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One for the money Lady Vols hang on to beat Wildcats 73-72 Taylor White, Assistant Sports Editor

LEXINGTON, Ky.—All they needed was one stop.

Despite trailing for all but five minutes in the second half, the Lady Vols found themselves in a position to record their first top-10 road win since 2008. t With just over four seconds left on the clock, Kentucky was set to inbound under their own basket, trailing Tennessee by just one point. The Wildcats found Alexis Jennings under the basket, who couldn’t convert t h e layup.

Tennessee, however, couldn’t corral the rebound and it went out-of-bounds, giving Kentucky one last chance with 0.4 seconds remaining.

The Wildcats went to their leading scorer, Jennifer O’Neill, for one final shot from the corner, but Andraya Carter had other ideas, as she blocked O’Neill’s jump shot, securing a 73-72 win for the No. 6 Lady Vols over No. 10 Kentucky in Memorial Coliseum.

“I was definitely nervous,” Carter said.

“We just had to get down and get stops. We always talk about how defense is such a big part of this team. ... I knew we just had to get a stop, and that’s what we did.”

After leading for most of the first half, Tennessee (18-3, 8-0 SEC) fell behind by six at halftime, thanks to a quick outburst from O’Neill. The Lady Vols struggled with the Kentucky (16-5, 5-3) full-court press, committing 13 of their 22 turnovers in the first period.

The Wildcats started the second half in similar fashion, as they stayed in front of Tennessee for much of the second half, before freshman Jamie Nared scored two consecutive baskets to put the Lady Vols in front.

While Nared only had four points, Holly Warlick was quick to point out the impact she had on the game.

“She was huge for us,” Warlick said. “I thought she battled today. She drove to the basket hard, got three steals. That’s the Jamie Nared that we’ve seen play, and know can play.”

The two teams traded blows down the stretch, until a pair of Bashaara Graves’ free throws put the Lady Vols in front for good.

A key part of the second half turnaround was the play of All-SEC forward Isabelle Harrison down the stretch. She scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half, including 11 of Tennessee’s last 17.

While the intense pressure bothered the guards, it gave Harrison more space to work with, and the senior was able to hit shots when her team needed her.

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DISPATCHES The Senate passed a bill Thursday approving the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a 62-36 vote. The controversial bill outlines the creation of a 1,179-mile pipeline that would transport oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

President Barack Obama has firmly stated he will veto the bill if it reaches his desk, arguing that the decision is within the jurisdiction of the executive branch. The bill, which has been a top priority for Republicans, is likely to be the president’s first real clash with members of the new session of Congress.

Fossil found in Asia suggests existence of unknown ancient human A new kind of prehistoric man could have been discovered after a fossilized human jawbone was found by a Taiwanese fisherman, sold to an antique shop, then recovered by researchers.

The fossil, which took five years to analyze due to its recovery from the sea, could date back 200,000 years and suggests that a fourth type of ancient human lived in Asia long before Homo sapiens existed. The fossil was found in the Penghu Channel, and researchers from Taiwan and Japan have already named the ancient human “Penghu 1.”

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Students push for new general education element Kevin Ridder Online Editor

Every student, regardless of major, is required to take a specific set of general education courses. Common with universities, this policy is implemented with the intention of creating more well-rounded individuals.

However, Jackson Bogach, sophomore in environmental studies, said he felt a critical component was missing: environmental literacy.

“I took an environmental sociology class, and it really opened my eyes about topics like hunger and American resource depletion,” Bogach said. “So I got this idea and went to Erica Davis, co-director of the Environment and Sustainability Committee in (Student Government Association), and we got the ball rolling.”

Bogach and Davis, a junior in sociology, drew inspiration from other campuses that have done similar things with their curriculum like the University of Georgia. Over winter break, Davis and Bogach began drawing up a proposal and started talking to faculty members, ultimately setting up a meeting with Provost Susan Martin to discuss passing it through the Undergraduate Council and the General Education Committee.

As it currently stands, the social sciences portion of the general education requirements is two classes chosen from a single list. Davis and Bogach are proposing the list be split in two, where any current social sciences course would be chosen from a “List A,” and any course deemed acceptable for environmental literacy would be chosen from a “List B.” This way, no extra hours are added on to the curriculum.

“There’s already enough courses, teachers and spaces for this to happen,” Bogach said. “People would have options like sociology, philosophy, anthropology, geography and several more; students would have freedom of choice in what discipline they can have the class in. The logistics make sense, it will all come down to the decision makers.”

After talking with several professors and Martin, Davis and Bogach are convinced that the change is feasible.

“The faculty is really excited that this idea is coming from students,” Davis said.

“It’s been tried in the past, but it wasn’t very successful. It’s been well received so far, and people are very excited about it. We hope students will support it as well.”

Erica Davis, left, and Jackson Bogach, right, are working to implement an environmental literacy program at UT. Kevin Ridder • The Daily Beacon Davis said she thinks making changes like these are especially important in today’s society in which the environment is an increasing concern.

“Only a third of Americans today can pass basic tests about environmental problems,” Davis said. “This means our educational system is basically pumping out environmental illiterates, and we want to change that. We see this as an important step for grooming UT students into wellrounded world citizens.”

For Davis, this is a chance to influence a small change that could potentially have a huge impact.

“I’m proud of what UT has done as far as improving sustainability initiatives,” she said. “However, greening the campus without greening the curriculum is a missed opportunity. As decision makers make choices that affect the future world that we, as students, will inherit, it’s their responsibility to give us every opportunity to gain the knowledge necessary to be well-rounded world citizens.

“This is simply one more way UT can bear the torch for students and other universities.”

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Supreme Court hearings loom for Tenn. same-sex marriage Hannah Marley, Staff Writer

“This is the case. This is the one.”

Maureen Holland, a civil rights attorney from Memphis and one of the lawyers currently preparing briefs for the upcoming Supreme Court argument on same-sex marriage rights, said this would be the case to finally make marriage for same-sex couples a federal guarantee.

On Jan. 16, the Supreme Court granted the four states from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals — Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan — a writ of certiorari stating the court has accepted the case as well as outlining the specific questions the court wants answered in an oral argument that will take place in late April.

Lawyers from all four states have been asked to address whether the 14th Amendment requires states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and recognize marriages from other states.

