Tennessee Women's Basketball Game Notes vs. Texas A&M - SEC (3/8/14)

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MARCH 8, 2014 » THE ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER » DULUTH, GA.

THE MATCH-UP TENNESSEE

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THE BASICS 2013-14 RECORD 2013-14 RECORD 25-5/13-3 SEC 24-7/13-3 SEC Preseason Rank: #4/4 Preseason Rank: #16/13 2012-13 Record: 27-8 2012-13 Record: 25-10 Conf. Rec./Finish: 14-2/1st Conf. Rec./Finish: 11-5/t4th Starters Back/Lost: 3/2 Starters Back/Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 7/3 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 8/5 Newcomers: 3 Newcomers: 5

STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (16.2 ppg)

SCORING #33 Courtney Walker (14.9 ppg.)

REBOUNDING #20 Isabelle Harrison (9.4 rpg.)

REBOUNDING #34 Karla Gilbert (7.5 rpg.)

ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (5.8 apg.)

ASSISTS #24 Jordan Jones (7.0 apg.)

STEALS #14 Andraya Carter (1.5 spg.)

STEALS #24 Jordan Jones (2.3 spg.)

BLOCKS #21 Mercedes Russell (1.2 bpg.)

BLOCKS #34 Karla Gilbert (1.9 bpg.)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 4-1 Home: UT, 1-0 Away: UT, 1-0 Neutral: UT, 2-1 Postseason: UT, 1-1 Overtime: N/A Streak: UT, 1 game

Last Meeting: The #11/12 Lady Vols defeated #17/15 Texas A&M in College Station on Jan. 26, 2014, 76-55. All-Time Record: 1,243-278 in 69th season

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GAME 31 SET-UP  No. #6/6 Tennessee (25-5), seeded second, will meet the No. 3 seed, #15/14 Texas A&M (24-7), at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday in the second semifinal game at the 2014 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga.  This year’s other semifinal game will feature No. 1 seed South Carolina (27-3) facing off against No. 4 seed Kentucky (23-7) at noon.  The games will be televised on ESPNU, with Cara Capuano and Carolyn Peck calling the action, and they also will be available via WatchESPN.  The winners of Saturday’s semifinal contests advance to the SEC championship game on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.  Tennessee is playing its best basketball of the season, having won five straight and 11 of its last 12.  The Lady Vols advanced to the SEC semifinal round by coming from 15 down to defeat No. 10 seed LSU, 77-65.  That victory gave the Lady Vols their fifth straight and 34th overall 25-win season.  It marks the second in a row by head coach Holly Warlick.  Texas A&M moved out of the quarterfinal round by taking care of No. 6 seed Auburn, 70-54.  Tennessee defeated Texas A&M earlier this season in College Station, departing with a 76-55 decision at Reed Arena on Jan. 26.  That game, the first in which Andraya Carter started at point guard, seemed to be the crucial victory Tennessee needed to generate confidence and momentum heading down the stretch.  The Aggies come into Saturday’s contest on a three-game winning streak and have been victorious in seven of their last eight games.  The Lady Vols ascended from #10/9 to #6/6 in the rankings this week after closing out the regular season at home with a 73-61 victory over SEC champion and (then) #4/4 South Carolina.

UT’S SEC TOURNEY HISTORY  With the win, Tennessee improved its alltime tournament record to 71-18 (.798). The Lady Vols own 16 titles in the previous 34 years of the event.  UT has finished second five other times.  UT now is 31-4 in the Lady Vols’ first game of SEC Tournaments (UT last lost a tourneyopening game in 1993).  The Big Orange women are 16-2 in SEC Tournament play since 2007-08, winning three of the past four trophies and four of the past six.  Tennessee has finished second in the SEC regular-season race eight times and on all

2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

#6/6 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. #15/14 TEXAS A&M AGGIES

OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

25-5 13-3 12-2 13-3 9-2 3-0

 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. 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) 2:30 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  ESPNU  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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