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CAMPUS Orange Vanilla Coke made its debut Tuesday — was it worth a sip?
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CITY So you’re in Knoxville — what do you have to do before you leave?
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OPINIONS Matoes Hayes says UT needs Sex Week — and here’s why.
Knoxville’s first dedicated African-American cemetery, which was neglected for much of the 20th century, is in a process of growth and reclamation. Caitlyn Jordan / The Daily Beacon
Odd Fellows Cemetery reclaims, celebrates AfricanAmerican history with ‘Community Pause’ project MOIRA CHARNOT Contributor
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SPORTS Both basketball squads are headed into the end of the season — how have their last few performances shaped up?
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Knoxville’s first dedicated African-American cemetery, which has survived decades of neglect, is in a process of restoration and reclamation. Its newest project is a series of art installations: “Community Pause.” Odd Fellows Cemetery is a six-acre space lined in old-growth trees. A Knoxville cemetery reclamation program has been rehabilitating the space by documenting its tombstones, building paths, and encouraging community involvement. Katherine Ambroziak is the lead designer and coordinator of the program. She said that that the cemetery should be a place where the community can “gather, tell stories, and reflect.” Ambroziak, working with the Knoxville Reanimation Coalition (KRC), started the organization’s first project in 2009: a cemetery survey. Teaming up with the East Tennessee Community Design Center and ACA AmeriCorps, they documented headstones, plot markers, and fragments. This part of the project is ongoing and now involves UT’s Anthropology Graduate Student Association.
However, the project’s focus grew from simple rehabilitation to reclamation. Ambroziak said that the project emphasizes identity and community-level activism. “I believe a great accomplishment is that we’ve been able to involve such a diverse group of people and bring them into conversation about the community, the importance of identity and public space, and how grassroots efforts can impact change,” Ambroziak said. The first implemented project into the cemetery was Community Passage, implemented in 2013. The goal of this project was to develop a network of raised earthen walkways that provide safe access and link various parts of the neighborhood through key areas of the cemetery. The project continues every August through UT’s Ignite Serves program, and various groups join throughout the year to help build and reinforce it. At the moment, the initiative is working on a sister project to Community Passage called Community Pause. The purpose of Community Pause, a series of art installations that would be implemented in the cemetery, is to encourage members of the community to rest and engage with the historic
landscape, gather in conversation, and claim their cultural heritage. Thanks to Community Passage, people can now walk through the cemetery – but Community Pause would give people a reason to stay there. Stephen Scruggs, former president and cofounder of KRC, said that the initiative has brought the long-invisible space back into the public eye. “I walked past this cemetery on my way home from school over fifty years ago. I founded the program, but I’m also one of the people in the community who learned history that I may have gone my entire life not having ever known.” Scruggs said that the project has been an emotional one. “I feel pride in my community for the history I’ve learned, I feel disappointment in the school system for not having taught me this history when I was young, I feel joy for being a part of the illumination and restoration of my neighborhood,” he said. The KRC holds volunteer sessions throughout the year, including MLK Day of Service, Ignite Serves and ProjectGRAD. It also hosts individual service days for community groups, student organizations, businesses and church groups.
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Open town hall engages administration, community in student programming conversation GABRIELA SZYMANOWSKA Campus News Editor KYLIE HUBBARD Editor-in-Chief
Room 169 of the Student Union was standing room only Tuesday evening. With the Tennessee Comptroller’s Report on Sex Week less than a week old, members of the UT community expressed their concerns regarding the future of program funding at an Open Town Hall with a panel of Interim Chancellor Wayne Davis, Senior Vice Chancellor and Provost David Manderscheid, Vice Chancellor of Communications Tisha Benton and Vice Chancellor for Student Life Vince Carilli. Co-hosted by the Office of the Chancellor and Student Government Affairs, the town hall addressed concerns regarding program funding and its potential effects on Sex Week and other organized events. Senior studying mechanical engineering Grayson Hawkins expressed his concerns with the allocation of student programming. Hawkins, who has been involved in student programming for the past four years, said he felt STEM organizations received little funding.