The Supreme Court chose to consolidate the cases from all four states, an action that Nashville civil rights attorney Abby Rubenfeld said she thinks will limit the number of attorneys allowed to argue in front of the Supreme Court to one per question.

While the Tennessee team of attorneys will address both questions posed by the court in a brief that will be filed at the end of February, Holland said the Tennessee cases focus exclusively on marriage recognition and interstate travel and their brief will reflect that.

“Our case is a marriage recognition case,” Holland said. “The parties have been asked to brief both arguments, but certainly we will weigh in on the facts and arguments of our own case, which focuses on marriage recognition.”

Joel Kramer, the faculty head of VolOUT and the chair for the Chancellor’s Commission for LGBT People, said he thinks addressing the question of interstate travel and the transfer of rights across state lines is one of particular importance on a national scale.

“We need it settled on the national level, because it is kind of ridiculous that your rights may change whether or not you drive over an arbitrary imaginary line on a map,” Kramer said.

Along with the two attorneys from the 6th Circuit, the U.S. solicitor general will be arguing both questions on behalf of the 6th Circuit cases.

For Rubenfeld, this fact speaks to the positive and hopeful attitude the 6th Circuit lawyers have regarding the potential outcome of the case.

“Here we are, in 2015, and the United States Government is going to file a brief on our side in this case, and the solicitor general is going to ask for argument time to argue on our behalf.

That’s an extraordinary development, and as an attorney and as a lesbian, it’s just the most exciting thing ” -Abby Rubenfeld “Here we are, in 2015, and the United States Government is going to file a brief on our side in this case, and the solicitor general is going to ask for argument time to argue on our behalf,”

•Courtsey of freedomtomarry.org Rubenfeld said. “That’s an extraordinary development, and as an attorney and as a lesbian, it’s just the most exciting thing in the world.”

This fact, combined with the 36 states that already recognize same-sex marriage and the overwhelming public support for the 6th Circuit lawyers including a public statement from the president, give the team a strong sense of confidence and hope, Rubenfeld said.

“We feel very positive that not only are we going and the Supreme Court is going to address this hugely important issue, but that the United States of America is on our side.”

For Christie Thiessen, president of VolOUT and senior in communication studies, deciding civil rights issues on a national level eliminates any jurisdiction problems that might arise when dealing with states that don’t recognize or refuse to enforce existing legislation.

“I think there will always be people who will be against it,” she said. “A nationwide ruling is going to make it legitimate and enforceable for everyone.”

Aside from the more particular issues associated with travel, Rubenfeld said the brief will also discuss how the state’s current laws are not only discriminatory but legally unjustifiable.

“The distinction that the states have made that they’re going to exclude same-sex couples only from state-sanctioned marriage is discrimination,” Rubenfeld said. “The states have not

offered any reasons that can meet the lowest level of constitutional scrutiny, which is rational basis, much less the higher level of scrutiny which we think should be applied.”

The 6th Circuit lawyers will be arguing their cases in front of the court headed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, which has recently taken a conservative stance on several controversial cases including Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.

While the arguments are intended to address all nine justices, Holland and Rubenfeld said they have to pay particular attention to several of the justices they think may be more critical than the others.

Rubenfeld said analyzing the written opinions of several of the justices has helped her team frame the arguments they will present.

“On the big victories we’ve had in the last five years, the decisions have been 5-4 and Justice Kennedy is the swing vote, and he wrote the majority opinion so the principles we’re arguing in this case flow from the opinions that he wrote in those cases,” Rubenfeld said.

One of the arguments based on these opinions centers around the potential effects marriage discrimination can have on the children of same sex couples. This argument applies to the Tennessee plaintiffs Val Tanco and Sophy Jesty in particular, who have a daughter named Emilia.

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UT names new band directors Oak Ridge lab offers interns hands-on training Staff Report

Savannah Gilman Copy Editor

On Thursday, UT announced Don Ryder and Mike Stewart will hold permanent leadership positions for the Pride of the Southland Band. Ryder and Stewart have held interim director and associate director positions, respectively, since October 2013, but starting Feb. 1, Ryder will • Don Ryder and Don Ryder begin serving as director of bands while Stewart will serve as associate leader of bands.

In a letter to the university, Jeff Pappas, the director of the School of Music, expressed his enthusiasm for the newly appointed positons.

“I am grateful to Don and Mike for their willingness to serve,” Pappas wrote. “We look forward to working together and continuing to support the great work of the Pride and its special place at our university.”

An associate professor of music, Ryder has worked for UT for more than 16 years and currently conducts the UT Symphonic Band as well as teaching undergraduate instrumental conducting. Ryder will hold the W.J. Julian Professor of Bands professorship as permanent director, an honor created in 2007 through support from alumni, friends and former students.

Stewart is an associate professor of music and also conducts the UT Concert Band and the UT Pep Band. After coming to UT in 2007, Stewart has taught courses in brass methods and marching band technique.

Ryder and Stewart are the first to hold permanent positions with the Pride of the Southland Band since Gary Sousa was dismissed in March of 2014 for acts of insubordination.

In April 2000, UT linked itself with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to give students something few other schools could offer.

The collaboration provided university students unprecedented access and experience in the “secret city,” preparing many students to go directly into the field of science and technology.

Bill Cabage, editor and science writer for ORNL communications, said the UT student interns that come to the lab are given work meant to challenge them. “(Students) come away from our program with lots of valuable experience because we need the help and they learn a lot,” Cabage said. “We don’t like for them to sit around.”

Cabage said internships at ORNL are prestigious opportunities that lead many students into impressive future careers.

“One (student) is now working with Science News Magazine, one at Space.com,” he said. “Successful people go on from these internships.”

Many student interns are undergraduates who begin in the summer and work for 10 weeks. Interns in the communications department interview researchers and write features or news releases, Cabage said. Intern opportunities in the communications field, however, are just one of many endeavors the lab has to offer.

“There are internships in all of our core organizations,” Cabage said. “From the Oak Ridge-associated universities there are hundreds of interns that come in from expansive disciplines.”

One such intern was Adrien Raucoules, a senior in mechanical engineering, who worked at ORNL for four months, totaling

four independent projects.

“I got to work with brilliant people and high tech facilities,” Raucoules said. “The most important thing was that I had never done a research-based position, and here I learned how to operate on my own, put together presentations and work with people.”

