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TENNESSEE (15-9, 6-5 SEC) at MISSOURI (16-7, 4-6 SEC) FEB. 15 » MIZZOU ARENA » COLUMBIA, MO.
GAME 25
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
15-9, 6-5 SEC RV / NR Cuonzo Martin 54-37 (3rd yr) 115-78 (6th yr) UTsports.com
ITEMS OF NOTE
TIGERS
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13-14 Record Ranking Head Coach Record at School Career Record Website
16-7, 4-6 SEC NR / NR Frank Haith 64-23 (3rd yr) 193-124 (9th yr) MUtigers.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Missouri leads 4-3, dating to 1961 In Knoxville: Series tied, 2-2 In Columbia: Missouri leads, 2-0 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 1-0 Current Streak: Tennessee has won two straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 64-62, in Knoxville 3/9/13 Martin vs. Haith: Tied, 1-1
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Even the all-time series with Missouri (4-4). Make the Vols 3-3 in SEC road games this season. Give Cuonzo Martin’s Tennessee teams road wins at eight different SEC opponent venues. Avert the Vols’ first back-to-back SEC losses this season.
¢ Tennessee owns a 15-5 record during the month of February under head coach Cuonzo Martin. ¢ According to ESPN’s InsideRPI, Tennessee owns an RPI of No. 50 and has the eighth toughest strength-of-schedule (as of Feb. 13). ¢ The Volunteers are 7-1 in games immediately following a loss this season. ¢ Missouri is one of only three SEC programs that has a winning record against Tennessee (Alabama and Kentucky are the others). But a win by UT on Saturday would even the all-time series at 4-4. ¢ Missouri has played four SEC home games, going 2-2. The Tigers defeated Alabama and South Carolina at Mizzou Arena while losing to Georgia and Kentucky. ¢ Missouri starting forward Jonathan Williams III is a true freshman from Memphis, Tenn. He graduated from Southwind High School. Vols junior Jarnell Stokes is also a Southwind graduate, but he did play basketball there (graduated early, enrolled at UT in January 2012) ¢ All-SEC candidate Jarnell Stokes is the only player in the conference averaging a doubledouble in league play (14.6 ppg, 11.6 rpg). ¢ Jarnell Stokes has 14 double-doubles this season and 32 in his career (both lead the SEC). ¢ Junior Jarnell Stokes ranks fifth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.25 orpg. ¢ Jarnell Stokes is just 88 points shy of joining UT’s 45-member 1,000-Point Club. ¢ In UT’s last five games, junior wing Josh Richardson is 12-of-24 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
Missouri G 5 Jordan Clarkson G 32 Jabari Brown G 33 Earnest Ross F 3 Jonathan Williams III F 44 Ryan Rosburg
Ht. 6-5 6-5 6-5 6-9 6-10
Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 2.9 2.0 2.8 apg Sr. Midway, Ga. 19.2 3.4 .396 3FG% Jr. Edmond, Okla. 9.2 3.0 .431 3FG% Sr. Madison, Wis. 10.6 8.2 3.6 orpg Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 14.2 10.3 4.3 orpg
Wt. Yr. Hometown 193 Jr. San Antonio, Texas 214 Jr. Oakland, Calif. 228 Sr. Cary, N.C. 223 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. 252 So. Chesterfield, Mo.
PPG RPG OTHER 18.9 3.9 3.3 apg 20.1 4.7 .462 3FG% 14.1 6.5 1.3 spg 6.2 7.3 3.3 orpg 5.0 4.6 .681 FG%
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
15-9
SEC 6-5 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 11-3 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)^ W 72-53 F11 No. 3 Florida* (ESPN)^ L 67-58 F15 at Missouri* (ESPN2)^ 4:05 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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