Vol Hoops vs. Arkansas (1-22-14)

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TENNESSEE (11-6, 2-2 SEC) vs. ARKANSAS (12-5, 1-3 SEC)

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

GAME 18

THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS

11-6, 2-2 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 50-34 (3rd yr) 111-75 (6th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

ARKANSAS

13-14 Record 12-5, 1-3 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Mike Anderson Record at School 49-32 (3rd yr) Career Record 249-130 (12th yr) Website ArkansasRazorbacks.com

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads 17-14, dating to 1936 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 9-2 In Fayetteville: Arkansas leads, 7-4 Neutral Sites: Series tied, 4-4 Current Streak: Arkansas has won one Last Meeting: Arkansas won, 73-60, in Fayetteville 2/2/13 Martin vs. Anderson: Series tied, 1-1

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...  Give the Vols a two-game home win streak in SEC play.  Give UT four straight home wins over the Razorbacks.  Give Cuonzo Martin a 3-2 career head coaching record against Arkansas (he was 1-1 as coach at Missouri State).

¢ In league play, Tennessee boasts the best scoring defense in the conference, holding SEC opponents to just 62.0 points per game. ¢ UT also owns the best rebounding defense (26.8 rapg) and rebounding margin (+12.5) in SEC play. ¢ These programs met just four times before Arkansas joined the SEC for the 1991-92 season. The Vols won just one of those first four meetings (all were played away from Knoxville). ¢ Arkansas has just two wins over the Vols in Knoxville. The fifth-ranked Hogs posted an 83-81 victory on Feb. 5, 1992. The second win was a 7369 triumph on Feb. 25, 2006. ¢ Hogs head coach Mike Anderson was an assistant and associate head coach at Arkansas under Nolan Richardson for 17 years from 19852002. Tennessee was 7-6 against those Arkansas teams. ¢ As a visiting coach (head/assistant), Anderson is 1-6 vs. the Vols at Thompson-Boling Arena. ¢ The last time Arkansas played in Knoxville (2/15/12), the Vols had a six players score in double-figures, led by Jordan McRae, who had 14 off the bench. All five starters scored in double-figures for UT: Trae Golden (13), Jeronne Maymon (12), Skylar McBee (12), Cameron Tatum (11) and Jarnell Stokes (10). The Vols shot 56 percent from the floor. ¢ Vols junior Jarnell Stokes ranks sixth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.24 orpg. ¢ On Saturday in Lexington, no Kentucky player totaled more than four rebounds.

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 8.4 2.4 .400 3FG% 18.4 3.0 2.8 apg 8.8 3.1 .429 3FG% 10.9 8.2 3.6 orpg 13.8 9.9 4.2 orpg

Arkansas G 00 Rashad Madden G 12 Fred Gulley III G 24 Michael Qualls F 4 Coty Clarke F 10 Bobby Portis

Ht. 6-5 6-2 6-6 6-7 6-10

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

PPG 11.7 4.4 12.4 8.6 12.1

Wt. 180 182 210 232 242

Hometown Lepanto, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark. Shreveport, La. Birmingham, Ala. Little Rock, Ark.

RPG OTHER 2.3 .473 3FG% 1.5 1.7 apg 5.1 2.4 apg 5.6 1.4 spg 6.6 .526 FG%

THE RECORD

2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:

11-6

SEC 2-2 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 8-2 AWAY 1-3 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)^ W 78-67 J18 at No. 13 Kentucky* (CBS) L 66-74 J22 Arkansas* (SEC TV)^ 8:05 p.m. J25 at Florida* (ESPN)^ 4:02 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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