2011 SEC Tournament Game Notes • Tennessee vs. Kentucky • Mar. 6
2010-11 TENNESSEE E LADY VOL BASKETBALL LL LL 2010-11 TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS No. 1 4 5 10 12 13 15 20 21 25 33 40 52
Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Briana Bass Jr. 5-2 PG Kamiko Williams So. 5-11 G Angie Bjorklund Sr. 6-0 G-F Meighan Simmons Fr. 5-9 G Lauren Avant Fr. 5-9 PG Taber Spani So. 6-1 F-G Alicia Manning Jr. 6-1 F Sydney Smallbone Sr. 5-10 G Vicki Baugh RS-Jr. 6-4 F Glory Johnson Jr. 6-3 F Alyssia Brewer Jr. 6-3 F Shekinna Stricklen Jr. 6-2 PG-F Kelley Cain RS-Jr. 6-6 C
Ppg Rpg Notes 1.0 0.6 Appeared in 21 games; 8.5 mpg 7.3 3.4 11 games of double figure scoring 10.6 2.8 Back from rt. foot sprain; missed 6 games 13.7 2.8 Leading scorer; SEC Rookie MVP 2.9 1.3 Suffered concussion at Ole Miss; DNP LSU 8.0 4.0 UT is undefeated when she scores 10+ pts. 4.8 3.9 Menace on defensive; Blue collar,tough 1.4 0.7 Contributed in 10 of 16 SEC games 3.4 3.0 Back after 2 ACL surgeries; great vs. Ole Miss 12.0 9.7 11 dbl-dbls on the year; 1,000 pt club 2.3 2.3 Started last 5-6 gms; slowed by Achilles surgery 12.4 7.6 Best LV over last 10 games-- 15.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg 7.1 5.8 Back after missing Ole Miss/LSU for rest
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Pat Summitt (Tennessee-Martin ‘74) 37th season at UT Holly Warlick (Tennessee ‘81) 26th season at UT Dean Lockwood (Spring Arbor College [Mich.] ‘82) 7th season at UT Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech ‘77) 19th season at UT; First since 2003 Daedra Charles-Furlow (Tennessee ‘91) 3rd season at UT Kathy Harston (Wayland Baptist ‘80) 3rd season at UT Dustin Edwards (Carson-Newman ‘03) 1st season at UT Corinne Milien (Bemidji State ‘10) 1st season at UT
How To Say It
Briana/Bree-ah-na; Kamiko/Ka-MEE-ko; Bjorklund/BEE-YORK-lund; Avant/A-VANT; Taber Spani/Tay-bur Spain-ee; Baugh/BAW; Alyssia/A-lee-see-uh; Shekinna/Shuh-KEE-na
Probable Tennessee Starters
Alyssia Brewer - Starts in the post...Rangy lefty...Started 5 of last 6 games...Earned late season starting assignments after her play off the bench at Vanderbilt on Feb. 17... Worked her way back from Achilles surgery on Sept. 10, 2010...Cleared to practice on Dec. 6, a month earlier than anticipated...Has played 16 games in 2010-11 and eight of the final nine regular season SEC contests...Scored a season best eight points vs. Florida in the SEC Tourney and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. South Carolina...Sensational sophomore season earning SEC Sixth Player of the Year and 2010 SEC Tournament MVP honors... Taber Spani - Forward...A solid lefty w/ middle linebacker instincts... Snapped out of a scoring rut vs. Georgia with 11 pts... 5 vs. USC & Fla. ...18 vs. Ark...18 birthday pts. vs. Miss. St...9 pts/5 rbs at USC...O-fer vs. Vandy...14 pts vs. Ole Miss...15 pts/5 asts vs. Bama...Career hi 22 vs. Rutgers...1st career dbl-dbl vs. ETSU 15 pts/12 rbs...10 pts vs. Stanford...Exceeded rookie dbl-fig scoring games w/12 as a soph...14 vs. Virginia/UTC... Over turf toe which limited her last season...Rookie played in 33 games/started 16...4 games in dbl-figures...Averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.7 rpg...13th LV freshman to start Meighan Simmons- Guard...