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8 NCAA Championships | 16 SEC Championships | 15 SEC Tournament Championships 8 NCAA Championships | 16 SEC Championships | 15 SEC Tournament Championships TENNESSEE TENNESSEE 2011-12 LADYVOL BASKETBALL #2 TENNESSEE vs. #7 VANDERBILT/#10 MISSISSIPPI STATE Mar. 2| Bridgestone Arena (17,576) | Nashville, Tennessee| 2:30 p.m. CT Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Nov. 1 Carson-Newman (Exh.) W, 105-40 Nov. 8 Union University (Exh.) W, 93-45 Nov. 13 Pepperdine (SS) W, 89-57 Nov. 15 #7/7 Miami (Fla.) (ESPN2) W, 92-76 Nov. 20 at Virginia (ESPN3) L, 64-69 OT Nov. 27 #1/1 Baylor (ESPN) L, 67-76 Nov. 29 MTSU (SS) W, 82-43. Dec. 4 #21/22 Texas (SS) W, 73-57 Dec. 11 vs. #20/21 DePaul (ESPNU) W, 84-61 Dec. 13 at #11/11 Rutgers (ESPN) W, 67-61 Dec. 17 at UCLA W, 85-64 Dec. 20 at #4/4 Stanford (CSN/FSS) L, 80-97 Dec. 28 Old Dominion (SS) W, 90-37 Jan. 1 at Auburn (CSS) W, 73-52 Jan. 3 UT-Chattanooga W, 90-47 Jan. 5 #16/15 Georgia (CSS) W, 80-51 Jan. 8 at Arkansas (ESPNU) W, 69-38 Jan. 12 at #9/8 Kentucky (FSN) L, 60-61 Jan. 15 #25/24 Vanderbilt (SECN) W, 87-64 Jan. 19 LSU (CSS) W, 65-56 Jan. 23 at #2/2 Notre Dame (ESPN2) L, 44-72 Jan. 26 at Alabama (FSN) W, 86-56 Jan. 29 at #17/15 Georgia (ESPN2) W, 67-50 Feb. 2 rv/rv South Carolina (CSS) L, 60-64 Feb. 5 Auburn (SECN) W, 82-61 Feb. 9 at #nr/25 Vanderbilt (CSS) L, 79-93 Feb. 13 #7/7 Kentucky (ESPN2 in 3D) W, 91-54 Feb. 16 at Mississippi St. (CSS) W, 57-41 Feb. 19 at Ole Miss (SECN) W, 66-56 Feb. 23 Arkansas (FS-South) L, 71-72 OT Feb. 26 Florida (ESPNU) W, 75-59 Mar. 1-4 SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. Mar. 2 Vanderbilt/Miss St. (SS) 2:30 p.m. CT Mar. 17-20 NCAA Tournament (1st & 2nd Rds.) Mar. 24-27 NCAA Tournament (Regionals) Apr. 1 & 3 NCAA Final Four Denver, Colo. 2011-12 LADY VOL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 2011-12 LADY VOL BASKETBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Debby Jennings | Associate AD - Media Relations | Cell 865.806.5671 | Email [email protected]Megan Spedden | Media Relations Graduate Assistant | Cell 757.335.1951 | Email [email protected]Eric Trainer | Assoc. Media Relations Director - Home Credentials | Email [email protected]CONTACTS On the Air TELEVISION SportSouth Dave Neal (play-by-play) LaChina Robinson (color analyst) ONLINE www.ESPN3.com (subject to blackout) RADIO Lady Vol Network Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play) #13/10 Tennessee Record: 21-8 (12-4 SEC) Head Coach: Pat Summitt Overall record: (1,092-207/38 yrs) Points Shekinna Stricklen - 15.3 ppg Rebounds Glory Johnson - 9.3 rpg Assists Ariel Massengale - 5.3 apg LADY VOL LEADERS THE SEC TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND All-Time: Tennessee leads 28-4 2nd Round Winning Streak: 18 straight In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 2-0 Away: Tennessee is 0-0 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 26-4 Overtime: Tennessee is 1-0 Last Time in SEC 2nd Round: #4/4 Tennes- see 92, Florida 75, on Mar. 4, 2011, in Nash- ville, Tenn. This marks UT’s 33rd all-time appearance in an SEC Tournament Second Round game dating back to the 1979-80 season. Tennessee has won 18-consecutive SEC Tour- nament Second Round games dating back to 1994. The Lady Vols last bowed out in this round in 1993 to Georgia, 73-72, on Mar. 6 in Chattanooga, Tenn. UT has an all-time record of 66-17 in the SEC Tournament and 15 tournament championships. UT’s Last Win Over a Ranked Team: 91-54 over #7/7 Kentucky (Feb. 13, 2012) in Knoxville, Tenn. UT’s Last Win Over a Top 10 Team: 91-54 over #7/7 Kentucky (Feb. 13, 2012) in Knoxville, Tenn. UT’s Last Ranked SEC Tourney Meeting: UT won 90-65 vs. #16 Kentucky (Mar. 6, 2011), in Nashville, Tenn. Eight-Time National Champions 1987 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 20072008 2011-12 TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Ppg Rpg Notes 1 Briana Bass Sr. 5-2 PG 2.2 0.6 15th career start at Alabama 4 Kamiko Williams Jr. 5-11 G 3.5 1.9 16 gms back--ACL; 10 pts/5 ast @Bama 5 Ariel Massengale Fr. 5-6 PG 7.7 2.5 Rookie record 12 assists vs. Vandy1 10 Meighan Simmons So. 5-9 G 11.1 2.3 SEC career high 25 pts vs. Kentucky 11 Cierra Burdick Fr. 6-2 F 5.2 3.0 Started 3 gms; SEC Rookie of Week 13 Taber Spani Jr. 6-1 F/G 8.3 3.0 Back after missing 9 games-bone bruise 15 Alicia Manning *Gr. 6-1 F 4.0 4.0 Started 10 games; gritty on D 20 Isabelle Harrison Fr. 6-3 F/C 3.5 3.0 Career high 13 pts vs. UTC 21 Vicki Baugh *Gr. 6-4 F/C 7.4 6.4 14 rebounds vs. LSU; 11 starts 25 Glory Johnson *Gr. 6-3 F 13.6 9.3 21 pts vs. Fla; 15 rbs at Miss St. 33 career d-d 40 Shekinna Stricklen Sr. 6-2 G/F 15.3 6.5 22 pts at MSU; SEC Player of the Week *GR=Graduate Student Head Coach Pat Summitt (Tennessee-Martin ‘74) 38th season at UT Associate Head Coach Holly Warlick (Tennessee ‘81) 27th season at UT Assistant Coach Dean Lockwood (Spring Arbor College ‘82) 8th season at UT Assistant Coach Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech ‘77) 20th season at UT Dir. of Character Development Daedra Charles-Furlow (Tennessee ‘91) 4th season at UT Dir. of BB Operations Kathy Harston (Wayland Baptist ‘80) 4th season at UT Video Coordinator Michael Fahey (Benedictine ‘10) 1st season at UT Graduate Assistant Corinne Milien (Bemidji State ‘10) 2nd season at UT How To Say It Briana/Bree-ah-na; Kamiko/Ka-MEE-ko; Taber Spani/Tay-bur Spain-ee; Baugh/BAW; Shekinna/Shuh-KEE-na COMMODORE LEADERS Vanderbilt Record: 21-8 (9-7 SEC) Head Coach: Melanie Balcomb Overall record: (399-196/20 yrs) Points Christina Foggie- 17.9 ppg Rebounds Tiffany Clarke- 7.3 rpg Assists Jasmine Lister- 5.4 apg LADY BULLDOG LEADERS Mississippi State Record: 14-15 (4-12 SEC) Head Coach: Sharon Fanning-Otis Overall record: (608-459/36 yrs) Points Diamber Johnson- 14.7 ppg Rebounds Martha Alwal- 7.2 rpg Assists Diamber Johnson- 3.7 apg
Points Shekinna Stricklen - 15.3 ppgRebounds Glory Johnson - 9.3 rpgAssists Ariel Massengale - 5.3 apg
LADY VOL LEADERS
THE SEC TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUNDAll-Time: Tennessee leads 28-42nd Round Winning Streak: 18 straightIn Knoxville: Tennessee leads 2-0Away: Tennessee is 0-0At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 26-4Overtime: Tennessee is 1-0Last Time in SEC 2nd Round: #4/4 Tennes-see 92, Florida 75, on Mar. 4, 2011, in Nash-ville, Tenn.
This marks UT’s 33rd all-time appearance in an SEC Tournament Second Round game dating back to the 1979-80 season. Tennessee has won 18-consecutive SEC Tour-
nament Second Round games dating back to 1994. The Lady Vols last bowed out in this round in
1993 to Georgia, 73-72, on Mar. 6 in Chattanooga, Tenn. UT has an all-time record of 66-17 in the SEC
Tournament and 15 tournament championships. UT’s Last Win Over a Ranked Team: 91-54 over #7/7 Kentucky (Feb. 13, 2012) in Knoxville, Tenn.UT’s Last Win Over a Top 10 Team: 91-54 over #7/7 Kentucky (Feb. 13, 2012) in Knoxville, Tenn.UT’s Last Ranked SEC Tourney Meeting: UT won 90-65 vs. #16 Kentucky (Mar. 6, 2011), in Nashville, Tenn.
Eight-TimeNational Champions
1987 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 2007 2008
2011-12 TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Ppg Rpg Notes 1 Briana Bass Sr. 5-2 PG 2.2 0.6 15th career start at Alabama 4 Kamiko Williams Jr. 5-11 G 3.5 1.9 16 gms back--ACL; 10 pts/5 ast @Bama 5 Ariel Massengale Fr. 5-6 PG 7.7 2.5 Rookie record 12 assists vs. Vandy1 10 Meighan Simmons So. 5-9 G 11.1 2.3 SEC career high 25 pts vs. Kentucky 11 Cierra Burdick Fr. 6-2 F 5.2 3.0 Started 3 gms; SEC Rookie of Week 13 Taber Spani Jr. 6-1 F/G 8.3 3.0 Back after missing 9 games-bone bruise 15 Alicia Manning *Gr. 6-1 F 4.0 4.0 Started 10 games; gritty on D 20 Isabelle Harrison Fr. 6-3 F/C 3.5 3.0 Career high 13 pts vs. UTC 21 Vicki Baugh *Gr. 6-4 F/C 7.4 6.4 14 rebounds vs. LSU; 11 starts 25 Glory Johnson *Gr. 6-3 F 13.6 9.3 21 pts vs. Fla; 15 rbs at Miss St. 33 career d-d40 Shekinna Stricklen Sr. 6-2 G/F 15.3 6.5 22 pts at MSU; SEC Player of the Week*GR=Graduate Student
Head Coach Pat Summitt (Tennessee-Martin ‘74) 38th season at UTAssociate Head Coach Holly Warlick (Tennessee ‘81) 27th season at UTAssistant Coach Dean Lockwood (Spring Arbor College ‘82) 8th season at UTAssistant Coach Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech ‘77) 20th season at UTDir. of Character Development Daedra Charles-Furlow (Tennessee ‘91) 4th season at UTDir. of BB Operations Kathy Harston (Wayland Baptist ‘80) 4th season at UT Video Coordinator Michael Fahey (Benedictine ‘10) 1st season at UTGraduate Assistant Corinne Milien (Bemidji State ‘10) 2nd season at UT
How To Say It Briana/Bree-ah-na; Kamiko/Ka-MEE-ko; Taber Spani/Tay-bur Spain-ee; Baugh/BAW; Shekinna/Shuh-KEE-na
TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
TENNESSEE PROBABLE STARTERS... BRIANA BASSStarts at guard...Started on Senior Day...Tossed in four points and dished three assists in the win over Kentucky...Earned first starting assignment of her senior year in game 20 versus Alabama...Scored eight points and had a career high five steals in 29 minutes against Bama....Now has 15 career starts...Came off the bench for three treys vs. Chattanooga...Registered three assists in 16 minutes vs. MTSU...Had 10 points as a reserve in the season opener against Pepperdine.
GLORY JOHNSONStarts in the post...21 pts/10 rbs vs. Fla...13 pts vs. Arkansas2 & Ole Miss...15 rbs at Miss State...Early fouls vs. UK/at UGA...19 pts/4 rbs at Vandy...14 pts/11 rbs vs Auburn... 13/9 vs USC...13 pts/8 rbs at Bama...9 pts/9 rbs vs. ND...Injured shoulder vs LSU...Over 1,000 career rbs @ Ark.-- 4th LV ever...16 pts/13 rbs vs. Vandy...17 pts/7 rbs at UK...15 pts/14 rbs at Ark....14 pts/13 rbs vs. Auburn...SEC POW (D26-J1 & J2-8)... 22 pts/13 rbs vs. UGA...33 career dbl-dbls...Graduated in 3 years...
SHEKINNA STRICKLENStarts at G-F-C...15 pts vs. Fla...SEC POW.(Feb. 20)...17 pts vs Ark2...22 pts/12 rbs at Miss St...18 pts vs. UK...17 pts at Vandy...11 pts/10 rbs vs. Auburn...24 pts at UGA...Nation-leading consecutive starts snapped at 122 vs. Bama--14 pts in 15 min. off the bench... 5 pts/7 rbs at ND...Missed LSU...Knee sprain vs Vandy after scoring 20 pts....17 pts. at Auburn...19 pts/8 rbs at Arkansas...AP Pre-season All-America...16 pts/14 rbs in loss at UVa...Monster game of 25 pts/12 rbs vs. #1 Baylor... 20 pts and 8 rbs vs. Texas...22 pts/9 rbs at Rutgers...Career high 27 pts at Stanford...