“I found it really one-sided, almost to the point where it seems like the STEM part of campus is being ignored,” Hawkins said. Senior studying agriculture leadership, education and communication Christian Dalton echoed this sentiment, asking for a clearer depiction of where student funding is going when students choose to opt-in: “Is there any way that y’all can consider there being another way to opt in or opt out where we could better control how we as students can tell where our part of funding is going?” Davis and Carilli each addressed changes to student programming allocation and the need to work with students to create a different process for allocating student programming funds. “We are going to change the process. It would not be SPAC as it is described today in the Board of Trustees document ... change process so that responsibility is placed on Chancellor’s office to ensure that the programming is appropriate,” Davis added. “At the same time, we are going to involve students in the process.” “None of us have any interest whatsoever in eliminating student programming,” Davis said. One of the policy considerations explicitly addressed by the panel was Policy Consideration #10: “UTK could charge registered student organizations for the use of all facilities.” Davis, however, assured that student organi-
Kylie Hubbard / The Daily Beacon zations wouldn’t be charged a fee, citing the fact that students have access to the spaces through their paid tuition. “We as a Cabinet of the Chancellor’s Office have made a decision,” Davis said. “We do not intend (at this time) to charge students space charges for programs.”
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Multimedia mogul delivers fusion of lecture, performance COLEMAN NUMBERS Staff Writer
What do you get when you intersect hip-hop, classical music, geometry, history, politics, design, mathematics and globe-spanning research trips? Renowned creative and music producer DJ Spooky, apparently. Paul D. Miller aka “That Subliminal Kid”, otherwise known as “DJ Spooky”, came to the Natalie Haslam Music Center to deliver a presentation that was part academic lecture, part remix session and part live performance. The lecture was part of the College of Architecture and Design’s 2018-19 lecture series. As well as sponsorship from the Robert B. Church Memorial Fund, the lecture was supported by The Annual All-College Spring Thing, a studentorganized, week-long event from the college. The School of Music also contributed to the event by supplying a venue, equipment and a full string quartet that accompanied Miller at certain points in his lecture. As his presentation soon revealed, Miller is an artist that’s hard to pin down. He cited staples of hip-hop and the contemporary music scene such as N. W. A., Public En-
emy and the Sugarhill Gang. However, Miller betrayed his eclectic, seemingly counterintuitive creative fascinations by meditating, among other things, on snowflakes and recurring “biomorphogenesis,” or the patterns that appear repeatedly in nature at multiple scales. Throughout his non-linear, quick-paced presentation, in which he flicked from slide to slide stored without sequence on his tablet, Miller related the numerous projects he’d undertaken. These ranged from “Rebirth of a Nation”—a sonic and visual recontextualization of the white supremacist film “Birth of a Nation”—to “The Imaginary App,” a touring art installation featuring a gallery of mobile phone app icons for programs that don’t exist. Mark Stanley, professor in the School of Architecture, identified Miller’s collation of interests as a rare feat in any field. “He’s a special character; he’s a cultural producer, he crosses threads, which is rare. You don’t get a lot of people mashing up the Arctic with … hip-hop,” Stanley said. The focal point of Miller’s presentation “Of Water and Ice,” was an open source album of music derived from the sounds of the Antarctic landscape, which Miller visited to collect sounds and inspiration. The album, a juxtaposition of electronically curated soundscapes and string
instrumentation, was excerpted by Miller and UT’s own Synergy quartet throughout the concert. The album was more than an experimentation in sound. During the lecture, Miller explained that the music raises environmental and social concerns, focusing on the rapidly disappearing icescapes of the Antarctic that the entire world shares. It’s this marriage of deep thought and adventurous expression that most impressed Mark Stanley. “The way he’s committed equally to intellectual and creative practice is the most special part to me … he’s able to (ignore) distinctions between having ideas and being creative,” Stanley said. At times, Miller’s cultural and creative mobility seemed like a bizarre association game, as he linked the deeply mathematical concepts underlying snowflake structure and temperature differentials at the South Pole to driving electronic and instrumental mixes. DeMauri Mumphrey, a junior in the College of Architecture and Design, worried that the wide range of creative sources would be lost on some audiences.
