orange & White… Perhaps the deadliest deep shooter ever to suit-up in the Lady Vol backcourt, she has amassed some solid career numbers – 1,406 career points, 368 career rebounds, 280 assists and 114 career steals. During her Lady Vol career, she has played in 125 games with 110 starting assignments…Like the Energizer Bunny, she just keeps on going -- averaging almost 30 minutes per game for her career…She has tallied double-figure scoring 70 times…Her career highs include 29 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals . She is a finalist for the 2011 Lowe’s Senior Class Award has been a nominee for the
AMAZING SUMMITT NUMBERS •Summitt has faced 162 opponents in 1,263 total games and teams from 35 conferences •47% of her 1,263 total games have been played versus ranked teams (588 total games against ranked opponents) with 427 victories versus ranked opponents •158 all-time Lady Vols have contributed to 1,065 wins. •72% of those all-time players have gone on to be decorated as Olympians, All-Americans, USA National Team members, All-SEC performers, Academic All-Americans, Academic AllSEC, etc. Naismith Award, the Wooden Award and the Wade Trophy… Last year she was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press…She was a member of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 All-SEC teams…She was the 2008 SEC Rookie of the Year and a two-time member for the Capital One Academic All-America team in 2010 and 2011, as well as the 2010 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year and a four year member of the All-SEC Academic Team… She will graduate with a degree in Psychology. DAD IN THE HOUSE Sophomore Kamiko Williams got a surprise at the LSU game on Feb. 27 in Knoxville. When the team returned to the floor from halftime, Williams’ mom, Angelits, and little brother Keynante, got Kamiko’s attention and pointed the the guy standing next to them. It was her dad Vincent who surprised the family with a 15-day leave. Master Sergeant Williams has been serving with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. FROM THE TRAINING ROOM Lady Vol rookie Lauren Avant suffered a concussion in the Ole Miss game and did not play versus LSU on Feb. 27. Kelley Cain missed the Georgia, Ole Miss and LSU games last week getting some rest for her hip/back. Cain returned to the practice floor on Mar. 1 and is expected to be a full go at the SEC Tournament. ACADEMIC SUCCESS TOO Senior Angie Bjorklund was named to the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s Basketball second team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Feb. 24. Bjorklund is a repeat selection as an Academic All-America® in the University Division – last season she was named to the first team. She is the fourth Lady Vol to capture Academic All-America honors twice, joining Candace Parker (first team 2008, second team 2007), Tanya Haave (first team 1984, second team 1983) and Jill Rankin (first team 1980, second team 1979) A LADY VOL FIRST Over the years, the Lady Vols have experienced some interesting occurrences over the course of 1,262 games under Coach Pat Summitt. Divebombing yellow jackets and birds, playing on a linoleum floor, playing outside in a baseball stadium in December...but never has a game been called due to rain. Such was the case at the Tad Smith Coliseum at Ole Miss on Feb. 24. Winds in excess of 50-mph caused sideways blowing rain to enter roof vents above the court which then cascaded down to the playing floor with 5:24 to go in the game and the Lady Vols leading 66-39. SEC league officials and both coaches were consulted before the game was called.
The Pat Summitt File (all in 37 seasons as UT’s head coach) ALL GAMES OVERALL: ...................................... 1,065-198 (841) HOME: ................................................ 490-45 (.915) AWAY: ................................................. 351-90 (.794) NEUTRAL: .......................................... 224-63 (.781) SEC GAMES OVERALL: ........................440-65 (.869) vs. all SEC HOME: ................................................ 198-13 (.933) AWAY: ................................................. 167-35 (.824) NEUTRAL: ............................................75-17 (.811) NON-CONFERENCE GAMES OVERALL: ........................................ 625-133 (.823) SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS (16 out of 31) 1980, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011 SEC TOURNAMENT GAMES OVERALL: ............................................ 63-17 (.782) SEC TOURNAMENT TITLES (14 out of 30) 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 GAMES VS. RANKED TEAMS OVERALL: ........................................ 427-161 (.725) AP RANKED 1-10:.............................. 175-121(.595) AP RANKED 11-25: ............................. 233-38 (.861) ESPN RANKED 1-10:.......................... 132-78 (.634) ESPN RANKED 11-25: ........................ 198-27 (.883) GAMES VS. UNRANKED TEAMS OVERALL: .......................................... 638-37 (.945) NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES OVERALL: .......................................... 106-21 (.839) 29 FIRST/SECOND ROUNDS: .........................44-1 28 REGIONAL SEMIS: ......................................23-5 23 REGIONAL FINALS: .....................................18-5 18 NCAA FINAL FOURS: ................................21-10 NCAA TITLES: .....8 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, ......................................................1998, 2007, 2008) SEC COACH OF THE YEAR 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011 NCAA COACH OF THE YEAR 1983, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2004 NAISMITH COACH OF THE CENTURY 2000
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 ROCKY TOP ROOKIES At Tennessee, four rookies have managed to lead the team in scoring (from start to finish) alltime...Bridgette Gordon (14.1 ppg) was the first to do so in 1985-86. She was followed by: Chamique Holdsclaw (16.2 ppg) in 1995-96, Candace Parker (17.3 ppg) in 2005-06 and Shekinna Stricklen (13.3 ppg) in 2008-09. Rookie Meighan Simmons is currently leading the Lady Vols with 13.8 ppg. KING ME Tennessee captured the 2011 SEC league title with the win over Georgia on Feb. 21 in ThompsonBoling Arena. It was the 16th SEC regular season title and second in a row for UT. The Lady Vols also claimed SEC titles in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2010. It marks the ninth Lady Vol team to do so joining the perfect teams of 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2007. LEADING AT THE BREAK The Lady Vols have led at halftime in 25 of 30 games this season. The Lady Vols trailed 29-22 after the opening 20 minutes against #12/13-ranked Georgetown and never recovered losing the game, 68-59. Number 2/3-ranked Baylor grabbed a 13 point lead, 34-21, and the Lady Vols lost 65-54 in Waco. Tennessee come out sluggish vs. Mississippi State on Jan. 27 and trailed 37-35 at the half. The Lady Vols righted the ship and outscored the Lady Bulldogs, 46-18 in the second half. At Kentucky, UT was behind most of the first half before trailing 33-30 at the break. The Lady Vols