VICKI BAUGHStarts in the post...Holdover from the 2008 NCAA title team...In her best form since suffering back-to-back ACL injuries to her left knee 08 & 09....Had 10 pts/7 rbs vs. Ole Miss...14 rbs vs LSU...Back-to-back 16 pts games vs. Vandy1 & Kentucky1...Quick fouls vs. Stanford... Dbl-dbl of 14 pts/12 rbs at UCLA...At Rutgers, 6 pts/7 rbs/ 3 blks...Solid vs. Texas w/ 17 pts/11 rbs... Big vs. Baylor with 17 pts/10 rbs...Runs the floor with the guards...Will complete her Master’s degree in May 2012...
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4 Kamiko Williams 5-11 Jr. G 3.5 ppg// 1.9 rpg5 Ariel Massengale 5-6 Fr. PG 7.7 ppg// 2.5 rpg10 Meighan Simmons 5-9 So. G 11.1 ppg // 2.3 rpg11 Cierra Burdick 6-2 Fr. F 5.2 ppg// 3.0 rpg 13 Taber Spani 6-! Jr.G-F 8.3 ppg// 3.0 rpg 20 Isabelle Harrison 6-3 Fr. F/C 3.5 ppg// 3.1 rpg
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RS 2 Number of National Assistant Coaches of
the Year: Holly Warlick (2007) and Mickie
DeMoss (1998, 2000)
4 Glory Johnson is
the fourth Lady Vol in school history to tally
1,000 pts. and 1,000 reb. She went over the mark
at Arkansas on Jan. 8, 2012.
20 Lady Vol student-athletes have earned
WBCA State Farm/Kodak All-America
Honors
8 Eight more wins will put Pat Summitt at her next victory milestone:
1,100 Ws.
113The number of
weeks Tennessee has been ranked No. 1 in
the AP poll
672 Number of wins
all-time Lady Vol basketball has over teams on this year’s
schedule
SEC Pct. Home Away Neutral ALL Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak
THURSDAY (3/1) FIRST ROUNDGame 1-Seed #8 Florida vs. #9 Auburn, Noon FSNGame 2-Seed #7 Vandy vs. #10 Miss. St., 2:30 pm FSNGame 3-Seed #5 Arkansas vs. #12 Ole Miss, 6:30 pm FSNGame 4 - Seed #6 USC. vs. #11 Alabama, 9 pm FSN
FRIDAY (3/2) SECOND ROUNDGame 5-Seed #1UK vs. Game 1 winner, Noon, FSNGame 6-Seed #2 UT vs. Game 2 winner, 2:30 pm FSNGame 7-Seed #4 LSU vs. Game 3 winner, 6:30 pm FS-SGame 8-Seed #3 Georgia vs. Game 4 winner, 9 pm FS-S
SATURDAY (3/3) SEMIFINALSGame 9- Game 5 vs. Game 7 winners, 3 pm ESPNUGame 10- Game 6 vs. Game 8 winners, 5 pm ESPNU
SUNDAY (3/4) CHAMPIONSHIPGame 11- Game 9 vs. Game 10 winners, 5 pm ESPN2
all times central
ALICIA MANNINGStarts at forward or post...Started on Senior Day turning in 11 pts, 8 rbs, and dishing 6 assists...Aver-aged 4 pts and 4 rbs against South Carolina, Auburn and Vandy...8 pts and 5 rbs vs. Vandy1...10 pts/5 rbs vs. Auburn1...First starting assignment of 2011-12 vs. ODU...Posted career highs in re-bounds (15) and steals (6)....Contributed 12 pts/12 rbs vs. DePaul off the bench...Gritty on “D”...Graduated in December 2011...Pursuing Master’s degree in Kinesiology....
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TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
Tennessee vs. VanderbiltAll-Time: Tennessee is 59-8In Knoxville: Tennessee is 27-0Away: Tennessee is 23-6At Neutral Sites: Tennessee is 9-2Post Season: Tennessee is 9-2Overtime: Tennessee is 1-0
This marks the 68th meeting between the two schools dating back to the 1975-76 season. Tennessee has won 23 of the last 25 games with
Vanderbilt dating back to the 2001-02 campaign. Before the Commodore win on Feb. 9, 2012, the
Lady Vols had won the last seven straight over the Commodores. Vandy’s most recent victory against UT came on
Feb. 9 in Nashville by a 93-79 score. Tennessee Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt collected
her 500th career home win when her Lady Vols defeat-ed the Commodores on Jan. 15, 2012, 87-64.Cross-State RivalsUT-VU Tidbits
UT coach Pat Summitt has won 21 of 23 games over Vanderbilt while Melanie Balcomb has been the Commodore head coach over the last 10 years.
Threesies with the Commodores Tennessee has faced Vanderbilt three times in a
season nine times and posted a 25-2 mark in those games.
The 2009-10 season was such the case with three meetings as UT prevailed in the semifi nals of the SEC Tournament in Duluth, Ga., 68-49, on Mar. 6; held on to defeat Vandy in Nashville, 69-60, on Feb. 8, 2010, and prevailed in Knoxville, 64-57, on Jan. 17, 2010.
Facing VanderbiltThe Series// UT vs. VU
Tennessee and Vanderbilt have a storied past. This will mark the 68th meeting between these SEC
foes. No other team has recorded as many back-to-back games with the Lady Vols in single seasons since UT played Old Dominion home-and-home and in the postseason (practically every year) in the late 1970s and early 80s.
The Lady Vols possess a dominant 59-8 advantage in the overall series.
Closing in on 70 All-Time Meetings Vanderbilt became the fi rst opponent to face UT
more than 50 times and then 60 times in a series and the fi rst opponent the Lady Vols have defeated
50 times in a series all-time.UT-Vandy Series Rankings
Typically, going into the Tennessee versus Vander-bilt match-up, the Lady Vols have entered the con-test as the higher ranked team.
In fact, in the last 47 meetings dating back to Jan. 30, 1993, the Commodores have been ranked high-er just six times.
Going into that memorable oversold game on the Nashville campus in 1993, Vanderbilt was ranked number one while the Lady Vols were a step be-hind at #2.
Always a Tough Ticket Tennessee and Vanderbilt love to attract the crowds
on their campuses when the two teams meet. In UT’s fi nal home game of 2007, with the old
Thompson-Boling Arena confi guration, UT and Vandy attracted the largest crowd ever in the series as 24,251 clicked thru the turnstiles on Senior Day.
Vanderbilt attracted the largest crowd to Thomp-son-Boling Arena last season, 17,853, and the sec-ond largest crowd this season, 17,879.
Attendance averages dating back to 1986-87 season. KNOXVILLE TOTAL (AVG.) --22 games – 352,665 (16,030); NASHVILLE TOTAL (AVG)--24 games –272,024 (11,334); NEUTRAL TOTAL (AVG)--10 games- 79,213 ( 7,921). Largest gatherings: 24,251 in Knoxville 2/23/07, and 15,317 in Nashville 1/30/93.
Vanderbilt’s Success in Nashville Six of Vandy’s wins in the series have come at Me-
morial Gymnasium on the Nashville campus, while two of the Commodores eight victories over UT have come on neutral courts in the SEC Tourney.
The closest Vanderbilt has come to claiming a win in Knoxville in 27 meetings was a two-point loss on Feb. 26, 1984, 74-72, in old Stokely Athletics Center on the UT campus.
In Thompson-Boling Arena, the ‘Dores have walked a trey away from victory twice -- in 1996, 85-82 (1-19-96) and in 2006, 70-67 (2-12-06).
SEC neutral court wins for the Commodores -- in 2001, #15 Vandy upset #1 UT in the SEC Tourna-ment in Memphis, 77-74, while Jim Foster was the Commodore head coach. In 1995, #9/11-ranked VU knocked #2-ranked UT out of the SEC’s in Chatta-nooga, 67-61.
Balcomb has won Three VU head coach Melanie Balcomb has claimed three
all-time wins over Tennessee. She is 2-21 vs. the Lady Vols while at Vandy since
the 2002-03 season after picking up her fi rst SEC win over the Lady Vols in Nashville on Jan. 11, 2009.
Previously, as the head coach at Xavier, her Mus-keteers sent UT home from the 2001 NCAA Tour-ney dealing a Sweet 16 upset defeat, 80-65.
Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt
(UT leads 59-8) DATE AP RANK ESPN RANK SITE W/L SCORE UT/OPP UT/OPP
1/18/76 A W 96-2711/21/79 4/nr A W 77-5312/6/81 10/nr H W 99-771/4/82 20/nr A W 80-632/26/82 8/nr N6 W 80-751/12/83 11/nr H W 98-702/19/83 4/nr A W 94-792/5/84 7/nr A W 82-732/26/84 10/nr H W 74-721/16/85 nr/nr A L 77-842/16/85 nr/nr 24/nr H W 82-712/15/86 14/nr 14/nr H W 94-812/4/87 5/14 6/13 A L 76-771/17/88 4/nr 4/20 H W 104-671/26/89 2/nr 2/23 A W 80-602/22/90 4/nr 4/nr H W 88-7712/6/90 6/nr 6/nr A L 66-803/2/91 4/nr 4/nr N51 W 62-602/2/92 4/13 4/11 H W 70-531/30/93 2/1 2/1 A W 73-681/31/94 2/9 2/10 A W 84-822/13/94 2/12 2/11 H W 79-573/7/94 1/13 1/13 N65 W 82-5712/31/94 1/8 1/9 A W 72-702/12/95 2/7 2/7 H W 75-553/6/95 2/9 2/11 N65 L 61-671/19/96 6/2 5/2 H W 85-822/25/96 5/10 5/9 A W 79-711/19/97 9/7 9/7 A W OT 92-792/17/97 8/15 8/13 H W 64-591/25/98 1/9 1/8 H W 86-542/16/98 1/14 1/11 A W 91-602/28/98 1/14 1/13 N82 W 106-452/7/99 1/nr 1/nr A W 66-60 2/18/99 1/nr 1/nr H W 89-532/4/00 4/nr 4/nr H W 78-522/24/00 2/nr 3/nr A W 59-573/4/00 2/nr 3/nr N65 W 61-531/23/01 3/16 3/17 A W 70-642/22/01 1/18 1/17 H W 70-663/3/01 1/15 1/15 N94 L 74-772/2/02 2/8 2/6 A L 59-762/16/02 3/6 4/6 H W 75-683/25/02 6/4 6/4 N102 W 68-632/2/03 3/17 4/17 A W 81-672/27/03 3/17 3/18 H W 91-711/22/04 2/nr 2/nr H W 79-542/15/04 2/nr 3/nr A W 94-881/16/05 8/17 10/15 A W 79-652/13/05 5/21 5/20 H W 72-633/5/05 5/18 4/17 N114 W 76-731/19/06 1/19 1/19 A W 80-682/12/06 5/22 5/20 H W 70-671/25/07 4/15 4/14 A W 67-572/25/07 2/12 2/12 H W 73-531/20/08 2/nr 2/nr H W 79-632/1708 1/25 1/nr A W 81-683/8/08 3/21 3/22 N101 W 63-481/11/09 7/24 11/24 A L 58-743/1/09 18/19 23/21 H W 75-661/17/10 4/nr 4/22 H W 64-572/8/10 5/nr 5/22 A W 69-603/6/10 4/nr 4/nr N119 W 68-491/15/11 5/nr 5/nr H W 68-562/13/11 4/nr 4/nr A W 65-571/15/12 6/25 7/24 H W 87-642/9/12 11/nr 11/25 A L 79-93
2011-12 VANDERBILT ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School/College3 Nadine Ndip G 5-8 Fr. Spring, Texas/Klein4 Maggie Morrison G 5-8 Fr. Millersville, Md./Archbishop Spalding5 Kady Schrann G 5-9 Fr. York, Pa. /York Catholic10 Christina Foggie G 5-9 So. Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape Regional11 Jasmine Lister G 5-4 So. Corona, Calif./Santiago12 Jordan Coleman F 5-11 Sr. Lake Mary, Fla./Lake Mary21 Stephanie Holzer C 6-4 RSo. Newtown Square, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara30 Elan Brown G 6-0 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy32 Gabby Smith G 5-10 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame34 Tiff any Clarke F 6-0 Jr. Duluth, Ga./Norcross55 Clair Watkins F 6-4 RFr. Charlotte, N.C./Butler
Head Coach: Melanie BalcombAssistant Coaches: Vicky Picott, Kim Rosamond, Tom Garrick
The Lady Vols are winless when trailing at halftime. Ten-nessee has now dropped all five contests when trailing at intermission.
Tonight’s game marks the second time Tennessee has used this starting five. The Lady Vols have dropped both contests, losing also at Virginia.
Three Lady Vols put up double-digit scoring efforts in the loss to Vanderbilt: Simmons (20), Johnson (19) and Strick-len (17).
