Tennessee vs Stanford basketball game notes

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Game Notes • Tennessee vs. Stanford • Dec. 19, 2010

2010-11 TENNESSEE EE 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 1.9 0.7 Experienced point guard back-up 9.0 3.3 Stat strong; picked up her level of play 11.5 3.5 Crushing UT 3-point records; 6 vs. UVa 17.4 3.1 Speedy has 11 consecutive dbl-figure games 1.0 0.5 Saw first action at Texas since opener 7.3 4.1 UT is undefeated when she scores 10+ pts. 3.3 3.7 Blue collar; tough and gritty 2.0 0.7 Solid on perimeter 2.0 3.3 Back after 2 ACL surgeries; limited minutes 9.0 9.3 Rebounding machine; Explosive at times 0.0 0.0 Left achilles surgery; cleared to play 12/6 10.3 6.9 Consistent play from point to post 7.0 4.6 Can be an imposing post; limited minutes

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

Glory Johnson - Starts at post ... 13 pts./5 stls at Texas...12 rbs vs. Lamar...SEC Player of the Week (11/30)... All-Tourney team - Paradise Jam...13 pt/12 rb vs. Georgetown in loss...Career high 18 rbs/15 pts vs. Ga Tech...Big vs. Arizona St. w/ 14 pts & 15 rbs...Foul-plagued vs. UVa...UTC 10 pts/8 rbs/4 stls in 17 min...Missed a dunk attempt vs. UTC...Tough night at Louisville... Led UT in preseason exhib. games with 23.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg....As a sophomore, she played in all 35 games and started 25.... Averaged 10.1 ppg and 7.7 rpg....Has 38 career games in dbl-figure scoring...Has 13 career dbl-dbls... Taber Spani - Starts at forward...A solid lefty with middle linebacker instincts on the basketball court... Third start of the season vs. Stanford... Scored in dbl-figs in four consecutive games -- Chattanooga thru Mizzou... Already matched her rookie dbl-fig scoring games...Season high of 14 vs. Virginia/UTC... Has averaged 5.5 rpg in last four games...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...Last year, 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”... 22 at Baylor...18 pts at Texas...14 pts vs. ODU...SEC Rookie of the Week (Dec. 6)...11 consecutive dbl-fig games...Career high 28 pts & school record 8 treys vs. Lamar...P-Jam All-Tourney team & led UT w/13.0 ppg avg...10 vs. Arizona 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. as she made 10-of-16 shots vs.UTC ...Off the bench in her freshman debut at Louisville --22 pts/8 rbs/3 asts. in 31 min...

Angie Bjorklund - Starts at shooting guard... Passed Kara Lawson and is 5 treys away from the school record (266)...Holds SR 3 FGA with 652...Played in 112 games --99 career starts... 10 pts vs. Baylor... 20 pts/4asts at Texas...Avg. 6.0 ppg in the P-Jam....Dropped in 26 vs. UVa with 6 treys... 20 pts on 6 treys vs. Chattanooga...DNP first exhibition game due to missed class policy...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... 11 rbs vs. Baylor, just 2 pts...10 pts/11 rbs at Texas -- 9th career dbl-dbl...11 pts vs. ODU...vs. Lamar 14pts/12 rbs...Injured vs. G’town...18 vs. Az State...15 pts vs. UVa...Early fouls vs. UTC...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 50 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 #12 NOTES Tennessee (9-2/0-0 SEC) Stanford (6-1/0-0 PAC 10) Date: Dec. 19, 2010 Time: 7:00 p.m. Site: Knoxville, Tennessee Arena: Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) TV: ESPN2: Pam Ward (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 Records: Tennessee is 9-2 after losing at #2/3 Baylor, 65-54, on Dec. 14 in Waco, Texas Stanford is 6-1 after losing at #22/25 DePaul, 91-71, on Dec. 16 in Chicago, Ill. National Rankings: UT is ranked No. 6 in the AP and No. 6 in USA Today/ESPN polls. Stanford is ranked No. 3 in the AP and No. 2 in the USA Today/ESPN polls. UT Coach Pat Summitt is 1,046-198 (.841) overall in her 37th season, all at UT. Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer is 799196 (.803) in her 32nd season. Upcoming Games: Dec. 22 ETSU at #6/6 UT, 7 p.m. SportSouth Dec. 22 #3/2 Stanford at San Francisco

Series History All-Time: Tennessee leads 21-6 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 10-1 Away: Tied 5-5 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 6-0 Post Season: Tennessee leads 3-0 Overtime: Tennessee leads 3-2 Last Meeting: #2 Stanford 67, #3 Tennessee 52, on Dec. 19, 2009, in Palo Alto, CA

UT Media Relations Associate A.D. for Media Relations and Basketball Contact: Debby Jennings Jennings’ Email: djennings@utk.edu Asst. BB Contact: Zach Stipe Stipe’s Email: zstipe@utk.edu

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