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Coke Orange Vanilla was sampled on campus, but was it worth a sip? TYLER WOMBLES Managing Editor
A tryout was held outside of Neyland Stadium on Tuesday, but it had nothing to do with Tennessee football or athletic competition. Coca-Cola handed out free cans of its new flavor, Coke Orange Vanilla, at Neyland Stadium’s Gate 21. A tweet from the official Tennessee Athletics Twitter account promoted the giveaway, telling followers, “Our friends at @CocaCola have got something for you.” It’s the first new flavor for the actual Coke in years, one that Coca-Cola hopes can survive the initial taste-tests and stick around for the storied beverage brand’s next chapters. But how did the uniquely-flavored Coke stack up?
Presentation The can appeared to be a take on the traditional Coke can, but branded specifically for the orange-vanilla flavor. The majority of the can was a light orange color, with the
normal Coke red in a half-circle on the front and layering the nutrition facts. An animated orange slice sat in the red portion of the front. I was a fan of the presentation. The light orange color looked the way the drink tasted, almost symbolizing the airy taste of the orange and vanilla. It’s not overpowering, similar to what the taste ultimately proved to be.
Taste At first thought, the almost-bitter taste of Coke wouldn’t seem to mesh well with the sweeter, ice cream-esque flavor akin to orange and vanilla. While Coke has experimented with other interesting flavors before, some ultimately more popular than others, this was one that I initially wasn’t sure would work. However, I am a fan of both orange and vanilla flavors, so I was willing to try it, yearning for satisfaction over disappointment. It was exactly what I hoped for: a wellbalanced mix between orange sherbet and typical Coke. The orange-vanilla flavor wasn’t overbearing at all; rather, it provided a nice addition to the Coke flavor you would expect. If anyone is familiar with the
“Vol Freeze” milkshake that is served at the Student Union on campus, to me, it tastes as if it was mixed with regular Coke (which wouldn’t be a bad idea anyways). This is a taste that I can get behind, a beverage I would choose over multiple other sodas on the market today.
Overall Coca-Cola has had more success over the years than most companies can claim, but that doesn’t mean it’s content with its tried-and-true flavors. Coke Orange Vanilla is a chance for Coca-Cola to further curb the market that it has widely dominated during its history, and it tested its hopes at UT on Tuesday. With a sleek can design and a satisfying, non-overbearing taste, Coke’s new orange vanilla flavor was a hit with me. The company doesn’t seem to be trying too hard with this one, which is not always the case when food and beverage producers experiment; instead, it’s a concept that hits the mark without reaching too far or striving too little.
