Game Notes • Tennessee vs. Alabama • Jan. 6, 2011
2010-11 TENNESSEE E LADY VOL BASKETBALL ALL ALL 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 1.7 0.9 Experienced point guard back-up 8.7 3.1 Stat strong; picked up her level of play 11.3 3.3 Crushing UT 3-point records; 6 vs. UVa 16.2 2.9 13 consecutive dbl-fig games to start career 1.3 1.0 Slowed by preseason injuries 8.5 4.5 UT is undefeated when she scores 10+ pts. 4.1 3.7 Blue collar; tough and gritty 1.8 0.6 Solid on perimeter 1.8 3.2 Back after 2 ACL surgeries; limited minutes 9.7 9.3 Rebounding machine; Explosive at times 0.0 1.0 Left achilles surgery; cleared to play 12/6 10.1 6.5 Consistent play from point to post 8.6 5.4 Can be an imposing post
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) 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-burSpain-ee; Baugh/BAW; Alyssia/A-lee-see-uh; Shekinna/Shuh-KEE-na
Probable Tennessee Starters
Kelley Cain - Starts at center... Of late, has played her best three games of the season -- career high tying 19 pts/8 rbs vs. LSU, 11 pts/7 rbs vs. Rutgers and 12 pts/10 rbs vs. ETSU... 9 pts vs. Stanford...9 rbs vs. Baylor...8 pts in 9 min at Texas battling a hip contusion...8 pts/3 blks vs. ODU... Missed Lamar...Limited minutes at P-Jam...6 pts/6 rbs vs. Az State....8 pts/7 rbs vs. UVa...Career best 10.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 3.4 bpg as a soph...School record/career high 12 blks vs. LSU in 2010... Has 31 dbl-fig scoring games, 9 dbl-fig rebounding games and seven career dbl-dbls... Taber Spani - Starts at forward...A solid lefty with middle linebacker instincts... Career high 22 vs. Rutgers...First career dbl-dbl vs. ETSU w/ 15 pts/12 rbs...10 pts vs. Stanford... Scored in dbl-figs in four consecutive games... Already exceeded her rookie dbl-fig scoring games w/7 as a soph...14 vs. Virginia/UTC... Finally over turf toe which limited her late last season...As a rookie, she played in 33 games/started 16...Four games in dbl-figures as a frosh...Averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.7 rpg...She became the 13th Lady Vol freshman to start her very first game on Rocky Top... Meighan Simmons- Starts at point guard...Nickname “Speedy”...Pat Summitt, “Fastest player I have coached”... 9 pts at LSU...13 consecutive dbl-fig games snapped w/7 vs. Rutgers...13 pts vs. ETSU... SEC Rookie of the Week (12/13 & 12/6)...23 vs. Stanford....22 at Baylor...18 pts at Texas...14 pts vs. ODU..Career high 28 pts & school record 8 treys vs. Lamar...P-Jam All-Tourney team...10 vs. Ariz. St...12 pts. vs. UVa...First career start vs. UTC -- the 60th Lady Vol rookie to earn a starting nod... 26 pts/4 asts/3 stls in 17 min...Off the bench in at Louisville --22 pts/8 rbs/3 asts. in 31 min...
Angie Bjorklund - Starts at shooting guard... Broke the school record in 3FGM vs. Rutgers -- has 268...Holds SR 3 FGA with 665...Played in 116 games --103 career starts... 0 pts vs. LSU...11 vs. Rutgers...16 pts vs. ETSU...16 pts/4 asts vs. Stanford...10 pts vs. Baylor... 20 pts/4asts at Texas....26 vs. UVa with 6 treys... 20 pts on 6 treys vs. Chattanooga...Avg. a career-best 13.9 ppg as a junior...Hit 42.7% of her treys and dished 100 assists...Averaged 12.3 ppg and 3.0 rpg as a sophomore... 2008 SEC Rookie of the Year and started as a frosh on the 2008 NCAA Championship team... Shekinna Stricklen- Starts at guard or forward...12 pts vs. Rutgers...15 pts/7 rbs vs. Stanford...11 rbs vs. Baylor, just 2 pts...10 pts/11 rbs at Texas -- 9th career dbl-dbl...11 pts vs. ODU..14pts/12 rbs vs. Lamar ...Injured vs. G’town...18 vs. Az State...15 pts vs. UVa....At Louisville 14 pts/12 rbs.... Started all 35 games as a soph... Averaged 12.7 ppg/6.1 rpg and dished 135 apg..Has 52 career games in dbl-digit scoring... Was UT’s leading scorer as a rookie -- with 13.3 ppg, assist leader with 3.0 apg and leading steals queen with 1.8 spg... Was named the 2009 Freshman of the Year by the USBWA... Averaged a UT rookie record 31.5 mpg...
GAME #16 NOTES Tennessee (13-2/1-0 SEC) Alabama (11-3/0-1 SEC) Date: Jan. 6, 2011 Time: 7:00 p.m. Site: Knoxville, Tennessee Arena: Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) TV: CSS; Matt Stewart (PbP), Joe Ciampi (color) Radio: The Sports Animal, WNML (990 AM, 99.1 and 99.3 FM). Mickey Dearstone calls the action. Internet: www.utladyvols.com Records: Tennessee is 13-2 after defeating LSU, 73-65, on Jan. 2 in Baton Rouge, LA Alabama is 11-3 after losing to Auburn, 66-55, on Jan. 2, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. National Rankings: UT is ranked No. 5 in the AP and No. 6 in USA Today/ESPN polls. UA is not ranked in the AP or in the USA Today/ESPN polls. UT Coach Pat Summitt is 1,050-198 (.841) overall in her 37th season, all at UT. UA Coach Wendell Hudson is 36-38 (.486) overall in his 3rd season Upcoming Games: Jan. 9 Ole Miss at #5/6 UT, Noon CSS Jan. 9 Alabama at LSU
Series History All-Time: Tennessee leads 43-2 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 18-0 Away: Tennessee leads 16-0 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 9-2 Post Season: Tennessee leads 10-1 Overtime: Tied 0-0 Last Meeting: #5 Tennessee 74, Alabama 67, on Feb. 18, 2010, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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