“Speedy”...Summitt, “Quickest player I’ve coached”...2011 SEC Freshman of the Year...18 in SEC semis vs. UGA...10 vs. LSU2...14 vs. UGA...17 pts vs USC...9 key pts. at Vandy...SEC Rookie of the Week (2/13, 12/13 & 12/6)...clutch 3FG & FTs at Kentucky/15 pts... 0-fer at Ark...12 pts vs Miss St...16 pts/4 ast at USC...17 vs. Vandy...14 at Fla...18 pts vs. Ole Miss...15 pts & UT frosh record 11 asts vs. Bama...13 consecutive dbl-fig games snapped w/7 vs. Rutgers...23 vs. Stanford....22 at Baylor...18 pts at Texas...Career 28 pts & UT record 8 treys vs. Lamar...P-Jam All-Tourney...60th LV rookie to start- 26 pts/4 asts vs UTC... Glory Johnson - Starts in the post ... 2011 All-SEC and All-Defensive Team...SEC Player of the Week (11/30, 1/3, 1/31, 2/28)... Started last 19 games...Career hi 25 vs. Fla in SEC Tourney...10 pts/11 rbs at Vandy...16 pts. va. Fla...10/10 at Kentucky...14 rbs at Ark....22 pts/18 rbs vs. Miss. St...16 pts/13 rbs at Auburn...19 pts vs. Bama...19 pts/15 rbs at LSU...2 key OT steals vs. Stanford...13 pts./5 stls at Texas...12 rbs vs. Lamar...AllTourney - P-Jam...13 pt/12 rb vs. Georgetown...18 rbs/15 pts vs. Ga Tech...vs. Ariz. St. 14 pts & 15 rbs...UTC 10 pts/8 rbs...Missed a dunk attempt vs. Ole Miss/UTC...55 career games in dbl-fig scoring..21 career dbl-dbls...
Shekinna Stricklen-Forward...2011 SEC Player of the Year...20 vs. Fla in SEC Tourney....17/11 vs. LSU2...10 at Ole Miss...11 vs. UGA...12/10 vs. USC...14/9 at Vandy...SEC Player of the Week 2/13...17 vs. Fla...20 pts/12 rbs at UK...Tied career hi 26 at Ark...10/10 vs. Miss. St...18 at Auburn...18 pts/career high 16 rbs at USC...at Florida- 11 pts/12 rbs...Ole Miss 18 pts/13 rbs...14 career dbl-dbls...15 pts/Stanford...11 rbs vs. Baylor...10 pts/11 rbs at Texas...14pts/12 rbs vs. Lamar...Injured vs. G’town...18 vs. Az State....Louisville 14 pts/12 rbs....Started asa soph--12.7 ppg/6.1 rpg...64 gms in dbl-digit scoring...2009 Freshman of the Year
GAME #33 NOTES SEC TOURNAMENT Tennessee (30-2, 16-0 SEC) Kentucky (24-7, 11-5 SEC) Date: Mar. 6, 2011 Time: 4:30 p.m. CT Site: Nashville, Tennessee Arena: Bridgestone Arena (17,576) TV: ESPNU; Cara Capuano (PbP) and Carolyn Peck (color). Radio: The Sports Animal, WNML (990 AM, 99.1 and 99.3 FM). Mickey Dearstone calls the action. Internet: www.utladyvols.com; espn3.com Records: Tennessee is 30-2 after defeating Georgia, 82-58, on Mar. 5 in Nashville Kentucky is 24-7 after defeating Vanderbilt, 69-56, on Mar. 5 in Nashville National Rankings: UT is ranked No. 4 in the AP and No. 4 in USA Today/ESPN polls. UK is ranked No. 16 in the AP and No. 16 USA Today/ESPN polls. UT Coach Pat Summitt is 1,067-198 (.843) overall in her 37th season, all at UT. UK Coach Matthew Mitchell is 115-76 (.602) overall in his 6th season Upcoming Games: NCAA Tournament Mar. 19-22 NCAA First/Second Rounds
UT’s SEC Title Game History All-Time: Tennessee leads 14-5 Title Game Winning Streak: 4 straight In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 1-0 Away: Tennessee is 0-1 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 13-4 Overtime: Tennessee is 0-0 Last Time in SEC Finals: #4/4 Tennessee 70, #19/18 Kentucky 62, on Mar. 7, 2010, in Duluth, Ga.
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