won the game in the paint and second chance points in the second half in the 73-67 win. Tennessee was horrific at Vanderbilt and scored just 15 first half points and trailed by 13 at the half, 28-15. The Orange came roaring back with 50 second half points vs. VU to win, 65-57. On average, UT holds a 37.8 ppg to 25.8 ppg halftime lead. The Lady Vols outscore the opposition 40.3 ppg to 28.4 ppg in the second stanza. POSTING POINTS IN THE PAINT Tennessee staked a claim in the paint this season behind 6’6” redshirt junior Kelley Cain and 6’3” junior Glory Johnson. In 30 games, the Lady Vols failed to dominate the paint in four games and tied once (20 each vs. LSU2), Vanderbilt and Stanford in Knoxville, at Baylor and versus Georgia Tech. In the contest against the Commodores in Knoxville, VU scored 22 paint points to the Lady Vols’ 16. Versus Stanford, the Cardinal outscored UT, 28-24. Baylor held the Lady Vols to a season low 10 paint points while cashing in on 26. Finally, Georgia Tech nipped UT in the paint, 22-20. UT scored a season high 46 points in the paint versus both LSU1 and Texas and held Ole Miss2, Florida and Alabama to just 12 points in the paint. THROWBACK 21 IN THE HOUSE After Lady Vol junior Vicki Baugh tied season bests with nine points and seven rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench against Georgia, she came back with an even better effort at Ole Miss. Baugh scored seven straight Tennessee points over a twominute span, making a pair of free throws at the 12-minute mark in the second half before hitting a jumper and completing a three-point play with 9:55 left in the game. On the night, she scored a seasonbest 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting from the field and 4-of-5 makes at the line to go along with five boards. Her 12 points was just one off of her career high. Against the Lady Bulldogs, she also had a seasonbest three blocks and made all four of her field goal attempts. Baugh’s game resembled her freshman campaign of 2007-08 -- fluid and effortless. Ten-
nessee fans gave her a standing ovation after her play at the 13:06 mark in the second half. Baugh ripped down a defensive rebound and raced down the court, weaving in-and-out of defenders, before making a layup to complete the coast-to-coast play. “OUR MOST COMPLETE GAME OF THE SEASON” On her weekly conference call, Lady Vol Coach Pat Summitt called the 77-44 win over #22-ranked Georgia on Feb. 21 as the Lady Vols “most complete game” of the season. She cited the contributions of 11 players (Kelley Cain was sidelined and did not play). UT outscored Georgia by 33 points and grabbed 16 more rebounds than the Lady Bulldogs. GLORY JOINED 1000 POINT CLUB Lady Vol junior Glory Johnson became the 36th Lady Vol to score 1,000 career points on a free throw at the 13:26 mark in the second half of the game versus Georgia on Feb. 21. She finished with nine points and now has 1,002 for her career. She joins Angie Bjorklund (1,389) and Shekinna Stricklen (1,210) as current Lady Vols in the 1,000-point club. Earlier this season, on Dec. 22, 2010, Stricklen went over the 1000 point mark against ETSU. Senior Angie Bjorklund eclipsed 1000 points in the game at Ole Miss last year. HOLDING COURT After missing the six previous games, senior Angie Bjorklund checked in at the Georgia game at the 13:38 mark in the first half and played in her first game since Jan. 23 at Auburn. Bjorklund scored three points, grabbed two boards and logged an assist, a blocked shot and a steal in 11 minutes. Her only bucket was a trey, stretching her Lady Vol record to 284 three-pointers made for her career. WELCOME BACK STRANGER Junior Alyssia Brewer joined the starting carousel versus the Gamecocks, it was her first start since March 27, 2010 – Tennessee’s Sweet 16 loss to Baylor to end the 2009-10 season. She started the final seven games of the 2009-10 season after picking up SEC Sixth Player of the Year and 2010 SEC Tournament MVP honors. It marked the 14th start of her career. Slowly returning from Achilles tendon surgery, Brewer came into the game with a season high of five points at Vanderbilt on Feb. 13, but against USC she made her first two baskets, her first three free throws and had seven points by the 14:55 mark after converting both parts of an And-1 layup to put the Lady Vols ahead, 11-7. On the night she grabbed 10 rebounds, blocked two shots and scored seven points in 17 minutes. ROCKY TOP YOU’LL ALWAYS BE... Home, sweet home, to me.... On good ole Rocky Top, Tennessee is entertaining the home fans to a scoring bonanza this season averaging 85.9 ppg on The Summitt while holding the opponents to just 54.0 ppg. No wonder the Lady Vols average a nation leading 13,078 fans per game. LOTS OF LOVE AT HOME The Lady Vols have a 34-game home court winning streak on “The Summitt.” Currently, it is the fourth longest active streak in the NCAA for women’s hoops. The Lady Vols went undefeated at home last season at 17-0 and have not lost a game in Thompson-Boling Arena since Feb. 16, 2009 (a 62-64 loss to Duke). The 34-game streak is the fourth longest in Lady Vol history. Tennessee has an all-time homecourt winning streak at 69 games. Connecticut passed the Lady Vols for the all-time NCAA mark with 78 games. The two teams previously shared the record.
The Enemy Camp How Tennessee’s 2010-11 opponents are doing as of Mar. 1, 2011 (TENNESSEE 28-2 4 4 5 6) School
W-L AP ESPN
RPI S.O.S.
Alabama
16-13
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94
86
Arkansas
18-10
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58
59
17-9
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--
28
17
Auburn
15-14
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--
82
51
Baylor
26-2
3
3
4
4
16-13
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130
143
East Tennessee St.18-11 --
--
95
123
Florida
--
--
48
15
Georgetown
20-9 17
21
19
16
Georgia
20-9
rv
rv
37
43
Georgia Tech
21-9
rv
rv
18
19
Kentucky
22-7 16
16
16
22
Lamar
21-5
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80
219
Louisville
19-11
rv
rv
35
21
LSU
18-12
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51
32
Mississippi
10-18
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135
48
Mississippi State 12-16
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122
63
Missouri
12-16
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79
11
20-8
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61
89
17-11
rv
rv
25
8
South Carolina 16-13
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55
20
Stanford
26-2
2
2
6
7
Texas
17-11
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32
12
Vanderbilt
19-10
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29
18
Virginia
16-14
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49
10
Arizona State
Chattanooga
Old Dominion Rutgers
17-13