Established in 2011, the Governor’s Chair Program works to extend the resources of both UT and ORNL and is an essential part of Chancellor Jimmy Cheek’s goal to make UT a Top 25 university.

The program works to bring top scientists from all over the world to use resources at both UT and ORNL. The chair professors are technically UT employees with joint offices at Oak Ridge. Among the distinguished members of the program is Terry C. Hazen, Ph.D., a UT/ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor.

“It was very attractive for scientist to have access to totally unique facilities at Oak Ridge: the largest laboratory, functioning nuclear reactor, fastest computer, bioenergy center, etc.,” Hazen said.

Hazen noted many scientists have associations with national labs that allow them to mix their experience with other researchers and equipment. One benefit Hazen noted of the Governor’s Chair Program was the opportunity provided to students to be privy to this type of expertise and professionalism.

Ultimately, Hazen said student interns at Oak Ridge’s facilities gain unparalleled training. “(Students) are working with real state of the art equipment and are getting training for handling potentially hazardous material,” Hazen said. “We very intensely make sure they are going to be safer out in the field than they are at home, and they can put this on their resumes. ... Students learn more working with us than they would in several classes.”

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‘Love, actually’ or drunk, actually

Max Elphick An Englishman in America

Upon hearing that I was going to university in Tennessee, I was excited beyond words.

Here was my chance to have the quintessential American college experience. There was something on the website that gave me pause however: “The University of Tennessee is a dry campus.”

I read these words with a mixture of horror and disbelief. Coming from an English university where there is a club (albeit a fairly mediocre one) on campus and drinking is considered a rite of passage, this no drinking rule seemed like a cruel and unusual punishment. I imagined a puritanical land of virtue where any tomfoolery was immediately reported to the church elders.

Perhaps I’m exaggerating slightly, but it would take time to adjust to this new lifestyle. Or so I thought.

This was before, of course, I went to my first frat party. During the summer I had tried to explain to my grandfather what exactly a frat was and realized in the course of my explanation that I didn’t really know what a frat was. I still don’t to be honest.

My first experience at such a party was interesting to say the least. My international buddies and I arrived at a large house that was packed with people. We ventured into this cave of wonders.

I must inform the dear reader now that having seen the film “Love, Actually,” I was convinced that American women would throw themselves at me. Once they heard my accent they were mine. Right? It was not to be, of course. Either they couldn’t hear what I was saying over the pounding house music, or they simply didn’t care.

It was a good conversation starter though. I was

“As our eyes locked

I knew this was no mere drinking game — it was a test of masculinity, not just for me but for my nation as a whole.”

swiftly separated from my lone friend.

Everyone kept circling a huge keg of hunch punch, which seemed to be miscellaneous alcohol that was either red or blue. I proceeded to have four or five glasses. By this time, however, I realized this elixir was actually quite strong, and the night quickly became an ordeal. A sweaty freshman insisted that I should “slap the bag.”

Not knowing what this meant I retreated into the crowd.

Later on in the night I was challenged to a round of drinking by a well-built Knoxvillian. He had no doubt heard my accent and concluded that I must have been gay. However, I was confident in my ability to defeat this goliath; I was fairly drunk at this point and failed to realize this guy was twice the size of me and could have easily benched my body weight.

We proceeded to down our drinks and as our

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eyes locked I knew this was no mere drinking game — it was a test of masculinity, not just for me but for my nation as a whole. A circle began to form around us like two gladiators in a fight to the death. About halfway through my drink, I began to regret this contest, but national honor was at stake.

This was my chance to avenge Britain’s defeat in the revolution. At least that’s what my alcoholclouded brain was telling me. However, my patriotism quickly turned to panic as I realized that what I had thought was my Waterloo, Agincourt and Trafalgar had turned into Dunkirk, Gallipoli and Yorktown. I hope to this day that my downfall was heroic, but I very much fear that the end of that drinking contest was me sputtering having only finished half my drink while my opponent stood beating his chest like an ape. My defeat was complete. I was even wearing a red hoodie.

Some amount of time later, I found myself on the sofa next to a girl who shall remain nameless (because I’ve forgotten her name). We began to chat. She seemed to be interested in me. She couldn’t have seen the drinking contest, I thought to myself.

She promptly mentioned how she had seen me take on one of her friends in a drinking contest.

My heart sank, but this embarrassing revelation didn’t seem to affect her demeanor. We talked for a while.

I began to think that perhaps she had seen “Love, Actually” as well.

Max Elphick is an international student from England and can be reached at melphick@vols. utk.edu.

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Recruiting news tops this week’s stock analysis

Rob Graham The Vol Street Journal

The stock market has become a launching point for movies, TV shows and Ivy League graduates’ drug habits. Today, in The Vol Street Journal, we will take a look at the different markets that make up our campus, and using pinpoint accurate analysis, track whether you should buy, sell or hold the “stocks” that make up your campus portfolio.

SELL: Sports journalists and Marshawn Lynch: I’m just writing this so I don’t get fined.

BUY: Team 119: National Signing Day is this Wednesday, and it’s sure to be a celebration on Rocky Top. The highly anticipated class ranks in the top five across all recruitment ranking services, meaning that leaving Neyland Stadium with baby-punching rage could be a thing of the past very soon (Disclaimer: I have never/ will never punch a baby … except for that one in Spain, but he had it coming).

So far, we have 28 recruits and will most likely pick up an additional 2 or 3. We’re at the point now where we have to revoke some scholarships because so many

bricks are getting thrown at us — a new problem for sure. Solid job by General Jones and the rest of his recruiting staff. Is it August yet?

HOLD: Carnicus Do you have anything fun to do at 9:20 tonight?

Surely not, it’s a Friday for goodness sake. Since you don’t, you should come out to Carnicus and enjoy a night of laughter and polite half-laughter. Now, some of you might astutely point out that Carnicus starts before 9:20, but All Campus Events refused to pay me $5 to get a shout-out for their event, so instead I’m just promoting my fraternity’s specific Carnicus skit, which was slated for the last slot at 9:20 p.m. However, ACE did mention that they thought it would be hilarious if people threw live fish onto the stage in lieu of flowers and kept all of their phone’s notification sounds on throughout the performances.

