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GAME 28
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
16-11, 7-7 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 55-39 (3rd yr) 116-80 (6th yr) UTsports.com
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ITEMS OF NOTE
BULLDOGS
13-14 Record Ranking Head Coach Record at School Career Record Website
13-14, 3-11 SEC NR / NR Rick Ray 23-36 (2nd yr) 23-36 (2nd yr) HailState.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads, 77-41 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 44-10 In Starkville: Mississippi State leads, 27-26 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 7-4 Current Streak: Tennessee has won two straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 69-53, in Nashville 3/14/13 Martin vs. Ray: Martin leads, 2-0
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Even the all-time series at 27-27 when played in Starkville.w Make the Vols 3-5 in SEC road games this season. Give the Vols a 14-14 record at Humphrey Coliseum. Be the 75th victory of senior guard Jordan McRae’s Tennessee career (he is the team’s lone four-year senior).
¢ Tennessee sits in a seven-way tie for fourth place in the SEC with four games left to play. ¢ According to ESPN’s InsideRPI, Tennessee owns an RPI of No. 58 and has the 12th toughest strength-of-schedule (as of Feb. 24). ¢ Tennessee has won three of its last four games against Mississippi State in Starkville. ¢ Third-year UT head coach Cuonzo Martin and second-year MSU coach Rick Ray share a Purdue connection. See Page 3. ¢ The only known Mississippi native ever to suit up for the Volunteers basketball program was Torrey Harris (1996-99). ¢ Four games in this series have gone to multiple overtimes. ¢ In Saturday’s overtime loss at Texas A&M, the starting UT frontcourt of Jarnell Stokes (16) and Jeronne Maymon (13) matched the rebounding total of the Aggies’ entire team (29). ¢ Junior Jarnell Stokes has 16 double-doubles this season (tied for third in Division I) and 34 in his career (fourth-most in school history). ¢ Jarnell Stokes ranks fourth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.30 orpg. ¢ Jarnell Stokes is five offensive rebounds shy of breaking Tennessee’s all-time career record since the stat has been recorded. See Page 4. ¢ Jarnell Stokes is just 39 points shy of joining UT’s 45-member 1,000-Point Club. ¢ In UT’s last eight games, senior wing Jordan McRae is 27-of-59 from 3-point range (.458). ¢ Jordan McRae continues to climb UT’s all-time scoring list. He now ranks 21st with 1,351 points.
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. 2.7 2.0 2.5 apg Sr. Midway, Ga. 19.3 3.4 .383 3FG% Jr. Edmond, Okla. 9.6 2.9 .418 3FG% Sr. Madison, Wis. 10.5 8.1 3.5 orpg Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 14.4 10.4 4.3 orpg
Mississippi State G 1 Fred Thomas G 4 Trivante Bloodman G 32 Craig Sword F 3 Colin Borchert F 20 Gavin Ware
Ht. 6-5 6-0 6-3 6-8 6-9
Yr. So. Jr. So. Sr. So.
Wt. 204 186 193 217 262
Hometown Jackson, Miss. Bronx, N.Y. Montgomery, Ala. Phoenix, Ariz. Starkville, Miss.
PPG 7.9 6.6 13.5 9.4 10.4
RPG OTHER 3.0 1.4 apg 2.0 .520 FG% 3.6 2.6 apg 4.4 1.0 bpg 7.4 .602 FG%
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
TENNESSEE (16-11, 7-7 SEC) at MISSISSIPPI STATE (13-14, 3-11 SEC)
OVERALL RECORD:
16-11
SEC 7-7 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 12-3 AWAY 2-7 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)^ (OT) L 68-65 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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