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TENNESSEE (8-4) vs. OLE MISS (11-2)

JAN. 9 » THOMPSON-BOLING arena » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

GAME 13 - SEC OPENER

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

8-4, 0-0 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 27-19 (2nd yr) 88-60 (5th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

OLE MISS

Record 11-2, 0-0 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Andy Kennedy Record at School 136-80 (7th yr) Career Record 157-93 (8th yr) Website OleMissSports.com

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads, 69-39 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 39-10 In Oxford: Tennessee leads, 25-22 Neutral Sites: Ole Miss leads, 7-5 Current Streak: Ole Miss has won one Last Meeting: Ole Miss won 77-72 in New Orleans (3/9/12) Martin vs. Kennedy: Tied, 1-1 PRIMARY COLOR INFORMATION A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...COLOR COLOR PANTONE 186c in SEC openers GRAY  GiveREDUT a two-game win streak  Be UT’s 12th straight home win over Ole Miss BLUE 2767c  Improve UT’s home winning percentage against Ole Miss to .800 (40 wins in 50 games).  Make the Vols 5-1 in their current six-game homestand  Make the Vols 22-5 at home under coach Cuonzo Martin  Be the 75th win of Kenny Hall and Skylar McBee’s careers

¢ This is the final contest of a six-game homestand for Tennessee that began Dec. 13. ¢ The Volunteers are 6-1 at home this season and own a 21-5 home record under second-year head coach Cuonzo Martin. ¢ In home games, UT owns a +10.6 ppg scoring margin and a +6.1 rebounding margin. ¢ Tennessee has won 11 straight home games against Ole Miss, dating to 1992. The Rebels’ last (and only) win in Thompson-Boling Arena was a 93-88 victory on Feb. 27, 1991. ¢ When these teams met in Knoxville last February, UT posted a 73-60 victory as five Vols scored in double figures. Ole Miss started the game on a 15-2 run. ¢ The Vols have won the last three regular-season meetings in this series. ¢ Ole Miss is 2-1 in true road games this season, with wins at Loyola Marymount and Hawaii and a loss at Middle Tennessee. ¢ Ole Miss makes 7.3 3-pointers per game, but the Vols are allowing only 3.8 3-pointers per game. ¢ Senior forward Kenny Hall is coming off his third career double-double (13 pts, 11 rebs) and is averaging 9.3 rpg in UT’s last three games. ¢ Tennessee’s bench has outscored the oppoPANTONEin 10 of 12 games this season. Junior nents’ bench COOL GRAY 9c Jordan McRae’s 11.6 ppg are a big reason why. ¢ The Vols are 7-2 when they attempt as many or more free throws than their opponent. ¢ By surrendering 85 points to Memphis last Friday, the Vols allowed an opponent to reach the 70-point mark for the first time all season.

PROBABLE STARTERS Tennessee G 11 Trae Golden G 13 Skylar McBee G 1 Josh Richardson F 5 Jarnell Stokes F 20 Kenny Hall

Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER 6-2 205 Jr. Powder Springs, Ga. 11.8 3.2 4.3 apg 6-3 195 Sr. Rutledge, Tenn. 6.3 1.2 .300 3FG% 6-6 188 So. Edmond, Okla. 8.4 5.4 .520 FG% 6-8 270 So. Memphis, Tenn. 11.3 7.5 .562 FG% 6-9 230 Sr. Stone Mountain, Ga. 7.4 6.7 .547 FG%

Ole Miss G 32 Jarvis Summers G 22 Marshall Henderson G 20 Nick Williams F 31 Murphy Holloway F 23 Reginald Buckner

Ht. 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-7 6-9

Wt. 184 175 212 240 235

Yr. Hometown So. Jackson, Miss. Jr. Hurst, Texas Sr. Mobile, Ala. Sr. Irmo, S.C. Sr. Memphis, Tenn.

PPG 7.1 18.2 11.0 15.8 10.7

RPG OTHER 1.2 3.7 apg 3.2 .377 3FG% 2.8 .326 3FG% 10.9 1.6 spg 7.1 .675 FG%

THE RECORD

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD Overall Record:

8-4

SEC 0-0 Non-conference 8-4 Home 6-1 Away 0-2 NEUTRAL 2-1

THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT N9 Kennesaw State (FSS) W 76-67 N15 1-UNC Asheville (ESPNU)^ W 75-68 N16 1-Oklahoma State (ESPNU)^ L 62-45 N18 1-UMass (ESPNU)^ W 83-69 N26 Oakland (FSS) W 77-50 N30 2-at No. 20 Georgetown (ESPN)^ L 37-36 D5 at Virginia (ESPN3)^ L 46-38 D13 No. 23 Wichita State (FSS) W 69-60 D18 Presbyterian (SS) W 78-62 D21 Western Carolina (FSS) W 66-52 D29 Xavier (ESPNU)^ W 51-47 J4 Memphis (ESPN2)^ L 85-80 J9 Ole Miss* (SEC Network) 8:05 p.m. J12 at Alabama* (ESPN2)^ 1 p.m. J15 at Kentucky* (ESPN)^ 7 p.m J19 Mississippi State* (SEC Network) 4 p.m. J24 at Ole Miss* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 7 p.m. J26 Alabama* (ESPN2)^ 2 p.m. J29 Vanderbilt* (ESPNU)^ 7 p.m. F2 at Arkansas* (ESPN2)^ 4 p.m. F6 Georgia* (SEC Network) 8 p.m. F10 at South Carolina* (FSS) 1 p.m. F13 at Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) 8 p.m. F16 Kentucky* (CBS) 1 p.m. F19 LSU* (ESPNU)^ 7 p.m. F23 at Texas A&M* (SEC Network) 4 p.m. F26 Florida* (ESPN)^ 9 p.m. M2 at Georgia* (SEC Network) 1:30 p.m. M6 at Auburn* (CSS) 9 p.m. M9 Missouri* (ESPN/ESPN2) 4 p.m. M13-17 SEC Tournament Schedule Key 1-Puerto Rico Tip-Off (Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico); 2-SEC/Big East Challenge (Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.); *Southeastern Conference Game; CSS-Comcast Sports Southeast; FSS-FOX Sports South; SS-SportSouth; ^-Available through the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets All Times Eastern; Opponent Rankings are AP

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RADIO

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