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2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 CURRENT NCAA HOME COURT WINNING STREAKS Connecticut leads the nation with the longest (current) home court winning streak at 78 games. The Huskies are followed by Stanford’s 60 consecutive wins at Maples; Florida Gulf Coast with 38 wins; and Tennessee with 34 victories. UT SWEPT WEEKLY SEC AWARDS The Lady Vols swept the Southeastern Conference’s weekly women’s basketball awards on Feb. 14 with junior Shekinna Stricklen earning SEC Player of the Week and freshman Meighan Simmons capturing the SEC Freshman of the Week honor. Stricklen averaged 17.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 1.7 spg in three wins. At No. 15/18 Kentucky on Feb. 7, the Morrilton, Ark., native recorded her eighth double-double of the season, tallying 20 points and 12 boards in the 73-67 victory. She followed with 17 points and six boards in the 61-39 win over Florida on Thursday before recording 14 points and nine boards in the 65-57 comeback win at Vanderbilt. She scored 12 points in the second half against the Commodores, as the Lady Vols erased a 13-point halftime deficit. The honor is Stricklen’s fourth career SEC POW award. She captured the accolade three times in 2009-10. Stricklen joins classmate Glory Johnson (three times) as Lady Vols that have won the SEC POW this season. Simmons was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the third time of her inaugural campaign, after scoring 9.3 ppg and grabbing 1.7 rpg for the week. Against the Wildcats, Simmons scored 15 points and made some clutch shots down the stretch in the comefrom-behind win in Lexington. Simmons’ three with 4:25 left in the game put UT ahead, 65-61. She also increased UT’s cushion to 71-67 with two clutch free throws with 15 seconds left in the contest. Against the Commodores, Simmons again was ice-in-theveins, swishing a trey with 5:54 left in the game to give UT a 44-42 advantage – and its first lead since being up 5-2 at the 16:01 mark of the first half. She followed with a key steal and a fastbreak bucket two minutes later. She finished with nine points and three assists. SIMMONS NAMED TO NAISMITH LIST UT rookie Meighan Simmons also joined senior Angie Bjorklund on the 2010-11 Naismith Award Midseason List announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Feb. 14. Simmons was the only freshman selected for the 30-player list. Bjorklund was named to the preseason list for the award, which will be given to the nation’s top player on April 4 at the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Indianapolis, while Simmons was added for the midseason list. BAUGH EARNED A NOD Redshirt junior Vicki Baugh picked up a starting assignment against Vanderbilt on Feb. 13. It marked her first start since Dec. 30, 2008, when she scored 12 points and had 15 rebounds at Gonzaga. It was the 11th start of her career. HOLY SMOKES BATMAN Tennessee blasted out the blocks in SEC play this season. Through 16 games, the Lady Vols have rejected 98 shots for a ridiculous 6.3 bpg average. UT’s opponents are shooting just 31% from the field and 26% from the three point line. ANGIE B A FINALIST Twenty NCAA® men’s and women’s studentathletes who excel both on and off the court were selected as finalists on Jan. 26 for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in basketball and Tennessee’s Angie Bjorklund made the short list for women’s hoops. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior
and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 60 candidates announced in November. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to determine the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote via the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award website or on the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Facebook fan page through March 20. Fan votes will be combined with media and coaches votes to determine the winner. 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Finalists: Erin Anthony, F, Army, Angie Bjorklund, G, Tennessee, Dawn Evans, G, James Madison, Amber Harris, F, Xavier, Maya Moore, F, Connecticut, Kayla Pedersen, F, Stanford, Sam Quigley, G, DePaul, Liz Repella, G, West Virginia, Danielle Robinson, G, Oklahoma and Jasmine Thomas, G, Duke. SINCE WE GOT OUR BUTTS KICKED Maybe the 65-54 loss at then #2/3-ranked Baylor on Dec. 14 gave the Lady Vols a very loud wake-up call. Consider the following changes in UT’s last 19 game winning streak since the loss: HEADING INTO BAYLOR UT FG% .442 OPP. FG% .357 UT 3 FG% .350 OPP 3 FG% .281 UT FT% .621 OPP. FT% .696 UT PPG 77.8 OPP. PPG 56.9 UT Rebounds 44.4 OPP. Rebounds 35.0
SINCE .468 .318 .375 .253 .701 .686 79.1 53.9 48.1 33.8
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME This season at home, the Orange and White hold a perfect 15-0 mark, winning each contest by at least 10 points but an overall average of +31.9 (85.9 ppg to 54.0 ppg). At TBA, the Big Orange has shot .475 from the field, while holding the opposition to a .318 shooting percentage...In three of the 14 home games, the Lady Vols have tallied double-digits in three-pointers made, including a school-record 15 against Chattanooga and Lamar. Tennessee is outrebounding opponents by +12.9 -- 48.4 to 35.4. For some reason, the Lady Vols take better care of the ball at home with just 12.9 miscues per contest and dish 17.0 assists per game. FACING FORMER LADY VOLS Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt faced a number of former Lady Vol players and staffers in the coaching ranks on the opposing sidelines this season: Nikki McCray (South Carolina), Carla McGhee (Auburn), Angel Elderkin (Virginia), and Matthew Mitchell, Kyra Elzy and Shalon Pillow (Kentucky). FREE THROW DEFENSE -- SOME HOPE UT has been pretty bad from the charity stripe this season but turned the corner in the New Year. Tennessee connected on a season high 83.8 percent against Alabama (31-37) after connecting on 82.6 percent (19-23) from the charity strip at LSU. In Baton Rouge, UT hit 13 in a row before missing with 5:36 left in the game. Typically this season, free throws have felt like turnovers for some of the Lady Vols. UT has moved up to 206th in the nation after sinking to a dismal 310th out of 333 teams from the charity stripe to start the season. BJORKLUND BROKE IT Tennessee senior sharpshooter Angie Bjorklund climbed into sole possession of first place on the Lady Vol all-time three-point career charts. She now has 284 made treys for her career and
Tennessee Double-Doubles Freshmen (2 or more) Holdsclaw, Chamique16 Frost, Sheila 11 Parker, Candace 10 Catchings, Tamika 9 Horton, Karla 7 Johnson, Tiffani 6 Johnson, Glory 5 Gordon, Bridgette 4 Morton, Karen 4 Anosike, Nicky 3 Ostrowski, Mary 3 Snow, Michelle 3 Cain, Kelley 2 Brewer, Alyssia 2 Stricklen, Shekinna 2 Ely, Shyra 2 Evans, Peggy 2 Groover, Debbie 2 Thompson, Pashen 2 Sophomores (2 or more) Parker, Candace 21 Holdsclaw, Chamique16 Ostrowski, Mary 11 Groover, Debbie 10 Horton, Karla 10 Gordon, Bridgette 9 Catchings, Tamika 8 Ward, Vonda 8 Towns, Paula 6 Johnson, Glory 5 Ely, Shyra 5 Evans, Peggy 5 Haave, Tanya 5 Jackson, Gwen 5 Shekinna, Stricklen 4 Charles, Daedra 4 Ely, Cindy 4 Johnson, Dana 4 Baugh, Vicki 3 Cain, Kelley 3 Freeman, Valerie 3 Frost, Sheila 3 Manning, Alicia 3 Noble, Cindy 3 Randall, Semeka 3 Snow, Michelle 3 Brewer, Alyssia 2 Juniors (2 or more) Holdsclaw, Chamique16 Parker, Candace 13 Charles, Daedra 13 Noble, Cindy 11 Stricklen, Stricklen 10 Johnson, Glory 10 Johnson, Dana 9 Johnson, Tiffani 9 Ostrowski, Mary 9 Catchings, Tamika 8 Ely, Shyra 8 Frost, Sheila 8 Haave, Tanya 8 McCray, Nikki 8 Thompson, Pashen 7 Jackson, Gwen 6 Groover, Debbie 5 Horton, Karla 5 Snow, Michelle 5 Ward, Vonda 5
