Tennessee Women's Basketball Game Notes (Alabama, 1/20/13)

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JAN. 20 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

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THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 14-3/5-0 SEC 11-6/1-3 SEC Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: NR/NR 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 12-19 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 2-14/t11th Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 8/5 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 6

STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.4 ppg)

SCORING #00 Daisha Simmons (12.1 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (8.9 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #32 Alicia Mitcham (5.3 ppg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.1 apg.)

ASSISTS #00 Daisha Simmons (4.4 apg.)

STEALS #10 Meighan Simmons (1.8 spg.)

STEALS #00 Daisha Simmons (2.8 apg.)

BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.3 bpg.)

BLOCKS #10 Meghan Perkins (1.4 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 45-2 Home: UT, 19-0 Away: UT, 17-0 Neutral: UT, 9-2 Postseason: 10-1 Overtime: N/A Streak: UT, 38 in a row

Last Meeting: #7/9 UT def. UA, 86-56, in Tuscaloosa on 1/26/12. UT All-Time Record: 1,205-268 in 68th season

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GAME 18 SET-UP  #9/9 Tennessee (14-3/5-0 SEC) and Alabama (11-6/1-3 SEC) will reconvene for the 48th meeting between the programs at 1:05 p.m. Eastern time in a “We Back Pat” game televised live on CSS and available on ESPN3.  Fans are asked to wear “We Back Pat” t-shirts or purple apparel to show their support for the Pat Summitt Foundation’s fight against Alzheimer’s. See more about that on page three.  UT returns to the hardwood following a come-from-behind, 75-66 road victory over Auburn on Thursday night that kept the Lady Vols unbeaten in league play.  Alabama was idle on Thursday but took care of Ole Miss, 83-75, in Oxford last Sunday.  The Lady Vols enter Sunday’s contest on a seven-game winning streak, defeating Davidson, #NR/RV Rutgers, #18/15 South Carolina, #10/11 Georgia, Missouri, Florida and Auburn during that spree.  That streak is the team’s longest of the season and matches last year’s seven-game run of wins from a Senior Day triumph over Florida on Feb. 26 until the Elite Eight loss to Baylor on March 26.  Alabama comes to town after losing three out of its past four games after standing 10-3 on Dec. 30.  The Crimson Tide began SEC play at 0-3 before the win over the Rebels last weekend, dropping a road contest at No. 24 Texas A&M and falling to No. 6 Kentucky and No. 13 Georgia in Tuscaloosa.  Alabama sports a 4-2 mark on the road this season, losing only at Wisconsin (69-50) and at No. 24 Texas A&M (91-52).  Tennessee owns an 8-1 record at home this season, with its only loss coming at the hands of (then) No. 1 Stanford, 73-60, on Dec. 22.  Tennessee was the SEC runner-up a year ago (27-9/12-4 SEC) and was picked to finish fourth this season by the media and fifth by the coaches.  Alabama finished in a tie for 11th in the SEC last season (12-19/2-14) and was predicted to place 14th in the 2012-13 league standings by the media and in a tie for 12th by the coaches.

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

#9/9 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

14-3 5-0 9-3 8-1 6-2 0-0

 THE SCHEDULE DATE Nov. 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Nov. 28 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 7 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 28 March 3

OPPONENT (TV/WEB) TIME/RESULT Carson-Newman ^ (UT) W, 104-44 Coker ^ (UT) W, 118-44 at Chattanooga (GoMocs.com) L, 71-80 at #22/20 Georgia Tech (ESPN3) W, 71-54 Rice (UT) W, 101-48 at #23/23 Miami (UM) W, 79-67 Alcorn State (UT) W, 90-37 Middle Tennessee (UT) W, 88-81 (OT) #22/RV No.Carolina (FSS/MyVLT) W, 102-57 at #18/20 Texas (FSN/SPSO) W, 94-75 at #3/3 Baylor (ESPN) L, 53-76 #1/1 Stanford (SPSO/MyVLT) L, 60-73 Davidson (UT) W, 75-40 NR/RV Rutgers (SPSO) W, 66-47 at #18/15 South Carolina* (SPSO/ESPN3) W, 73-53 #10/11 Georgia * (SPSO/ESPN3) W, 79-66 Missouri * (SPSO/ESPN3) W, 84-39 at Florida * (ESPNU/WatchESPN.com) W, 78-75ot at Auburn * (CSS/ESPN3) W, 75-66 Alabama * (CSS/ESPN3) 1:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt * (SPSO/ESPN3) 9:00 p.m. Notre Dame (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. Mississippi State * (CSS) 7:00 p.m. at Missouri * (CSS) 2:00 p.m. at LSU * (CSS) 9:00 p.m. Ole Miss * (UT) 2:00 p.m. Vanderbilt * (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. Auburn * (UT) 7:00 p.m. at Arkansas * (SEC Network) 2:00 p.m. Texas A&M * (CSS) 7:00 p.m. at Kentucky * (ESPNU) 3:30 p.m.

March 6-10 SEC Tournament ^ Exhibition Game * SEC Game All Times Eastern

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 ON THE AIR TELEVISION  CSS  Bernie Guenther (play-by-play)  Joe Ciampi (color analyst)

ONLINE  ESPN3

COMMON FOES  Alabama and Tennessee each have a 1-1 record vs. common foes this season.  Against Georgia, the Lady Vols captured a 79-66 home win vs. the (then) No. 10/11 Bulldogs, while Alabama fell, 95-83, to (then) No. 13 UGA in Tuscaloosa.  Both teams lost to Chattanooga, with UT

RADIO  Lady Vol Network  Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play)

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