SELL: Auburn-UT relations Speaking of recruits, UT made a splash when 5-star Tennessee wide receiver commit Preston Williams went on a recruitment visit to Auburn. Williams acci-

dentally showed up to his visit wearing all UT orange (admit it, we’ve all done this at one time or another), then made matters worse when he unknowingly and completely inadvertently started recruiting the other high schoolers on their Auburn visits to come to Tennessee instead. And then it got really awkward when the Auburn staff completely unintentionally suggested he leave the recruiting visit early, which is a real shame because they were thissssssss close to landing him, it sounded like.

Long story short, I think we’re off the Christmas card list for a few years. Part of me thinks it’s completely disrespectful and distasteful to take another school’s resources and time when he knows he will not accept the offer. And then there’s the other part of me that doesn’t believe that at all and thinks this 18-year-old just became a recruiting legend, and I can’t wait to see him find his first checkerboard. Guess which one it is.

Hint: I really like Tennessee Football.

Rob Graham is a senior in accounting. He can be reached at rgraha12@vols.utk.edu.

Iggy Azalea is ruining rap and hip-hop music

Deandra Gordon Delicious Paradox

First thing first, is she the realest?

Iggy Azalea took the American hip-hop and rap world by storm with her catchy singles, such as “Fancy” and “Beg for It.” Iggy found fame — and the dark side of cultural appropriation in American rap and hip-hop. Hip-hop was created in the Southside Bronx by inner city youths who packed catchy beats with a strong political message. Hip-hop became marketable to the youths of the suburbs over time, but still kept its political messages disguised behind the illest party beats . American youth were wearing Public Enemy shirts and yelling “Fight the powers that be.”

As the tides turned toward gangsta rap, the messages of rappers like Tupac and NWA remained political and analytical of American society, while still marketing to the youth of the inner city and the suburbs.

Iggy stepped into 2014 with addictive lyrics and the manufactured black woman’s voice to match.

Americans of all races were questioning the origins of Iggy Azalea and the nature of her lyrics . The fact that a white woman from Australia could come on to the American hip-hop scene and crush her competitors had American rap artists and consumers feeling duped.

Questions began to rise about Iggy and her connection with the rap game. Artists like Macklemore, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Vince Staples and Azealia Banks have all fired shots at Iggy Azalea.

The universal claim is that Iggy Azalea is not genuine. She has the white, consumer-friendly face that invites them in to buy her album without hesitation, but is that really the problem? The fact that she is a white, female rapper seems to have played a small role in the opposition that plagues Iggy Azalea’s

commercial success, compared to the fact that she is from Australia claiming to be the realest on the scene.

White rappers Eminem, Machine Gun Kelly, Yelawolf, Paul Wall, The Beastie Boys and others that have come from economically depressed and diverse areas have been invited into the rap game with open arms and acceptance.

“American youth were wearing Public Enemy shirts and yelling ‘Fight the powers that be.’”

The arguments about how relevant Azalea’s race is stem from the fact that these white rappers were accepted because they know the origins of hip-hop and have paid their dues in the mix-tape circuit. As an “it” factor in American hip-hop, Azalea should know and understand the politics behind its origins enough to understand it is more than flash and stacking one’s cash.

Hip-hop and rap are forms of political and social resistance of the social constructs of American society that cause economic, social and political oppression.

Whether the social constructs are race, class or gender, hip hop transcends oppressive boundaries within society and frees the minds of the oppressed.

The only other opposition to Iggy’s reign is the fact that she is a woman. Nicki Minaj and others have stated the genre is highly misogynistic. Misogyny is a factor in rap politics, but Azalea has faced more opposition from other female rappers than her male counterparts. The prominent female rappers in the game feel as though she has not paid her dues enough to even be considered one of the best female MC’s of 2014 or 2015.

The question of why Iggy Azalea is unsettling to those who are long time consumers and producers of rap and hip-hop is a complex one.

The only thing that stands true is that “real recognizes real.” So who gets to determine what is real and who is real?

Veterans and the founders are the ones who should decide who and what is really hip -hop. DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Fab Five Freddy, Kurtis Blow and Run DMC, who are credited with the founding of hip-hop, should come forth and speak on this troubling issue in hip-hop and rap politics.

The veterans of rap should not stand by while rap is dismantled by American pop music.

Deandra Gordon is a junior in Africana Studies.

She can be reached at dgordo14@vols.utk.edu.

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Sex Week play explores realities of rape culture Kevin Ridder Online Editor After weeks in the fall of receiving UT alerts about sexual assaults on campus, the topic of rape culture has been brought to the forefront.

In conjunction with Sex Week’s Red Zone, the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre will show “Extremities,� a play focused on the topic of rape and sexual violence against women in our society.

The theme of the play is sexual assault and the issues that follow and plague the victim and those close to her as she tries to move forward in life and prosecute her rapist. “Extremities� has only 4 characters: the victim, the rapist and the victim’s two roommates.

McKinley Merritt, a senior in theatre, has the opportunity to play one of the main characters. “I play the character Patricia, roommate of the main character, who is a social worker,� Merritt said. “I would say I’m the most logical in the case of what happens during

“It’s something that happens so often to people our age and affects us that I think this is a great time in our lives to open the conversation about it.�

-McKinley Merritt the show.�

Merritt said after reading the script over the summer, she was stunned at the end. “Extremities,� which is based on a real court

case, ends on a tough note, but it also brings forth the reality of what happens in many sexual assault trials. “The scary thing about this is that it happens more often that in cases like this, the rapist gets off,� Merritt said. “I have a great appreciation for this script and knew after reading it that it was definitely something I wanted to be a part of.�

Merritt said she appreciates the honesty of the script and how the audience follows Marjorie, the main character, from beginning to end and hopes she finds justice.

The play also targets themes of rape culture, such as victim blaming, as well. “I think this is something that can happen so easily, and I think this show has given me a different view on even just that,� Merritt said. “It’s something that happens so often to people our age and affects us that I think this is a great time in our lives to open the conversation about it.�

Kolt Free, a senior in College Scholars focusing on diversity and social activism through the arts, is working on “Extremities� as part of his senior thesis project. Free directs in addition to helping with production.

Free said the production of “Extremities� is very “in your face� and leaves no room for the audience to remove themselves from the action. “I think it is incredibly important that UT students attend this event and others like it,�

Free said. “If we want to change the culture around sexual assault, work to end violence against women, and make our campus community safer for everyone, then people have to talk about these subjects openly.� “Extremities� will play at Clarence Brown Lab Theatre on Friday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.