Vanderbilt outrebounded the Lady Vols, pulling down 14 more boards than Tennessee. UT only recovered nine balls off the offensive glass.
The Tennessee/Vanderbilt rivalry has put more bodies in seats than any other UT series this season. VU put 12,034 fans in Memorial Gym tonight.
To NoteThe Series• With the loss, Tennessee falls to 59-8 in the all-time series versus Vanderbilt dat-ing back to the 1975-76 season. • The loss is the first loss at the hands of the Commodores since Jan. 11, 2009 when VU won in Nashville. • Tennessee has claimed 23 of the last 25 games with the Commodores, splitting the regular-season series with Vanderbilt with Thursday’s loss.For Starters • Today’s starters: Ariel Massengale, Meighan Simmons, Taber Spani, Shekinna Stricklen and Glory Johnson. • These starters lined up for the opening tip of the Lady Vols’ third game of the season -- the loss at Virginia.• This is the second game with these five lining up for the opening tip. The Lady Vols are now 0-2 sporting this lineup combination. Rivalry Fills Seats• The Tennessee/Vanderbilt rivalry has put more bodies in seats than any other UT series this season. VU hosted 12,034 fans in Memorial Gym tonight -- the Lady Vols’ away attendance high this season. • The home game against Vanderbilt set UT’s home high-mark for attendance this season with 18,789.
Wouldn’t You Like to KnowAt the Half• The Lady Vols trailed Vanderbilt at halftime, 42-34. Tonight’s eight-point half-time deficit marks the second-largest trailing margin at the half for Tennessee. UT trailed Notre Dame by 10 at the half in South Bend (1/23). • The Lady Vols have trailed at intermission in five games. Tennessee has led at the half in 16 contests and has been tied in the other three contests.• Tennessee is now 0-5 when it trails going into the locker room. Still Winless• The Lady Vols overcame tonight’s eight-point deficit, but were unable to retain their lead, falling for the fifth time this season when going into intermission be-hind. Double Time• Three Lady Vols recorded double-digit scoring efforts in the loss to Vanderbilt: Simmons (20), Johnson (19) and Stricklen (17). • No Lady Vol collected double-digit rebounds. Freshman Cierra Burdick pulled down nine rebounds off the boards in the loss. They’re Back Beyond the Arc• After struggling from beyond the arc versus Auburn and South Carolina, Ten-nessee tallied a better effort from three-point range against Vandy, hitting 7-of-19 shots (36.8 percent).• The Lady Vols were 3-of-13 (23.1 percent) from downtown in the win over Au-burn and 1-of-8 from long-range in the loss to South Carolina (12.5 percent). The season-low mark for treys occurred when Tennessee failed to hit a three-pointer verus DePaul.
Where are the StaplesDefense...• Tennessee found four Vanderbilt players in double figures -- and two with more than 20 points in the loss. The Lady Vols gave up 52 points in the paint to Vanderbilt.• UT allowed Vandy to tally 21 points off 16 turnovers....And Rebounding• Vanderbilt dominated the boards against the Lady Vols. The Commodores pulled down 41 rebounds while UT collected 27 off the glass.
• Vanderbilt registered 16 second chance points, while UT managed only nine.
Tennessee TidbitsGlory Gives What She’s Got• Glory Johnson notched 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting in the loss.•Her eight field goals ties her personal SEC-best. She previously made eight buckets in the win over Georgia (1/5/12).Simmons, Stricklen Score• Meighan Simmons and Shekinna Stricklen each put up double-digit scoring efforts for Tennessee in the loss. • The trio accounted for 56 of UT’s 79 points (71 percent).
On the HorizonGlory, Glory - Look Who’s Boarding• Glory Johnson is currently second on the all-time rebounding list with 1,086 boards. • She needs 210 rebounds to catch program leader Chamique Holdsclaw, who pulled down 1,295 rebounds in her Lady Vol career.Massengale Dishes ‘Em• With seven assists versus Vanderbilt, freshman point guard Ariel Massengale neared the rookie assist mark. • She is 22 assists shy of the Lady Vol record for assists in a season by a freshman. Loree Moore dished out 133 helpers for Tennessee in 2001-02.Up Next• Tennessee returns home to play host to Kentucky in the Play for Kay game, Monday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Eight-TimeNational Champions
1987 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 2007 2008
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTENNESSEE vs #rv/25 Vanderbilt
02/09/12 8:05 p.m. CT at Nashville, Tenn. (Memorial Gymnasium)
Officials: Bryan Enterline, Ed Sidlasky, Brian HallTechnical fouls: TENNESSEE-None. #rv/25 Vanderbilt-None.Attendance: 12034
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTENNESSEE 34 45 79#rv/25 Vanderbilt 42 51 93
Tennessee at Vanderbilt Postgame Quotes
HEAD COACH Pat Summitt (On Tennessee's loss) "Obviously, we are very disappointed and rightfully so. I didn't think we brought the energy early on. We didn't sustain runs and we didn't have a whole lot of runs to sustain. It's really just a big disappointment."
(On Tennessee's loss) "It absolutely wasn't there. They let us down. As coaches, we're not happy and they're not happy or at least they better not be happy. We have more basketball to play. This one hurts. It really does."
(On Vanderbilt outrebounding Tennessee) "We saw a lot of lack of effort on the court tonight. You have to give Vanderbilt all the credit. They came ready to play Melanie Balcomb does a great job. We just have to go back and figure out ways we can improve. We have a lot to improve on."
ASSISTANT COACH Mickie DeMoss (On giving up 93 points) "You have to give Vanderbilt a lot of credit. They're a very good offensive team. They execute extremely well. Still, to give up 93 points is very disappointing for our defense."
(On Tennessee's interior defense) "I don't know if it surprised me. I've seen some other post players manhandle our post in there. They just kept getting deep berries. They had us pinned up under the rim and they were just turning and shooting a layup on us. For whatever reason, we're going to have to get a little tougher on our interior defense."
GUARD Meighan Simmons (On the loss to Vanderbilt) "It's tough. We talk about it in the locker room (how) we come out in the first half and we don't start off strong and play behind the entire game. When we put ourselves in a position like that, we lose focus. We can't lose our focus from here on out. We have to keep our focus throughout the entire game."
(On the Lady Vols' defense) "To be honest, I don't even know where it was tonight. We just weren't disciplined enough to play defense. We played defense against Auburn, we have to bring that intensity each and every night. We can't bring it one game and then not bring it at all in the next."
(On defending the Vanderbilt offense) "Once we got their outside shutdown, we had to focus on both (inside and outside). We know if one doesn't work (of them) they are going to switch it up. Tonight they really did and we didn't respond. We couldn't score and we just let (Christina Foggie) have her game, she played an awesome game and I give her credit. I give Vanderbilt credit they are a major team and they showed they wanted more than we did. We can't show that anymore."
(On Kentucky Game On Monday) "Personally, we have to get back in the gym and get better. From here on out we have to focus and learn from this game and make sure we get ready to play against Kentucky. We just have to come out ready. This game is history."
TENNESSEE POSTGAME NOTES | GAME 17
FINAL SCORE: #6 TENNESSEE 87 #25 VANDERBILT 64
Lady Vol LeadersPoints Shekinna Stricklen 20Rebounds Glory Johnson 13Assists Ariel Massengale 12
Glory Johnson recorded her eighth double-double of the season with 16 points and 13 boards. It was her sixth dou-ble-double in the last seven games.
With 12 assists against Vanderbilt, Ariel Massengale set the freshman assist record at UT, topping the previous mark set by Meighan Simmons (11 assists vs. Alabama 1/6/11).
The win continues the streak of UT’s recent successes at home in the Southeastern Conference. The Lady Vols have won 26 consecutive SEC games in TBA.
The Lady Vols held Vanderbilt, the SEC leader in three-point field goal percentage, to 5-of-16 (31.3 percent) shooting beyond the arc.
The Lady Vols saw season-high attendance figures against the Commodores with 17,879 in the crowd at Thompson-Boling Arena.
To NoteThe Series• With the win Tennessee moves to 59-7 in the all-time series versus Vanderbilt dating back to the 1975-76 season. Tennessee has won 23 of the last 24 meetings against the Commodores. • The win continues the streak of UT’s recent successes at home in the Southeast-ern Conference. The Lady Vols have won 26 consecutive SEC games in Thomp-son-Boling Arena.For Starters • Today’s starters: senior Glory Johnson, senior Alicia Manning, senior Shekinna Stricklen, sophomore Meighan Simmons and freshman Ariel Massengale.• This is the seventh consecutive game in which the Lady Vols have taken to the court with this starting five. They sport a 6-1 record with those five lining up for the opening tip.Stricklen Start Streak• Lady Vol senior Shekinna Stricklen has the nation’s longest starting streak. In-cluding today, Stricklen has started 121 consecutive games.We Back Pat• This game kicked off “We Back Pat” Week, a week-long initiative focused on bringing awareness and recognition to the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and its fight against Alzheimer’s disease.• During the week of Jan. 15-22, SEC member institutions will support the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund during its home basketball games.
Chalk TalkAt the Half• The Lady Vols led at halftime for the 13th time this season. They have trailed in two contests and were tied at the break in the other two games.• Tennessee is now 12-1 when they lead going into the locker room. Points in the Paint • Tennessee came up with 46 of its 87 points in the paint, accounting for 53 per-cent of the Lady Vols’ scoring on the night. • Vanderbilt scored 28 paint points in the contest. Lady Vol Staples: Defense• Vanderbilt came into the game leading the NCAA in three-point field goal per-centage, hitting 44.1 percent of its shots from behind the arc on the year. • The Lady Vols held the Commodores to 31.3 percent shooting from three in today’s contest. ...And Rebounding• Tennessee won the board game against Vanderbilt, pulling down 39 boards compared to VU’s 30 rebounds.• UT came up with 21 second-chance points while the Commodores scored only 11 points off second chance opportunities.
Tennessee TidbitsAriel’s Assists• With 12 assists against Vanderbilt, Ariel Massengale set the freshman assist record, topping the previous mark set by Meighan Simmons (11 assists vs. Ala-bama 1/6/11).• Her 12 assists were also tied for the fifth-most in UT history. Associate head coach Holly Warlick had 12 assists against Clemson in 1980.• Twelve helpers is her career-best mark, topping two nine-assist perfomances earlier this season.
More From Johnson• With 16 points and 13 rebounds against Vanderbilt, Glory Johnson put up her eighth double-double of the season and sixth in the last seven Lady Vol games.• She was tabbed AutoZone Player of the Game for her performance in the win.
Double Time• Four Lady Vols scored in double figures against VU: Stricklen (20), Baugh (16), Johnson (16) and Simmons (10).
All Aboard• All 10 available Lady Vols saw action for Tennessee for the fifth-consecutive game.
TBA - The Place to PlayHot at Home• Tennessee has been hot at home in 2011-12, averaging 83.3 points per contest and allowing only 56.4 in games played at Thompson-Boling Arena.• TBA is still the toughest women’s basketball arena in the nation to secure a win. The Lady Vols have fashioned a 346-21 all-time record on their home court.• Additionally, the win marked Pat Summitt’s 500th win inside Thompson-Boling Arena.
On the HorizonApproaching 1,100 Wins• Sixteen more wins will put Summitt at her next victory milestone: 1,100 wins.Up Next• The Lady Vols will next play host to LSU on Thursday. The Jan. 19 contest will be aired by CSS and will tip at 7 p.m.• Tennessee will then travel to South Bend, Ind., where the Lady Vols will take on the Irish on Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m.
Eight-TimeNational Champions
1987 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 2007 2008
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics
Vanderbilt vs TENNESSEE
01/15/12 2:05 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee vs. Mississippi St.All-Time: Tennessee is 33-0In Knoxville: Tennessee is 14-0Away: Tennessee is 15-0At Neutral Sites: Tennessee is 4-0Post Season: Tennessee is 4-0Overtime: Tennessee is 0-0Last Meeting: #13/10 UT def. Mississippi State, 57-41, on Feb. 16, 2012 in Starkville
This would mark the 34th meeting between the two schools dating back to the 1985-86 sea-son. Tennessee leads the series with Miss. State, 33-
0. The two teams began their series during the
1985-86 season in Starkville. The closest game between UT and MSU was the
2003 SEC Tournament match-up won by the Lady Vols, 76-75, on a Kara Lawson buzzer-beater. MSU head coach Sharon Fanning-Otis was a graduate assistant under Pat Head Summitt at Ten-nessee during the 1975-76 season. Fanning is one of many former players, graduate assistants or as-sistant coaches who have landed collegiate head coaching jobs after their days at Tennessee.
Final SEC Regular Season Road SwingStarted at The Hump
Tennessee picked up its 10th conference W on the 2011-12 campaign with a 57-41 win over Mississippi State on Feb. 16 in Starkville.
Taber Spani is one of four Lady Vols averaging double-fi gure scoring against Mississippi State. Spani averages 10.0 ppg while Glory Johnson drops in 11.8 ppg, Shekinna Stricklen 13.6 ppg and Meighan Simmons 11.3 ppg.
Johnson also grabs double-digit boards against the Lady Bulldogs snagging 12.1 rpg.
Calling Kara Lawson... The former Lady Vol All-American and Olympian was money in the clutch against Mississippi State.
