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TENNESSEE (10-5, 1-1 SEC) vs. AUBURN (8-5, 0-2 SEC)
JAN. 15 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.
GAME 16
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
10-5, 1-1 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 49-33 (3rd yr) 110-74 (6th yr) UTsports.com
ITEMS OF NOTE
AUBURN
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13-14 Record 8-5, 0-2 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Tony Barbee Record at School 43-64 (4th yr) Career Record 125-116 (8th yr) Website AuburnTigers.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads, 72-37, dating to 1927 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 43-7 In Auburn: Auburn leads, 26-23 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 6-4 Current Streak: Tennessee has won five straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 82-75, in Auburn 3/6/13
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Give Tennessee a six-game win streak over Auburn Extend UT’s home win streak over Auburn to eight games Give Cuonzo Martin a 3-0 record against Auburn Be Cuonzo Martin’s 50th win as Tennessee’s head coach
¢ Through the first week of SEC play, Tennessee held its league foes to just 53.5 ppg. That’s the best scoring defense in the conference. ¢ The Vols are shooting .500 as a team over the last five games and are 4-1 during that span. ¢ Tennessee has won seven straight home games against Auburn. The Tigers’ last win in Knoxville came on Jan. 7, 1998 (69-74). ¢ No player on the Tennessee roster has ever lost to Auburn. ¢ In SEC play, Auburn and Tennessee rank second and third, respectively in field-goal defense (.381 and .382). ¢ Auburn’s Chris Denson (19.5 ppg) and KT Harrell (19.0 ppg) rank second and third, respectively, in scoring during SEC play. ¢ The last time Auburn played in Knoxville (1/28/12), Jeronne Maymon scored 15 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, and UT’s defense held the Tigers to just 30.4 percent shooting from the floor as the Vols overpowered Auburn 64-49. ¢ No player has totaled more than 15 rebounds in a game during SEC play. Jarnell Stokes had 15 at LSU, and Jeronne Maymon had 15 vs. Texas A&M. ¢ Tennessee ranks tied for 16th in Division I for fewer turnovers per game (10.1 tpg). But in SEC play, the Vols have committed a league-worst 16.0 tpg (for a -7.5 turnover margin). ¢ Tennessee’s average home attendance this season is 15,076. That ranks 13th nationally. ¢ Tennessee leads the SEC and ranks tied for 20th nationally in points per possession (1.17).
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 8.7 2.3 .418 3FG% 18.3 3.0 2.9 apg 8.7 3.1 .440 3FG% 10.8 8.4 3.7 orpg 13.4 9.3 4.1 orpg
Auburn G 13 Tahj Shamsid-Deen G 3 Chris Denson G 1 KT Harrell F 2 Allen Payne C 0 Asauhn Dixon-Tatum
Ht. 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-6 7-0
Yr. Hometown Fr. Decatur, Ga. Sr. Columbus, Ga. Jr. Montgomery, Ala. Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio Sr. Anderson, Ind.
PPG RPG OTHER 8.2 1.5 3.5 apg 19.1 5.2 1.1 spg 19.3 3.6 .408 3FG% 6.4 6.0 2.0 apg 6.3 6.1 2.1 bpg
Wt. 163 181 216 225 226
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
10-5
SEC 1-1 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 7-2 AWAY 1-2 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)^ W 87-52 J4 Tusculum College W 98-51 J7 at LSU* (ESPN)^ W 68-50 J11 Texas A&M* (FSN)^ L 56-57 J15 Auburn* (CSS)^ 7:04 p.m. J18 at No. 13 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)^ 9 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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