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ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Friday, January 30, 2015

Club seeks to add creativity to your life Trenton Duffer Staff writer (@trenton_duffer)

Bruno Mars’ hit song ‘Uptown Funk’ is taking over the charts and Knoxville. Have you gotten your funk on yet?

Laura Hollins

@leggolaura

Homework is important but @mckenzielynnc @kararichmer and I have synced our laptops to play uptown funk at the same time in the library so

Taylor Branson

@taylor_branson

And they open with Uptown Funnk... YAASS. #MissUniverse

Blair Begbie

@blairgriffi

Uptown Funk is EVERYWHERE!!!!

Savannah Dooley @SavannahDooley Uptown fuck down was the theme to everyone’s night

Patrick Wells

@wildpat_3000

Uptown funk gave it to me now I don’t know what to do with it. I always feel bad re-gifting [audience collectively rolls eyes]

Of all the clubs on campus, few have members who can build worlds, break hearts and create new humans with just the stroke of a pen.

The Creative Writing Club is full of such dreamers.

Ryan Adams, a freshman in English with a creative writing concentration, is one of those individuals.

“I want to be that next person, the person that always came up with something that no one could have seen within 10, 20, 10,000 years of writing,” Adams said. “I wanted to be kind of that singular innovator.”

Adams explained that Neil Gaiman, the author of fictitious works including “American Gods” and “Stardust,” has inspired him to strive to create new and interesting worlds in his fiction.

“He was the writer that startled me the most in how well he was crafting all manner of creative worlds, coming up with ideas that I never would have expected,” Adams said. “I wanted to try and follow his way of creating, not necessarily his way of writing or his style.”

The club is open to all students of any major. All you need is a passion for writing.

Bailey Poteet, a freshman in child and family studies, enjoys using writing as a form of expression.

“I like the opportunity to write in my own voice,” Poteet said. “I like writing fantasy stuff, and then I also write vignettes. If there’s something in my life that I’m dealing with, I like to write about that.”

The Creative Writing Club provides an outlet for Poteet, Adams and others to share their stories with fellow writers through the club’s Facebook page.

“Right now, we’ve singularly been reviewing work that’s been submitted through Facebook and read by the rest of the group,” Adams explained.

The group meets bi-weekly at the Panera Bread located on the Strip, usually reviewing two or three submitted works per meeting. Members bring in printed or electronic versions of the

work to critique.

“The idea is that everyone has some sort of copy so they can do mark-ups of things they want to say to the author, to kind of give them their own constructive criticism,” Poteet said.

Although agreeing the critiques could be helpful, both Poteet and Adams have found the club is lacking in some areas.

“It’s fairly helpful, but I was expecting a different atmosphere,” Poteet said. “I think I was expecting everyone to be talking about what they’re working on instead of critiquing pieces. I just wish that there was more of an atmosphere where you could bring up ideas for things and have people help you flesh them out.”

Adams, who hopes to spearhead the club in the future, thinks the club could be formatted like a student-run class, where they could discuss topics based on troubles members could be having in their writing, feature different authors, read interviews from creative individuals and seek what influences their works.

“I was also wondering if the club could work with other departments at the university, maybe the theatre department, maybe some of the students from the art sections,” Adams said. “I saw this idea online about how at the end of every month they would have some kind of banquet, in which they would share the work they had accumulated over the month.”

One of the best ways for the club to reach such lofty goals? More members.

The club is relatively small and has little to no publicity. They have only a small description on the Volunteer Organization Link site, with no contacts or meeting times. In fact, Poteet said she never would have found the club if her boyfriend, who is an English major, had not received an email.

“I didn’t really know there was a club,” Poteet said. “I probably wouldn’t have found out about it if I hadn’t known someone who is an English major.”

However, Adams believes a growth in the ranks will help the Creative Writing Club be one step closer to his vision.

“It’s about building,” Adams said.

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“Throughout the trials and the trickiness and the improbable editors that make you want to shove your laptop out the window... it’s going to be worth it.”

-Ryan Adams tion and eventually you become some kind of prestigious icon that everyone reveres.”

If you are interested in helping the club grow but are nervous about submitting works, Adams has some words of advice: it’s okay to be nervous.

“You’re going to have to face it if you want to improve,” Adams said. “It’s going to hurt. It’s going to hurt a lot.

But, you’ll find that throughout the trials and the trickiness and the improbable editors that make you want to shove your laptop out the window and down seven flights of stairs, it’s going to be worth it.”

The Creative Writing Club’s next meeting is Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Panera Bread on Cumberland Avenue.

The Creative Writing Club · Next meeting: Wednesday @ 7 p.m. · Location: Panera Bread on the Strip

SPORTS

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

‘Underdog’ Tennessee looks forward to weekend road trip Shane Switzer Contributor

The Tennessee women’s tennis team will be the underdog this weekend at Michigan.

Tennessee travels to Ann Arbor to take on the No. 15 Michigan Wolverines on Saturday. The match is set for 11 a.m. The girls will also have matches against Detroit and Western Michigan on Sunday.

The Vols are coming off a great weekend last week that saw them go 4-0. They beat Western Kentucky and Murray State 5-2 and knocked off MTSU 4-3. They downed Mercer 6-1 to close out the weekend. However, the challenge on Saturday will be much greater.

Michigan comes into the match ranked at No. 15 in the country and 2-0 on the year.

Michigan beat Yale 4-0 and Tulsa 4-2 to

secure those two wins. Michigan is a solid team from top to bottom.

“They have six really good players,” cohead coach Mike Patrick said. “Kids who were highly recruited, highly sought after, kids who work hard.”

Tennessee has had some injuries this season but has continued to play well. Playing Michigan, though, might highlight those injuries and put the Vols in a tough spot.

The team will need to play well if it wants to upset the Wolverines.

“We can hide them (injuries) up to a certain point, but when you start playing those top 15 top 20 teams there is really no way to shirk’em,” coach Patrick said. “We’re going to have to play extremely well, we want to be very competitive and give ourselves a chance to win, and that means everyone has to be at their best. We’re hoping to do that, I think we are playing well in practice,

it’s a matter of we compete against a really formidable foe.”

