Lady Vol Basketball Game Notes (Texas)

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DEC. 16 » FRANK ERWIN CENTER » AUSTIN, TEXAS

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

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THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 6-1/0-0 SEC 6-1/0-0 Big 12 Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: NR/RV 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 18-14 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 8-10/t6th Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 7/3 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 7

STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.9 ppg)

SCORING #3 Nneka Enemkpali (17.9 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #20 Isabelle Harrison (8.1 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #3 Nneka Enemkpali (12.9 ppg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (3.9 apg.)

ASSISTS #2 Celina Rodrigo (5.1 apg.)

STEALS #10 Meighan Simmons (2.3 spg.)

STEALS #2 Celina Rodrigo (1.9 apg.)

BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.9 bpg.)

BLOCKS #34 Imani McGee-Stafford (2.7 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tenn. leads, 21-12 Home: Tenn., 10-5 Away: Tenn., 9-6 Neutral: Tenn., 2-1 Postseason: 0-0 Overtime: Tenn., 1-0

Streak: 3 in a row by Tenn. Last Meeting: No. 8/8 Tenn. won, 73-57, over No. 21/22 Texas in Knoxville on Dec. 4, 2011. UT All-Time Record: 1,197-266 in 68th season

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OLD RIVALS MEET AGAIN  No. 13/12 Tennessee will open a two-game road trip in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, Dec. 16, as the Lady Vols take on No. 18/20 Texas in a 1 p.m. Central time (2 p.m. ET) battle of 6-1 teams at the Frank Erwin Center.  Fox Sports Network will televise the contest, with coverage on SportSouth, Fox College Sports Atlantic and Fox Sports Southwest.  This marks the 34th meeting between these schools.  Tennessee enters the contest with a 21-12 all-time record vs. Texas.  The Lady Vols bring a 4-0 season record in Sunday afternoon games into the matinee with Texas.

TENNESSEE-TEXAS SERIES HISTORY  The series began on Dec. 8, 1978, at the Midwestern Classic in Columbia, Mo.  Despite all of the battles through the years, not one of them occurred during the postseason.  The Lady Vols have won the last three games in the series and have taken six of the last seven contests.  In Austin, the Big Orange has forged a 9-6 all-time mark, having won in two of the past three trips to the Erwin Center.  This marks the 30th-consecutive time in the series that both teams have entered the matchup ranked in the top 25.  Tennessee owns the higher poll position for the 27th time.  The Lady Vols are 51-17 all-time vs. schools from the Big 12.

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

#13/12 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs #18/20 TEXAS LONGHORNS

OVERALL RECORD:

6-1

SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

0-0 6-1 4-0 2-1 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) 2:00 p.m. at Baylor (ESPN) 8:00 p.m. Stanford (SPSO/MyVLT) 4:00 p.m. Davidson (UT) 7:00 p.m. Rutgers (SPSO) 1:00 p.m. at South Carolina * (SPSO) 9:00 p.m. Georgia * (SPSO) 1:00 p.m. Missouri * (SPSO) 8:00 p.m. at Florida * (ESPNU) 11:30 a.m. at Auburn * (CSS) 9:00 p.m. Alabama * (CSS) 1:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt * (SPSO) 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

THE SET-UP  Tennessee enters the contest on a sixgame winning streak, while Texas got back on a positive track vs. Louisiana Monroe (77-49) on Dec. 11 after stumbling in its previous game vs. No. 17/19 UCLA (62-42).  The Lady Vols have defeated three ranked foes this season, including No. 22/20 Georgia Tech (71-54), No. 23/23 Miami (79-67) and No. 22/RV North Carolina (102-57).  Texas is 1-1 this season vs. ranked foes, defeating No. 14/13 St. John’s (70-60) and falling to No. 17/19 UCLA (62-42).  Former Lady Vol Alyssia Brewer had 12 points and 11 rebounds to spur UCLA to the victory over Texas on Dec. 8.

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 Clutch three-point shooting and strong rebounding lifted #8/8 Tennessee to a 73-57 home victory over #21/22 Texas in the last meeting between the teams on Dec. 4, 2011.  From three-point range Tennessee shot 52.4 percent, making 11 of 21 while being led by Shekinna Stricklen (20 points) and Meighan Simmons (10 points), who combined to make

ONLINE  Not Available This Game

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

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