Lawson provided the kill shot against MSU a number of times during her career. In her last game against State on Mar. 8, 2003 in the SEC Tournament, the senior scooped in the fi -
nal buzzer-beater bucket in a 76-75 win over #4-seeded MSU.
The game winning shot by Lawson marked the third time in her illustrious career that she had been credited with the basket to beat the Lady Bulldogs.
On Valentine’s Day 2002 (Lawson’s birthday) in Starkville, Miss., she hit a 12-footer at the buzzer to help UT come back from 14 down to beat MSU 80-78, while on Feb. 17, 2000, she hit a trey with 1.6 ticks left to beat State 79-75.
Massengale Followed MSUCousin Barry Stewart Played for State
Ariel Massengale was a fan of Mississippi State basketball when her cousin Barry Stewart played for the Bulldogs (2006-10).
The 6’3” guard from Shelbyville, Tenn., (Shelbyville Central H.S.) played in 141 games during his career and averaged 11.4 ppg.
Stewart’s fi nal career game was a 76-74 loss to North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament.
Ranking the 33-Game Winning Streak Tennessee’s 33-game consecutive winning
streak over Mississippi State is the sixth longest in the nation.
The list is topped by Stanford who has won 53 consecutive over Washington State and Old Dominion has taken 52 straight over William & Mary.
Lady Vols from the Magnolia State Former Lady Vol Pashen Thompson is the only
UT player to don the Orange and White from the state of Mississippi (Philadelphia). Thomp-son was at Rocky Top from 1993-97 and won two NCAA titles (1996 and 1997).
Tennessee vs. Mississippi State
(UT leads 33-0) DATE AP RANK ESPN RANK SITE W/L SCORE UT/OPP UT/OPP
2/22/86 15/nr 12/nr A W 72-512/21/87 9/nr 8/nr H W 84-532/8/88 4/nr 4/nr A W 81-741/16/89 2/nr 2/nr H W 79-542/7/90 5/nr 5/nr A W 76-551/2/91 5/nr 7/nr H W 91-632/12/92 3/nr 3/nr A W 78-561/9/93 2/nr 2/nr H W 109-621/22/94 1/nr 1/nr A W 82-621/21/95 2/nr 2/nr H W 81-582/10/96 6/nr 6/nr A W 92-762/9/97 9/nr 9/nr H W 104-392/9/98 1/nr 1/nr A W 74-522/27/98 1/nr 1/nr N82 W 88-602/6/99 1/nr 1/nr H W 94-532/17/00 2/22 3/18 A W 79-753/5/00 3/17 2/19 N65 W 70-671/15/01 2/21 2/21 H W 66-592/14/02 3/nr 4/nr A W 80-781/26/03 4/12 4/13 H W 82-683/8/03 3/10 3/11 N107 W 76-751/11/04 5/nr 5/nr A W 61-533/5/04 1/nr 1/nr N101 W 67-572/24/05 5/nr 5/nr H W 78-561/15/06 1/nr 1/nr A W 79-561/18/07 4/nr 4/nr H W 73-442/7/08 2/nr 2/nr A W 87-692/24/08 3/nr 3/nr H W 72-461/15/09 13/nr 15/nr A W 63-562/22/09 13/nr 19/nr H W 82-681/10/10 4/nr 4/nr A W 75-481/27/11 5/nr 6/nr H W 81-552/16/12 13/nr 10/nr A W 57-41
MSU SERIES TIDBITSTennessee leads the series with Miss. State, 33-0. The two teams began their series during the 1985-86 season at Starkville. The closest meeting be-tween UT and MSU was the 2003 SEC Tournament match-up won by the Lady Vols, 76-75, on a Kara Lawson buzzer-beater.
AVERAGE SCOREThe average score of a UT-MSU game is 77.1 to 55.2. The Lady Vols average margin of victory is +21.9 points.
STATE IS THE ONLY ONEMississippi State is the only SEC school winless against Tennessee. Entering the 1996-97 season, three SEC teams had never posted a win over the Lady Vols -- Arkansas, Florida and Mississippi State. In that 10-loss national championship season, two of the three picked off the Lady Vols -- Arkansas grabbed a 77-75 win in Fayetteville on Dec. 29, 1996 and Florida turned the trick, 71-62, on Jan. 21, 1997 in Gainesville for the fi rst times ever.,
2011-12 MISSISSIPPI STATE ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School/College1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 Sr. Ringgold, GA/Tennessee Temple2 Darriel Gaynor G 5-6 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev./Trinity Valley CC3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 Sr. Pontotoc, MS/Pontotoc4 Porsha Porter G 5-6 Sr. Chicago, Ill. /Jeff erson College5 Judith Tabala C 6-5 Sr. Kinshasa, Congo/Odessa College10 Martha Alwal C 6-4 Fr. Worthington, Minn./Worthington11 Katia May G 5-2 So. York, Ala./Sumter County12 Candace Foster G 5-8 So. Jackson, Miss./Murrah14 Kendra Grant G 5-11 Fr. Richland, Miss./Richland15 Brittany Young G/F 5-9 So. Birmingham, Ala./Midfi eld20 Shamia Robinson F 5-8 Fr. Maben, Miss. /West Oktibbeha21 Jerica James G 5-5 Fr. N. Little Rock, Ark. /North Little Rock23 Carnecia Williams F 6-3 R-Fr. Memphis, Tenn. /White Station25 Ashley Brown F 5-11 Sr. Chicago, Ill. /Jeff erson College34 Catina Bett C 6-5 Sr. Gadsden, Ala. /Kentucky
Head Coach Sharon Fanning-OtisAssociate Head Coach-Greg FranklinAssistant Coaches-Franqua Bedell, Wanika Owsley
THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SERIES
TENNESSEE POSTGAME NOTES | GAME 26
FINAL SCORE: #10 TENNESSEE 57 MISS. STATE 41
Lady Vol LeadersPoints Shekinna Stricklen 22Rebounds Glory Johnson 15Assists Cierra Burdick 3
Lady Bulldog LeadersPoints Kendra Grant 17Rebounds Martha Alwal 7Assists Diamber Johnson 7
Tennessee (19-7, 10-3 SEC) vs. Mississippi State (14-12, 4-9 SEC)| Feb. 16 |Humphrey Coliseum (1,845) |Starkville, Miss.
Numbers of Interest
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With 22 points and 12 rebounds in the win, Shekinna Stricklen recorded her fourth double-double in the 2011-12 season.
The win over Mississippi State pulls head coach Pat Sum-mitt closer to her next win plateau. Ten more wins will put her at the 1,100-win milestone.
UT held Mississippi State to 13 points in the first half -- a season low in any half for the Lady Bulldogs. Their previ-ous low was a 16-point showing in the first half versus Arkansas.
With the win, Tennessee wins its 33rd consecutive game over the Lady Bulldogs. UT is a perfect 33-0 against MSU since the series began during the 1985-86 season.
With 15 rebounds against MSU, Glory Johnson surpassed the 1,100 rebound plateau. She has now tallied 1,108 re-bounds in her Lady Vol career.
To NoteThe Series• With the win Tennessee, moves to 33-0 in the all-time series versus Mississippi State dating back to the 1985-86 season. • MSU head coach Sharon Fanning-Otis was a graduate assistant under Pat Head Summitt at Tennessee during the 1975-76 season. For Starters • Today’s starters: Ariel Massengale, Meighan Simmons, Taber Spani, Shekinna Stricklen and Glory Johnson. • This is the fourth game with these five lining up for the opening tip. The Lady Vols are now 2-2 sporting this lineup combination. • These starters lined up for the opening tip of Monday’s dominant display over Kentucky as well as the Lady Vols’ road losses at Virginia (11/20) and Vandy (2/9).
Wouldn’t You Like to KnowAt the Half• The Lady Vols led MIssissippi State at halftime, 22-13. • UT’s total of 22 points in the first half is its second-lowest first-half total on the season, as they posted 18 points at Notre Dame (1/23).• Tennessee has led at the half of 18 contests. The Lady Vols have trailed at inter-mission of five games and has been tied in the other three contests.• Tennessee is now 17-1 when it leads going into the locker room, with the lone loss coming to Baylor (11/27).• Mississippi State’s 13-point first half showing is the Lady Bulldog’s lowest total in any half of the year. MSU’s previous mark came when it scored 16 points in the first half against Arkansas (1/26). • The total was also the second-fewest first-half points for a UT opponent this season as it gave up 11 points in the first half at Arkansas (1/8). Double Time• Two Lady Vols put up double-digit scoring efforts in the win over Mississippi State: Stricklen (22) and Burdick (10). • With 22 points and 12 rebounds in the win, Shekinna Stricklen recorded her fourth double-double in the 2011-12 season. Absent Behind the Arc• Tennessee struggled from three-point range versus the Lady Bulldogs, going 1-of-9 (11.1 percent) from downtown in the win. The Lady Vols’ first trey of the contest came at the 11:20 mark in the second half from Shekinna Stricklen. • UT struggled from beyond the arc versus Auburn and South Carolina; the Lady Vols were 3-of-13 (23.1 percent) from three in the win over Auburn and 1-of-8 from three in the loss to South Carolina (12.5 percent). Lights Out Off the Bench• The Lady Vol bench was lights out in the first half with Williams, Burdick and Baugh combining for a perfect 6-of-6 showing from the floor. • Tennessee’s bench contributed 20 points in the win while Mississippi State’s bench was held scoreless.Turnover Troubles• UT had trouble taking care of the rock against Mississippi State, recording 19 turnovers in the win -- 13 of which came in the first half.• Tennessee gave up its season-high mark of 24 turnovers at Virginia (11/20).
Summitt’s Staples Defense...• Tennessee held Mississippi State to 41 points in the win -- the third-lowest total for an opponent this season. • The Lady Vols also held the Lady Bulldogs to 16 field goals in the contest -- the third-lowest mark for a UT opponent this season.
...And Rebounding• Tennessee dominated the boards versus Mississippi State, winning the board game 59-37. UT’s 59 boards were a season-high, surpassing its 56-rebound effort vs. Baylor (11/27).• The Lady Vols collected 16 offensive boards which they converted to the tune of 12 second chance points.
On the HorizonApproaching 1,100 Wins•Eleven more wins will put Summitt at her next victory milestone: 1,100 wins.Glory, Glory - Look Who’s Boarding• Glory Johnson is currently second on the all-time rebounding list with 1,108 boards. With tonight’s boarding effort, the senior forward surpassed the 1,100 re-bound plateau.• Her 15 rebounds tonight are a season-high for the senior as she tallied 14 at Arkan-sas (1/8). Her career-best mark is 18 rebounds which came versus Mississippi State last season (1/23/11).• She needs 188 rebounds to catch program leader Chamique Holdsclaw, who pulled down 1,295 rebounds in her Lady Vol career.Massengale Dishes ‘Em• With one assist at Mississippi State, freshman point guard Ariel Massengale neared the rookie assist mark. • She is 14 assists shy of the Lady Vol record for assists in a season by a freshman. Loree Moore dished out 133 helpers for Tennessee in 2001-02.Simmons So Close• Sophomore Meighan Simmons needs six points to join the 800-point club in just her second year with the Lady Vols. Up Next• UT continues its visit to the Magnolia State with the Lady Vols’ last regular sea-son road contest at Ole Miss (2/19). • Tennessee will finish the regular season at home with games versus Arkanasas (2/23) and Florida (2/26).
Eight-TimeNational Champions
1987 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 2007 2008
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics
Tennessee vs Mississippi State
02-16-12 8:05 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)
Officials: Laura C. Morris, Rob Fessler, Metta RobertsTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Mississippi State-Catina Bett.Attendance: 1965Actual Attendance: 1845
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total
Tennessee 22 35 57
Mississippi State 13 28 41
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 28 12 12 6 20MS 12 8 8 2 0
Last FG - UT 2nd-01:08, MS 2nd-01:35.Largest lead - UT by 20 2nd-08:23, MS by 3 1st-13:56.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 2 times.
Mississippi State Quotes
HEAD COACH Pat Summitt (On Tennessee defensive and rebounding play) "I thought it was a very good sign for us. I thought they were very focused on the boards and on our defense. Things weren't going our way all the time, but I thought we buckled down and did what we had to do."
(On Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen) "I thought Glory (Johnson) and (Shekinna) Stricklen did a good job on the boards. We needed that. If you can control the boards, you have a great influence on controlling the game."
(On whether Tennessee rushed shots early on) "Definitely at the start of the game. We were all over the place. Once we settled down, they did a much better job."
(On Vicki Baugh) "I think her playing in the post she has a great presence and she's good around the glass. I think it's where she's best suited as opposed to being at on top of the floor."
ASSISTANT COACH Mickie DeMoss
(On the defense in the first half) "It did (help us). We started in a zone again and I felt we covered their shooters and their scorers pretty well and held them to 13 points in the first half. Then our bench play was key for us tonight. We couldn't make shots. Our starters were struggling to make shots. We went to the bench pretty early and Kamiko Williams came in and was a spark on the offensive end. They Cierra Burdick came in and knocked down some big shots. So I think our bench really came through for us, bigtime."
(On playing a lot of zone defense) "We did what we needed to do. There were some gaps in it. (Mississippi State) penetrated on us a little bit and got in the gaps a few times. All in all, it was pretty solid and that's a good thing .A lot of people have zoned them this year, so I knew they would have more options against the zone. All in all, we went to some man (defense) in the second half to change up to cover their shooters a little bit better. I thought our zone was pretty good."
