Tennessee Women's Basketball Game Notes vs. Kentucky - SEC (3/9/14)

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MARCH 9, 2014 » THE ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER » DULUTH, GA.

THE MATCH-UP TENNESSEE

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THE BASICS 2013-14 RECORD 2013-14 RECORD 26-5/13-3 SEC 24-7/10-6 SEC Preseason Rank: #4/4 Preseason Rank: #7/8 2012-13 Record: 27-8 2012-13 Record: 30-6 Conf. Rec./Finish: 14-2/1st Conf. Rec./Finish: 13-3/2nd Starters Back/Lost: 3/2 Starters Back/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 7/3 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 10/3 Newcomers: 3 Newcomers: 3

STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (16.1 ppg)

SCORING #00 Jennifer O’Neill (12.7 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #20 Isabelle Harrison (9.5 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #23 Samarie Walker (8.8 rpg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (5.8 apg.)

ASSISTS #3 Janee Thompson (3.1 apg.)

STEALS #14 Andraya Carter (1.5 spg.)

STEALS #11 DeNesha Stallworth (1.5 spg.)

BLOCKS #21 Mercedes Russell (1.2 bpg.)

BLOCKS #50 Azia Bishop (1.1 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 49-10 Home: UT, 22-3 Away: UT 19-7 Neutral: UT, 8-0 Postseason: UT, 7-0 Overtime: UT, 3-1 Streak: UK, two games

Last Meeting: The #8/8 Lady Vols fell to #18/18 Kentucky in Knoxville on Feb. 16, 2014, by a score of 75-71. All-Time Record: 1,244-278 in 69th season

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GAME 32 SET-UP  No. #6/6 Tennessee (26-5), seeded second, will meet the No. 4 seed, #12/13 Kentucky (24-7), at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday in the championship game of the 2014 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga.  The game will be televised on ESPN, with Cara Capuano and Carolyn Peck calling the action, and it also will be available via WatchESPN.  The Lady Vols advanced to the SEC championship game by defeating #15/14 Texas A&M, 86-77, in the semifinal round on Saturday afternoon.  Kentucky, meanwhile, moved out of the semifinal round by taking care of No. 1 seed and regular season champ #5/7 South Carolina, 68-58, earlier on Saturday.  Tennessee and Kentucky previously played on Feb. 16, with the Wildcats taking a 75-71 victory in Knoxville in the “Live Pink, Bleed Orange” game that brings awareness to the Play 4Kay initiative and the fight against Breast Cancer.  Tennessee enters Sunday’s contest, having won six straight since that loss to UK, and has been victorious in 12 of its last 13.  Kentucky comes into Sunday’s title match-up with a five-game winning streak, not losing since falling to South Carolina, 8158, on Feb. 20 in the game after the Wildcats beat the Lady Vols.  No. 1 seed UT won the SEC Tournament at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in 2010, defeating No. 2 Kentucky in the title game, 70-62.

PLAYING FOR THE HARDWARE  Tennessee will be seeking to win its league-leading 17th SEC championship trophy. The Lady Vols were victorious in 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.  The Big Orange women have won three of the past four and six of the last nine crowns.  The Lady Vols are making their 22nd appearance in the title game and have five second-place finishes to go along with those 16 previous titles, meaning their record in these games is 16-5 (.762).  UK is making its fifth appearance and owns a 1-3 record (.250), with its lone title coming in 1982.  The Wildcats were runners-up in 2010, 2011 and 2013.  This marks the fourth time these teams have met for the SEC postseason title, with UT holding a 2-1 record in those games.  UT defeated UK in 2010 and 2011 to earn the league’s tournament trophy, and the Wildcats claimed victory over the Lady Vols in their lone championship in 1982.

2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

#6/6 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. #12/13 KENTUCKY WILDCATS

OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

26-5 13-3 13-2 13-3 9-2 4-0

 THE SCHEDULE DATE NOV. 4 Nov. 8 Nov. 11 Nov. 14 NOV. 17 NOV. 24 Nov. 28-29 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 DEC. 8 DEC. 14 DEC. 17 Dec. 21 DEC. 29 JAN. 2 Jan. 5 JAN. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 16 JAN. 20 JAN. 23 Jan. 26 JAN. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 FEB. 10 FEB. 16 FEB. 20 Feb. 23 Feb. 27 MAR. 2 MAR. 7 MAR. 8 MAR. 9 MAR. 22 MAR. 24 Mar. 29-Apr. 1 Apr. 6 & 8

OPPONENT (TV/WEB) TIME/RESULT CARSON-NEWMAN ^ (UTSports.com) W, 115-31 at #RV/RV Middle Tenn. (MyTV30/MT) W, 67-57 at #12/11 North Carolina (ESPN2) W, 81-65 #RV/NR CHATTANOOGA (UTSports.com)W, 80-56 #RV/RV GA. TECH (FSSO/FSTN/MyVLT) W, 87-76 OAKLAND (UTSports.com) W, 84-50 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) vs. Virginia W, 76-67 vs. #NR/RV SMU W, 87-47 #RV/RV TEXAS (FSSO/FSTN/MyVLT) W, 75-61 TROY (SPSO/MyVLT) W, 103-64 TENNESSEE STATE (UTSports.com) W, 94-43 at #6/5 Stanford (Pac-12 Networks) L, 70-76 LIPSCOMB (UTSports.com) W, 110-42 #16/16 LSU * (CSS) L, 77-80 at #19/18 Georgia * (SPSO) W, 85-70 OLE MISS * (CSS) W, 94-70 at #RV/RV Vanderbilt * (ESPN) L, 63-74 at Mississippi State * (CSS) W, 67-63 #2/2 NOTRE DAME (ESPN2) L, 70-86 FLORIDA * (SPSO) W, 89-69 at #17/15 Texas A&M * (ESPN2) W, 76-55 ARKANSAS * (SPSO) W, 70-60 at Alabama * (ESPNU) W, 64-54 at Ole Miss * (CSS) W, 77-65 #18/19 VANDERBILT * (ESPN2) W, 81-53 #18/18 KENTUCKY * (ESPN) L, 71-75 AUBURN * (CSS) W, 93-63 at Missouri * (SEC TV) W, 56-50 at #RV/23 LSU * (CSS) W, 72-67 #4/5 SOUTH CAROLINA * (ESPNU) W, 73-61 LSU - SEC Quarter. (SPSO) W, 77-65 #15/14 Texas A&M - SEC Semi. (ESPNU) W, 86-77 #12/13 Kentucky - SEC Final (ESPN) 3:30 p.m. NCAA FIRST ROUND 4:00 OR 6:30 P.M. NCAA SECOND ROUND 9:00 P.M. NCAA Regionals (TBA) TBA NCAA Final Four (TBA) TBA

^ Exhibition Game, * SEC Game, All Times Eastern

 ON THE AIR TELEVISION  ESPN  Cara Capuano (play-by-play)  Carolyn Peck (color analyst)

ONLINE  WatchESPN  Cara Capuano (play-by-play)  Carolyn Peck (color analyst)

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

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