Even with the tough matchup, the Vols are looking forward to playing Michigan.

Sophomore Ashlee Boles opined that the team’s mental toughness will help them on Saturday.

“We are the underdogs going into Michigan,” Boles said. “That helps us, too, because we just wanna go out there and beat them.”

There will be a sense of familiarity when these two teams meet on the court. Coach Patrick used to work with Michigan’s coach when she was a player on the pro tour. Also, UT’s co-head coach Sonia Hahn-Patrick played doubles with Michigan’s coach.

The Lady Vols will face Western Michigan (1-2) and Detroit (2-2) on Sunday. The matches Sunday are set for 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Southern Mississippi: 2 basketball players ineligible The Associated Press

Southern Mississippi says that two of its men’s basketball players have been ruled ineligible as the university continues its joint investigation with the NCAA related to potential violations over the previous two seasons.

The university sent a statement on Thursday saying that Jeremiah Eason and Rasham Suarez are “no longer eligible to

participate.” The university didn’t specify why Eason and Suarez are ineligible.

Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis said in the statement he’s “disappointed for these two young men, our new head coach and our basketball program.”

Donnie Tyndall, who is now at Tennessee, was the Southern Miss head coach during the previous two seasons. Tyndall said he had no comment on the Southern Miss issues on Thursday.

ESPN first reported that the two players had been ruled ineligible.

Eason and Suarez were both junior col-

lege transfers who come to Southern Miss from the College of Central Florida.

Both had played in all 18 games this season. Suarez, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, was averaging 7.4 points and 3.6 assists per game. Eason, a 6-foot-7 senior forward, was averaging 2.9 points and 3.6 rebounds.

Southern Miss (6-12, 1-6) has struggled all season while dealing with an NCAA investigation into Tyndall’s tenure. Tyndall led the Golden Eagles to 56 wins and two trips to the National Invitation Tournament during his two seasons.

“We’re going to have to play extremely well, we want to be very competitive and give ourselves a chance to win.”

-Mike Patrick

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SPORTS

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BASEBALL

Tennessee hopes to return to end long postseason draught Trenton Duffer Staff Writer

On Saturday, former UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl will lead the Auburn Tigers against current Tennessee head coach Donnie Tyndall.

Jeamill Sloan

@JSloan_OG

I’d buy Coach Pearl a beer if I seen him here in Knoxville @finebaum

Teran Johnson @TeranJ_VLZ Donnie Tyndall is in some serious trouble

Thomas Austin Witt @iWitnessReport Of course ESPN picks up the Auburn-UT game for national broadcast because Bruce Pearl... #timeline #internalproblems

John Crowe

@JohnACrowe

Not a good sign I’d say that the 2 players investigated during Tyndall’s tenure have just been ruled ineligible..

Roy Mullins

@RoyMullins

@DickieV Donnie Tyndall ha redefinied getting players to play hard. Everything else is amateur hour.

It has been a decade of futility for the Tennessee baseball team.

Tennessee’s last visit to the postseason was in 2005 when the Vols managed to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, before exiting college baseball’s biggest stage with losses to Florida and Arizona State.

How long ago was that? The No. 1 song on Billboard at the time was Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together,” Bruce Pearl had only been Tennessee’s head basketball coach for three months, and current Tennessee pitcher Andy Cox was 11 years old.

However, coach Dave Serrano did not seem perturbed at Tennessee’s long postseason drought in his interview on Thursday.

Instead, Serrano looked to be in high spirits as he strolled over to the contingent of reporters and news cameras and opened the interview with a topical joke “I am only here because I don’t want to get fined,” Serrano quipped in reference to Seattle Seahawks’ tailback Marshawn Lynch’s infamous Super Bowl media day interview on Tuesday.

Serrano’s early jape hinted at a certain confidence he displayed throughout the interview: confidence in his team and in the upcoming season.

“I like this team,” Serrano said. “You know, but I like every team at the start of the season.

But this team, for me and this coaching staff, we have gone through the rigors, we have guys we brought in with our very first recruiting class that have developed, and have gone through the tough times in the SEC.” Serrano, who is in his fourth season at Tennessee, has reason to like this team. He no longer has to rely on younger players to immediately perform at a high level. Instead, he returns five players who were ranked in the Top 100 in their respective classes and Christian Stewart, who was voted Preseason First-Team All-American by two media outlets.

Perhaps most importantly, Serrano believes that for the first time in his tenure at Tennessee he has a pitching staff capable of carrying the Vols through the gauntlet of SEC play.

“I feel our depth on the pitching staff is the best it has been,” Serrano said. “And that is what gives me so much confidence about where we are at as a program.”

People outside the program are also taking notice of the Vols. D1Baseball.com’s preseason poll ranks Tennessee at No. 25 in the nation and the Perfect Game lists Tennessee as the No. 27 team in college baseball.

Head Coach Dave Serrano looks on during the game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Tennessee Volunteers on Feb. 16, 2014. • File Photo “I am most happy for the players,” Serrano said when asked about the preseason accolades. “I think they are deserving of that.

They have worked hard to get this program where it’s at. I know they wear the uniform with pride and I think for them going into the season, I think it’s a little boost of confidence that other people, outside of this coaching staff and themselves, think highly of them.”

Serrano’s confidence, the preseason expectations, the return of experienced players, and the improved pitching staff all amount to one goal.

That goal is return to the College World Series for the first time since 2005.

“We have talked more about getting to Omaha more than we ever have in our four years,” Serrano said. “Part of that is due because I didn’t want to set other teams up for failure. I believe that this team, that should be our goal now. Our goal in this program is to go to Omaha every year. I thought it would be unfair to say that in our first three years because we didn’t have the pieces together yet. That was not an excuse, it was reality.

“We have the pieces in place now, now it’s a matter of doing it.”

Before the Vols can achieve Serrano’s lofty goals, they still must answer several questions. Serrano admitted the most daunting question for the team is how the coaching staff will handle the pitching situation, claiming his team may have 10 pitchers who are capable of starting.

Yet, there are only four starting spots available in a typical week during the baseball season.

The coaching staff will have to decide which pitchers will start, which pitchers will close, and which pitchers will relieve starting pitchers.

Serrano will also have to define the role for junior left-handed pitcher Cox. The Arlington, Tennessee, native played a major role last season for the Vols as he appeared in 27 games, started in 6 games and led the team in strikeouts at 70.