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Coca-Cola gave out free cans of Coke Orange Vanilla on campus on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Tyler Wombles / The Daily Beacon
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CITY NEWS
The Daily Beacon • Thursday, February 28, 2019
Knoxville City Council passes inmate labor resolution JAMES PHILLIPS Contributor
This week’s city council meeting brought back a tabled, controversial issue: a potential contract that would expand prison labor in Knoxville. In the last meeting, council members and Knoxville residents extensively debated a resolution to approve a contract leasing two surplus trucks to the Sheriff’s department for inmate labor projects. The inmates are not paid for their labor, but they each get one day reduced from their sentences for every day they work on the program. The inmates do get to leave the prison for a day and do works in the city like cleaning up historic cemeteries or re-painting parking lots. These excursions included a fresh meal paid for by the city from various restaurants near their work locations. Six citizens spoke out against the leasing of these trucks; all of whom compared the inmate labor these trucks were needed for to slave labor despite these incentives. Julie Gautreau, a public defender for Knoxville, was one citizen who spoke against inmate labor to the council. She said that inmates would likely not support her argument,
but argued that they should still be paid for their labor. “The inmates wouldn’t want me to do this, they like the program,” Gautreau said. “However, I stand for the principle that they need to be paid because they get charged for anything the need while incarcerated. There are incentives but incentives are not equal to payment.” Local inmates have to pay for every necessity outside of 3 meals a day, including supplementary food items. Non-food necessities are also an issue to Gautreau; Knox County prisons do not allow face to face visitations, so inmates must pay to video chat with their families. During the two-week tabling of the motion, city council members toured facilities where inmate labor programs take place and investigated the programs’ specifics. The investigation found that all inmates did voluntarily sign up for this program, that all inmates involved were already convicted and not awaiting trial. No inmates or prison administrators reported negative impacts from the program. After extensive discussion, the council voted. The resolution passed 7-2. The seven Council members who voted yes stated that this resolution was important in keeping the city engaged in the program, and that it might help complete city projects. Council members Gwen McKenzie and
Knoxville council members and Knoxville residents debated two controversial issues: a truck lease to expand inmate labor and a resolution to legalize alcohol in zoos on Feb. 12, 2019. Lika Perez / The Daily Beacon Seema Singh-Perez were the two members who voted against the resolution. McKenzie said that she voted against the resolution to show support for inmate compensation. “I voted no, not because I disagree with the inmate service program but because we need to let the Sheriff’s department we are serious about getting these inmates compensation.” After the resolution passed, Mayor Madeline Rogero pledged that City Council and the Mayor’s Office would look into solutions that could give monetary compensation to inmates in the program.
Rogero also spoke on the recent flooding that occured all over Knoxville last weekend. Over 100 city roads were closed, and hundreds of houses and businesses — including Mayor Rogero’s house — were flooded. Thirteen streets, along with Zoo Knoxville and Tyson Park, are still closed due to the flooding. Around 800-900 homes and businesses have already reported damage. Rogero encouraged residents whose property was affected by the flood to call 311 so that the city government has a correct number when they report to FEMA for possible disaster aid.
Knoxville Bucket List: 5 Essential City Activities GARETH FRYMIER Staff Writer
In a college town like Knoxville, it can sometimes be easy to forget that the city has more to offer outside of the campus area. Whether you’re a Knoxville native looking for new ways to appreciate and experience your home city, or if you came here for college and would like to find some new things to do on the weekends or after class, here are five essential city activities to partake in while you’re here. Visit Ijams Nature Center 2915 Island Home Ave Located within a surprisingly brief 15-minute drive from campus, Ijams Nature Center offers a way to experience and immerse yourself in the natural features of East Tennessee. Featuring over 300 acres of protected wilderness and several hiking trails, Ijams also offers outdoor activities such as biking, climbing, fishing and even features an outdoor ropes course. Ijams offers a fantastic way to both get off campus and experience Knoxville as a city, as well as a way to experience nature and enjoy the outdoors in many fun and healthy ways.
Catch a show at The Tennessee Theater 604 S Gay St Constructed in 1928 in the building that is considered Knoxville’s first skyscraper, the Tennessee Theater’s dazzling sign as viewed by those on Gay Street at night has become as much of an image of the city as the Sunsphere. The theater offers spacious halls that feature a variety of showings, presenting anything from plays to orchestral performances in its beautiful and historic concert halls. Check out the East Tennessee History Museum 601 S Gay St Located in the heart of the city’s downtown, only a trolley ride away from campus, the East Tennessee History Museum opened as an effort to capture and exhibit the rich cultural legacy of both Knoxville and the surrounding East Tennessee region. The museum offers a main display hall and a special exhibition hall and regularly hosts speakers from UT and other areas who touch on a variety of historical and educational topics. Eat at the Central Filling Station 900 N Central St An original to both Knoxville and Tennes-
Started by Nourish Knoxville, the Market Square Farmer’s Market is a beloved city staple. File / The Daily Beacon see, Central Filling Station plays host to the first ever food truck park in the state. The park is located off of Broadway, just a short distance from downtown, and is open Wednesday through Sunday. Central Filling Station offers a rotating selection of local food trucks who come to the park to feed their hungry customers, as well as a bar that features many craft beers for customers 21 and over.
