TODAY’S GAME TENNESSEE LADY VOLS Probable starters 5-Angie Bjorklund, G, 6-0, Sr., 13.9 ppg, 2.9 apg* 13-Taber Spani, G/F, 6-1, So., 22 pts., 6 rebs. 15-Alicia Manning, F, 6-1, Jr., 15 pts., 13 rebs. 25-Glory Johnson, F, 6-3, Jr., 26 pts., 9 rebs. 40-Shekinna Stricklen, G/F, Jr., 15 pts., 2 rebs. (Stats from Nov. 2 exhibition;*Stats from 2009-10)
UNION LADY BULLDOGS Probable starters 4 – Hope Adams, F, 5-11, Jr., 15.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg 20 – Kayla Hudson, G, 5-8, Sr., 9.0 ppg, 6.0 apg 21 – Kayla Bryant, G, 5-8, Sr., 5.0 ppg, 1.0 apg 34 – Zeinab Chan, C, 6-4, Sr., 22.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg 35 – Lavanda Ross, G, 5-8, Jr., 22.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg (Stats from Nov. 2 game vs. St. Catharine (Ky.) College)
Today’s game marks the final exhibition contest of the season for the fourth-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols. UT opened the preseason slate with a 110-66 win over Carson-Newman on Nov. 2 in Knoxville. The Lady Vols return all five starters from a team that went 32-3 and won the SEC regular season and tournament championships in 2009-10. Leading the way for the Big Orange are preseason All-SEC First Team honorees senior Angie Bjorklund and junior Shekinna Stricklen.
The Lady Bulldogs enter the 2010-11 season as the two-time defending NAIA National Champions, winning four of the last six titles. Union returns three All-Americans in Kayla Hudson, Zeinab Chan and Lavanda Ross. The team was ranked No. 1 in the preseason NAIA poll and voted to repeat as the TranSouth Conference champions by the league’s nine coaches. Chan was selected as the TranSouth preseason player of the year, while Hudson and Ross join Chan on the preseason all-conference team.
LADY VOL COACHING STAFF
LADY BULLDOG COACHING STAFF
Pat Summitt, in her 37th year as head coach of the Lady Vols, boasts an overall career record of 1,037 wins and 196 losses and eight national championships. Summitt is joined on the sidelines by associate head coach Holly Warlick and assistant coaches Mickie DeMoss and Dean Lockwood.
Head Coach Mark Campbell is now in his 12th season as the head coach of the Lady Bulldogs. Campbell holds a 365-46 (.888) record during his tenure at Union and is coming off his fourth NAIA National Title. The reigning NAIA Coach of the Year is assisted by Katie Woodruff.
TENNESSEE LADY VOL TIDBITS
UNION LADY BULLDOG TIDBITS
This will mark the fourth all-time meeting between Tennessee and Union...In those previous matchups, Union holds a 3-0 advantage...All three contests took place during the 1974-75 season...In its first contest of the exhibition season, UT thrashed in-state foe Carson-Newman, 110-66...Six Lady Vols scored in double figures, led by junior forward Glory Johnson’s 26 points...Johnson went 8-of-12 from the field and also connected on 10-of-12 free throws...Sophomore forward Taber Spani posted 22 points in 33 minutes of action...Spani and junior Shekinna Stricklen each hit four three-pointers, tying for a game-high...As a team, Tennessee hit 12-of-26 from long range, including an impressive 8-for13 performance in the first half...Junior Alicia Manning had a solid allaround game on Tuesday, scoring 15 points and pulling down a gamebest 13 boards...Manning also recorded four assists and two steals... Freshman Meighan Simmons was impressive in her debut for the Lady Vols, scoring 10 points and dishing out five assists in just 20 minutes of action...UT dominated the boards, outrebounding the Lady Eagles by a final count of 45-28...Senior Sydney Smallbone recorded 10 points and five boards against C-N...Tennessee also forced 18 turnovers... Sophomore guard Kamiko Williams had nine points, seven rebounds, two assists, one block and two steals in just 22 minutes...Senior guard Angie Bjorklund, an honorable mention All-American last season, will be making her 2010-11 debut this afternoon...Bjorklund led the Lady Volunteers in 2009-10 with 13.9 ppg
For Union, the game against Tennessee will be the team’s first exhibition, but third overall contest on the season...The Lady Bulldogs defeated St. Catharine College (Ky.) by a score of 85-39 on Tuesday and played the University of St. Francis (Ill.) Saturday afternoon.... Results however, where not available at time of publication...Against St. Catharine, Union was led by senior Zeinab Chan and junior Lavanda Ross, who both scored 22 points in the season opener...Junior Hope Adams led the team in rebounds, with eight...During its span of four national titles in the past six years, Union boasts a record of 20421, winning back-to-back titles the last two years...After Tennessee, the Lady Bulldogs will continue their exhibition slate on Nov. 9, as the team travels to Nashville, Tenn., to face Vanderbilt...Union has been ranked No. 1 in the NAIA for 36 straight weeks, spanning three seasons...Senior guard Kayla Hudson, who has started every game of her career, became Union’s all-time assists leader last season...Over the 14-year history of the TranSouth Conference, Union has won 12 regular season titles and 10 tournament titles....Coach Campbell and the squad will be without Kaitlin Dudley, a four-time NAIA All-American, who wrapped up her career last season with 2,385 points....The Lady Bulldogs return five members with playing experience from a year ago and have a total of eight players who will play for the first time at Union...The 2010-11 schedule features games against 13 teams who made it to last season’s NAIA national tournament.
