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TENNESSEE (14-7, 5-3 SEC) at VANDERBILT (12-8, 4-4 SEC) FEB. 5 » MEMORIAL GYM » NASHVILLE, TENN.
GAME 22
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
14-7, 5-3 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 53-35 (3rd yr) 114-76 (6th yr) UTsports.com
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ITEMS OF NOTE
VANDERBILT
13-14 Record 12-8, 4-4 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Kevin Stallings Record at School 289-184 (15th yr) Career Record 412-247 (20th yr) Website VUCommodores.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads 113-70, dating to 1922 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 469-17 In Nashville: Vanderbilt leads, 52-38 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 6-1 Current Streak: Tennessee has won three straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 58-46, in Nashville 2/13/13 Martin vs. Stallings: Martin leads, 3-1
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Give the Vols a three-game win streak. Be Tennessee’s third SEC road win this season. Give the Vols a four-game win streak in the series. Give the Vols an 18-12 record vs. teams coached by Kevin Stallings. Give the Vols their fourth victory in their last eight trips to Memorial Gym.
¢ Tennessee owns a 14-3 record during the month of February under head coach Cuonzo Martin. ¢ According to ESPN’s InsideRPI, Tennessee owns an RPI of No. 40 and has the 10th toughest strength-of-schedule (as of Feb. 3). ¢ Just 181.63 miles separate UT’s ThompsonBoling Arena in Knoxville and Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville. ¢ Tennessee’s 113 wins over the Commodores are the most by the Vols over any opponent, and only Kentucky (217 games) has been an opponent of the Vols more times than Vanderbilt. ¢ Tennessee owns a 28-41 all-time record at VU’s Memorial Gym. That includes a 24-39 mark against Vanderbilt. ¢ These programs’ strength and conditioning coaches are brothers. Tennessee’s Nicodemus Christopher is the younger brother of Vandy’s Garry Christopher. See Page 3. ¢ Vols freshman point guard Darius Thompson is a native of nearby Murfreesboro, Tenn. He verbally committed to Vanderbilt before re-opening his recruitment and eventually signing with UT. ¢ Tennessee has posted consecutive wire-to-wire victories; the Vols haven’t trailed in their last 40 minutes played. ¢ UT senior Jordan McRae has 11 3-pointers in the last two games; he scored 26 points in each. ¢ Vols senior Jeronne Maymon is 17-of-18 at the free-throw line in UT’s last four games (.944). ¢ Vols junior Jarnell Stokes ranks fifth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.19 orpg.
PROBABLE STARTERS Tennessee G 15 Darius Thompson G 52 Jordan McRae G 1 Josh Richardson F 34 Jeronne Maymon F 5 Jarnell Stokes
Ht. Wt. 6-5 181 6-6 185 6-6 190 6-8 260 6-8 260
Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 3.2 2.1 2.7 apg Sr. Midway, Ga. 19.2 3.4 2.8 apg Jr. Edmond, Okla. 9.0 3.1 .426 3FG% Sr. Madison, Wis. 11.1 8.0 3.6 orpg Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 14.0 10.2 4.2 orpg
Vanderbilt G 11 Kyle Fuller G 24 Dai-Jon Parker F 00 Rod Odom F 35 James Siakam C 30 Damian Jones
Ht. Wt. 6-1 188 6-3 190 6-9 212 6-7 215 6-10 235
Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif. 11.3 4.0 4.1 apg Jr. Baton Rouge, La. 6.9 4.1 3.6 apg Sr. Central Islip, N.Y. 14.3 6.0 .435 3FG% Jr. Douala, Cameroon 7.5 5.1 1.5 bpg Fr. Baton Rouge, La. 11.1 5.4 .546 FG%
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
14-7
SEC 5-3 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 10-2 AWAY 2-4 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)^ L 41-67 J29 Ole Miss* (SEC TV)^ W 86-70 F1 at Alabama* (ESPN2)^ W 76-59 F5 at Vanderbilt* (ESPN3)^ 8:02 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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