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TENNESSEE (15-10, 6-6 SEC) vs. GEORGIA (14-10, 8-4 SEC)
FEB. 18 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.
GAME 26
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
15-10, 6-6 SEC RV / NR Cuonzo Martin 54-38 (3rd yr) 115-79 (6th yr) UTsports.com
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ITEMS OF NOTE
BULLDOGS
13-14 Record 14-10, 8-4 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Mark Fox Record at School 79-73 (5th yr) Career Record 202-116 (10th yr) Website GeorgiaDogs.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads 93-55, dating to 1913 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 55-15 In Athens: Georgia leads, 36-33 Neutral Sites: Georgia leads, 5-4 Current Streak: Georgia has won two straight Last Meeting: Georgia won, 78-68 in Athens 3/2/13 Martin vs. Fox: Fox leads, 3-1
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Snap Georgia’s two-game win streak in the series. Make the Vols 5-2 in SEC home games this season. Give the Vols victories in eight of their last 10 home games vs. Georgia.
¢ Tennessee sits in a four-way tie for fifth place in the SEC standings with six games left to play. ¢ Tennessee owns a 15-6 record during the month of February under head coach Cuonzo Martin. ¢ According to ESPN’s InsideRPI, Tennessee owns an RPI of No. 54 and has the 10th toughest strength-of-schedule (as of Feb. 17). ¢ The Volunteers are 7-2 in games immediately following a loss this season. ¢ All-SEC candidate Jordan McRae scored a career-high 35 points the last time Tennessee faced Georgia (3/2/13). That ties for the sixth-best scoring performance ever by a Vol against the Dawgs. ¢ McRae is coming off a 31-point performance at Missouri. It was his second 30-point game of the season and the fourth of his career. ¢ The Bulldogs have won two straight meetings in Knoxville. In the 100-plus-year history of this series, Georgia has never strung together three consecutive victories in Knoxville. ¢ This is the first season since 1962-63 that the Vols will not face UGA in Athens, Ga. ¢ All-SEC candidate Jarnell Stokes is the only player in the conference averaging a doubledouble in league play (14.5 ppg, 11.3 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 4.20 orpg. ¢ Jarnell Stokes is just 75 points shy of joining UT’s 45-member 1,000-Point Club. ¢ In UT’s last six games, junior wing Josh Richardson is 13-of-28 from 3-point range (.464).
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. 2.8 2.0 2.7 apg Sr. Midway, Ga. 19.6 3.5 .388 3FG% Jr. Edmond, Okla. 9.5 3.0 .419 3FG% Sr. Madison, Wis. 10.4 8.2 3.7 orpg Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 14.2 10.2 4.2 orpg
Georgia G 12 Kenny Gaines G 4 Charles Mann F 31 Brandon Morris F 2 Marcus Thornton F 15 Donte’ Williams
Ht. 6-3 6-5 6-7 6-8 6-9
Yr. So. So. So. Jr. Sr.
Wt. 195 210 215 235 225
Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Alpharetta, Ga. Lithonia, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Ellenwood, Ga.
PPG RPG OTHER 12.0 2.5 .304 3FG% 13.9 3.7 3.0 apg 9.1 3.7 .534 FG% 7.6 6.1 1.2 bpg 5.8 5.5 1.3 bpg
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
15-10
SEC 6-6 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 11-3 AWAY 2-6 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)^ L 75-70 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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ESPNU (ESPN3) Joe Davis (PxP) Dino Gaudio (analyst) Todd Jones (producer)
RADIO
Vol Network Bob Kesling (PxP) Bert Bertelkamp (analyst)
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