Brogdon, Cindy Fluker, Tye’sha Towns, Paula Butts, Tasha Kelley Cain
5 3 3 3 2
Seniors (2 or more) Collins, Shelia 14 Harrison, Lisa 14 Charles, Daedra 13 Ostrowski, Mary 12 Holdsclaw, Chamique 9 Johnson, Dana 9 Webb, Lisa 9 Frost, Sheila 8 Rankin, Jill 8 Catchings, Tamika 7 Ely, Shyra 7 Anosike, Nicky 6 Gordon, Bridgette 6 Jackson, Gwen 6 Noble, Cindy 6 Butts, Tasha 3 Fuller, Alex 3 Robinson, Ashley 2 Most in a career (5 or more) Holdsclaw, Chamique57 Parker, Candace 45 Ostrowski, Mary 35 Catchings, Tamika 32 Charles, Daedra 30 Frost, Sheila 30 Ely, Shyra 22 Horton, Karla 22 Gordon, Bridgette 21 Johnson, Glory 20 Groover, Debbie 20 Johnson, Dana 20 Noble, Cindy 20 Jackson, Gwen 18 Harrison, Lisa 17 Johnson, Tiffani 17 Stricklen, Shekinna 16 Collins, Shelia 15 Ward, Vonda 15 Haave, Tanya 14 Thompson, Pashen 14 Snow, Michelle 13 Anosike, Nicky 11 Webb, Lisa 11 McCray, Nikki 10 Towns, Paula 10 Evans, Peggy 9 Rankin, Jill 8 Cain, Kelley 8 Randall, Semeka 7 Butts, Tasha 6 Brogdon, Cindy 5 Points and Assists DD Clower, Susan 1 Henry, Lea 1 Hornbuckle, Alexis 1 Marciniak, Michelle 1 Marsh, Dawn 1 McGhee, Carla 1 Simmons, Meighan 1 Stricklen, Shekinna 1 Warlick, Holly 1 Zolman, Shanna 1
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 passed Shanna Zolman’s 266 mark set from 200306. Kara Lawson in now in third place with 256 career treys. TAKING PRIDE IN BOARD PLAY Coach Pat Summitt’s mantra of defense and boards has been a staple of her nearly four decades of coaching. The Lady Vols have produced solid board play outrebounding 28 of 30 opponents: Chattanooga, 49-31, Louisville, 53-29, narrowly eeking by Virginia, 35-34, Arizona State, 45-36, Missouri, 3633, Georgetown, 45-27, Lamar, 54-40, ODU, 39-33, Texas, 43-37, Baylor, 53-43, Stanford 43-38, ETSU, 53-34, Rutgers, 46-27, LSU, 42-31, Alabama, 54-49, Ole Miss, 53-31, Florida, 57-37, Vanderbilt, 52-39 and South Carolina, 51-31, Auburn 49-34, Mississippi State, 51-34, Arkansas, 42-23, Kentucky, 45-23, Florida, 42-40, Vanderbilt, 41-37 South Carolina, 5130, Georgia, 49-33, Ole Miss, 43-15. UT tied LSU2 at 43-all. Only Georgia Tech (37-36) has outrebounded UT in 2010-11. Last season, in 35 games, Tennessee was outrebounded only twice -- by Stanford, 44-34 and at Alabama by a whopping 45-33 margin. This season, the Lady Vols hold an +12.9 rebounding advantage. LADY VOL STREAKS The Lady Vols last loss at home was against Duke, 62-54, on Feb. 16, 2009, since then UT has won 34 home games. The last time UT lost on the road was on Dec. 14, 2010 at Baylor, since then, UT has won eight road games. The last time the Lady Vols lost on a neutral court was against #13/12 Georgetown, 69-58, on Nov. 27, 2010. Since that time, UT has not played on a neutral court. LADY VOLS ON TV--NO SECRETS Currently, 25 of 30 Lady Vol regular season games are slated for television this season airing on ESPN (1 game), ESPN2 (4 games), ESPNU (2 games), FSN/FOX Sports and SportSouth (9), Comcast (7), SEC Network (2) and CBS College Sports (1). Upcoming TV games include: SEC Tournament. UT is 25-1 on TV in 2010-11. Last season, the Lady Vols were 30-3 on TV. In the 2007-08 season, UT had a school record 36 television appearances. WELCOME TO “THE SUMMITT” The playing court in the Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee campus donned a new look for the 2005-06 season. After Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt passed Dean Smith for most NCAA collegiate basketball wins of all-time with a 7554 win over Purdue on Mar. 22, 2005, UT named the TBA court, “The Summitt.” The floor had a complete overhaul with permanent logos of both the Lady Vols and Vols painted directly in front of the scorer’s table; the free throw lanes were painted orange with “SEC” reversed out; the giant jump circle/mid-court TENNESSEE was given a new brighter color scheme, and “The Summitt,” Coach Summitt’s actual signature adorns the sidelines opposite the team benches. 300 WINS IN TBA Tennessee recorded its 300th win in Thompson-Boling Arena when the Lady Vols defeated the Stanford Cardinal, 79-69 OT on Dec. 21, 2008. Seven years earlier, UT grabbed its 200th TBA win over the University of Southern California on Nov. 18, 2001, 106-66. UT has now amassed a 339-20 (.942) record since the Orange and White moved into the Thompson-Boling Arena to start the 1987-88 season 23-years ago. Along the way, the Lady Vols have produced 10 flawless home records in 1988-89 (15-0), 1991-92 (14-0), 1992-93 (13-0), 1993-94 (150), 1994-95 (15-0), 1997-98 (16-0), 1998-99 (14-0), 2000-01 (15-0), 2002-03 (16-0) and 2009-10 (17-0). UT also registered a former NCAA record 69-game
home court-winning streak from Feb. 1, 1991 thru Jan. 2, 1996. JUST 20 LOSSES The Tennessee Lady Vols rarely lose at home. In fact, since moving to the Thompson-Boling Arena for the 1987-88 campaign, UT has lost two games in one season just seven times. UT lost two games in TBA during the inaugural 1987-88 campaign, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06 and 2008-09 seasons. The 20 all-time losses at TBA have come at the hands of just 10 teams: Virginia (2008), Florida (2006), LSU (2008, 2006), Duke (2009, 2007, 2004), Connecticut (2004, 2002, 2000, 1996), Louisiana Tech (1999, 1989), Georgia (1996, 1991), Texas (2003, 2002, 1987), Stanford (1996) and Auburn (1988). HOME SWEET HOME -- OVER 400 HOME WINS The victory over Georgia on Jan. 31, 2005, was the Lady Vols 400th home win since Pat Summitt took over as head coach in 1974. Summitt has won 91.4 percent of all home games in 37 years producing a 493-45 overall record. Home losses (in the Summitt era) include: six in Alumni Gym from 197476; 19 in Stokely Athletics Center from 1976-87; and 20 in Thompson-Boling Arena. 100 POINT GAMES Since 1974, the Lady Vols have gone over the century mark 76 times. The 1987-88 team hit triple digits in seven games to lead the NCAA. UT has a record of 73-3 all-time in 100-point games and a 51-0 record when hitting the century mark at ThompsonBoling Arena IN OVERTIME Tennessee is 28-13 all-time in overtime games. The most OT games in a year was tied in 2003-04 with four as the Lady Vols went 3-1 in overtime losing to Georgia, 68-66, and defeating Auburn, 68-61, DePaul, 96-89, and Stanford, 70-66. It tied the mark set in 1996-97, when the Lady Vols were 3-1 in overtime contests losing to Georgia, 94-93, and defeating Texas, 68-65, Vanderbilt, 92-79 and LSU, 100-99. UT’s 22 points in the OT against Florida (2-3-05), was the most ever scored by the Lady Vols in a single overtime. UT’s most recent OT affair was a 82-72 win over Stanford on Dec. 19, 2010, at home. LADY VOLS OWN ALL-TIME WINS MARK Tennessee is the all-time wins leader in the NCAA with 1156 victories. The next closest program all-time in terms of wins is Louisiana Tech, which owns a 976-204 record. The Lady Vols boast a 1,158-255-2 (.817) all-time record. STAFFERS HAVE, BUT NEVER A PLAYER No former Lady Vol who has joined the collegiate coaching ranks has ever beaten Head Coach Pat Summitt.
