Vol Hoops vs. Virginia (12-30-13)

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TENNESSEE (7-4) vs. VIRGINIA (9-3)

DEC. 30 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

GAME 12

THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS

7-4, 0-0 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 46-32 (3rd yr) 107-73 (6th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

CAVALIERS

13-14 Record 9-3, 0-0 ACC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Tony Bennett Record at School 85-56 (5th yr) Career Record 154-89 (8th yr) Website VirginiaSports.com

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Virginia leads, 8-4 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 2-0 In Charlottesville: Virginia leads, 5-1 Neutral Sites: Virginia leads, 3-1 Current Streak: Virginia has won one Last Meeting: Virginia won, 46-38, in Charlottesville 12/5/12 Martin vs. Bennett: Bennett leads, 1-0

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...  Make the Vols 2-1 against ACC opposition this season.  Give the Vols a 101-85 all-time record against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (42 of those wins came against former SEC member Georgia Tech).  Give Cuonzo Martin a 2-4 head coaching record against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

¢ This is the fifth of five December games for the Vols. It is also the third game in a four-game homestand leading into SEC play. ¢ Tony Bennett is in his fifth year as the head coach at Virginia. Bennett came to Charlottesville after spending the previous three seasons as the head coach at Washington State, where he was the 2007 National Coach of the Year. ¢ Cuonzo Martin was an assistant coach on the 2011 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games National Team. Bennett was one of three “court coaches” who assisted during that team’s training camp in Colorado Springs, Colo. ¢ Vols forward Jarnell Stokes and Cavs big man Mike Tobey were teammates on the USA Basketball gold-medal-winning U19 National Team this past summer. ¢ Cavs senior Akil Mitchell joined Vols senior Jordan McRae at the LeBron James Skills Academy this past summer. ¢ This game features three players who appear on both the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy watch lists: Tennessee’s Jordan McRae and Jarnell Stokes and Virginia’s Joe Harris. ¢ Only six teams in Division I average fewer turnovers per game than Tennessee (9.7 tpg). ¢ In UT’s last two games, Jeronne Maymon is averaging 16.5 points, 12.0 rebounds (7.0 offensive rebounds) 1.5 assists and 2.0 blocks. ¢ Jarnell Stokes (9.6 rpg) and Jeronne Maymon (8.5 rpg) are the SEC’s second- and third-leading rebounders, respectively.

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 6.9 1.7 1.6 apg 18.7 3.3 2.5 apg 7.6 3.6 .389 3FG% 11.1 8.5 .519 FG% 13.6 9.6 4.2 orpg

Virginia G 23 London Perrantes G 15 Malcolm Brogdon G 12 Joe Harris F 13 Anthony Gill F 25 Akil Mitchell

Ht. 6-2 6-5 6-6 6-8 6-8

Yr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Sr.

PPG RPG OTHER 3.9 2.2 3.3 apg 10.3 5.3 1.3 spg 11.4 4.1 .400 3FG% 9.0 3.9 .683 FG% 6.3 5.2 1.5 apg

Wt. 189 217 225 230 235

Hometown Los Angeles, Calif. Norcross, Ga. Chelan, Wash. High Point, N.C. Charlotte, N.C.

THE RECORD

2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:

7-4

SEC 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 7-4 HOME 5-1 AWAY 0-2 NEUTRAL 2-1

THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 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)^ L 58-65 D23 Morehead State (ESPNU)^ W 82-67 D30 Virginia (ESPN2)^ 7:02 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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