(On the overall game) "I wouldn't say this was a pretty glamourous game. It was just a grind. I think anytime you come to Mississippi State, they have a good basketball team. We knew that it was probably going to be a grind. We thought we might shoot the ball a little better than we did. Our defense stayed tact, kept rebounding, and we didn't let our offense effect that phase of our game."
(On the pace of the game) "We still wanted to run, but we wanted to be a little more selective with our shots at the end of transition. We felt we were rushing our shots, going down and taking really quick shots. A lot of times, weren't set and ready to shoot it. Against Kentucky, we were standing on shots and early shots went down. Some games they don't fall. Then you have to be selective and let's get ready to set up our half-court offense."
SENIOR FORWARD SHEKINNA STRICKLEN (On Tennessee's slow start in the first half) "We started off a little slow. In the first half, shots weren't falling. I think our defense really helped us out. In the first half, Cierra (Burdick) and Kamiko (Williams) came in and really carried this team. They stepped up coming off the bench. I give those two a lot of credit because they really got us going in the first half."
(On rushing shots early) "I think we were starting to rush a little bit. They were making us play a little fast. We didn't really have composure on our shots. We were fading away from our layups. Glory and I were just fading away. We just have to start going into it and going up strong."
(On the difference between her first and second halves) "I was more aggressive, not thinking and just playing. My teammates were carrying me a lot. They were telling me, `It's going to fall. Just keep going hard.' That's what I did with my teammates having my back, this team being together, everyone stepping up and playing their role."
(On the keys to Tennessee's turnaround) "It is, but we just bring our defense and rebounding. That's what we had in Monday's game. I felt like our defense was pretty good though (tonight) and it really helped us this game. Our rebounding was outstanding."
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TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
LADY VOLS’ SUCCESS IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT
#9 Auburn
#8 Florida
#1 Kentucky
#10 Mississippi State
#6 South Carolina
#11 Alabama
#12 Ole Miss
#5 Arkansas
#4 LSU
#7 Vanderbilt
#3 Georgia
#2 Tennessee
Game 1 - Noon[FSN]
Game 3 - 6:30 p.m.[FSN]
Game 7 - 6:30 p.m.[FSN]
Game 5 - Noon[FSN]
Game 8 - 9:00 p.m.[FSN]
Game 4 - 9:00 p.m.[FSN]
Game 6 - 2:30 p.m.[FSN]
Game 2 - 2:30 p.m.[FSN]
Game 10 - 5:00 p.m.[ESPNU]
Game 9 - 3:00 p.m.[ESPNU]
Championship - 5:00 p.m.[ESPN2]
Thursday, March 1 Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 Sunday, March 4
NCAA Tournament Automatic Qualifier
All times CENTRAL
SEC ANNOUNCES 2012 HONORSThree Lady Vols are Named
The Southeastern Conference announced its an-nual women’s basketball awards on Feb. 29 and three Tennessee Lady Vols earned honors.
In a vote by the league’s 12 coaches, Lady Vol graduate student and post Glory Johnson (Knoxville, Tenn.) was selected as the SEC Defen-sive Player of the Year. Johnson was also named to the eight player SEC First Team and was the SEC Community Service representative from UT.
Senior forward/guard Shekinna Stricklen (Mor-rilton, Ark.) was selected along with Johnson to the eight player SEC First Team while rookie guard Ariel Massengale (Bolingbrook, Ill.) was placed on the eight player SEC All-Freshman squad.
This marks Johnson’s second appearance on the All-SEC First Team after also earning the same honor in 2011. Last season, she was a member of the fi ve player 2011 SEC All-Defensive team for the fi rst time. As a rookie, she was named to the 2009 SEC All-Freshman Team. The 6’3” leaper was UT’s second leading scorer in SEC games at 13.9 ppg while posting 9.7 rpg.
Johnson, who graduated in just three years in global studies, is now in graduate school pursu-ing a master’s in communication and informa-tion studies. Despite her demanding schedule and maintaining a 3.6 GPA, she also made time to be involved in the community.
This year, she has read to youngsters at a day care center... found time to volunteer at Chil-dren’s Hospital...been involved with West New Elementary School, Habitat for Humanity and the Knoxville “Extreme Home Makeover.” She also assisted with the Knoxville Humane So-ciety’s Adopt-a-Pet drive and the UT FCA Girls Night Out.
Stricklen, a 6’2” guard/forward/center for the Lady Vols, was the 2011 SEC Player of the Year. This year, she earned All-SEC First Team honors for the second time (2012, 2011) after placing on the Second Team in 2009 and 2010 and All-Freshman team in 2009. Stricklen led her 2012 Tennessee team in SEC scoring (15.8 ppg) while adding 6.1 rpg.
The 5’6” Massengale has been a dynamic quar-terback for the Lady Vols. She has run the team
as the rookie point guard from day one and along the way broke the Lady Vol freshman as-sist record with 137 helpers on the season.
She averaged 7.7 ppg in both SEC and overall play while grabbing 2.7 rpg (SEC) and dishing out over fi ve assists per contest.
2012 SEC Women’s Basketball Awards First Team All-SEC: C’eira Ricketts, Ark., Jennifer
George, Fla., Anne Marie Armstrong, Ga., A’dia Mathies, UK, LaSondra Barrett, LSU, Glory John-son, Tennessee, Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee, Christina Foggie, VU.
Second Team All-SEC: Sarah Watkins, Ark., Jas-mine Hassell, Ga., La’Keisha Sutton, USC, Jasmine Lister, VU, Tiff any Clarke, VU, Ieasia Walker, USC, Markeshia Grant, USC, Valencia McFarland, Ole Miss, Diamber Johnson, MSU.
All-Defensive Team: Anne Marie Armstrong, Ga., Porsha Porter, MSU, Glory Johnson, Tennes-see, A’dia Mathies, UK, La’Keisha Sutton, USC.
Coach of the Year: Tom Collen, Arkansas Player of the Year: A’dia Mathies, Kentucky Freshman of the Year: Bria Goss, Kentucky Defensive Player of the Year: Glory Johnson,
Tennessee 6th Woman of the Year: Deana Allen, Fla., Keyla
Snowden, UK Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Blanche Alverson,
Auburn2012 SEC TOURNAMENTIn Our Half of the Bracket
In Tennessee’s half of the 2012 SEC Tournament bracket are #3 seed Georgia, #6 seed South Car-olina, #7 seed Vanderbilt, #10 seed Mississippi State and #11 seed Alabama.
Tennessee posted a 5-2 mark against these squads. The Lady Vols were 7-2 in contests with the teams from the other half of the bracket.
vs. #3-seed Georgia1-5-12 in Knoxville #6/7 UT def. #16/15 Georgia, 80-511-29-12 in Athens # 7/9 UT def. #17/15 Georgia, 67-50
vs. #6-seed South Carolina2-2-12 in Knoxville, USC def. #8/8 UT, 64-60
vs. #7-seed Vanderbilt1-15-12 in Knoxville, #6/7 UT def. #25/24 VU, 87-64
SEC TOURNAMENT:UT ROUND-BY-ROUND
SEC FIRST ROUND GAMES1997: UT def. South Carolina,75-482009: UT def. Alabama, 68-49SEC SECOND ROUND GAMES2011: UT def. Florida, 92-752010: UT def. Ole Miss, 76-512009: UT def. Florida, 71-672008: UT def. Florida, 92-612007: UT def. South Carolina, 81-632006: UT def. Auburn, 77-452005: UT def. Auburn, 64-542004: UT def. Mississippi St., 67-572003: UT def. Auburn, 66-51 2002: UT def. Georgia, 81-67 2001: UT def. Alabama, 82-52 2000: UT def. Florida, 91-79 1999: UT def. Florida, 92-80 1998: UT def. Mississippi St., 88-60 1997: UT def. LSU, 100-99 (OT) 1996: UT def. Mississippi, 73-51 1995: UT def. Kentucky, 74-621994: UT def. Georgia, 86-72 1993: Georgia def. UT, 73-72 1992: UT def. LSU, 70-65 1991: UT def. Vanderbilt, 62-60 1990: UT def. Florida, 81-56 1989: UT def. Alabama, 89-61 1988: UT def. Kentucky, 100-66 1987: UT def. LSU, 64-63 1986: Mississippi def. UT, 83-78 1985: UT def. LSU, 85-78 1984: Alabama def. UT, 85-66 1983: UT def. Alabama, 91-731982: UT def. Vanderbilt, 80-75 1981: Alabama def. UT, 77-71 1980: UT def. Florida, 118-44 UT IN SEC SEMIFINAL GAMES2011: UT def. Georgia, 82-582010: UT def. Vanderbilt, 68-492009: Auburn def. UT, 75-582008: UT def. Vanderbilt, 63-482007: LSU def. UT, 63-542006: UT def. Georgia, 89-792005: UT def. Vanderbilt, 76-732004: Georgia def. UT, 68-66 (OT) 2003: UT def. Mississippi St. 76-752002: LSU def. UT, 81-802001: Vanderbilt def. UT, 77-742000: UT def. Vanderbilt, 61-531999: UT def. Alabama, 80-691998: UT def. Vanderbilt, 106-45 1997: Auburn def. UT, 61-59 1996: UT def. Florida, 74-631995: UT def. Alabama, 84-701994: UT def. Alabama, 72-561992: UT def. Kentucky, 90-841991: UT def. Auburn, 70-621990: UT def. Georgia, 73-54 1989: UT def. Mississippi, 82-60 1988: UT def. Georgia, 82-76 1987: Auburn def. UT, 102-961985: UT def. Ole Miss, 79-71 1983: Georgia def. UT, 71-65 1982: UT def. Georgia, 55-441980: UT def. Auburn, 72-61UT IN SEC CONSOLATION FINALS1983: UT def. Auburn, 83-75UT IN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES2011: UT def. Kentucky, 90-652010: UT def. Kentucky, 70-622008: UT def. LSU, 61-552006: UT def. LSU, 63-622005: UT def. LSU, 67-652003: LSU def. UT, 78-62 2000: UT def. Mississippi St., 70-67 1999: UT def. Georgia, 85-69 1998: UT def. Alabama, 67-63 1996: UT def. Alabama, 64-60 1995: Vanderbilt def. UT, 67-61 1994: UT def. Vanderbilt, 82-57 1992: UT def. Georgia, 73-66 1991: LSU def. UT, 80-75 1990: Auburn def. UT, 78-77 1989: UT def. Auburn, 66-51 1988: UT def. Auburn, 73-70 1985: UT def. Auburn, 63-60 1982: Kentucky def. UT, 80-74 1980: UT def. Mississippi, 85-71
6 LADY VOL BASKETBALL /// 2011-12 GAME NOTES
TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
2-9-12 in Nashville, #rv/25 VU def. #11/11 UT, 93-79 vs. #10-seed Mississippi State
2-16-12 in Starkville, #13/10 UT def. MSU, 57-41 vs. #11-seed Alabama
1-26-12 in Tuscaloosa, #7/9 UT def. Alabama, 86-56UT SEC TOURNAMENT HISTORY33 SEC Appearances
The Tennessee Lady Vols’ 2012 appearance in the SEC Tournament is the school’s 33rd time to the mini-Final Four.
This season marks the 31st time that UT has re-ceived a fi rst round bye and the eighth trip as the No. 2 seed.
The Lady Vols have fared pretty well from the No. 2 tournament seeding winning the SEC Tournament in six of the previous seven ap-pearances-- 2008, 2006, 2005, 1992, 1989 and 1988.
In 1984, UT bowed out in the quarterfi nals as the No. 2 seed. The Lady Vols redeemed the postseason at the Final Four in Los Angeles as the NCAA runner-up.
The Lady Vols have appeared as the No. 1 seed in the SEC tourney 16 times.
UT has been seeded lower than the second spot just six times -- No. 3 (1991, 1985), No. 4 (2009-tie, 1987) and No. 5 (1997, 1986).
UT’s SEC Tournament W-L Record Since the tourney began in 1980, the Lady Vols
sport the best overall record in the tournament. UT has produced a 66-17 (.795) record which
breaks down this way: vs. Alabama (9-2), vs. Au-burn (9-4), vs. Florida (8-0), vs. Georgia (9-3), vs. Kentucky (5-1), vs. LSU (7-4), vs. Ole Miss (5-1), vs. Miss St. (4-0), vs. South Carolina (2-0), and vs. Vanderbilt (8-2).
The Lady Vols have never faced Arkansas. The SEC Offi ce record indicates that UT is 65-17
in SEC play. However, in the old format, there was a consolation game. In 1983, UT defeated Auburn, 83-75, in the consolation fi nals.
Bowing Out Early There have been four trips to the SEC Tourna-
ment since 1980 when the Lady Vols didn’t even get to unpack their bags, losing in second round action after receiving a bye.
In 1981, Alabama sent UT packing after a 77-71 loss; in 1984, Alabama again provided the honors with a 85-66 drubbing; in 1986, Ole Miss dealt UT a 83-78 loss, and in 1993, Georgia pro-vided UT with an early exit from Chattanooga, 73-72.
UT and Auburn Find a Way to Meet In UT’s 83 all-time SEC Tournament games, Ten-
nessee and Auburn have battled in over one-sixth of the contests or 13 games.