FRESH F FR R RES ESH ES SH OUT OUT OF OU OF T THE HE B HE BOX OX OX 30 games into her rookie season here’s how Meighan Simmons’ scoring ranks among other Lady Vol superstar freshman at that point. UT ROOKIE SCORING THROUGH 30 GAMES 1 Tamika Catchings (1997-98) 17.7 2. Chamique Holdsclaw (1995-96) 16.8 3. Semeka Randall (1997-98) 15.9 4. Candace Parker (2005-06) 15.5 5. Kara Lawson (1999-2000) 14.9 6. Shelia Collins (1981-82) 14.3 7. Meighan Simmons (2010-11) 13.8 8. Bridgette Gordon (1985-86) 13.3 9. Shekinna Stricklen (2008-09) 12.7 10. Glory Johnson (2008-09) 12.0 If Simmons keeps up her current scoring pace it will rank her among the highest-scoring freshmen in Lady Vol history. LADY VOL FRESHMAN SCORING ALL-TIME 1. Tamika Catchings (1997-98) 18.2 2. Candace Parker (2005-06) 17.3 3. Chamique Holdsclaw (1995-96) 16.2 4. Semeka Randall (1997-98) 15.9 5. Shelia Collins (1981-82) 14.2 6. Bridgette Gordon (1985-86) 14.1 7. Meighan Simmons (2010-11) 13.8 8. Kara Lawson (1999-2000) 13.6 9. Shekinna Stricklen (2008-09) 13.3 10. Mary Ostrowski (1980-81) 11.4 Simmons has already permanently etched her name in the Lady Vol record book for all classes, as she broke the Tennessee single-game record for three-pointers with eight treys in just her eighth game. LADY VOL SINGLE GAME THREE-POINTERS 1. 8 Meighan Simmons 12/1/10 Lamar 2. 7 Angie Bjorklund 1/24/08 Arkansas 7 Angie Bjorklund 1/5/08 Notre Dame 7 Angie Bjorklund 12/16/07 Gonzaga 7 Shanna Zolman 2/19/06 at Alabama Already a proven scorer, Simmons showed she can share the rock with a Lady Vol freshman record 11 assists versus Alabama on Jan. 6, 2011, in Knoxville. LADY VOL SINGLE GAME FRESHMAN ASSISTS 1. 11 Meighan Simmons 1/6/11 Alabama 2. 9 Jody Adams 11/26/89 Stetson 9 Jody Adams 1/2/90 Illlinois 9 Pam Marr 1/19/83 Rutgers 5. 8 Eight different Lady Vols
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 AMAZING LADY VOL STREAKS No. 46 24 22 22 20 20 19 19 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10
ALL-TIME WINNING STREAKS Began Broken Mar. 15, 1997 vs. Grambling (H) 91-54 .....................................Nov. 15, 1998 vs. Purdue (A) 68-78 Nov. 16, 1998 vs. St. Joseph’s (H) 108-63 .................................... Feb. 21, 1999 vs. LSU (A) 69-72 Feb. 2, 1989 vs. South Carolina (H) 60-54 ..................... Dec. 9, 1989 vs. Louisiana Tech (H) 58-59 Jan. 11, 1988 vs. Georgia Tech (A) 96-79 ....................... Apr. 1, 1988 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 59-68 Jan. 23, 2000 vs. Kentucky (A) 71-65................................... Apr. 2, 2000 vs. Connecticut (N) 52-71 Jan. 2, 1993 vs. Old Dominion (A) 68-60....................................Mar. 6, 1993 vs. Georgia (N) 72-73 Dec. 19, 2010 vs. Stanford (H) 82-72 ................................................................................. Current Jan. 7, 2003 vs. Old Dominion (A) 91-63......................................... Mar. 9, 2003 vs. LSU (N) 62-78 Nov. 20, 2005 vs. Stetson (H) 83-33 ............................................. Jan. 23, 2006 vs. Duke (A) 53-75 Jan. 2, 2001 vs. Rutgers (N) 58-51..........................................Mar. 3, 2001 vs. Vanderbilt (N) 74-77 Jan. 21,1992 vs. Florida Atlantic (H) 108-26............ Mar. 26, 1992 vs. Western Kentucky (N) 70-75 Jan. 20, 1994 vs. Virginia Tech (H) 88-51 ......................Mar. 24, 1994 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 68-71 Jan. 24, 2010 vs. LSU (A) 55-43 ............................................. March 27, 2010 vs. Baylor (N) 62-77 Mar. 18, 2007 vs. Drake (N) 76-37 ....................................Dec. 22, 2007 vs. Stanford (A) 69-73 OT Nov. 20, 1994 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 69-62 .......................Jan. 16, 1995 vs. Connecticut (A) 66-77 Jan. 14, 1978 vs. Missouri (A) 101-83 ....................................Mar. 18, 1978 vs. Maryland (N) 69-75 Feb. 17, 2008 vs. Vanderbilt (A) 81-68 ..................................... Nov. 17, 2008 vs. Virginia (H) 83-82 Jan. 28, 1980 vs. LSU (H) 96-73 .......................................Mar. 8, 1980 vs. Old Dominion (N) 67-68 Feb 2, 1981 vs. Southern California (H) 78-71 ..............Mar. 29, 1981 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 59-79 Nov. 21, 1993 vs. Ohio State (N) 80-45 .................................... Jan. 17, 1994 vs. Rutgers (A) 77-87 Dec. 17, 1982 vs. LSU (A) 83-73 .....................................Feb. 14, 1983 vs. Old Dominion (A) 66-90 Jan. 21, 1995 vs. Mississippi State (H) 81-58 .........................Mar. 6, 1995 vs. Vanderbilt (N) 61-67 Jan. 2, 2008 vs. DePaul (A) 102-68............................................... Feb. 14, 2008 vs. LSU (H) 62-78 Dec. 9, 1990 vs. Maryland (H) 82-71 ......................................... Jan. 19, 1991 vs. Auburn (A) 65-70 Jan. 25, 2007 vs. Vanderbilt (A) 67-57 ............................................ Mar. 3, 2007 vs. LSU (N) 54-63 Dec. 5, 2006 vs. Tennessee-Martin (H) 85-29 .............................. Jan. 22, 2007 vs. Duke (H) 70-74 Dec. 30, 2003 vs. George Washington (A) 65-51 ................ Feb. 5, 2004 vs. Connecticut (H) 81-67 Nov. 16, 2001 vs. Chattanooga (A) 97-57 ............................Jan. 5, 2002 vs. Connecticut (H) 72-86 Nov. 18, 2000 vs. DePaul (H) 94-52 .................................. Dec. 30, 2000 vs. Connecticut (A) 76-81 Nov. 19, 1999 vs. Tennessee-Martin (H) 133-60 ..................Jan. 8, 2000 vs. Connecticut (H) 67-74 Jan. 25, 1982 vs. South Carolina (A) 87-81............................Feb. 28, 1982 vs. Kentucky (A) 74-80 Nov. 25, 1988 vs. Illinois (N) 81-50 .............................................. Jan. 7, 1989 vs. Auburn (A) 59-67 Jan. 2, 2005 vs. Old Dominion (A) 68-58....................................... Feb. 10, 2005 vs. LSU (A) 58-68 Feb. 3, 1990 vs. Auburn (H) 76-65 .............................................. Mar. 5, 1990 vs. Auburn (N) 77-78 Feb. 8, 1985 vs. Florida State (A) 67-56.............................. Mar. 22, 1985 vs. Mississippi (N) 60-63
No. 69 40 37 34 26 25 24 22 20 17 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 9
ALL-TIME HOME WINNING STREAKS Began Broken Feb. 2, 1991 vs. Tennessee Tech 94-67 .....................................Jan. 6, 1996 vs. Connecticut 53-59 Jan. 12, 1997 vs. Kentucky 84-61 ...................................... Nov. 14, 1999 vs. Louisiana Tech 64-69 Feb. 21, 1976 vs. Cumberland 90-42 ....................................Mar. 10, 1979 vs. Old Dominion 72-74 Feb. 22, 2009 vs. Mississippi State 82-68 ......................................................................... Current Jan. 10, 2000 vs. Arkansas 79-69 ..............................................Jan. 5, 2002 vs. Connecticut 72-86 Jan. 14, 1988 vs. Old Dominion 91-68 ................................. Dec. 9, 1989 vs. Louisiana Tech 58-59 Feb. 16, 2002 vs. Vanderbilt 75-68 ....................................................Dec. 28, 2003 vs. Texas 60-70 Dec. 12, 2004 vs. DePaul 78-63 ............................................................ Feb. 9, 2006 vs. LSU 69-72 Jan. 2, 1990 vs. Illinois 84-57 .........................................................Jan. 28, 1991 vs. Georgia 74-81 Feb. 1, 2007 vs. South Carolina 72-36 ................................................ Feb. 14, 2008 vs. LSU 62-78 Jan. 11, 1996 vs. Old Dominion 69-47 .....................................Dec. 8, 1996 vs. Georgia (OT) 93-94 Jan. 21, 1982 vs. Clemson 91-60 ................................. Nov. 30, 1982 vs. Old Dominion (OT) 72-78 Jan. 28, 1980 vs. Louisiana State 97-73 ............................................. Jan. 3, 1981 vs. UCLA 62-65 Feb. 15, 1986 vs. Vanderbilt 94-81 ............................................ Jan. 31, 1987 vs. Mississippi 65-69 Jan. 10, 1981 vs. Illinois State 64-52 .............................. Nov. 22, 1981 vs. Stephen F. Austin 74-80 Nov. 12, 2006 vs. Chattanooga 102-72 .............................................. Jan. 22, 2007 vs. Duke 70-74 Nov. 23, 2008 vs. Louisiana Tech 94-59 .............................................Feb. 16, 2009 vs. Duke 62-54 Feb. 2, 1987 vs. Georgia Tech 100-74 ................................................Dec. 9, 1987 vs. Texas 78-97
