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TENNESSEE (12-6, 3-2 SEC) at #6 FLORIDA (16-2, 5-0 SEC)
JAN. 25 » STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL CENTER » GAINESVILLE, FLA.
GAME 19
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
12-6, 2-2 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 51-34 (3rd yr) 112-75 (6th yr) UTsports.com
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ITEMS OF NOTE
FLORIDA
13-14 Record 16-2, 5-0 SEC Ranking 6/6 Head Coach Billy Donovan Record at School 431-168 (18th yr) Career Record 466-188 (20th yr) Website GatorZone.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads 72-52, dating to 1927 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 44-15 In Gainesville: Florida leads, 32-25 Neutral Sites: Series tied, 4-4 Current Streak: Tennessee has won three straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 64-58, in Knoxville 2/26/13 Martin vs. Donovan: Martin leads, 3-0
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Give the Vols wins in six of their eight most recent SEC road games, dating to last season. Give UT four straight wins over the Gators. Give Cuonzo Martin a 4-0 career head coaching record against Billy Donovan and Florida. Be UT’s seventh win over an AP top-25 team under third-year head coach Cuonzo Martin.
¢ In SEC play, Tennessee is the best free-throw shooting team in the conference (.756). The Vols also own a league-best +11.0 rebounding margin in SEC games. ¢ Both of Florida’s losses have come on the road against ranked teams (No. 20 Wisconsin, No. 12 UConn). They’ve won 25 straight home games. ¢ On 11 separate occasions, an unranked Tennessee team has beaten a Florida squad ranked in the Associated Press top 25. ¢ And on eight occasions, the Vols have beaten a Florida team that was ranked in the Associated Press top 10. ¢ The last time the Volunteers faced the Gators in Gainesville (2/11/12), Tennessee upset No. 8 Florida, 75-70, ending the Gators’ home-winning streak at 19. ¢ Last season was the first since 1962-63 that the Vols didn’t play at Florida. ¢ In three career games vs. Florida, Jordan McRae averages 16.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 blocks. He shoots .486 from the field against the Gators. UT has won all three games. ¢ Florida senior Patric Young is the SEC’s active career leader for rebounds, with 721. Vols junior Jarnell Stokes ranks second with 618 boards. ¢ Jordan McRae’s season-high 34 points Wednesday vs. Arkansas pushed him past LSU guard Andre Stringer and into second place on the SEC’s active career scoring list (1,175 points). ¢ Vols junior Jarnell Stokes ranks eighth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.11 orpg.
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 8.3 2.3 .385 3FG% 19.2 3.2 2.8 apg 8.9 3.1 .433 3FG% 11.2 8.2 3.7 orpg 13.4 9.7 4.1 orpg
Florida G 5 Scottie Wilbekin G 20 Michael Frazier II F 24 Casey Prather F 15 Will Yeguete C 4 Patric Young
Ht. Wt. 6-2 176 6-4 199 6-6 212 6-8 230 6-9 240
Yr. Hometown Sr. Gainesville, Fla. So. Tampa, Fla. Sr. Jackson, Tenn. Sr. Bordeaux, France Sr. Jacksonville, Fla.
PPG RPG OTHER 12.5 2.8 3.6 apg 12.1 3.4 .454 3FG% 17.1 5.6 .611 FG% 5.5 5.3 1.1 spg 10.6 6.2 2.8 orpg
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
SEC 3-2 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 9-2 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)^ W 81-74 J25 at No. 6 Florida* (ESPN)^ 4:02 p.m. J29 Ole Miss* (SEC TV)^ 8:05 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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