Visit the Market Square Farmer’s Market Started by Nourish Knoxville, the Market Square Farmer’s Market is a beloved city staple that students who stay in town over the summer have access to. The Farmer’s Market features dozens of vendors selling locally made products, fresh meat and produce and much more, right in the beautiful heart of downtown. The Farmer’s Market is open from May to Thanksgiving every year.
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The Outsider’s Report: We need Sex Week — here’s why
MATEOS HAYES Columnist
Sex Week is easily one of the most controversial programs on campus today. Annually organized by Sex Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee, the event has regularly drawn the ire of Tennessee Republicans in Nashville. Offended conservatives and even clergymen have called the event embarrassing and salacious. Even the current Interim President Randy Boyd and Interim Chancellor Wayne Davis have publicly sided against the event. In the
wake of a Tennessee State Comptroller Report which condemned the usage of student activity funds on Sex Week, Boyd sided with Nashville, saying the event “… has damaged the reputation and overshadowed the many achievements of our university.” The Tennessee State Legislature has repeatedly attempted to defund the program and to disqualify its leaders as uneducated or incompetent. One of the worst threats to the program came last year with the perpetual controversy on the proposed reallocation of Student Programming Allocation Committee funds. Since its inception, perceptions of Sex Week have been shrouded in clouds of disinformation, outrage and hot button issues such as the sexual assault, LGBTQIA+ affairs and contraception. But the truth is that Sex Week matters. Sexual education has been proven to lower teenage pregnancies, STD transmission and increase contraception usage. But beyond this, sex education addresses many topics that simply are not addressed properly in mainstream American society, basically because they have to do with sex. Sex is still quite a taboo subject in many circles of American society. This reflects itself in the ongoing political battles relating
to contraception, abortion and other sexual wellness issues throughout America. Just this year, President Trump ordered federal funding for sexual education to focus on abstinence-only programs. The lack of sex ed is exacerbated by the fact that only 20 states require that sex ed and HIV education be taught in schools, and of those, only 13 states require that information taught be medically accurate. We are basically allowing sex to be one big guessing game of smoke and mirrors for many of our youth. As a result, for millions of American children, the reality is that “sex education” consists of little to no discussion with any teacher or parent on the topic. We remain the Western country with the highest teen pregnancy rate. America’s taboo towards sex also manifests itself in the apparent intolerance towards nudity on television to the point that graphic violence in films often tends to be less scrutinized. Paradoxically, mainstream American culture tends to be quite sexualized. In a report by J. Walter Thompson New York and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, it was found that women were still sexualized and misrepresented in media to a significant degree.
Over a ten-year stretch from late 2006 to 2017, the report found that women who appeared in ads still tended to be at least 10 years younger than their male counterparts and had seven times less speaking time than male counterparts. Women on average appeared in ads with sexually revealing clothing five times more than male counterparts. These media trends, combined with a lack of sexual education and a permissive attitude towards sexual consent in many parts of American society have created an atmosphere towards sex that can be truly toxic.
STORY CONTINUED ONLINE Read more at utdailybeacon.com Mateos Hayes is a junior majoring in history and minoring in philosophy. He may be reached at mhayes57@vols.utk. edu. You can also check out Mateos’ blog at https://10rpolitics.blogspot.com/ for further reading. Columns and letters of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.
