Game Notes • Tennessee vs. Virginia • Nov. 18, 2010
2010-11 TENNESSEE SEE SEE LADY VOL BASKETBALL TBALL BALL 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 5.0 3.0 Experienced point guard back-up 7.0 5.5 12 pts & tied career high 8 rbs vs. UTC 13.0 5.5 Ready to crush UT 3-point records 24.0 5.0 Speedy exploded for 26 & 22 pts in games 1-2 2.0 1.0 Sidelined vs UTC w/ ankle injury 7.0 2.0 14 pts vs. UTC 3.0 6.0 Blue collar; tough and gritty exhib. dbl-dbl 3.0 0.0 Solid on perimeter 2.0 7.0 Back after 2 ACL surgeries 7.5 7.5 Dominant in exhib.; Explosive at times ----- Left achilles surgery; back in December 8.0 7.5 Consistent play from point to post 7.5 5.5 Imposing post shot 75% in exhib.
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 center or forward ... Solid vs. Chattanooga turning in 10 pts, 8 rbs and 4 stls in 17 min...Missed a dunk attempt in the second half...Tough night getting it going at Louisville after a great preseason... Managed just four shots and scored five points while grabbing seven boards...Led UT in the exhibition 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.... Enters the season with 33 career games in dbl-figure scoring...Has five career dbl-dbls...
Kelley Cain - Starts at center... Can be intimidating at 6’6”... Started against Chattanooga and kicked out four assists on four treys from the wings... Limited minutes in the early going... Played 16 minutes vs. Chattanooga and had 7 pts., 4 rbs., 4 asts., 2 blks and 2 stls...Came off the bench for 18 minutes vs. Louisville and yielded 8 pts., 7 rbs and 2 blks... Averaged a career best 10.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 3.4 bpg as a sophomore...School record/career high 12 blks vs. LSU in 2010... Has 28 dbl-fig scoring games, 9 dbl-fig rebounding games and six career dbl-dbls... Meighan Simmons- Starts at shooting guard... Nicknamed “Speedy”...Coach Pat Summitt says she is the faster player she has coached at UT...Earned her first career start vs. Chattanooga and became the 60th Lady Vol rookie to earn a starting nod all-time...She dropped in 26 pts, dished 4 asts and had 3 stls in 17 min. as she made making 10-of-16 shots, including 5-of-8 threes ...She came off the bench in her freshman debut at Louisville and scored 22 pts, grabbed 8 rbs and handed out 3 helpers in 31 min... Angie Bjorklund - Starts at shooting guard... Returns as UT’s most experienced player... Played in 103 games --91 career starts... Dropped in 20 pts on 6 treys vs. Chattanooga and added 6 rbs and 4 asts......Couldn’t get her shot going at Louisville...DNP first exhibition game due to missed class policy...Ready to break a slew of three-point marks at UT... Averaged 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... Was the 2008 SEC Rookie of the Year and started as a frosh on the 2008 NCAA Championship team... Shekinna Stricklen- Starts at point guard or forward... Early fouls vs. Chattanooga = 2 pts in 13 min...Solid in opener with seventh career dbl-dbl w/ 14 pts. and 12 rbs....Averaged 12.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 16.5 mpg in the preseason... Played and started all 35 games as a soph... Averaged 12.7 ppg, 6.1 rpg and dished 135 apg.. Has 46 career games in dbl-digit scoring and 30 in her last 40 games... 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 U.S..Basketball Writers Association... Averaged a UT rookie record 31.5 mpg...
GAME THREE NOTES Tennessee (2-0/0-0 SEC) Virginia (2-0/0-0 ACC) Date: Nov. 18, 2010 Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: Knoxville, Tennessee Arena: Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) TV: SportSouth; Bob Kesling (PbP) and Debbie Antonelli (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 2-0 after defeating Chattanooga, 103-43, on Nov. 15 in Knoxville Virginia is 2-0 after defeating Mount St. Mary’s, 81-58, on Nov. 14 in Charlottesville National Rankings: UT is ranked No. 4 in the AP and No. 4 in USA Today/ESPN polls. Virginia is not ranked in the AP and receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN polls. UT Coach Pat Summitt is 1,039-196 (.841) overall in her 37th season, all at UT. UVA Coach Debbie Ryan is 722-308 (.701) in her 34th season. Upcoming Games: Nov. 21 Arizona State at #4 UT, 2 pm SS Nov. 21 Longwood at Virginia
Series History All-Time: Tennessee leads 12-2 In Knoxville: Tennessee is 5-1 Away: Tennessee is 2-0 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee is 5-1 Post Season: Tennessee is 9-1 Overtime: Tied 1-1 Last Meeting: #6/5 Tennessee 77, 12/17 Virginia 63, Nov. 22, 2009 in Charlottesville
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