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JAN. 24 » MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM » NASHVILLE, TENN.
THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE
VANDERBILT
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THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 15-3/6-0 SEC 13-5/3-2 SEC Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: #16/17 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 23-10 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 9-7/7th Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 5/0 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 10/1 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 6
STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.3 ppg)
SCORING #34 Tiffany Clarke (15.8 ppg.)
REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (8.9 rpg.)
REBOUNDING #34 Tiffany Clarke (8.1 ppg.)
ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.2 apg.)
ASSISTS #11 Jasmine Lister (6.2 apg.)
STEALS #10 Meighan Simmons (1.7 spg.)
STEALS #10 Christina Foggie (1.9 apg.)
BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.3 bpg.)
BLOCKS #34 Tiffany Clarke (1.9 bpg.)
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 60-8 Home: UT, 27-0 Away: UT, 23-6 Neutral: UT, 10-2 Postseason: UT, 10-2 Overtime: UT, 1-0 Streak: UT, one game
Last Meeting: #13/10 UT def. #25/NR VU, 68-57, at Nashville in the SEC Tournament second round on 3/2/12. UT All-Time Record: 1,206-268 in 68th season
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GAME 19 SET-UP #9/9 Tennessee (15-3/6-0 SEC) and #RV/ RV Vanderbilt (13-5/3-2 SEC) will face off Thursday night at Memorial Gymnasium in the 69th meeting between the programs at 8:05 p.m. Central (9:05 p.m. ET). The game will be televised by SportSouth and available online on ESPN3. UT will get back to work following a 9669 home win over Alabama on Sunday in the Lady Vols’ “We Back Pat” home game. Vanderbilt was on the road at LSU on Thursday night, dropping a 54-51 decision in Baton Rouge after leading by as many as 10 points in the second half. The Lady Vols enter the contest on an eight-game winning streak, defeating Davidson, #NR/RV Rutgers, #18/15 South Carolina, #10/11 Georgia, Missouri, Florida, Auburn and Alabama during that spree. That streak is the team’s longest of the season and is the best by UT since the 201011 squad had a 25-game run of wins from a Dec. 19 overtime victory over Stanford until the Elite Eight loss in Dayton, Ohio, to Notre Dame on March 28. Tennessee has won its last 10 games vs. SEC foes, dating back to last season, including its last five league road games. The last time UT lost to an SEC foe on the road was on Feb. 9, 2012, at Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt enters the game having lost two of its past three games, falling at South Carolina, 64-48, on Jan. 10 and dropping the contest at LSU (54-51) on Sunday. The Commodores, though, sport an 8-0 record at home this season, and have seven straight SEC wins on their home floor, including two this season. Tennessee owns a 6-2 record on the road in 2012-13, with its losses coming at the hands of unranked Chattanooga, 80-71 in the season opener, and vs. No. 1 Baylor, 76-53, on Dec. 18. 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. Vanderbilt finished seventh in the SEC last season (23-10/9-7) and was predicted to place third in the 2012-13 league standings by the media and fourth by the coaches.
2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
#9/9 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. #RV/RV VANDERBILT COMMODORES
OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
15-3 6-0 9-3 9-1 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) W, 96-69 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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