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FEB. 3 » MIZZOU ARENA » COLUMBIA, MO.
THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE
MISSOURI
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THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 16-4/7-0 SEC 14-8/3-5 SEC Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: NR/NR 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 13-18 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 2-16/10th Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 5/6 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 7
STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.4 ppg)
SCORING #13 Bri Kulas (13.4 ppg.)
REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (9.0 rpg.)
REBOUNDING #13 Bri Kulas (6.6 ppg.)
ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.4 apg.)
ASSISTS #1 Lianna Doty (5.0 apg.)
STEALS #10Meighan Simmons (1.5 spg.)
STEALS #1 Lianna Doty (2.1 apg.)
BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.1 bpg.)
BLOCKS #45 Liz Smith (0.8 bpg.)
GAME 22 SET-UP #9/10 Tennessee (17-4/8-0 SEC) and Missouri (14-8/3-5 SEC) meet for the second time this season, as they play a 1 p.m. Central time (2 p.m. ET) contest at Mizzou Arena in Columbia on Sunday. The game will be televised by CSS and available online via ESPN3. The Lady Vols are coming off an 88-45 blowout win over Mississippi State on Thursday night at Thompson-Boling Arena, remaining atop the SEC standings with an unblemished league mark and moving to 10-2 at home in 2012-13. Mizzou, meanwhile, is fresh from a 69-64 home triumph over Florida, as the Tigers improved to 12-2 in front of their own fans this season. Tennessee has won its last 12 games vs. SEC foes, dating back to last season, including its last six league road games. The last time UT lost to an SEC foe on the road was on Feb. 9, 2012, at Vanderbilt. Tennessee owns a 7-2 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. MU finished 10th in the Big 12 last season (13-18/2-16) and was predicted to place 13th by the media and 12th by the coaches in the SEC race this season in the school’s inaugural year as a member. Tennessee is 474-70 (.871) all-time vs. schools who are current members of the Southeastern Conference, including 325-44 (.881) in the regular season.
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 4-0 Home: UT, 2-0 Away: UT, 1-0 Neutral: UT, 1-0 Postseason: 0-0 Overtime: 0-0 Streak: UT, four straight
Last Meeting: #9/9 Tennessee def. Missouri, 84-39, earlier this season in Knoxville on Jan. 10, 2013. UT All-Time Record: 1,208-269 in 68th season
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UT & MU COMMON FOES Common foes for UT and MU thus far include Georgia, Auburn and Florida. Tennessee defeated UGA at home (79-66) and won at AU (75-66) and UF (78-75 OT). Missouri defeated AU (82-76) and UF (6964 at home and lost to UGA (77-46) in Athens.
2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
#9/10 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. MISSOURI TIGERS
OVERALL RECORD:
17-4
SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
8-0 9-4 10-2 7-2 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 #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) 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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ON THE AIR TELEVISION CSS Bernie Guenther (play-by-play) Robin Muller (color analyst)
A LOOK AT THE ALL-TIME SERIES UT enters the contest with a 4-0 advantage in the series, including 1-0 in Columbia. The Lady Vols added the most recent win in the series on Jan. 10, 2013, as UT tamed the Tigers in Knoxville, 84-39. The Lady Vols defeated Missouri in their most recent meeting prior to this season. That took place at the 2010 Paradise Jam tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 82-44, with
ONLINE ESPN3
RADIO Lady Vol Network Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play)
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