Tennessee Women's Basketball Game Notes (Kentucky - 3/3/13)

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THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

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THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 23-5/14-1 SEC 24-4/12-3 SEC Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: #6/7 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 28-7 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 13-3/1st Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/4 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 3

STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.8 ppg)

SCORING #1 A’dia Mathies (16.0 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (8.6 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #23 Samarie Walker (8.8 ppg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.8 apg.)

ASSISTS #00 Jennifer O’Neill (2.7 apg.)

STEALS #10 Meighan Simmons (1.5 spg.)

STEALS #23 Samarie Walker (2.0 apg.)

BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.0 bpg.)

BLOCKS #23 Samarie Walker (1.6 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 49-8 Home: UT, 22-2 Away: UT 19-6 Neutral: UT, 8-0 Postseason: UT, 7-0 Overtime: 3-1 Streak: UT, one game

Last Meeting: #13/10 Tennessee def. #7/7 Kentucky, 90-59, on Feb. 13, 2012, in Knoxville All-Time Record: 1,214-207 in 68th season

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GAME 29 SET-UP  #8/8 Tennessee (23-5/14-1 SEC) and #10/10 Kentucky (24-4/12-3 SEC) meet on Sunday at 3:35 p.m. ET at Memorial Coliseum. It will mark the 58th meeting between the Lady Vols and Wildcats.  This match-up features the top two scoring teams in the SEC this season, with UT ranking fourth in the nation at 78.8 points per game and UK standing No. 6 at 77.3 points per contest.  The game will be televised on ESPNU and available on the WatchESPN.com app. The contest also will be broadcast on Sirius/XM Radio on Sirius 123 / XM 199.  UT is coming off a huge win on Senior Night in Knoxville on Thursday, defeating #13/15 Texas A&M, 82-72, to win the program’s 17th overall SEC regular season championship.  Tennessee now has won its last six games since being upset by hot-shooting Missouri in Columbia, 80-63, on Feb. 3.  The Big Orange women have triumphed in 18 of their last 19 games vs. SEC foes, dating back to last season, including nine in a row at home and eight of the last nine on the road.  Kentucky has won four of its last five games after blitzing Ole Miss, 90-65, Thursday night in Oxford.  UK has played five of its last six games and six of its last nine contests on the road this season.  Kentucky is 15-1 at home and 9-3 on the road. The Wildcats’ only home loss was a 75-71 setback to #14/13 Georgia on Feb. 3.  Tennessee finished the regular season with a 14-2 record at Thompson-Boling Arena this season, including 8-0 in league play.  Tennessee was the SEC runner-up a year ago (27-9/12-4 SEC) and postseason tournament champion. The Lady Vols were picked to finish fourth this season by the media and fifth by the coaches.  Kentucky was the 2012 SEC regular season champion (28-7/13-3) and was predicted to repeat as victors by both the media and coaches this year.  Tennessee is 480-71 (.871) all-time vs. schools who are current members of the Southeastern Conference, including 331-45 (.880) in the regular season.

REGULAR SEASON FINALES  The Lady Vols enter the contest having won sixstraight regular-season finales.  Tennessee last played a regular-season finale on the road in 2007-08, defeating Georgia, 72-63.  UT has won its last four road finales, last dropping one in 1998-99 to LSU, 72-69.  The Big Orange women closed out the 2002-03 campaign in Lexington with an 84-69 victory.

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2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

#8/8 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. #10/10 KENTUCKY WILDCATS

OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

23-5 14-1 9-4 14-2 9-3 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, 78-75 OT at Auburn * (CSS/ESPN3) W, 75-66 Alabama * (CSS/ESPN3) W, 96-69 at #RV/RV Vanderbilt * (SPSO/ESPN3) W, 83-75 #2/3 Notre Dame (ESPN2/WatchESPN.com) L, 67-77 Mississippi State * (CSS/ESPN3) W, 88-45 at Missouri * (CSS/ESPN3) L, 63-80 at LSU * (CSS/ESPN3) W, 64-62 Ole Miss * (UT) W, 97-68 Vanderbilt * (ESPN2/WatchESPN.com) W, 83-64 Auburn * (UT) W, 83-61 at Arkansas * (SEC Network/ESPN3) W, 60-54 Texas A&M * (CSS/ESPN3) W, 82-72 at Kentucky * (ESPNU/WatchESPN.com) 3:30 p.m.

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

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