No. 23 21 17 11 11
ALL-TIME AWAY WINNING STREAKS Began Broken Jan. 7, 2003 vs. Old Dominion 91-63 ................................................Nov. 25, 2004 vs. Texas 59-74 Jan. 2, 2008 vs. DePaul 102-68 ......................................................... Dec. 14, 2008 at Texas 59-73 Jan. 7, 2001 vs. Arkansas 76-61 .................................................. Feb. 2, 2002 vs. Vanderbilt 59-76 Dec. 17, 2006 vs. Texas 67-46 .............................................................. Mar. 3, 2007 vs. LSU 54-63 Nov. 23, 1997 vs. UT-Martin 73-32 ..................................................Nov. 15, 1998 vs. Purdue 68-78
Home Cookin’ Toughest Places To Play (As of March 2) 1. Thompson-Boling Arena Tennessee 339-20 (94.43%) 2. Gampel Arena Connecticut 264-17 (93.95%) 3. XL Center Connecticut 114-11 (91.20%) 4. Thomas Assembly Center Louisiana Tech 402-39 (91.16%) 5. Dahlberg Arena Montana 449-57 (88.74%) 6. Jon M. Huntsman Utah 427-61 (87.50%) 7. McGrath Arena DePaul 135-22 (85.99%) 8. Frank Erwin Center Texas 427-80 (84.22%) 9. Maples Pavilion Stanford 434-82 (84.10%) 10. Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 385-77 (83.33%)
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 THE LAST TIME... Tennessee scored 100 points ................................................... Jan. 6, 2011 vs. Alabama (UT 110, UA 45) Tennessee scored 90 points ..................................................... Jan. 6, 2011 vs. Alabama (UT 110, UA 45) Tennessee scored 60 points or less ..............................................Dec. 14, 2010 at Baylor (BU 65, UT 54) Tennessee scored 50 points or less .........................................Jan. 21, 2010 at Georgia (UGA 53, UT 50) Tennessee gave up 100 points ................................................... Mar. 6, 1987 vs. Auburn (AU 102, UT 96) Tennessee gave up 90 points ............................................. Feb. 26, 2006 vs. Florida (UF 95, UT 93 (OT)) Tennessee gave up 60 points or less ............................................Feb. 27, 2011 vs. LSU (UT 80, LSU 60) Tennessee gave up 50 points or less ........................................Feb. 24, 2011 at Ole Miss (UT 66, UM 39) Tennessee gave up 40 points or less ........................................Feb. 24, 2011 at Ole Miss (UT 66, UM 39) A Lady Vol scored 30 points ............ Mar. 30, 2008 vs. Notre Dame, Candace Parker, 34, (UT 74, ND 64) A Lady Vol scored 40 points ....................Mar. 3, 1985 vs. Mississippi, Shelia Collins, 40, (UT 79, UM 71) A Lady Vol scored 50 points ............... Nov. 13, 1976 vs. Kentucky, Patricia Roberts, 51, (UT 107, UK 53) An opposing player scored 30 points ........ Feb. 28, 2010, Bianca Thomas, Ole Miss, 34, (UT 75, OM 63) An opposing player scored 40 points ......... Jan. 28, 1997, Kim Williams, DePaul, 41, (UT 94, DePaul 83) An opposing player scored 50 points .................................................................................................Never No Lady Vol scored in double figures ......................... Mar. 29, 2002 vs. Connecticut (UCONN 79, UT 56) No opposing player scored in double figures ...............................Jan. 13, 2011 at Florida (UT 83, UF 40) A Lady Vol had 20 rebounds............................................................. Mar. 16, 1991 vs. SW Missouri State, Daedra Charles, 22, (UT 55, SWM 47) A Lady Vol had 25 rebounds...............................................................................................................Never An opposing player had 20 rebounds ............... Apr. 6, 2008 vs. LSU, Sylvia Fowles, 20, (UT 47, LSU 46) An opposing player had 25 rebounds .................................................................................................Never A Lady Vol had 10 assists...................Jan. 6, 2011 vs. Alabama, Meighan Simmons, 11, (UT 110, UA 45) A Lady Vol had 15 assists.............................. Mar. 6, 1988 vs. Georgia, Dawn Marsh, 18, (UT 82, UG 76) An opposing player had 10 assists ... Nov. 27, 2010 vs. Georgetown, Rubylee Wright, 11, (GU 69, UT 58) An opposing player had 15 assists .....................................................................................................Never A Lady Vol made 5+ three-pointers ................ Jan. 30, at Arkansas, Shekinna Stricklen, 6, (UT 72, ARK 53) A Lady Vol made 8 three-pointers ..................Dec.1, 2010 vs. Lamar, Meighan Simmons, 8, (UT 99, LU 55) A Lady Vol made 10 three-pointers ....................................................................................................Never An opposing player made 5+ three-pointers ..................................................... Dec. 19, 2010 vs. Stanford ...............................................................................................................Jeanette Pohlen, 6, (UT 82, SU 72) An opposing player made 8 three-pointers............................................Dec. 21, 1992, Molly Goodenbour, Stanford, 9, (UT 84, SU 79) An opposing player made 10 three-pointers.......................................................................................Never Tennessee shot 60 percent FG ............Dec. 30, 2009 vs. Old Dominion, .672 (43-64), (UT 102, ODU 62) Tennessee shot 55 percent FG ............................ Feb. 7, 2011 at Kentucky, .558 (29-52), (UT 73, UK 67) Tennessee shot 40 percent FG or lower............Feb. 13, 2011 at Vanderbilt, .379 (22-58), (UT 65, VU 57) Tennessee shot 35 percent FG or lower................ Dec. 14, 2010 at Baylor, .250 (18-72), (BU 65, UT 54) Tennessee shot 30 percent FG or lower................ Dec. 14, 2010 at Baylor, .250 (18-72), (BU 65, UT 54) An opponent shot 60 percent FG ...........................Nov. 25, 2004, Texas, .604 (29-48), (UT 59, Texas 74) An opponent shot 55 percent FG ........................ Feb. 12, 2006, Vanderbilt, .566 (30-53), (UT 70, VU 67) An opponent shot 40 percent FG or lower................................ Feb. 27, 2011, LSU, .313 (UT 80, LSU 60) An opponent shot 35 percent FG or lower................................ Feb. 27, 2011, LSU, .313 (UT 80, LSU 60) An opponent shot 30 percent FG or lower................Feb. 21, 2011, Georgia, 258 (16-62), (UT 77, GA 44) Tennessee won 20 games in a row ..................................... Jan. 23, 2000-Mar. 31, 2000, 20-game streak Tennessee won 15 games in a row ...............................................Dec.19, 2010-current 19-game streak Tennessee won 10 games in a row ...............................................Dec.19, 2010-current 19-game streak Tennessee lost 3 games in a row ............................................Feb. 5, 1986-Feb. 10, 1986, 3-game streak Tennessee lost 5 games in a row .......................................... Jan. 28, 1970-Jan. 22, 1971, 5-game streak Tennessee won 60 home games in a row ............................... Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streak Tennessee won 50 home games in a row ............................... Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streak Tennessee won 40 home games in a row ........................... Jan. 12, 1997-Nov. 14, 1999, 40-game streak Tennessee won 10 road games in a row .............................. Jan. 2, 2008-Dec. 14, 2008, 19-game streak Tennessee won 15 road games in a row ............................. Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streak Tennessee won 20 road games in a row ............................. Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streak Tennessee won 25 road games in a row ............................. Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streak Tennessee lost 3 road games in a row ..................................... Jan. 24 1986-Feb. 5, 1986, 3-game streak Tennessee lost 5 road games in a row .................................. Jan. 25, 2009-Feb. 26, 2009, 5-game streak
The Best & the Worst of 10-11 For Tennessee...