The Lady Vols sport an 9-4 record in SEC Tour-nament action against the team from The Plains.
Just Two Meetings with South Carolina Tennessee has faced South Carolina the least
number of times (two games, 2-0) outside of nev-er having faced Arkansas at all.
Ironically, the fi rst meeting with South Carolina was (previously) the ONLY time UT had to play on the Tournament’s fi rst day – in 1997. That year, UT defeated USC, 75-48, beat LSU in overtime, 100-99, and lost to Auburn in the semifi nals.
The Lady Vols would not lose again that season winning the 1997 NCAA title at 29-10 overall.
Closing in on 70 Wins If the Lady Vols are lucky enough to win the
2012 tournament, UT will be within one win of 70 all-time SEC Tournament victories.
Tennessee recorded its 60th win all-time in the SEC Tournament with the triumph over #21/18 Florida, 71-67, on Mar. 6, 2009.
In 2005, UT grabbed win number 50 with the victory over #18/17 Vanderbilt, 76-73, on Mar. 5, 2005. Vanderbilt is a distant second in all-time SEC Tournament wins with 43 (26 losses) and Georgia stands third with 41 wins all-time (28 losses).
20 Times in the Finals The Championship game against Kentucky in
the 2011 SEC Tournament marked the Lady Vols 20th incredible trip to the fi nal round of the nation’s toughest conference tournament.
UT is 15-5 in all-time SEC Championship game meetings.
In the 1990s alone, the Lady Vols were in the title game eight times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999) against fi ve diff erent SEC teams.
In that decade, UT won titles in fi ve of the years – 1999 vs. Georgia, 85-69, 1998 vs. Alabama, 67-63, 1996 vs. Alabama, 64-60 (without Chamique Holdsclaw due to a knee injury suff ered in the opening minutes of play), 1994 vs. Vanderbilt, 82-57 and 1992 vs. Georgia, 73-66.
The Lady Vols have won titles in 2011, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1989, 1988, 1985, and 1980.
UT amassed a 16-3 record in SEC games played in Chattanooga and brought home four titles from that venue (1994, 1996, 1999 and 2000).
In four SEC Championships in Nashville, UT has taken two titles home in 2008 and 2011.
Daring Doubles In 2011, UT pulled of the “daring double” by
winning both the SEC regular season and SEC Tournament titles.
It marked the fi rst back-to-back daring double years in over a decade.
At the 2010 SEC Tournament, the Lady Vols ac-complished something they had not done in 10 years, win the “daring double” of the SEC regu-lar season and SEC Tournament titles.
Prior to the last two seasons, previously UT ac-complished the double in the 1999-2000 cam-paigns when UT won its sixth all-time D-D.
Years when the Lady Vols won dual crowns were 1980, 1985, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010 and 2011.
Only three other SEC schools have ever won both titles: Georgia (1983, 1984 and 1986), Au-burn (1981 and 1987) and Kentucky (1982).
Century Mark in the SEC Tourney The Lady Vols have reached the century scoring
mark four times in the SEC Tournament. In 1998, the Lady Vols derailed Vandy, 106-45. In the previous year (1997), the Lady Vols
scored 100 on LSU in an overtime aff air. Nine years earlier, in 1988, Tennessee nailed
Kentucky for 100 points. And in the very fi rst SEC Tournament game in
1980, Tennessee crushed Florida, 118-44. That Florida team was coached by UT assistant head coach Mickie DeMoss.
SEC Overtime Tournament Games In 32 years and 83 games in the SEC Tourna-
ment, the Tennessee Lady Vols have been in-volved in just two overtime contests.
In 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee and Georgia met in the semifi nals on Mar.6. #20/16-ranked Georgia forced the overtime with the score knotted at 57-all.
#1-ranked UT took a quick four-point lead but Georgia responded with a 7-0 run to take the 68-66 win and earned a trip to the title game.
In Tennessee’s only other SEC overtime, in 1997, Tennessee snuck by LSU with a narrow 100-99 victory in overtime in second round play.
In the next game, a weary UT squad lost a heart-
TENNESSEE 2012 SEC GREATChamique Holdsclaw
Lady Vol Basketball -- 1995-1999 The Naismith Player of the Century and four-time Kodak All-American, Chamique Hold-sclaw led the Lady Vols to a 131-17 overall record and three consecutive national cham-pionships from 1996-98. She is the program’s all-time leader in scoring (3,025 points) and rebounds (1,295). The NCAA Tournament most outstanding player in 1997 and 1998, she still holds the record for points (479 points, 21.8 ppg) and rebounds (198 rebounds, 9.0 rpg) accumulated in tournament games. The fi rst two-time winner of the Associated Press Play-er of the Year Award, Holdsclaw garnered 34 individual awards during her career, including 21 player of year honors from a variety of orga-nizations. In 2006, she was named to the NCAA 25th Anniversary Team after being named to the Kodak 25th Anniversary Team in 1999.
•All-America, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999•National Champion, 1996, 1997, 1998•NCAA Final Four MVP, 1997, 1998•All-SEC, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999•SEC Rookie of the Year, 1996•SEC Tournament MVP, 1998, 1999•SEC Player of the Year, 1998, 1999•SEC Female Athlete of the Year, 1998, 1999•Associated Press Player of the Year, 1998, 1999•Naismith Player of the Year, 1998, 1999•Naismith Player of the Century for the 1900’s•ESPY Award, Women’s Basketball Player of the Year, 1998, 1999•ESPY Award, Female Athlete of the Year, 1999•ESPY Award, Co-Team of the Decade for the 1990’s•Honda-Broderick Cup, Athlete of the Year, 1998•Sullivan Award, 1999•Tennessee Record Holder in Career Points, 3,025•Tennessee Record Holder in Career Rebounds, 1,295•NCAA and Kodak 25th Anniversary Teams•U.S.A. Olympic Team, Gold Medalist, 2000•Tennessee Jersey Retired, 2001
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TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
TENNESSEE’S SEC FINISHES THROUGH THE YEARS
Year Record Finish Tournament2012 12-4 Second In Progress2011 16-0 First SEC Champs2010 15-1 First SEC Champs2009 9-5 Fourth (tie) Lost in semis2008 13-1 Second SEC Champs2007 14-0 First Lost in semis2006 11-3 Second SEC Champs2005 13-1 Second SEC Champs2004 14-0 First Lost in semis2003 14-0 First Lost in fi nals 2002 13-1 First Lost in semis2001 14-0 First Lost in semis2000 13-1 First (tie) SEC Champs1999 13-1 First SEC Champs1998 14-0 First SEC Champs1997 8-4 Fifth Lost in semis1996 9-2 First SEC Champs1995 11-0 First Lost in fi nals1994 11-0 First SEC Champs1993 11-0 First Lost in quarters1992 10-1 Second SEC Champs1991 6-3 Third Lost in fi nals1990 8-1 First Lost in fi nals1989 8-1 Second SEC Champs1988 8-1 Second SEC Champs1987 6-3 Fourth Lost in semis1986 5-4 Fifth Lost in quarters1985 4-4 Third (E) SEC Champs1984 7-1 Second(E) Lost in quarters1983 7-1 First (E) Lost in semis1982 no offi cial standings Lost in fi nals1981 no offi cial standings Lost in quarters1980 no offi cial standings SEC Champs
MUSIC CITY HAS BEEN A TOUGH VENUE The Music City hasn’t been overly generous to
the Lady Vols in the previous four appearances as UT has posted a 8-2 record.
In 2002, UT defeated Georgia (81-67) but lost to LSU in the semis (81-80).
In 2004, Tennessee defeated Mississippi State (67-57) but lost to Georgia in the semis (68-60 OT).
Third time was the charm in 2008 when Can-dace Parker and company went for the ex-tended stay plan sweeping Florida (92-61), Vanderbilt (63-48) and LSU (61-55) en route to the title
Last year, a sea of orange greeted the Lady Vols and swept them to the 2011 SEC Cham-pionship.
UT defeated Florida (92-75), Georgia (82-58) and #16-ranked Kentucky (90-65) to win title number 15.
Tennessee took no prisoners in 2011 outscor-ing the opposition 88.8 to 66.0 for a +22.0 win-ning advantage.
Big Orange Tailgate Tour The Lady Vols are in the “Music City” for the
2012 SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena, Mar. 1-4.
Tennessee, the 2010 & 2011 SEC Tournament Champs, will be back to defend its titles.
In Nashville, Lady Vol fans will be congregat-ing at B.B. King’s Restaurant and Blues Club (152 2nd Ave.) for the Big Orange Tailgate Tour.
breaker to Auburn, 61-59, in semifi nal action. The loss to Auburn was UT’s 10th on the sea-
son. It would be the last loss for the 1996-97 “Cinderella Season” team as they ran the table in the NCAA Tournament to claim NCAA title number fi ve.
SEC NotebookSweet Home Tennessee
Since Tennessee began contesting games with SEC opponents, the Lady Vols have produced a 192-14 record in home games.
Eight SEC teams have managed victories over the Lady Vols in Knoxville – Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and South Carolina.
Items of Interest Since Pat Head Summitt arrived as head coach
at UT in 1974, the other 11 Southeastern Con-ference schools have seen a total of 69 coaches at the helm of their women’s basketball pro-grams.
Over the last 38 years, Tennessee has enjoyed one head coach for Lady Vol hoops -- Sum-mitt. Next to Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia and Vanderbilt are the SEC programs with the next fewest head coaches over the 38 year span -- just four each 1996.
Tennessee owns a 458-70 record all-time record vs. 12 teams from the SEC. UT maintains a win-ning record against every team in the SEC.
UT owns a league best record of 317-44 (.884) against all SEC teams dating back to the 1982-83 season.
SEC Regular Season Story UT’s last SEC win at home:
Florida, 75-59, 2-26-12 UT’s last SEC win away:
Ole Miss, 66-56, 2-19-12 UT’s last SEC loss at home:
Arkansas, 72-71 OT, 2-23-12 UT’s last SEC loss away:
Vanderbilt, 93-79, 2-9-12Conference Call
Tennessee practically holds a winning streak over every SEC team. The Lady Vols sport 30-plus game winning streaks over two SEC teams -- Alabama 38 and Mississippi State 33.
Tennessee had a 40-game streak snapped against South Carolina when the Gamecocks won 64-60 on Feb. 2, 2012, and an 18-game winning streak against Arkansas went by the wayside on Feb. 23, 2012 with a 72-71 overtime win in Knoxville.
School Win Streak and last loss Alabama 38 in a row, since 3-3-1984Arkansas no streak, since 2-23-2012Auburn 4 in a row, since 3-7-2009Florida 7 in a row, since 2-8-2009Georgia 4 in a row, since 1-21-2010 Kentucky 1 in a row, since 2-12-2012LSU 5 in a row, since 2-26-2009Mississippi 23 in a row, since 2-4-1996Mississippi St. 33 in a row, never lost to MSUSouth Carolina no streak, since 2-2-2012Vanderbilt no streak, since 2-9-2012Found SEC Success
All-time, the Lady Vols have registered double-digit victories in conference play an incredible 18 times.
Since the 1991-92 season when SEC play fi rst expanded, the Lady Vols have won at least 10 games in the following years: 1992-10 wins, 1993-11, 1994-11, 1995-11, 1998-14, 1999-13, 2000-13, 2001-14, 2002-13, 2003-14, 2004-14, 2005-13, 2006-11, 2007-14, 2008-13, 2010-15, 2011-16 and 2012-12 wins.