Cox’s role might have been too big last season as the pitcher mentioned he experienced arm stiffness during the fall. Regardless of the role Cox might serve for the team, Serrano probably wishes to reduce the volume of pitches for Cox for the 2015 season.

Cox himself is unsure of the role he will play for his team, but just wants to help his team win.

“Honestly, I will be happy wherever I pitch,” Cox said. “(My role is) Just helping out the team win, it doesn’t really matter to me.”

While Serrano still has issues he needs to resolve before the season starts, he has confidence that this team could be the first in a line of future great Tennessee baseball teams.

“I believe this team could really set the bar for what this program is going to about for years to come,” Serrano said.

Tennessee starts the season with a road trip to play Florida International on Feb. 13.

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AquaVols hope meet against Gators prepares them for SEC and NCAA championships Trenton Duffer Staff writer (@trenton_duffer)

The SEC and NCAA Championships are just around the corner, but first, the UT men’s and women’s swimming teams face a familiar foe in Gainesville.

The Florida Gators boast one of the best records (M: 5-1, 3-1 SEC, W: 5-2, 4-1 SEC) in the SEC and look poised to have a strong performance in the NCAA Tournament.

UT’s head coach Matt Kredich is ready for the challenge the Gators will bring.

“They’re the defending SEC champions, and they are a team of very tough competitors,” Kredich said. “They protect their turf as well as anybody … We have a great schedule. In odd years, we finish our dual meet schedule in one of the toughest places to swim in the conference against one of the toughest teams in the conference.”

Florida’s men and women are both ranked No. 7 in the country. Both teams are coming off thrilling victories against the No. 6 and No. 10 ranked Auburn Tigers.

In the past, the Lady Vols have struggled against the Gators, winning only twice in the 28 meet series. The Lady Vols did beat the Gators last year in Knoxville 152-148.

The men, however, have always been evenly matched against Florida. The Gators hold a slight 21-20 lead in the all-time series between the two. The Vols lost to Florida last year 179-121, as the Gators won 10 of the 16 events.

The Gators are stellar in their home pool.

The men have won 19 straight dual meets in the O’ Dome, with their last dual-meet loss coming in 2010 to Virginia. The women, meanwhile, have posted a 14-4 record in the same category the past four seasons. The women’s last loss at home came earlier this season against Minnesota on Nov. 8.

Senior Tristan Slater knows what the Gators bring to the table in terms of talent.

“They’re a strong team,” Slater said. “It’s a really good challenge for us. … I think if we just race hard against them, the results will come.”

Slater also went on to discuss the feeling of competing in his final regular season

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meet.

“It’s weird, definitely weird,” said the English breaststroker. “I don’t think it’ll be as emotional as Senior Day against Georgia last week, but it’ll definitely be special …

It’ll definitely be weird, but I know it’ll be good.”

The men and women will both be looking for a strong finish in this meet to better prepare themselves for the SEC and NCAA championships.

Coach Kredich is excited for the possibilities that both championships bring to his team.

“What we’re focused on his having everyone swim better than they ever have before, dive better than they ever have before and really respond to competition,” Kredich stated. “The SEC and NCAA championships are all about competing better than the guy or woman next to you. … I don’t wanna put any limits on us, but I think we can be great at both meets.”

The Gators will face off against the Vols this Saturday in Gainesville beginning with diving at 9:30 a.m. and swimming competitions at 11 a.m. The meet will be broadcasted on ESPN3.

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Sports Editor: Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB • tprovost@vols.utk.edu

Asst. Sports Editor: Dargan Southard @dsouth16 • msoutha1@vols.utk.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pearl’s return to highlight UT, Auburn matchup Troy Provost-Heron Staff Writer

Former head coach Bruce Pearl, who led the Vols for six seasons, will return to campus Saturday for the match between UT and Auburn.

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When Bruce Pearl walks through the tunnel and onto the court inside Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday, Donnie Tyndall already knows what to expect.

In fact, the first-year head coach has already experienced a similar situation.

On Dec. 28, 2012, Tyndall’s Southern Mississippi team traveled to Kentucky to play Morehead State, where Tyndall had coached the previous six years.

The atmosphere surrounding his return: exactly what he believes awaits Pearl.

“With all he’s accomplished, I’d be shocked if he doesn’t get a great ovation,” Tyndall said. “He certainly deserves one, in my humble opinion. When I went back to Morehead (State), it was really cool that they gave me a great ovation, and we won the game by 36, so I hope they don’t come in here and win the game by 36.”

Pearl’s return, however, will not be the first of its kind.

Tennessee (12-7, 4-3 SEC) is 1-2 all-time when facing a team led by a former UT head coach. The Vols defeated Don DeVoe — a UT coach from 1979-1989 — and his Florida squad 75-57 on Feb. 17, 1990, but was swept in a home-and-home series against Southern California, coached by Kevin O’Neill who led the Vols from 1994-1997, during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons.

But neither of those matchups carried quite the build up and hype that surrounds Saturday’s matchup.

“I think it will be a great atmosphere,” Tyndall said. “Everything that coach Pearl did here, from winning games, to playing for championships, to going to the Elite Eight, all those things should and need to be recognized. In fact, we sell a lot of those things when we are recruiting, so I think people will be excited to see him. Hopefully they are cheering for us, but I’m pretty sure that’ll be the case.”

After all the cheers, roars and standing ovations to follow the former six-year UT head coach’s introduction, though, will come the challenge of limiting Auburn’s offense.

Led by senior guard K.T. Harrell — whose 17.1 point per game average ranks second in the SEC — the Tigers offense features three scorers who average double figures in scoring, despite the team only averaging 66.9 points per game.

“They have some guys on the perimeter — Harrell, (Malcolm) Canada and the transfer (Antoine) Mason — who can really score in bunches, so they

are very dangerous,” Tyndall said. “When they get it going, they play with a swagger and a freedom offensively that really scares you.”

Nonetheless, Saturday will ultimately be remembered for Pearl traversing “The Summitt’s” sidelines for the first time since 2011.

But for Tyndall, the return is not the priority.

Instead, he is more focused on winning with his team en route to creating his own beloved status at Tennessee.