Most points ..................................110 (vs UA, 1/6/11) Least points ............................. 54 (vs BU, 12/14/10) Biggest lead .............. 67, second half (vs UA, 1/6/11) Biggest deficit ......17, second half (vs. GU, 11/27/10) Biggest lead in a loss............................................N/A Biggest deficit in a win ....13, first half (at VU2, 2/13/11) Biggest halftime lead .....................36 (vs UA, 1/6/11) Biggest halftime deficit.................13 (at VU2, 2/13/11) Most first-half points ......................58 (vs UA, 1/6/11) Best first-half FG% .....................59.4 (vs UA, 1/6/11) Fewest first-half points.................15 (at VU2, 2/13/11) Worst first-half FG% .................20.0 (at VU2, 2/13/11) Most second-half points........56 (vs ETSU, 12/22/10) Best second-half FG%................ 61.5 (at UK, 2/7/11) Fewest second-half points ......... 20 (vs GT, 11/26/10) Worst second-half FG% ........ 27.0 (vs BU, 12/14/10)
For Opponents...
Most points .................................. 77 (TEX, 12/12/10) Least points ................................. 39 (UM2, 2/24/11)* Biggest lead ...............17, second half (GU, 11/27/10) Biggest deficit ................67, second half (UA, 1/6/11) Biggest lead in a loss........ 13, first half (VU2, 2/13/11) Biggest deficit in a win ..........................................N/A Biggest halftime lead ................ 13 (vs BU, 12/14/10) Biggest halftime deficit....................... 36 (UA, 1/6/11) Most first-half points ................... 42, (TEX, 12/12/10) Best first-half FG% ....................48.4 (UVa, 11/18/10) Fewest first-half points......................15 (UF, 1/13/11) Worst first-half FG% ..................... 18.9 (VU, 1/15/11) Most second-half points............... 40 (GU, 11/27/10) Best second-half FG%................ 62.5 (SU, 12/19/10) Fewest second-half points .............17 (UM2, 2/24/11) Worst second-half FG% ................ 19.5 (UA, 1/6/11)
Tennessee This Season...
Tennessee led in the first half of 28 games. Tennessee never trailed in the first half of 10 games. Tennessee led at halftime of 25 games. Tennessee trailed at halftime of five games. Tennessee was tied at halftime of no games. Tennessee led in the second half of 28 games. Tennessee never trailed in the second half of 24 games. Tennessee never trailed in 10 games. Tennessee led in rebounding in 28 games. Tennessee was outrebounded in one game. Tennessee tied in rebounding in one game. Tennessee trailed in 20 games. Tennessee never led in two games.
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 2010-11 LADY VOL HIGHS AND LOWS
2010-11 OPPONENT HIGHS AND LOWS
INDIVIDUAL Points...................................................28, Meighan Simmons vs. Lamar 12/1/10 Field Goals ....................................... 10, Shekinna Stricklen at Arkansas 1/30/11 .............................................................10, Meighan Simmons vs. Lamar 12/1/10 .................................................10, Meighan Simmons vs. Chattanooga 11/15/10 Field Goal Attempts ........................... 21, Meighan Simmons, at Baylor 12/14/10 Field Goal Percentage (min. 10 att.)....................................................80.0 (8-10) ..............................................................Meighan Simmons vs. Mississippi 1/9/11 3-Pt Field Goals .....................................8, Meighan Simmons vs. Lamar 12/1/10 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts......................15, Meighan Simmons vs. Lamar 12/1/10 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage (min. 5 att.) ...............................................66.7 (4-6) ...................................................................... Angie Bjorklund vs. ETSU 12/22/10 Free Throws ..............................................9, Alicia Manning, vs. Alabama 1/6/11 Free Throw Attempts ............................ 12, Glory Johnson, vs. Rutgers 12/30/10 Free Throw Percentage (min. 4 att.)....................................................100.0 (9-9) .......................................................................Alicia Manning, vs. Alabama 1/6/11 Offensive Rebounds .................. 10, Glory Johnson vs. Mississippi State 1/28/11 Defensive Rebounds .........................................12, Glory Johnson at LSU 1/2/11 Total Rebounds.......................... 18, Glory Johnson vs. Mississippi State 1/28/11 .......................................................18, Glory Johnson vs. Georgia Tech 11/26/10 Assists ...............................................11, Meighan Simmons vs. Alabama, 1/6/11 Turnovers ............................................ 9, Meighan Simmons at Kentucky, 2/7/11 Blocks ...................................................6, Kelley Cain at South Carolina, 1/20/11 Steals...........................................................5, Glory Johnson, at Texas 12/12/10 .................................................................5, Alicia Manning vs. Missouri 11/25/10
INDIVIDUAL Points..................................................28, Sugar Rodgers, Georgetown 11/27/10 Field Goals ......................................... 10, Ieasia Walker, South Carolina 1/20/11 ........................................................10, Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford 12/19/10 ............................................................10, Sugar Rodgers, Georgetown 11/27/10 Field Goal Attempts .....................................23, Kayla Melson, Mississippi 1/9/11 Field Goal Percentage (min. 10 att.)...............................................................66.7 ......................................................... (8-12) Whitney Hood, Chattanooga 11/15/10 3-Pt Field Goals ........................................6, Jeanette Pohlen, Stanford 12/19/10 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts.............................12, Jasmine James, Georgia 2/21/11 ................................................................... 12, Lyndsay Harris, Arkansas 1/30/11 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage (min. 5 att.) ....................71.4 (5-7), Sugar Rodgers, ............................................................................................ Georgetown 11/27/10 Free Throws .................................................. 8, Ariana Moorer, Virginia 11/18/10 Free Throw Attempts ....................................11, Ariana Moorer, Virginia 11/18/10 Free Throw Percentage (min. 4 att.)....................................................100.0 (6-6) .................................................................Valencia McFarland, Mississippi 1/9/11 Offensive Rebounds ...........................6, Shadasia Green, Old Dominion 12/5/10 Defensive Rebounds ...................................8, Courtney Jones, Alabama 2/27/11 .......................................................................8, Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky 2/7/11 .....................................................................8, Kimetria Hayden, Baylor 12/14/10 ........................................................................... 8, Ashley Gayle, Texas 12/12/10 ..................................................................8, Raeshara Brown, Missouri 11/25/10 Total Rebounds..........................................12, Courtney Jones, Alabama 2/27/11 Assists ................................................11, Rubylee Wright, Georgetown 11/27/10 Turnovers ..........................................10, Jasmine Parker, Old Dominion 12/5/10 Blocks ............................................................. 9, Brittney Griner, Baylor 12/14/10 Steals................................................................5, Jenna Plumley, Lamar 12/1/10
TEAM HIGH Points 110, Alabama Field Goals Made 41, Chattanooga Field Goals Attempted 86, Lamar Field Goal Percentage 55.8, Kentucky 3-Point Field Goals Made 15, Lamar* 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 36, Lamar 3-Point Field Goal Percentage 56.3, LSU 2 Free Throws Made 31, Alabama Free Throws Attempted 37, Alabama Free Throw Percentage 87.5, Arkansas Rebounds 57, Florida Assists 26, Lamar Turnovers 29, Georgetown* Blocked Shots 12, Alabama Steals 14, Lamar Personal Fouls 23, LSU* Home Attendance 17,853, Vanderbilt Away/Neutral Attendance 22,124, Louisville
LOW 54, Baylor 20, Florida 2 48, Mississippi 2 25.0, Baylor 0, LSU 7, Kentucky* 00.0, LSU 6, Chattanooga 8, Arkansas 42.9, Chattanooga 35, Virginia 5, Baylor 8, Mississippi* 2, Mississippi* 2, South Carolina 7, Mississippi State 10,808, Chattanooga 830, vs. Georgia Tech^
* Indicates the most recent instance of a high/low that occurred more than one time during the season. ^ At Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands
TEAM HIGH Points 77, Texas Field Goals Made 27, Texas Field Goals Attempted 82, Alabama Field Goal Percentage 45.5, Virginia 3-Point Field Goals Made 10, Georgetown 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 36, Texas 3-Point Field Goal Percentage 55.6, Georgetown Free Throws Made 21, Baylor Free Throws Attempted 30, Baylor Free Throw Percentage 100.0, Georgia* Rebounds 49, Alabama Assists 16, Stanford Turnovers 29, Lamar Blocked Shots 13, Baylor Steals 15, Georgetown Personal Fouls 29, Alabama
LOW 39, Florida 2 14, Mississippi 2 44, Missouri 19.5, Alabama 2, Missouri 11, Arizona State 14.3, Missouri 2, Vanderbilt 3, Mississippi State 40.0, Georgia Tech 15, Mississippi 2 4, South Carolina* 9, Vanderbilt 0, Georgia Tech* 3, Chattanooga 10, Arkansas*
* Indicates the most recent instance of a high/low that occurred more than one time during the season.
