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TENNESSEE (18-11, 9-7 SEC) at AUBURN (13-14, 5-11 SEC) MARCH 5 » AUBURN ARENA » AUBURN, ALA.
GAME 30
THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS
18-11, 9-7 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 57-39 (3rd yr) 118-80 (6th yr) UTsports.com
ITEMS OF NOTE
TIGERS
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Record 13-14, 5-11 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Tony Barbee Record at School 48-73 (4th yr) Career Record 130-125 (8th yr) Website AuburnTigers.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads, 73-37, dating to 1927 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 44-7 In Auburn: Auburn leads, 26-23 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 6-4 Current Streak: Tennessee has won six straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 78-67, in Knoxville 1/15/13
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Give the Vols a seven-game win streak over Auburn Give Cuonzo Martin a 4-0 record against Auburn Improve UT’s record to 3-0 at Auburn Arena Give the Vols their ninth consecutive season with at least 19 victories. Give UT its third consecutive season with at least 10 SEC wins (eight of the last nine seasons).
¢ Tennessee is tied with Arkansas for fourth place in the SEC with two games left to play. ¢ According to ESPN’s InsideRPI, Tennessee owns an RPI of No. 48 and has the 13th toughest strength-of-schedule (as of March 3). ¢ No player on the Tennessee roster has ever lost to Auburn. ¢ The Vols own a perfect 2-0 record at Auburn Arena, which opened for the 2010-11 season. ¢ Four of Auburn’s five SEC wins have come at Auburn Arena, and the Tigers’ lineup boasts two of the top-seven scorers in league play in guards Chris Denson (20.4 ppg, second) and KT Harrell (17.9 ppg, seventh). ¢ Thursday, March 6, is Tennessee senior Jeronne Maymon’s 23rd birthday. ¢ On March 6, 2013, Tennessee recorded an 8275 victory at Auburn. Just like today, that was Senior Day for the Tigers. Teams do not want to face Tennessee on Senior Day. See Page 3. ¢ In SEC play, Tennessee leads the league in rebounding defense (30.4 rapg). ¢ Jarnell Stokes ranks fourth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.24 orpg. ¢ Jarnell Stokes became Tennessee’s all-time offensive rebounding leader last week at Mississippi State. See Page 4. ¢ Jarnell Stokes is just 13 points shy of joining UT’s 45-member 1,000-Point Club. ¢ When UT hosts Missouri Saturday, the careers of Antonio Barton, D’Montre Edwards, Jeronne Maymon and Jordan McRae will be celebrated during a pregame Senior Day ceremony.
PROBABLE STARTERS Tennessee G 2 Antonio Barton G 52 Jordan McRae G 1 Josh Richardson F 34 Jeronne Maymon F 5 Jarnell Stokes
Ht. Wt. 6-2 180 6-6 185 6-6 190 6-8 260 6-8 260
Yr. Hometown Sr. Baltimore, Md. Sr. Midway, Ga. Jr. Edmond, Okla. Sr. Madison, Wis. Jr. Memphis, Tenn.
PPG RPG OTHER 7.4 2.2 2.1 apg 19.3 3.6 .391 3FG% 9.4 2.8 .395 3FG% 10.3 8.2 3.6 orpg 14.3 10.4 4.2 orpg
Auburn G 13 Tahj Shamsid-Deen G 3 Chris Denson G 1 KT Harrell F 2 Allen Payne C 0 Asauhn Dixon-Tatum
Ht. 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-6 7-0
Yr. Hometown Fr. Decatur, Ga. Sr. Columbus, Ga. Jr. Montgomery, Ala. Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio Sr. Anderson, Ind.
PPG RPG OTHER 9.6 1.5 2.9 apg 19.9 4.4 1.1 spg 18.5 4.0 .355 3FG% 7.7 5.6 1.6 apg 5.5 6.1 1.9 bpg
Wt. 163 181 216 225 226
THE RECORD
2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
18-11
SEC 9-7 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 13-3 AWAY 3-7 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)^ W 75-68 M1 Vanderbilt* (ESPN2)^ W 76-38 M5 at Auburn* (SEC TV)^ 8:05 p.m. M8 Missouri* (ESPN)^ 4:05 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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