“It’s one of those deals — and I don’t mean to say this egotistically at all — but if you went to Morehead, Kentucky or Hattiesburg, Mississippi, those people and those fans would say the same things about me that they say about Coach Pearl here,” Tyndall said. “First and foremost, when you win and treat people the right way in the community, you give them yourself and the team gives back, people gravitate towards you.

“Hopefully some day my staff and I will be thought of the way he is.” **More on Pearl’s return: **When Tyndall took the head coaching job at Tennessee, he was well aware of past coaching transgressions.

As former UT head coach Cuonzo Martin maneuvered his Volunteer team to the program’s seventh Sweet 16 appearance, the infamous petition — which garnered more than 37,000 signatures — promoting Pearl’s re-hiring as Tennessee’s coach loomed large.

Eventually, the lack of support became one of the reasons that caused Martin to bolt for California.

But while standing at the podium during his introductory press conference, Tyndall made his pitch to the Volunteer faithful.

“We have to put that behind us and it has to start today and we all have to rally and get on the same bus, if you will,” said Tyndall on April 22.

And with 19 games complete in his first year at UT, Tyndall’s request for solidarity has finally begun to take shape.

But he also believes that unification shouldn’t come without celebrating the successes of the past.

“It doesn’t matter who you are, what you read or what people say, everyone has an opinion,” Tyndall said. “There are coach Martin fans and there should be. There are coach Pearl fans and there should be.

But at the end of the day, there are Tennessee fans, and I think they are pulling for our team. I think they are pulling for me as the coach, and that’s all I wanted to do when I took over. “(I wanted to) unite everybody, get us all on the same page and move forward. That’s no disrespect to coach Pearl and coach Martin and all they accomplished, but to grow your program and continue to recruit well like we are doing, everyone has to be on board and I think that’s happening.”

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Who to watch for PPG

RPG

APG

FG%

# 1 G KT Harrel

17.1

3.0

1.3

.460

#14 G Antoine Mason

14.1

2.5

1.3

.414

#5 F Cinmeon Bowers

13.5

11.3

1.0

.433

How they match up Auburn 66.9 62.7 .439 .359 +16 10.9 3.8 7.6 +34

Tennessee Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Field Goal % 3-Point % Rebound Margin Assists Per Game Blocks Per Game Steals Per Game Turnover Margin

66.9 67.6 .407 .324 -72 10.75 2.75 7.7 +42

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Carter’s late jump shot seals victory for Lady Vols Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

LEXINGTON, Ky.— As the game turned: With the shot clock winding down and Tennessee handling the basketball on an important possession, Andraya Carter banked in her pull up jumper with 2:03 left to give her team a 71-66 lead it would not relinquish.

“I heard my teammates kind of counting down on the shot clock and just let it fly,” Carter said. “I got across my defender and thought I was going to be able to get to the rim, but I looked up at the shot clock and pulled up and shot it. I just wanted a good look.”

Carter, referred to as the ‘defensive stopper,’ along with all of her starting teammates for the No. 6 Lady Vols finished with at least eight points.

Despite a slow start on offense, Holly Warlick’s team shot 18-of-30 in the second half and shot 48.3 percent Thursday night in Memorial Coliseum.

The win marked Tennessee’s first road win against a top-10 team since they defeated Duke 67-64 on Jan. 28, 2008. The win keeps Tennessee tied with South Carolina for first place in the SEC with an 8-0 record in conference play.

“This win means so much to me and our team,” Carter said. “I really wanted to get this win for our seniors.

They do so much for us and they had never won here. This win does so much for everybody, especially for the play-

ers, our seniors, for former Lady Vols.

It does something for everybody that wears orange and bleeds orange and white.”

Hot topic: Turnovers. Despite turning the ball over 22 times—with 14 from the senior trio of Ariel Massengale, Cierra Burdick and Isabelle Harrison— the Lady Vols came away with their sixth win over a ranked opponent this season.

Despite four turnovers in the first half, Burdick was much more efficient in the second half in which she scored 12 of her 16 points and only turned the ball over once.

Spotlight: Harrison reached a significant milestone on a terrific night from the field, as she scored a teamhigh 19 points on eight-of-12 shooting.

On her second made basket of the first half at the 10:28 mark, which was assisted by Jaime Nared, Harrison climbed over the 1,000 point career mark. She became the 39th Lady Vol in history to reach the milestone.

“I am just blessed that I was able to get to 1,000 points,” Harrison said. “I wouldn’t have been at this position if it wasn’t for my teammates. We’ve been through so many tough times and I’m glad they got to be here with me to experience it.”

Harrison finished with 10 rebounds for her fifth double-double and finished with two blocks.

The other guys: Makayla Epps put on a sensational performance. In the second half the sophomore guard for Kentucky scored 20 points and came close to keeping her team’s undefeated

mark at home intact.

Epps connected on all three of her attempts from 3-point range, but would miss a potential go-ahead layup with 4.3 seconds left in the top-10 contest in front of a packed crowd of 7,407 fans.

Say something: Harrison’s thoughts after the win: “This win over Kentucky is amazing. We’ve been so many days without a road win over a top-10 team.

It’s exhilarating right now.”

By the numbers: 2,558: It had been 2,558 days since Tennessee beat a top-10 opponent (No. 9 Duke) on the road before its victory over No. 10 Kentucky 6: The Lady Vols blocked six shots, including a game-winning one by Carter 1,016: Points scored by Isabelle Harrison in her UT career

LADY VOLS continued from Page 1 “I think they were just so focused on the other players,” Harrison said. “Everybody else out there were hitting their shots, so I just tried to get to the open spot, and they were just able to see me.”

The Wildcats were led by sophomore guard Makayla Epps, who finished the game with 23 points to go along with four assists and four steals. Epps was three of three from behind the 3-point line, with two of those coming when her team was trailing in the last two minutes of the game.

Several times Kentucky appeared to be on the brink of pulling away in the second half, but Cierra Burdick was able to answer with a bucket in critical moments. The senior forward committed five turnovers, but made up for it with 16 points, 12 of which came in the second half.

The last three games between these schools have been decided by four points or less, with the Lady Vols winning two of those three in physical fashion.

“We hadn’t won up here in a long time,” Warlick said. “I think we’re just familiar with each other. I think we have similar type teams…

It’s about people making plays, it’s a game of run and we just kind of weathered the storm.”