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)
2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. #8 Florida or #9 Arkansas • Mar. 4 ALL-TIME TOP LADY VOL PERFORMANCES DATE 11/13/1976 2/19/1925 12/11/1982 1/24/1977 3/3/1985 3/26/1977 3/15/1999 2/14/1998 2/29/1975 2/26/1999 1/6/1977 2/15/2004 1/10/1998 1/4/1980 1/14/1976 1/17/1988 3/12/1978 1/20/1998 2/27/1985 3/30/1984 1/18/1980 1/14/1980 3/30/08 12/13/2007 2/26/2006 3/16/1998 12/8/1996 3/16/1995 2/26/1989 3/7/1988 2/9/1983 1/15/1981 12/13/1979 1/22/1977 2/28/1975 1/28/1999 2/7/1998 2/24/1997 3/25/1989 3/21/1987 3/10/1977 12/22/2006 3/8/2003 1/19/2003 1/17/1999 3/6/1988 1/25/1985 2/18/1977 1/14/1977 11/30/1976 2/14/1975 2/11/2007 2/27/2003 3/1/2002 2/12/1998 3/28/1997 2/5/1994 2/20/1989 2/2/1980 3/23/1979 3/23/1977 2/14/1977 12/17/1976 3/11/1976 2/14/1975 3/2/08 3/20/2007 1/6/2007 2/20/2005 2/7/2002 11/16/1998 2/1/1998 1/28/1991 2/24/1989 1/31/1988 1/14/1988 2/18/1982 2/16/1981 1/13/1979 1/9/1979 11/29/1978 1/29/1977 1/17/1977 12/19/1976
PTS 51 46 43 43 40 40 39 39 39 38 38 37 37 37 37 36 36 35 35 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
PLAYER Patricia Roberts Inez Lovelace Tanya Haave Patricia Roberts Shelia Collins Patricia Roberts Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Holdsclaw Gail Dobson Tamika Catchings Patricia Roberts Tasha Butts Chamique Holdsclaw Jill Rankin Sue Thomas Sheila Frost Suzanne Barbre Tamika Catchings Shelia Collins Mary Ostrowski Cindy Noble Jill Rankin Candace Parker Candace Parker Candace Parker Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Holdsclaw Dana Johnson Bridgette Gordon Bridgette Gordon Tanya Haave Cindy Noble Jill Rankin Patricia Roberts Gail Dobson Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Holdsclaw Bridgette Gordon Bridgette Gordon Patricia Roberts Candace Parker Kara Lawson Gwen Jackson Chamique Holdsclaw Bridgette Gordon Shelia Collins Patricia Roberts Patricia Roberts Patricia Roberts Gail Dobson Candace Parker Kara Lawson Shyra Ely Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Holdsclaw Tiffany Woosley Sheila Frost Jill Rankin Cindy Brogdon Patricia Roberts Patricia Roberts Patricia Roberts Sue Thomas Gail Dobson Candace Parker Candace Parker Candace Parker Shyra Ely Kara Lawson Tamika Catchings Chamique Holdsclaw Dena Head Bridgette Gordon Sheila Frost Bridgette Gordon Mary Ostrowski Cindy Noble Cindy Brogdon Cindy Brogdon Cindy Brogdon Patricia Roberts Patricia Roberts Patricia Roberts
POINTS (30 OR MORE)
OPPONENT Kentucky Centenary (Tenn.) Stephen F. Austin East Tennessee State Mississippi Immaculata Boston College Auburn Union Florida Marshall Vanderbilt Florida North Carolina State Western Carolina Vanderbilt North Carolina State DePaul LSU Cheyney State UT-Chattanooga Stephen F. Austin Notre Dame Middle Tennessee Florida Western Kentucky Georgia Florida A&M Alabama Auburn Kentucky Maryland UCLA Alabama Union Georgia Old Dominion Louisiana Tech Long Beach State Auburn Clemson Old Dominion Mississippi State Florida Kentucky Georgia Old Dominion Charleston Western Carolina Belmont Western Carolina Kentucky Vanderbilt Georgia Memphis Notre Dame Alabama Notre Dame Kentucky Louisiana Tech Michigan State Mississippi Clemson Appalachian State Appalachian State Georgia Pittsburgh Connecticut Arkansas Arkansas St. Joseph’s Alabama Georgia Western Kentucky Georgia Old Dominion Kentucky Old Dominion North Carolina State Delta State Clemson Memphis State Mississippi Ohio State
UT/OPP 107-53 54-10 76-67 100-57 79-71 91-71 89-62 79-63 87-94 92-80 114-39 94-88 99-60 67-58 72-77 104-67 85-86 125-46 85-78 82-73 72-53 79-69 74-64 84-61 (ot) 93-95 82-62 93-94 96-59 81-65 73-70 95-85 93-91 80-77 83-57 90-95 95-79 85-61 80-98 94-80 77-61 84-46 75-59 76-75 94-53 98-60 82-76 67-64 91-70 82-62 63-78 82-86 84-62 91-71 81-67 91-65 80-66 85-69 98-43 91-83 84-102 76-72 74-73 87-61 71-88 94-69 72-63 68-54 70-64 84-71 93-65 108-63 73-66 74-81 76-57 82-79 91-68 65-61 76-70 79-66 85-73 75-66 81-72 58-56 67-57
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RAINING THREES Release. Rotation. Swish. The Lady Vols have had a lot of great shooters since Pat Summitt took over the program 36 years ago. Angie Bjorklund ranks right with the best. A 6-0 wing with unlimited range, Bjorklund became the next in a line of prolific three-point shooters to don the Orange and White – following in the footsteps of players like Shanna Zolman, Kara Lawson, Sidney Spencer and Tiffany Woosley. Bjorklund became the Tennessee career leader in three-pointers on Dec. 30 versus Rutgers when she made her 267th three at the 18:34 mark in the first half to surpass Zolman’s old mark of 266. Bjorklund’s career-leading total has now reached 288 treys. She also ranks first in threepoint field goals attempted with 712 and fifth in three-point shooting percentage at .404. LADY VOL CAREER THREE-POINT RECORDS THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 1. Angie Bjorklund (2007-present) 2. Shanna Zolman (2002-06) 3. Kara Lawson (1999-03) 4. Brittany Jackson (2001-05) 5. Shannon Bobbitt (2006-08)
288 266 256 161 147
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 1. Angie Bjorklund (2007-present) 712 2. Shanna Zolman (2002-06) 626 3. Kara Lawson (1999-03) 617 4. Brittany Jackson (2001-05) 443 5. Nikki Caldwell (2006-08) 368 THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (100 ATT.) 1. Shanna Zolman (2002-06) .425 2. Kara Lawson (1999-03) .415 3. April McDivitt (99-02) .412 4. Shannon Bobbitt (2006-08) .406 5. Angie Bjorklund (2007-present) .404
LADY VOL BASKETBALL • EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS (1987-89-91-96-97-98-2007-08)