Tennessee Women's Basketball Game Notes (Texas A&M - 3/9/13)

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MAR. 9 » THE ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER » DULUTH, GA.

SEC SEMIFINAL MATCHUP TENNESSEE

TEXAS A&M

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THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 24-6/14-2 SEC 22-9/11-5 SEC Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: #15/12 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 24-11 Big 12 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 11-7/t2nd Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 8/5 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 6

STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.8 ppg)

SCORING #3 Kelsey Bone (17.0 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (8.4 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #3 Kelsey Bone (9.6 ppg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.7 apg.)

ASSISTS #32 Adrienne Pratcher (4.3 apg.)

STEALS #10 Meighan Simmons (1.5 spg.)

STEALS #33 Courtney Walker (1.7 apg.)

BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.0 bpg.)

BLOCKS #5 Kristi Bellock (1.0 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 3-0 Home: 1-0 Away: N/A Neutral: UT, 2-0 Postseason: UT, 1-0 Overtime: N/A Streak: UT, three games

Last Meeting: #8/8 UT def. #13/15 Texas A&M, 82-72, in Knoxville on Feb. 28, 2013, to win the SEC title outright. All-Time Record: 1,215-208 in 68th season

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GAME 31 SET-UP  #9/9 Tennessee (24-6/14-2 SEC), the top seed, will meet #19/19 Texas A&M (22-9/11-5 SEC), seeded fourth, on Saturday at 4 p.m. in an SEC Tournament semifinal game at The Arena at Gwinnett Center (10,309) in Duluth, Ga.  ESPNU will televise the contest, with Cara Capuano and Nell Fortner calling the action. Sirius/XM Satellite Radio also will carry the game on Sirius 126 and XM 199.  Tennessee met Texas A&M in Knoxville nine days ago on Feb. 28, and the Lady Vols posted an 82-72 victory over the Aggies on Senior Night to claim the 17th regular-season SEC championship in program history.  The winner of Saturday’s game will advance to a 6 p.m. championship game matchup on Sunday vs. either No. 2 seed Kentucky or No. 3 Georgia, with ESPN2 televising the action at 6 p.m.  Tennessee advanced to Saturday’s semifinal round with an 82-73 victory on Friday over No. 9 seed Florida, while Texas A&M moved on via a 61-52 triumph over No. 5 seed South Carolina.  The Lady Vols enter Saturday’s game having won seven of their last eight contests, while the Aggies have dropped four of their last six.  The Big Orange women have triumphed in 19 of their last 21 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 481-72 (.869) all-time vs. schools who are current members of the SEC, including 332-46 (.878) in the regular season.

UT’S SEC TOURNEY HISTORY  Tennessee enters the 2013 tournament semifinals with a 70-17 (.805) 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 15-1 in SEC Tournament play since 2007-08, winning the past three trophies and four of the past five.  Tennessee is 21-8 (.724) all-time in SEC Tournament semifinal games.  The Lady Vols’ last loss in tourney play was a 78-58 decision by Auburn in the 2009

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

#9/9 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. #19/19 TEXAS A&M AGGIES

OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

24-6 14-2 10-4 14-2 9-4 1-0

 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 8 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) W, 73-53 #10/11 Georgia * (SPSO) W, 79-66 Missouri * (SPSO) W, 84-39 at Florida * (ESPNU) W, 78-75 OT at Auburn * (CSS) W, 75-66 Alabama * (CSS) W, 96-69 at #RV/RV Vanderbilt * (SPSO) W, 83-75 #2/3 Notre Dame (ESPN2) L, 67-77 Mississippi State * (CSS) W, 88-45 at Missouri * (CSS) L, 63-80 at LSU * (CSS) W, 64-62 Ole Miss * (UT) W, 97-68 Vanderbilt * (ESPN2) W, 83-64 Auburn * (UT) W, 83-61 at Arkansas * (SEC Network) W, 60-54 #13/15 Texas A&M * (CSS) W, 82-72 at #10/10 Kentucky * (ESPNU) L, 65-78 Florida - SEC Tourn. (SPSO) W, 82-73 #19/19 Texas A&M - SEC Tourn. (ESPNU) 4 p.m.

^ Exhibition Game, * SEC Game, All Times Eastern

 ON THE AIR TELEVISION  ESPNU  Cara Capuano (play-by-play)  Nell Fortner (color analyst)

SIRIUS/XM RADIO  Sirius 126 / XM 199

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

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