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SPORTS // BASKETBALL
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Lady Vols have opportunity to bounce back against Vanderbilt WILL BACKUS Asst. Sports Editor
To say that this final two game stretch for the Tennessee women’s basketball team is important would be an understatement. With the end of the regular season just around the corner, and the SEC Tournament looming, the Lady Vols are on the bubble in regards to their NCAA Tournament status. Every single game from here on out has a new magnitude of importance, even if the opponents aren’t the highest of quality, and the team certainly understands that. “We definitely look ahead as a team, and we understand that we need to win these games,” forward Rennia Davis said. “But right now, we are taking it game by game and trying to get better.” As it stands, Tennessee is a nine-seed in the NCAA Tournament, set to play Arizona State in the first round in Waco, Texas. The Lady Vols will have a chance to improve on this draw Thursday when they welcome the Vanderbilt Commodores to the Summitt. Vanderbilt has just one win in the SEC, posting an overall conference record of
1-13. Its lone win came on January 24 against Ole Miss, the other team the Lady Vols are set to face to close the season. The Commodores are 1-13 on the road as well, picking up a win earlier in the season at Ball State. They have already faced Tennessee once this season, in Nashville, in a contest that saw Tennessee leave victorious, 82-65. At that time, the Lady Vols were in the midst of a three-game conference winning streak, after surviving one of the worst skids in team history. This season has been characterized by streaks, and they’re on the tail end of a bad one right now. Tennessee has dropped its last two contests, both in conference, by double-digits. Vanderbilt provides a good opportunity to bounce back. “I think we just need to focus in practice and take it a day at a time,” forward Cheridene Green said. “That’s what we need to do.” The biggest issue plaguing Tennessee in the past couple of losses has been a lack of any significant offensive production. It failed to eclipse 70 points against both Texas A&M and South Carolina, while getting thoroughly out-paced on the other end. The offense’s shooting clip in the losses
was a combined 40 percent. The Lady Vols hit a total of five threes in the pair of games, only one of which came against South Carolina. They’re putting up a high volume of shots, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but they aren’t converting them at a winning level. “We’re not making shots,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “We’re just not making shots. This is a physical game, and we didn’t finish shots.” Vanderbilt isn’t exactly a defensive powerhouse. It allows opponents to hit around 44 percent of their shots, on the way to 70.4 points per game. In the last meeting between the two teams, Tennessee put 82 points on the board, its highest mark in conference play this season. It might need another convincing win like that if the team hopes to improve its postseason stock, both in the NCAA and SEC tournaments. In the SEC, the Lady Vols are just a couple of spots outside of the top six teams. If they can pick up a win on Thursday, and luck is on their side, they could slide into one of those slots. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
Cheridene Green, #15, during game against South Carolina on Feb. 24, 2019 at Thompson-Boling Arena. Caitlyn Jordan / The Daily Beacon
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SPORTS // BASKETBALL
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Lady Vols Grades: Texas A&M and South Carolina NOAH TAYLOR Contributor
Coming off crucial back-to-back wins over Missouri and Auburn a week ago, Tennessee entered a tough stretch that included two top 25 teams in Texas A&M and South Carolina. Having just two wins against top 30 RPI teams, the Lady Vols needed to win at least one of the two to really boost their NCAA Tournament resume. Not only did they get neither, they played poorly in the process, especially early, and it cost them dearly with the postseason fast approaching. Here is a closer look at how Tennessee performed in both losses:
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Grade: D-
Sophomore guard Evina Westbrook again led her team in points with 17 against Texas A&M, but the Lady Vols were able to shoot just over 37 percent from the floor and 26 percent from the perimeter. Against South Carolina, the guards did not fare much better, as Tennessee made one out
three total attempted three-pointers. Turnovers were also a big issue. The Lady Vols committed 16 of them, and 13 of those were given up by the guards, with Westbrook committing five of them. Poor shooting and turning the ball over don’t often translate into a winning formula, and the guards struggling in both categories went a long way in Tennessee dropping both games.
Frontcourt
Grade: C
While Tennessee has struggled, its play in the paint has been one of the few positives. Against Texas A&M, senior forward Cheridene Green recorded yet another doubledouble with 12 rebounds and 11 points, while freshman Mimi Collins snagged 9 of her own. Versus South Carolina, Tennessee outrebounded the Gamecocks 44-35, and posted 46 of their 67 points in the paint. Sophomore Rennia Davis tallied 15 points and 9 rebounds in the loss. To win their next two, the Lady Vols are going to have to put together a game where both the frontcourt and backcourt are on the same page. For their sake, they’ll need the bigs to continue playing like they have been.