LADY VOL CAREER SEC TOURNEY AVERAGES BASS’ SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints: .......................5 vs. Alabama (3-5-09)Rebounds: ................1 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)Assists: ....................... 3 vs. Florida (3-6-09)*Steals: ............................2 vs. Florida (3-6-09)Blocks: ............................................................... 0Field Goals: ..............2 vs. Alabama (3-5-09)3-Pointers: .................1 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)Free Throws: ............2 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)Minutes: .....................26 vs. Florida (3-6-09)BAUGH’S SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints: ...........................8 vs. Florida (3-7-08)Rebounds: ...................7 vs. Florida (3-7-08)Assists: ................................1 vs. LSU (3-9-08)Steals: ...........................1 vs. Florida (3-7-08)Blocks: ..........................2 vs. Florida (3-7-08)Field Goals: .................3 vs. Florida (3-7-08)3-Pointers: ....................................................... 0Free Throws: .............2 vs. Florida (3-4-11)*Minutes: .................. 17 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)JOHNSON’S SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints:.........................25 vs. Florida (3-4-11)Rebounds: .................11 vs. Florida (3-4-11)*Assists: .......................3 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)Steals: .....................3 vs. Vanderbilt (3-6-10)Blocks: .....................1 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)Field Goals: .................7 vs. Florida (3-4-11)3-Pointers: ...................................................... 0Free Throws: ............ 11 vs. Florida (3-4-11)Minutes: ..............40 vs. Vanderbilt (3-6-10)MANNING’S SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints:...................... 14 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)Rebounds: ..............14 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)Assists: .................. 4 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)*3-Pointers: ...............1 vs. Alabama (3-5-09)Blocks: .............................................................. 0Field Goals: ...............7 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)Free Throws: ...........3 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)Minutes: .................28 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)SIMMONS’ SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints: ...................... 18 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)Rebounds: ..................4 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)Assists: ..................... ..5 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)Steals: .......................1 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)Blocks: .............................................................. 0Field Goals: ............... 5 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)3-Pointers: ................ 3 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)Free Throws:.....…. 1 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)Minutes: ...............…34 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)SPANI’S SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints:........................... 8 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)Rebounds: .................. 6 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)Assists: .....................4 vs. Vanderbilt (3-6-10)Steals:.........................1 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)*Blocks: .....................2 vs. Vanderbilt (3-6-10)Field Goals: ................ 3 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)3-Pointers: .............. 2 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)Free Throws: ..............1 vs. Georgia (3-5-11)*Minutes: ...................23 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)STRICKLEN’S SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints: .......................20 vs. Florida (3-4-11)*Rebounds: ..............9 vs. Kentucky (3-7-10)Assists: .................. 7 vs. Vanderbilt (3-6-10)*Steals: ......................3 vs. Kentucky (3-7-10)Blocks: .....................3 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)Field Goals: ..................8 vs. Florida (3-4-11)3-Pointers: ...............5 vs. Kentucky (3-6-11)Free Throws: ................5 vs. Florida (3-6-09)Minutes: ............... 39 vs. Kentucky (3-4-11)WILLIAMS’ SEC TOURNAMENT HIGHSPoints:.............................9 vs. Florida (3-4-11)Rebounds: ...............4 vs. Kentucky (3-7-10)Assists: ...........................4 vs. Florida (3-4-11)Steals:........................2 vs. Kentucky (3-7-10)Blocks: ........................2 vs. Ole Miss (3-5-10)Field Goals: .............4 vs. Kentucky (3-7-10)3-Pointers: ........................................................0Free Throws: ...............3 vs. Florida (3-4-11)Minutes: .....................26 vs. Florida (3-4-11)
8 LADY VOL BASKETBALL /// 2011-12 GAME NOTES
TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
2011-12 LADY VOL WEEK-BY-WEEKWEEK GAMES PLAYED RECORD AP/ESPNOct. 31 CARSON-NEWMAN (EXH), 3/3Nov. 7 UNION (EXH), PEPPERDINE 1-0 3/3Nov. 14 #7/7 MIAMI, at Virginia 2-1 3/3Nov. 21 #1/1 BAYLOR 2-2 6/7Nov. 28 NR/RV MIDDLE TENNESSEE, #21/22 TEXAS 4-2 8/8Dec. 5 vs. #20/21 DePaul 5-2 7/8Dec. 12 at #11 Rutgers, at UCLA 7-2 6/6Dec. 19 at #4/4 Stanford 7-3 6/6Dec. 26 OLD DOMINION, at Auburn 9-3 7/8Jan. 2 UT-CHATTANOOGA, #16/15 GEORGIA, at Arkansas 12-3 6/7Jan. 9 at #9/8 Kentucky, #25/24 VANDERBILT 13-4 6/7Jan. 16 LSU 14-4 9/9Jan. 23 at #2/2 Notre Dame, at Alabama, at #17/15 Georgia 16-5 7/9Jan. 30 rv/rv SOUTH CAROLINA, AUBURN 17-6 8/8Feb. 6 at #nr/25 Vanderbilt 17-7 11/11Feb. 13 #7/7 KENTUCKY, at Mississippi State, at Ole Miss 20-7 13/10Feb. 20 rv/rv ARKANSAS, FLORIDA 21-8 10/9Mar. 2 SEC Tournament-- Vanderbilt or Mississippi St. 13/10
Noting TennesseeLady Vols at a Glance
This is the Lady Vols’ 38th season under Head Coach Pat Summitt.
She has compiled a staggering 1,092-207 overall record.
Is closing in on a milestone of 1,100 W’s -- needs just EIGHT more.
Collected her record 1000th coaching win with a 73-43 decision over Georgia on Feb. 5, 2009.
She passed Dean Smith (879 wins) for most NCAA collegiate basketball wins of all-time with a 75-54 victory over Purdue on Mar. 22, 2005.
Her 2006-07 and 2007-08 squads were crowned as the NCAA Champions producing the pro-gram’s seventh and eighth titles.
Last season, UT fi nished with a 34-3 overall re-cord and was crowned both the SEC Champions and the SEC Tournament Champions.
This season, UT returned eight letterwinners and welcomed a talented three player rookie class.
The 2011-12 season marked the Lady Vol debut for #5 Ariel Massengale, a 5-6 guard from Boling-brook, Ill., #11 Cierra Burdick, a 6-2 forward from Charlotte, N.C., and #20 Isabelle Harrison, a 6-3 post from Nashville, Tenn.
Our Schedule This Week Survive and advance in the SEC Tournament in
Nashville, Tenn. UT will open SEC Tournament play facing the
winner of the game between #7 seed Vanderbilt and #10 seed Mississippi State.
First round play for teams seeded 5-12 starts at noon CT on Thurs., Mar. 1.
Teams seeded 1-4 will begin play at noon CT on Fri., Mar. 2.
Fox SportSouth and FS-South will televise the fi rst two rounds.
The semifi nals are slated for Sat., Mar. 3 at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
The SEC title game and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament will be up for grabs in the Championship game on Sun., Mar. 4 at 5 p.m. CT in ESPN2.
On This Day in LV Basketball History UT is 11-3 in games played on Mar. 2. The Lady Vols are 2-0 at home, 2-1 on the road
and 7-2 on neutral courts. The last time out on Mar. 2, #3-ranked UT de-
feated #22/20-ranked Georgia, 72-63, in Athens, Ga., in 2008.
Looking Back Last year at this time, the #4-ranked Lady Vols
(28-2 overall, 16-0 SEC) had just defeated LSU, 80-60, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Looking Ahead Next week, the Tennessee team will take off a
few days following the SEC Tournament. The squad will be awaiting word of their fate in
the NCAA Tournament when the brackets are announced on Mon., Mar. 12.
Summitt in Another Milestone GameTakes to the Court for Her 1,300th Game
Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt will be coaching in her 1,300th game in the Second Round of the SEC Tournament on Mar.2.
She enters the game with a record of 1,092 wins and 207 losses in 38 years on the Lady Vol side-lines.
U.S. Basketball Writers Honor SummittWill Receive the Most Courageous Award
This year marks the 35th time the USBWA has presented its Most Courageous Award, which ranks as the third-oldest award in the USBWA’s 56-year history.
This year, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt is one of the recipients.
First presented in 1978, the Most Courageous Award has honored individuals in college bas-ketball who have shown extraordinary courage in the face of adversity and provided an inspira-tion by overcoming a physical handicap or injury or living through a hardship.
Originally, only one award was presented each year, but since 2010, the USBWA has selected both a male and female recipient annually.
The award was created by former president and later executive director Steve Guback. It has remained a highlight of the USBWA’s annual awards breakfast on the morning of the men’s and women’s national title games.
This year’s recipients – Summitt and Florida State’s Bernard James – follow in a long line of recipients who have been honored for the cour-age they’ve shown dealing with what life has brought them.
Big Crowd Expected to TravelLast Year at Bridgestone
Tennessee enjoyed Big Orange crowds in Nash-ville last year.
UT played in front of 7,461 spectators in a Noon CT matinee game last year against Florida in a 92-75 win.
Tennessee In The National (AP) RankingsTotal weeks ranked in the AP poll 616Weeks ranked in the AP top 10 556Weeks ranked in the AP top 5 441Weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP 112Most consecutive weeks in top 25 479Most consecutive weeks in top 10 211*Most consecutive weeks in top 5 90*Most consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 19**indicates inactive streak
Tennessee vs. AP Ranked OpponentsIn 2011-12 8-4 Home 5-1 Away 2-3 Neutral 1-0All-Time 422-168 Home 178-38 Away 119-79 Neutral 125-51vs. Top 10 (all-time) 177-123 Home 69-31 Away 42-56 Neutral 65-36vs. Top 5 (all-time) 83-81 Home 38-23 Away 16-36 Neutral 29-22
THE POLLSTERS
Associated Press
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1. Baylor2. Stanford3. Notre Dame 4. UConn5. Duke 6. Maryland7. Miami [Fla.]8. Delaware9. Penn State10. Kentucky 11. Green Bay12. Georgetown13. TENNESSEE
14. Ohio State15. Georgia Tech16. Georgia17. Texas A&M18. St. John’s19. St. Bonaventure20. Louisville21. Purdue22. Gonzaga23. Rutgers24. Nebraska25. South Carolina
11. Green Bay12. Penn State 13. Texas A&M14. Georgetown15. Georgia16. Ohio State17. Louisville18. Georgia Tech 19. Rutgers20. Gonzaga21. St. John’s 22. St. Bonaventure23. DePaul24. Nebraska25. Purdue
2011-12 Opponents
Receiving Votes
MTSUVanderbiltSouth CarolinaArkansas, LSU
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More folks arrived on Saturday to see Tennessee and Georgia face off in front of 10,297 fans.
The championship game between Tennessee and Kentucky was a collection of 11,150 Big Or-ange and Big Blue fans.
The Lady Vols averaged 9,636 spectators last year.
Bounced Back... Yet AgainUT Bounced Back from Loss Number Eight
Tennessee was in a battle with a scrappy Florida team on Feb. 26 trying to bounce back from loss number eight of the season.
On “Senior Day,” in Knoxville, the Lady Vols a 75-59 win.
The victory assured UT of the number two seed in the SEC Tourney.
The Lady Vols have hit a rough stretch in the month of February going just 5-3 and losing to two unranked teams at home.
Heading into this stretch, Florida (in 2006) was the only unranked team ever to beat the Lady Vols in Thompson-Boling Arena until unranked South Carolina and Arkansas both pulled it off in February 2012.
It also marked the fi rst time in the 25-year his-tory of TBA that UT lost three home games in a season.
The last time UT had eight losses on Feb. 26 was rookie year (2008-09) the current senior class..
They actually picked up loss number nine of the season on Feb. 26 losing at LSU in a heart-breaker 63-61.
Prior to that, you have to go back to the HBO “Cinderella Season” of 1996-97.
The Lady Vols had also had nine losses at that point in the year and would eventually collect 10 (L’s to #8 La Tech, #5 Georgia, #1 Stanford, #22 Arkansas, #1UConn, #4 Old Dominion, #19 Florida, #6/5 Louisiana Tech, #13 LSU, and un-ranked Auburn in the SEC Tournament).
That would be the fi nal loss of the year as the team ran the table in the NCAA Tournament as a number three seed and captured NCAA title number four in Cincinnati, Ohio, and fi nished the year at 29-10, 8-4 in the SEC.
Senior MomentsAll Five Expected to Start
Tennessee’s fi ve player senior class is expected to start in the 2012 SEC Tournament.
The quintet of guards Briana Bass and Alicia Manning, forwards Vicki Baugh and Shekinna Stricklen and post Glory Johnson started to-gether on Senior Day.
The fi vesome got Tennessee off to a good start and provided a solid foundation to win the game over Florida.
The Lady Vols, admittedly, are not a come from behind team as evidenced by an 0-6 record in 2011-12 when trailing at the half.
The Book on the Senior ClassBriana Bass 5’2” G Indianapolis, Indiana
Since she stepped on campus, this diminutive Lady Vol has been a crowd favorite… During her career, she has played in 111 games and earned 16 career starts…She has scored 242 points and dished 130 assists…Five times, she has connected in double-fi gures scoring…She recorded a career high 14 points versus Duke and dished a career best 8 assists versus DePaul…She is a Vol Scholar and a four-year academic standout earning SEC All-Academic honors…Majoring in Sport Management with a Business minor.
Vicki Baugh 6’4” C Sacramento, California If there was an award for perseverance, it would
have to go to number 21… She celebrated the thrill of victory of the 2008 NCAA title as a rookie and the agony of defeat suff ering through two ACL knee surgeries in less than a year…During
her career, she has played in 104 games and earned 23 career starts…She is a member of the 500-500 club scoring 586 points and grabbing 511 rebounds…18 times she has connected in double-fi gures scoring and she has posted 5 career double-doubles…She recorded a career high 17 points versus Baylor and grabbed a ca-reer best 16 rebounds against Louisiana Tech… She is a Vol Scholar and an academic standout earning SEC honors…She already has a degree in Psychology and will receive her master’s in Kinesiology this May leaving UT with two diplo-mas.
Glory Johnson 6’3” F-C Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee’s fi fth all-time Lady Vol Academic
All-American has enjoyed a decorated UT ca-reer as a member of the All-SEC, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, All-SEC Defensive and All-SEC Rookie teams... During her time at Tennessee, she has played in 134 games and earned 111 career starts…She has scored 1,526 points and grabbed 1,134 rebounds – just the fourth Lady Vol ever in the thousand-thousand point and rebound club… She has connected in double-fi gures scoring 80 times and has 33 career double-doubles…Her career highs include 25 points versus Florida and 16 rebounds against Mississippi State...She is a nominee for the Nai-smith Award, the Wooden Award and the Wade Trophy… This Academic All-American and All-SEC standout graduated in just three years in Global Studies and is currently pursuing a mas-ter’s in Communication and Information Stud-ies.