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TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. UNION LADY BULLDOGS Thompson-Boling Arena ● Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 7, 2010 ● 3 p.m. No. Tennessee
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Bass, G 1 Briana 5-2, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. Williams, G 4 Kamiko 5-11, So., Clarksville, Tenn. Bjorklund, G-F 5 Angie 6-0, Sr., Spokane Valley, Wash. Meighan Simmons, G 10 5-9, Fr., Cibolo, Texas Lauren Avant, G 12 5-9, Fr., Memphis, Tenn. Spani, G 13 Taber 6-1, So., Lee’s Summit, Mo. Manning, F 15 Alicia 6-1, Jr., Woodstock, Ga. Smallbone, G 20 Sydney 5-10, Sr., Granger, Ind. Baugh, F 21 Vicki 6-4, RS-Jr., Sacramento, Calif. Johnson, F 25 Glory 6-3, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn. Brewer, F 33 Alyssia 6-3, Jr., Sapulpa, Okla. Stricklen, G-F 40 Shekinna 6-2, Jr., Morrilton, Ark. Kelley Cain, C 52 6-6, RS-Jr., Atlanta, Ga.
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Head Coach: Pat Summitt Associate Head Coach: Holly Warlick Assistant Coaches: Dean Lockwood and Mickie DeMoss Director of Character Development: Daedra Charles-Furlow Director of Basketball Operations: Kathy Harston Video Coordinator: Dustin Edwards Graduate Assistant: Corinne Milien
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Hope Adams, F 5-11, Jr., Oxford, Miss. LaTesa McLaughlin, G 5-5, Fr., Millington, Tenn. Paige Parker, G 5-11, Jr., Hanceville, Ala. Astrid Huttemann. G 5-10, Fr., Paraguay Rebecca Sharpe, G 5-4, So., Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Kayla Hudson, G 5-8, Sr., Gleason, Tenn. Kayla Bryant, G 5-8, Sr., Shelbyville, Tenn. Terrah Garner, G 5-10, Fr., Pall Mall, Tenn. Aly Giddens, G 5-9, So., Jackson, Tenn. Mildred Olumasi, C 6-3, Fr., Mombasa, Kenya Zeinab Chan, C 6-4, Sr., Arange City, Sudan Beatrice Awino Duol, C 6-6, Jr., Mombasa, Kenya Lavanda Ross, G 5-8, Jr., Jackson, Tenn.
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Head Coach: Mark Campbell Assistant Coaches: Katie Woodruff
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2 Carson-Newman (EXH)................ W, 110-66 7 Union (Tenn.) (EXH).............................3 p.m. 12 at Louisville (CBS College Sports) ......7 p.m. 15 Chattanooga (SS).................................7 p.m. 18 Virginia (SS) ..........................................7 p.m. 21 Arizona State (SS)................................2 p.m. 25 vs. Missouri*............................... 6:45 p.m. AT 26 vs. Georgia Tech* ............................9 p.m. AT 27 vs. Georgetown* ..............................9 p.m. AT 1 Lamar ....................................................7 p.m. 5 at Old Dominion (CSN) ........................2 p.m. 12 at Texas (FSN) ......................................1 p.m. 14 at Baylor (ESPN2) ................................7 p.m. 19 Stanford (ESPN2).................................7 p.m. 22 ETSU (SS) ............................................7 p.m. 30 Rutgers ..................................................7 p.m. 2 at LSU (SEC) ........................................3 p.m. 6 Alabama (CSS) ....................................7 p.m. 9 Ole Miss (CSS) ...................................12 p.m. 13 at Florida (CSS) ....................................7 p.m. 15 Vanderbilt (ESPN) ................................8 p.m. 20 at South Carolina (FSN) ......................7 p.m. 23 at Auburn (CSS) ...................................3 p.m. 27 Mississippi State (CSS) .......................7 p.m. 30 at Arkansas (SEC)................................2 p.m. 7 at Kentucky (ESPN2) ...........................9 p.m. 10 Florida (FSN) ........................................7 p.m. 13 at Vanderbilt (ESPNU) .........................6 p.m. 17 South Carolina (CSS) ..........................7 p.m. 21 Georgia (ESPN2) .................................7 p.m. 24 at Ole Miss (FSN) .................................8 p.m. 27 LSU (ESPNU).......................................2 p.m. 3-6 SEC Tournament - Nashville, Tenn. ......TBD 19-22 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds ............................TBD 26-29 NCAA Regionals .....................................TBD 3 & 5 NCAA Final Four - Indianapolis, Ind. ...................TBD All Times Eastern Unless Noted * indicates Paradise Jam; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
FEATURED LADY VOL OF THE GAME HEAD COACH PAT SUMMITT She is respected, ethical, and a winner who serves as a shining example in the sport of collegiate basketball. “She” is Pat Head Summitt, head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer basketball team, who entered the stratosphere of collegiate coaching when she recorded her 1,000th career win during the 2008-09 season. Summitt, who will be entering her 37th season at the helm of the Lady Vols, has a 1,037-196 overall record and raises the bar in the collegiate basketball world every time she steps out on the court. Summitt, already the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history (men or women), enters the 2010-11 campaign with eight NCAA Championships in the trophy case including her most recent back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008. During her tenure, the Lady Vols have won eight NCAA titles, as well as an amazing 29 Southeastern Conference tournament and regular season championships. Tennessee has made an unprecedented 29 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament and produced 12 Olympians, 19 Kodak All-Americans named to 33 teams, and 74 All-SEC performers. Along with the success on the court, Summitt’s student-athletes have tremendous productivity in the classroom. Coach Summitt has a 100 percent graduation rate for all Lady Vols who have completed their eligibility at Tennessee.