Turnovers on the offensive end were killer in Tennessee’s loss to South Carolina on Sunday as the Gamecocks scored 17 points off of the Lady Vols’ 16 giveaways.
Offense
Grade: D+
The aforementioned bad shot selection and missed opportunities were factors again in both contests. After going 4-of-15 from deep against Texas A&M,Tennessee hit just one three versus South Carolina, and it came in the first half. Another alarming stat is that leading scorer Evina Westbrook hasn’t broken the 20-point mark as of late. Westbrook had, had nine 20 or more point games. She only had 10 against Texas A&M and led Tennessee with 17 against South Carolina. The long periods of stagnant offense continue to plague this Tennessee team, as it did early in the South Carolina game. The performances inside have helped, and have improved the Lady Vols’ offensive grade a little bit, overall. Following the South Carolina loss, Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick told the media, “We let our offense affect our defense.”
Zaay Green, #14, the game against South Carolina on Feb. 24, 2019 at ThompsonBoling Arena. Caitlyn Jordan / The Daily Beacon
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Men’s basketball grades: Vanderbilt and LSU CORY SANNING Staff Writer
Coming off one of its most disappointing weeks of the regular season, Tennessee will now be looking to regain its footing in the SEC following a gut-wrenching loss at the hands of LSU. While the Vols were able to hold off instate rival Vanderbilt at home, their fortunes took a turn for the worst in Baton Rouge as they saw a nine-point second half lead evaporate before their eyes. Here’s how their individual groups faired during that stretch:
Backcourt
Grade: D-
One of the Vols’ biggest strengths early on, their backcourt group has taken a step back in recent weeks. While Jordan Bone continues to prove he’s one of the country’s most lethal point guards, the up-and-down play of Jordan Bowden and Lamonte Turner has left Tennessee fans scratching their heads. Boasting a strong case for SEC Sixth Man of the Year honors, Bowden shot just 2 of 10 from the field in the past week with no
makes from beyond the arc. Turner, on the other hand, has hit the mark on just 30 percent of his attempts against the Tigers and Commodores despite reaching double figures against Vanderbilt. If the Vols wish to get back on track before it’s too late, they’re going to need more from this group going forward.
Frontcourt
Grade: C
Despite holding one of the country’s most experienced backcourts, Tennessee’s big men found themselves struggling a bit to deal with the physicality thrown their way since their blowout loss in Lexington. While Admiral Schofield had one of his better games of the season on Saturday, the senior guard found himself alone on an island until Grant Williams got it going down the stretch. Even then, the reigning SEC Player of the Year has been anything but his normal self as of late. Williams was a combined 12 of 27 over the past week and didn’t reach the 20-point mark in either of those outings. He also made perhaps the game-changing mistake against LSU, fouling Ja’Vonte Smart with less than a second left in overtime. The sky certainly isn’t falling on this
group, but fans of the Vols will be hoping for a resurgence from their best player sooner rather than later.
Offense
Grade: D+
Another area Tennessee typically excels in was an eyesore for Rick Barnes and co. last week. The Vols produced a season-low 58 points against Vanderbilt, which is still winless in the SEC. They also shot just 44 percent from the field against LSU, well below their season average. After struggling from beyond the arc for much of the season, Tennessee was able to find a rhythm from that distance in Baton Rouge but ultimately came up short when it mattered most. It’s difficult to say that the Vols are struggling offensively, but they have left a lot to be desired on that end and it proved costly on Saturday. Defensively, the Vols have yet to reach the level of intensity they played with throughout all of last season. Tennessee ranks 37th in Kenpom’s adjusted defensive efficiency rating, a category it regularly remained in the top 10 of a year ago.
Guard Lamonte Turner #1 of the Tennessee Volunteers during the game between the LSU Tigers and the Tennessee Volunteers at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Photo Courtesy of UT Athletics
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