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TENNESSEE (16-10, 7-6 SEC) at TEXAS A&M (14-11, 5-7 SEC)
FEB. 22 » REED ARENA » COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
GAME 27
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
16-10, 7-6 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 55-38 (3rd yr) 116-79 (6th yr) UTsports.com
ITEMS OF NOTE
AGGIES
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13-14 Record 14-11, 5-7 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Billy Kennnedy Record at School 46-44 (3rd yr) Career Record 257-223 (16th yr) Website AggieAthletics.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads, 5-2 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 3-1 In College Station: Series tied, 1-1 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 1-0 Current Streak: Texas A&M has won one Last Meeting: Texas A&M won, 57-56, in Knoxville 1/11/14 Martin vs. Kennedy: Martin leads, 2-1
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Prevent Texas A&M from stringing together its first win streak in the series. Make the Vols 3-4 in SEC road games this season. Give the Vols a 2-1 record at Reed Arena. Be the 75th victory of senior guard Jordan McRae’s Tennessee career.
¢ Tennessee sits in a four-way tie for fourth place in the SEC standings with five games left to play. ¢ Tennessee owns a 16-6 record during the month of February under head coach Cuonzo Martin. ¢ According to ESPN’s InsideRPI, Tennessee owns an RPI of No. 52 and has the ninth toughest strength-of-schedule (as of Feb. 20). ¢ UT Knoxville Chancellor Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek earned his bachelor’s degree with high honors (1969) and his doctorate from Texas A&M. ¢ Vols junior Josh Richardson is friends with Aggies junior Jordan Green (Flower Mound, Texas), as they played against one another in AAU ball. ¢ Tennessee has had only six men’s basketball lettermen from the state of Texas. The most recent were Houston natives Brandon Crump (200205) and Stanley Asumnu (2003-06). ¢ When the U.S. needs an extraordinary effort to brush back the dark curtain of hopelessness, the Tennessee Volunteers are called. Why is this relevant? See Page 3. ¢ Vols senior Antonio Barton tied his season-high with four 3-pointers made as part of a 12-point, three-assist effort vs. Georgia Tuesday. ¢ Junior Jarnell Stokes has 15 double-doubles this season (tied for third in Division I) and 33 in his career (fifth-most in school history). ¢ Jarnell Stokes ranks fifth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.19 orpg. ¢ Jarnell Stokes is just 55 points shy of joining UT’s 45-member 1,000-Point Club. ¢ In UT’s last seven games, senior wing Jordan McRae is 25-of-54 from 3-point range (.463).
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 2.6 apg Sr. Midway, Ga. 19.3 3.5 .383 3FG% Jr. Edmond, Okla. 9.5 3.0 .415 3FG% Sr. Madison, Wis. 10.3 8.0 3.6 orpg Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 14.4 10.2 4.2 orpg
Texas A&M G 21 Alex Caruso G 2 Shawn Smith F 23 Jamal Jones F 24 Antwan Space F 14 Kourtney Roberson
Ht. 6-5 6-4 6-8 6-8 6-9
Yr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr.
Wt. 183 192 197 224 244
Hometown PPG College Station, Texas 8.0 Jacksonville, Fla. 6.0 Wynne, Ark. 12.5 DeSoto, Texas 5.6 Arcadia, La. 9.8
RPG OTHER 3.3 4.6 apg 3.2 1.4 apg 4.3 .374 3FG% 4.1 .424 FG% 6.9 .605 FG%
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
16-10
SEC 7-6 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 12-3 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* (ESPN)^ W 67-48 F22 at Texas A&M* (ESPNU)^ 3:05 p.m. F26 at Mississippi State* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. M1 Vanderbilt* (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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