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TENNESSEE (2-1) vs. TENNESSEE STATE (0-5)

NOV. 22 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

GAME 4

THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS

2-1, 0-0 SEC RV / RV Cuonzo Martin 41-29 (3rd yr) 102-70 (6th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

TIGERS

13-14 Record 0-5, 0-0 OVC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Travis Williams Record at School 0-5 (1st yr) Career Record 42-50 (4th year) Website TSUtigers.com

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads, 3-0 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 3-0 In Nashville: No meetings Neutral Sites: No meetings Current Streak: Tennessee has won three straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 81-56, in Knoxville 11/28/03 Martin vs. Williams: No meetings

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...  Give Tennessee a three-game home win streak.  Keep the Vols unbeaten in the series (4-0).  Give Cuonzo Martin’s Tennessee teams a 6-6 record against in-state teams.  Give the Vols a 50-2 all-time record against current members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

¢ Tennessee boasts a +10.3 scoring margin, a +5.0 rebounding margin and a +3.0 turnover margin. ¢ Tennessee’s starters (Barton, McRae, Richardson, Stokes and Maymon) have scored 179 of the team’s 223 points thus far (80.3 percent). ¢ Wooden Award candidate Jordan McRae has led the Vols in scoring in all three games this season. Dating to last season, he has led the team in scoring in eight of UT’s last 11 games. ¢ Point guard Antonio Barton owns a “true shooting percentage” of .842, which ranks third among all Division I players nationally. ¢ Tennessee is shooting .444 (20-of-45) from 3-point range through the season’s first three games. That ranks 23rd nationally. ¢ Junior wing Josh Richardson has played 84 minutes this season and has yet to commit a single turnover (seven assists). ¢ Vols freshmen A.J. Davis (6), Robert Hubbs III (13) and Darius Thompson (6) combined to score 25 points Monday vs. The Citadel. ¢ Tennessee State posted a 20-13 (11-5 OVC) record last season and finished second in its league. Four starters and 10 lettermen from that team return this year for first-year head coach Travis Williams. ¢ Vols freshman Darius Thompson is a native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., who played AAU ball with TSU freshman and Nashville native Jamonte Graham (Team Nashville). ¢ UT sophomore Quinton Chievous and Tigers senior Patrick Miller are both from Chicago and were teammates in the Mac Irvin Fire AAU program.

PROBABLE STARTERS Tennessee G 2 Antonio Barton G 52 Jordan McRae G 1 Josh Richardson F 34 Jeronne Maymon F 5 Jarnell Stokes

Ht. Wt. 6-2 178 6-6 185 6-6 190 6-8 260 6-8 260

Yr. Hometown Sr. Baltimore, Md. Sr. Midway, Ga. Jr. Edmond, Okla. Sr. Madison, Wis. Jr. Memphis, Tenn.

PPG RPG OTHER 12.0 2.0 .583 3FG% 20.3 2.3 3.3 apg 7.7 3.0 .600 3FG% 9.7 9.0 4.3 orpg 10.0 8.3 1.3 bpg

Tennessee State G 40 Kennedy Eubanks G 2 Patrick Miller G 3 Jaleel Queary F 11 Alex Bates F 4 M.J. Rhett

Ht. 6-6 6-1 6-2 6-9 6-9

Yr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr.

PPG RPG OTHER 5.6 4.0 1.2 apg 22.5 2.6 1.6 spg 5.4 2.4 0.6 apg 0.6 0.4 0.4 apg 9.8 9.0 1.4 bpg

Wt. 185 195 200 235 235

Hometown Pendelton, S.C. Chicago, Ill. Nashville, Tenn. Greenbelt, Md. Columbia, S.C.

THE RECORD

2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:

2-1

SEC 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 2-1 HOME 2-0 AWAY 0-1 NEUTRAL 0-0

THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT N2 Florida Southern (EXH) W 105-80 N7 Southern Indiana (EXH) W 78-47 N12 at Xavier (Fox Sports 1) L 63-67 N16 USC Upstate (SportSouth) W 74-65 N18 The Citadel (FSN) W 86-60 N22 Tennessee State (FSN) 7:04 p.m. N28 1-UTEP (NBC Sports Net) 9:30 p.m. N29 1-Iowa or Xavier 1 or 7 p.m. N30 1-TBD TBD D7 Tennessee Tech (FSN) noon D14 at Wichita State (ESPN2)^ 2 p.m. D18 NC State (ESPNU)^ 7 p.m. D23 Morehead State (ESPNU)^ 7 p.m. D30 Virginia (ESPN2)^ 7 p.m. J4 Tusculum College 2 p.m. J7 at LSU* (ESPN)^ 7 p.m. J11 Texas A&M* (FSN)^ 6 p.m. J15 Auburn* (CSS)^ 7 p.m. J18 at Kentucky* (CBS) noon J22 Arkansas* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. J25 at Florida* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 4 p.m. J29 Ole Miss* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. F1 at Alabama* (ESPN2)^ 8 p.m. F5 at Vanderbilt* (ESPN3)^ 8 p.m. F8 South Carolina* (ESPNU)^ 3 p.m. F11 Florida* (ESPN)^ 7 p.m. F15 at Missouri* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 4 p.m. F18 Georgia* (ESPNU)^ 9 p.m. F22 at Texas A&M* (ESPNU)^ 3 p.m. F26 at Mississippi State* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. M1 Vanderbilt* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ noon M5 at Auburn* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. M8 Missouri* (ESPN)^ 4 p.m. M12-16 SEC Tournament Schedule Key 1-Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas); *Southeastern Conference Game; CSS-Comcast Sports Southeast; FSN-FOX Sports Net; ^-Also available via WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN mobile app, ESPN on Xbox LIVE (Gold members) and Apple TV. All Times Eastern; Opponent Rankings are AP

EXPERIENCE THE ACTION TV

 FOX Sports Net  Randy Smith (PxP)  Bill Justus (analyst)  Erik Kendall (producer)

RADIO

 Vol Network  Bob Kesling (PxP)  Bert Bertelkamp (analyst)

SATELLITE RADIO

 Sirius  Channel 136 (home feed)  XM  Channel 201 (home feed)

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