TENNESSEE 2011-12 LADYVOL BASKETBALL
Eight-Time National Champions
1987 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 2007 2008
8 NCAA Championships | 16 SEC Championships | 15 SEC Tournament Championships #6/7 TENNESSEE (12-3) vs. #9/8 Kentucky (14-2) Jan. 12| Memorial Coliseum (8,000) | Lexington, Kentucky| 7 p.m.
#6/7 Tennessee
LADY VOL LEADERS
#9/8 Kentucky
WILDCAT LEADERS
Points Record: 12-3 (3-0 SEC) Rebounds Head Coach: Pat Summitt Overall record: (1,083-202/38 yrs) Assists
Record: 14-2 (3-0 SEC) Head Coach: Matthew Mitchell Overall record: (130-80/7 yrs)
Points Rebounds Assists
THE KENTUCKY GAME All-Time: Tennessee is 48-7 In Knoxville: Tennessee is 21-2 Away: Tennessee is 19-5 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee is 8-0 Post Season: Tennessee is 7-0 Overtime: Tennessee is 3-1 Last Meeting: #4/4 Tennessee 90, #16/16 Kentucky, 65, 3-6-2011 in Nashville, Tenn.
Shekinna Stricklen - 15.5 ppg Glory Johnson - 9.8 rpg Ariel Massengale - 4.9 apg
A’dia Mathies- 16.0 ppg Samarie Walker- 5.7 rpg Amber Smith- 3.6 apg
This marks the 56th meeting between the two schools dating back to the 1975-76 season. Tennessee has won 16 of the last 18 games with Kentucky dating back to the first meeting in the 21st century on Jan. 23, 2000. The Wildcats’ most recent wins in the series came in Lexington against former/current UT assistant Mickie DeMoss (UK 66-63 on Jan. 26, 2006) and former UT LVBB grad assistant Matthew Mitchell (UK 66-56 on Feb. 19, 2009.) Entering the game against UK, UT has won 36 consecutive SEC contests. Included are 30 regular season wins and a 6-0 record in the SEC Tournament.
UT’s Last Win Over a Ranked Team: 80-51 over #16/15 Georgia (Jan. 5, 2012) in Knoxville, Tenn. UT’s Last Win Over a Top 10 Team: 92-76 over #7/7 Miami (Nov. 15, 2011) in Knoxville, Tenn. UT’s Last Meeting with a Ranked UK Team: UT won 90-65 vs. #16/16 Kentucky (Mar. 6, 2011), Nashville, Tenn.
2011-12 TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS No. 1 4 5 10 11 13 15 20 21 25 40
Name Briana Bass Kamiko Williams Ariel Massengale Meighan Simmons Cierra Burdick Taber Spani Alicia Manning Isabelle Harrison Vicki Baugh Glory Johnson Shekinna Stricklen
Yr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. *Gr. Fr. *Gr. *Gr. Sr.
Ht. 5-2 5-11 5-6 5-9 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-2
Pos. PG G PG G F F/G F F/C F/C F G/F
Ppg 3.5 1.3 8.6 10.9 4.3 11.9 4.7 4.0 8.4 14.3 15.5
Rpg 0.8 2.0 2.6 2.5 2.1 3.7 5.0 3.9 7.2 9.8 6.7
Notes Experienced floor leader UTC first game back from ACL surgery Career high 19 pts vs. UGA & UTC SEC career high 20 pts vs Auburn Excellent passer; working on “D” Day-to-day; Bone bruise; 48% on 3’s Started last 5 games; gritty on D Career high 13 pts vs. UTC; Mobile post Lone holdover from 2008 NCAA Champs 5 consec. dbl-dbl; 30 career d-d Named 2011-12 SEC Preseason POY
Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir. of Character Development Dir. of BB Operations Video Coordinator Graduate Assistant
Pat Summitt (Tennessee-Martin ‘74) 38th season at UT Holly Warlick (Tennessee ‘81) 27th season at UT Dean Lockwood (Spring Arbor College ‘82) 8th season at UT Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech ‘77) 20th season at UT Daedra Charles-Furlow (Tennessee ‘91) 4th season at UT Kathy Harston (Wayland Baptist ‘80) 4th season at UT Michael Fahey (Benedictine ‘10) 1st season at UT Corinne Milien (Bemidji State ‘10) 2nd season at UT
How To Say It
Briana/Bree-ah-na; Kamiko/Ka-MEE-ko; Taber Spani/Tay-bur Spain-ee; Baugh/BAW; Shekinna/Shuh-KEE-na
CONTACTS
*GR=Graduate Student
2011-12 LADY VOL BASKETBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Debby Jennings | Associate AD - Media Relations | Cell 865.806.5671 | Email djennings@utk.edu Megan Spedden | Media Relations Graduate Assistant | Cell 757.335.1951 | Email mspedden@utk.edu Eric Trainer | Assoc. Media Relations Director - Home Credentials | Email etrainer@utk.edu
2011-12 LADY VOL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Nov. 29 Dec. 4 Dec. 11 Dec. 13 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 28 Jan. 1 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 19 Jan. 23 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 9 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 19 Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Mar. 1-4 Mar. 17-20 Mar. 24-27 Apr. 1 & 3
Opponent (TV) Time/Result Carson-Newman (Exh.) W, 105-40 Union University (Exh.) W, 93-45 Pepperdine (SS) W, 89-57 #7/7 Miami (Fla.) (ESPN2) W, 92-76 at Virginia (ESPN3) L, 64-69 OT #1/1 Baylor (ESPN) L, 67-76 MTSU (SS) W, 82-43. #21/22 Texas (SS) W, 73-57 vs. #20/21 DePaul (ESPNU) W, 84-61 at #11/11 Rutgers (ESPN) W, 67-61 at UCLA W, 85-64 at #4/4 Stanford (CSN/FSS) L, 80-97 Old Dominion (SS) W, 90-37 at Auburn (CSS) W, 73-52 UT-Chattanooga W, 90-47 #16/15 Georgia (CSS) W, 80-51 at Arkansas (ESPNU) W, 69-38 at #9/8 Kentucky (FSN) 7:00 p.m. #25/24 Vanderbilt (SECN) 2:00 p.m. LSU (CSS) 7:00 p.m. at #2/2 Notre Dame (ESPN2)7:00 p.m. at Alabama (FSN) 8:00 p.m. CT at #19/16 Georgia (ESPN2) 5:00 pm #24/rv South Carolina (CSS)7:00 p.m. Auburn (SECN) 2:00 p.m. at #25/34 Vanderbilt (CSS)8:00 p.m. CT #9/8 Kentucky (ESPN2 in 3D) 7:00 p.m. at Mississippi St. (CSS) 8:00 p.m. CT at Ole Miss (SECN) 1:00 p.m. CT Arkansas (FSN) 7:00 p.m. Florida (ESPNU) 3:30 p.m. SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. NCAA Tournament (1st & 2nd Rds.) NCAA Tournament (Regionals) NCAA Final Four Denver, Colo.
On the Air TELEVISION FOX Sports Net Dave Baker (play-by-play) Debbie Antonelli (color analyst)
ONLINE www.ESPN3.com
RADIO Lady Vol Network Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play)