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TENNESSEE (6-3) vs. NC STATE (7-2)
DEC. 18 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.
GAME 10
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
6-3, 0-0 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 45-31 (3rd yr) 106-72 (6th yr) UTsports.com
ITEMS OF NOTE
WOLFPACK
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13-14 Record 7-2, 0-0 ACC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Mark Gottfried Record at School 55-26 (3rd yr) Career Record 333-181 (17th yr) Website GoPack.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: NC State leads, 5-3 In Knoxville: NC State leads, 2-0 In Raleigh: NC State leads, 2-1 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 2-1 Current Streak: NC State has won two straight Last Meeting: NC State won, 72-70 OT, in Knoxville 2/7/94 Martin vs. Gottfried: No meetings
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Give the Vols a five-game home win streak. Make the Vols 2-0 against ACC opposition this season. Give the Vols a 101-84 all-time record against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (42 of those wins came against Georgia Tech). Give Cuonzo Martin a 2-4 head coaching record against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
¢ This is the third of just five December games for the Vols. Four of those contests take place in Knoxville. ¢ Wednesday’s game marks the start of a fourgame stretch of non-conference home games for the Vols leading into SEC play. ¢ Vols newcomer Rawane “Pops” Ndiaye, a junior center from Indian Hills (Iowa) CC, considers Raleigh, N.C., his hometown. ¢ Tennessee went 5-9 against NC State coach Mark Gottfried while he was the head coach at SEC rival Alabama for 11 seasons from 19992009. His final game with the Tide was an 86-62 loss to the Vols at the 2009 SEC Tournament in Tampa, Fla. ¢ The Wolfpack enters Wednesday’s game riding a five-game win streak, but they lost their only true road game this season, dropping a 68-57 decision at Cincinnati Nov. 12. ¢ Only two teams in Division I average fewer turnovers per game than Tennessee (9.1 tpg). ¢ At home this season, the Vols average just 7.8 turnovers per game while boasting a +4.5 turnover margin. ¢ In Tennessee’s two losses this season, the Vols are shooting .549 from the foul line (45-of-82). In UT’s six wins, the Vols are shooting .737 (126-of171) at the charity stripe. ¢ Former Vol Dyron Nix (1986-89) passed away Sunday in Atlanta. He was 46. Nix was a twotime first-team All-SEC performer, and his 1,877 career points rank eighth in program history.
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 7.7 1.9 .400 3FG% 19.6 3.4 2.2 apg 7.0 3.4 .429 3FG% 9.9 7.8 .517 FG% 14.1 9.3 3.8 orpg
NC State G 2 Anthony Barber G 5 Desmond Lee F 24 T.J. Warren F 10 Lennard Freeman C 14 Jordan Vandenberg
Ht. 6-2 6-4 6-8 6-8 7-1
Yr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr.
PPG 12.0 10.8 23.3 4.2 8.0
Wt. 170 200 215 245 245
Hometown Newport News, Va. Norfolk, Va. Durham, N.C. Washington, D.C. Melbourne, Australia
RPG OTHER 2.2 3.9 apg 4.3 1.8 apg 6.8 1.7 spg 7.1 .708 FG% 6.0 2.8 bpg
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
6-3
SEC 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 6-3 HOME 4-0 AWAY 0-2 NEUTRAL 2-1
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) W 88-67 N28 1-UTEP (NBC Sports Net) L 70-78 N29 1-Xavier (AXS.tv) W 64-49 N30 1-Wake Forest (AXS.tv) W 82-63 D7 Tennessee Tech (FSN) W 84-63 D14 at No. 12 Wichita State (ESPN2)^ L 61-70 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
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