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GAME 23
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
14-8, 5-4 SEC RV / NR Cuonzo Martin 53-36 (3rd yr) 114-77 (6th yr) UTsports.com
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ITEMS OF NOTE
GAMECOCKS
13-14 Record 8-14, 1-8 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Frank Martin Record at School 22-32 (2nd yr) Career Record 139-86 (7th yr) Website GamecocksOnline.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads 38-23, dating to 1927 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 23-7 In Columbia: South Carolina leads, 14-13 Neutral Sites: South Carolina leads, 3-1 Current Streak: Tennessee has won 12 straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 66-61, in Columbia 2/10/13 C. Martin vs. F. Martin: C. Martin leads, 1-0
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Give Tennessee a four-game home win streak. Give the Vols a 13-game win streak in the series. Prevent the Vols from suffering back-to-back SEC losses for the first time this season.
¢ Tennessee owns a 14-4 record during the month of February under head coach Cuonzo Martin. ¢ According to ESPN’s InsideRPI, Tennessee owns an RPI of No. 48 and has the 14th toughest strength-of-schedule (as of Feb. 6). ¢ Tennessee looks to extend its current 12-game win streak over South Carolina. For details on UT’s streak over the Gamecocks, see note on Page 3. ¢ At tipoff Saturday, it will have been 2,549 days since the Vols’ last loss to South Carolina (an 8164 setback in Columbia on Feb. 17, 2007). ¢ Former UT head coach Emmett Lowery guided UT to a perfect 3-0 record vs. South Carolina during his tenure at Tennessee (1947-59). Like Cuonzo Martin, Lowery played at Purdue. ¢ Vols senior D’Montre Edwards is a native of Charleston, S.C., where he graduated from West Ashley High School. ¢ All-SEC candidate Jarnell Stokes is the only player in the conference averaging a doubledouble in league play (13.8 ppg, 12.1 rpg). ¢ Jarnell Stokes has four straight double-doubles. He has 13 this season and 31 in his career (both lead the SEC). ¢ Junior Jarnell Stokes ranks fifth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.27 orpg. ¢ Vols senior Jeronne Maymon is 18-of-19 at the free-throw line in UT’s last five games (.947), and he has 18 straight makes. ¢ In UT’s last three games, junior wing Josh Richardson is 9-of-18 from 3-point range (.500).
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. 3.0 2.0 2.8 apg Sr. Midway, Ga. 19.0 3.4 2.8 apg Jr. Edmond, Okla. 9.2 3.0 .423 3FG% Sr. Madison, Wis. 11.0 8.2 3.7 orpg Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 13.8 10.4 4.3 orpg
South Carolina G 10 Duane Notice G 1 Brenton Williams G 0 Sindarius Thornwell F 24 Michael Carrera F 21 Demetrius Henry
Ht. 6-2 5-11 6-5 6-5 6-9
Yr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr.
Wt. 221 172 206 214 215
Hometown Woodbridge, Ontario Kissimmee, Fla. Lancaster, S.C. Anzoátegui, Venezuela Miami, Fla.
PPG 7.6 14.0 13.2 6.9 5.2
RPG OTHER 2.5 2.9 apg 1.7 .432 3FG% 4.0 .365 3FG% 5.2 1.0 bpg 3.9 .434 FG%
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
TENNESSEE (14-8, 5-4 SEC) vs. SOUTH CAROLINA (8-14, 1-8 SEC)
OVERALL RECORD:
14-8
SEC 5-4 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 10-2 AWAY 2-5 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)^ L 64-60 F8 South Carolina* (ESPNU)^ 3:05 p.m. F11 No. 3 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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