Tennessee Women's Basketball Game Notes (Ark. or Fla. - 3/8/13)

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MAR. 8 » THE ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER » DULUTH, GA.

POSSIBLE OPPONENTS TENNESSEE

ARK./FLA.

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

ARKANSAS 2012-13 RECORD 18-11/6-10 SEC

vs. FLORIDA 2012-13 RECORD 17-13/6-10 SEC

STATISTICAL LEADERS (UT VS. ARK.) SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.7 ppg)

SCORING #4 Sarah Watkins (12.9 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (8.6 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #24 Quistelle Williams (7.1 ppg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.8 apg.)

ASSISTS #11 Calli Berna (6.1 apg.)

STEALS #10 Meighan Simmons (1.5 spg.)

STEALS #11 Calli Berna (2.1 apg.)

BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.0 bpg.)

BLOCKS #4 Sarah Watkins (1.3 bpg.)

STATISTICAL LEADERS (UT VS. FLA.) SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.7 ppg)

SCORING #10 Jaterra Bonds (12.4 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (8.6 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #32 Jennifer George (8.1 ppg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.8 apg.)

ASSISTS #40 Sydney Moss (3.8 apg.)

STEALS #10 Meighan Simmons (1.5 spg.)

STEALS #32 Jennifer George (1.9 apg.)

BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.0 bpg.)

BLOCKS #32 Jennifer George (1.6 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES (ARK. & FLA.) VS. ARKANSAS Overall: UT, 24-2 Home: UT, 11-1 Away: UT, 12-1 Neutral: UT, 1-0 Postseason: UT, 1-0 Overtime: UT, 1-0 Streak: UT, one game

VS. FLORIDA Overall: UT, 45-3 Home: UT, 20-1 Away: UT, 18-2 Neutral: UT, 7-0 Postseason: UT, 7-0 Overtime: UT, 3-1 Streak: UT, 8 in a row

GAME 30 SET-UP  #9/9 Tennessee (23-6/14-2 SEC) enters the 2013 SEC Tournament as the top seed by virtue of winning the regular season championship for the 17th time in school history.  The Lady Volunteers will open tourney play at noon on Friday, as they face the winner of Thursday’s noon contest between eighth-seeded Arkansas (18-11/6-10 SEC) and No. 9-seed Florida (17-13/6-10 SEC) at The Arena at Gwinnett Center (10,309) in Duluth, Ga.  SportSouth will televise the contest, with Dave Neal and Nell Fortner calling the action. ESPN3 will stream live, with access restricted within the SEC footprint.  Tennessee played Arkansas and Florida on the road this season, defeating the Razorbacks, 60-54, on Feb. 24 and overcoming Florida in overtime, 7875, on Jan. 13.  The winner of Friday’s game will advance to a 4 p.m. semifinal match-up on Saturday, with ESPNU televising the action. The opponent would be #4 Texas A&M, #5 South Carolina or #13 Alabama.  Tennessee had won six in a row before ending the regular season with a loss at Kentucky on Sunday, 78-65.  Arkansas is coming off a 93-52 home win over Ole Miss on Sunday, but the Razorbacks closed the regular season by losing three of their last four games.  Florida enters on the heels of a 67-56 loss at South Carolina on Sunday, and the Gators have dropped four of their last six games.  The Big Orange women have triumphed in 18 of their last 20 games vs. SEC foes, dating back to last season, including nine in a row at home and eight of the last 10 on the road.  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.  Tennessee is 480-72 (.870) all-time vs. schools who are current members of the SEC, including 331-46 (.878) in the regular season.

UT’S SEC TOURNEY HISTORY  Tennessee enters the 2013 tournament with a 69-17 (.802) all-time record and 16 championships in the previous 33 years of the event.  UT has finished second on five other occasions.  The Big Orange women are 14-1 in SEC Tournament play since 2007-08, winning the past three trophies and four of the past five.  The Lady Vols’ last loss in tourney play was a 78-58 decision by Auburn in the 2009 semifinals, meaning they’ve won nine straight games at the SEC Tournament.  The Lady Vols have won 16 SEC Tournament

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

#9/9 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. ARKANSAS OR FLORIDA

OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

23-6 14-2 9-4 14-2 9-4 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 March 9

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) L, 65-78 Arkansas/Florida - SEC Tourn. (SPSO) Noon

^ Exhibition Game, * SEC Game, All Times Eastern

 ON THE AIR TELEVISION  SportSouth  Dave Neal (play-by-play)  Nell Fortner (color analyst)

ONLINE  ESPN3

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

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