Alicia Manning She endeared herself to the Lady Vol fans as
a blue collar worker… During her career, she has played in 132 games and earned 34 ca-reer starts…She is a member of the 500-500 club scoring 596 points and grabbing 525 rebounds…17 times she has connected in double-fi gures scoring and she has posted 5 career double-doubles…She recorded a ca-reer high 22 points versus South Carolina and grabbed a career best 15 rebounds against Old Dominion… She was recognized on the All-SEC Tourney Team in 2010…She is a Vol Scholar and an academic standout earning SEC honors…A recent grad in Sport Management, she is cur-rently pursuing a master’s in Kinesiology.
Shekinna Stricklen 6’3” G-F-C, Morrilton, Arkansas Tennessee’s 20th All-American has enjoyed a
decorated Lady Vol career as the SEC Freshman of the Year as a rookie and SEC Player of the Year and SEC Tournament MVP as a junior...During her career, she has played in 132 games and earned 131 career starts…She has scored 1,770 points, grabbed 855 rebounds, dished 354 as-sists and snagged 187 steals… She has con-nected in double-fi gures scoring 96 times and has 21 career double-doubles and just the sec-ond triple-double in Lady Vol history…Her ca-reer highs include 27 points versus Stanford, 16 rebounds against South Carolina and a career best 12 assists versus Oklahoma...She is a nomi-nee for the Naismith Award, the Wooden Award and the Wade Trophy… This All-American and All-SEC standout is majoring in sociology with a criminal justice concentration.
February Frustration at 5-3 OverallGo Figure
The Lady Vols’ February roller coaster was defi -nitely a two ticket ride.
After a January of non-stop travel, the Lady Vols were to be treated to fi ve games at home and just three on the road in the month of February.
UT did not get February off to a good start dropping a 64-60 decision to South Carolina in Knoxville on Feb. 2.
It marked the fi rst time the Gamecocks had defeated the Lady Vols since 1980...some 40
The Pat Summitt File(all in 38 seasons as UT’s head coach)ALL GAMES
OVERALL: ............................................ 109-22 (.823)30 FIRST/SECOND ROUNDS: ......................... 46-129 REGIONAL SEMIS: ....................................... 24-524 REGIONAL FINALS: ..................................... 18-618 NCAA FINAL FOURS: ................................21-10NCAA TITLES: 8 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, ........................................................ 1998, 2007, 2008)SEC COACH OF THE YEAR
1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011
NCAA COACH OF THE YEAR
1983, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2004
NAISMITH COACH OF THE CENTURY
2000
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TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
consecutive victories ago over USC dating back to when current UT associate head coach Holly Warlick was the Lady Vol point guard.
UT rebounded from the sixth loss of the season to beat Auburn, 82-61 in Knoxville. on Feb. 5.
Tennessee failed to back its defense and re-bounding for the trip to Nashville to face Vander-bilt for the second time in the 2011-12 season.
The Commodores tallied 93 points against UT to win going away in front of a happy black and gold crowd of 12,034 on the Vandy campus on Feb. 9.
Tennessee was looking to avenge loss number seven of the season as Kentucky rolled into Knoxville for a Big Monday game on ESPN2 on Feb.13.
The Orange played one of its most complete games of the season and skinned the Cats, 91-54, to vault back into the SEC race.
Instead of packing the momentum from the win over UK, Tennessee managed wins at Mississippi State ( 57-41) and Ole Miss (66-56), Feb. 16 and 19.
The uninspired road play defi nitely had the UT coaching staff concerned as a red hot Arkansas team traveled to Knoxville on Feb. 23.
On Jan. 8, UT embarrassed the Razorbacks 69-38 in Fayetteville as the Hogs managed just 10 fi eld goals for the game and shot 18.2 percent from the fi eld.
Arkansas, who had just one win over Tennessee all-time, took a 72-71 overtime decision on Feb. 23 in Knoxville.
It marked the fi rst-ever three loss record in TBA.Inside the Numbers
During February, UT averaged 72.6 ppg while giving up 62.5 ppg.
Tennessee’s rebounding advantage dropped to just +5.5 (40.5 rpg to 35.0 rpg for the opposi-tion).
While UT connected on a better fi eld goal per-centage (.461), the opponents were more accu-rate from three-point land at .336 (48-143 vs. just 33-106 for UT, .311).
Ironically, UT’s top three scorers in Shekinna Stricklen, Glory Johnson and Meighan Simmons were right on average.
Rim RunnersWoulda, Coulda, Shoulda
After losing just one game in the SEC the past two seasons and claiming both the regular sea-son and tournament titles, UT fi nished second in the league behind Kentucky.
Tennessee dropped a heartbreaker at Kentucky, 61-60, on Jan. 12, but kept the Cats in sight.
On Feb. 2, the Lady Vols lost to South Carolina, 64-60, for the fi rst time in 40 games dating back to 1980.
LSU assisted UT by defeating Kentucky on Feb. 5 handing the Wildcats its fi rst SEC loss of the year.
The Orange squandered that gift by losing at Vanderbilt, 93-79, on Feb. 9 in Nashville.
Tennessee bounced back and fashioned a 91-54 win over Kentucky to hand the Cats its second SEC loss.
Alabama then gift-wrapped a third UK loss in Kentucky’s very next game to tie the two teams at 10-3 in the SEC.
UT owned the top spot tiebreaker over UK head-ing into the game with Arkansas but lost to the Hogs 72-71 in OT.
Heartbreaking Loss to the HogsOrange Opportunity Slips Away
Tennessee was sitting in the driver’s seat ready to capture the 2012 SEC regular season champi-onship heading into the Arkansas game on Feb. 23.
Unranked Arkansas had other ideas taking a 72-71 overtime win from the Lady Vols.
The red hot hogs in no way resembled the team that the Lady Vols defeated 69-38 in Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 8, 2012.
Tennessee is now 0-2 in overtime games in 2011-12. The Lady Vols lost to unranked Virginia, 69-64, on Nov. 20, 2011.
Three of Tennessee’s eight losses this season have come to teams who were unranked at the time of the game. All, however, have been ranked at some point this season: Virginia, South Carolina and Arkansas.
2012 SEC Race -Went Down to the WireKentucky Clinched It
Kentucky fi nished at the top of the SEC ladder with a 13-3 record after defeating Mississippi State in the regular season fi nale.
Tennessee was second at 12-4 after beating Florida.
Tough Schedule Factors in for NCAA SeedingTennessee has Played 13 Ranked Teams
Tennessee enters the SEC Tournament sporting the nation’s number one strength of schedule and the number fi ve RPI.
Potential opponents Vanderbilt has an RPI of 25 and a strength of schedule at 32 while Missis-sippi State is 128 RPI and an SOS of 70.
Over 200,000 Fans at Home15th Consecutive Season
The Lady Vols entertained 216,206 fans in Thompson-Boling Arena this season.
UT went over the 200,000 fan plateau at home games for the 15th consecutive season when a season high 18,563 clicked through the turn-stiles versus Florida on Feb. 26.
Tennessee averaged a nation-leading 14,414 fans at home games this season.
Rookie Got the RecordMassengale on the Dish.
Rookie Ariel Massengale broke the Lady Vol fresh-man assist record in the game with Florida on Feb. 26.
She needed just two assists to pass the all-time rookie leader and handed out fi ve in limited min-utes on “Senior Day.”
Massengale has handed out 137 assists in 26 games to pass Loree Moore (2001-05) who held the freshman assist record with 133 assists in 34 games (3.91 apg).
Also in the UT rookie 100 assist club are: Dawn Marsh (127), Lea Henry (119), Dena Head 118, Holly Warlick (112), Alexis Hornbuckle (110), Kris-ten “Ace” Clement (107), Meighan Simmons (104) and Candace Parker (103).
Presently, Massengale’s 5.3 apg is tied for sixth in the all-time single season assists average.
Get out the Broom..It was a Sweep!Lady Vols Sweep SEC Weekly honors
Shekinna Stricklen named the SEC Player of the Week and Cierra Burdick earned Freshman of the Week as the Lady Vols swept the honors on Feb. 20.
Stricklen averaged 17.3 ppg and 7.0 rpg in three key SEC wins last week. In a must win over No. 7-ranked Kentucky on Monday, she scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds while connect-ing on 66.7 percent of her shots.
In that game the Morrilton, Ark., product eclipsed the 1,700 career points and 800 career rebounds. She led the Lady Vols with 22 points and 12 re-bounds in a key road victory at Mississippi State on Thursday night, marking her fourth double-double of the season.
On Sunday at Ole Miss, Stricklen tossed in 12 points, including two of three three-pointers, and grabbed three rebounds.
For the week, Stricklen shot 53.8 percent from the fi eld (21-39), 50.0 percent (3-6) from three-point land and 87.5 percent (7-8) on her charity tosses, averaging 30.0 mpg.
The honor is Stricklen’s fi fth career SEC Player of the Week award. She captured the accolade three times in 2009-10 and once in 2010-11.
Stricklen joins classmate Glory Johnson (two times) as Lady Vols that have won the SEC POW this season.
Burdick was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the fi rst time during her rookie cam-paign after scoring 7.3 ppg and grabbing 6.0 rpg for the week. Averaging 18.0 mpg, she con-nected on 66.7 percent of her shots (10-15) while contributing 2.7 apg.
In limited duty versus Kentucky (10 minutes), she grabbed fi ve rebounds, dished three assists and added a bucket. At Mississippi State, she logged 26 minutes while scoring 10 points, grabbing seven rebounds, with three assists two blocks. Against Ole Miss, she dropped in 10 points on 4 of 5 shooting (.800), collecting six rebounds and two assists in 18 minutes.
Johnson Joins a Select GroupGlory Johnson Named Academic All-America
Glory Johnson has been selected to the presti-gious 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Women’s Basketball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Johnson, who graduated in three years with a de-gree in Interdisciplinary Global Studies with a 3.6 GPA, is pursuing her master’s degree in Commu-nication and Information Studies. The 6’3” post was named to the 2011 Academic All-America Second Team last year.
“It is such and honor to represent the University of Tennessee this way,” Johnson said. “Working hard in the classroom has really paid off .
“I’m defi nitely glad to be one of the fi ve women selected to receive such a unique honor.
“When I was young, my parents emphasized per-forming in the classroom and on the court. To have school paid for is a blessing to begin with, so it was important to me to utilize my time as best I could to be on track for both my undergrad and grad degrees.”
A member of the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch list, she was selected to the 2011-12 pre-season All-SEC fi rst team. Last season, Johnson received All-SEC fi rst team honors.
Johnson is the fi fth Lady Vol to capture Aca-demic All-America honors twice, joining Angie Bjorklund (second team 2011, fi rst team 2010), Candace Parker (fi rst team 2008, second team 2007), Tanya Haave (fi rst team 1984, second team 1983) and Jill Rankin (fi rst team 1980, second team 1979).
Additionally, Parker and Rankin were each named the Academic All-American of the Year in 2008 and 1980, respectively.
Forward Elana Della Donne from the University of Delaware was named the female Academic All-American of the Year.
Joining Johnson and Della Donne on the fi rst team were grad student Amanda Johnson of Oregon, senior guard Roxana Button of Houston, and junior guard Caroline Durbin of New Mexico to round out the Capital One Academic All-Amer-ica® Women’s Basketball Division I fi rst team.
The fi ve members of the 2012 Capital One Aca-demic All-America® Women’s Basketball Division I fi rst team have an amazing average G.P.A. of 3.84.
Another 20 Win SeasonGrabbed #20 at Ole Miss
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TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
The Lady Vols have put yet another 20-win sea-son in the books.
With a victory over Ole Miss on Feb. 19, it marked the 36th consecutive time a Lady Vol team reached at least 20 wins in a season under Coach Pat Summitt.
Last year, the Lady Vols tied for accumulating 20 wins the second-fastest ever of any Tennes-see LV hoops team.
The 20 win seasons and the date they were achieved:
Tennessee’s Pat Summitt has only had two teams fail to reach 20-win seasons during her 38-year tenure.
In her fi rst and second seasons (1974-75 and 1975-76) at UT, the Lady Vols were 16-8 and 16-11, respectively.
Career Stat UpdatesNumbers Adding Up
Vicki Baugh grabbed six boards at Mississippi State and is now a member of the 500-point, 500-rebound club with the Lady Vols. Baugh is now closing in on 600 career points (586 enter-ing the SEC Tournament) and has 511 career re-bounds in limited games.
Glory Johnson went over 1,500 career points in the game with Arkansas on Feb. 23. She now has 1,526 points to go along with 1,134 career boards.
Sophomore Meighan Simmons just passed the 800 career point plateau. She now has 822 points.
Senior Shekinna Stricklen eclipsed 1,700 career points versus Kentucky and through the game with Florida has 1,770 points for her career.
Stricklen also has a career collection of caroms with 855.
Back-breakers Game HighsUT Twenty-Something Nights
Four Lady Vols have launched 20-something scoring nights in 14 games this season.
Infl icting the most damage against the opposi-tion has been senior Shekinna Stricklen who has tagged eight opponents for: 27 at Stanford, 25 vs. Baylor, 24 at Georgia, 22 vs. Rutgers/Missis-sippi State, 20 vs. Vanderbilt and 20 vs. Texas.
Junior Taber Spani started the season on a roll (before suff ering her bone bruise) and dropped 22 points at Virginia and scored 20 vs. Miami.
Sophomore Meighan Simmons has posted a pair of SEC career best 20 point games at Vanderbilt and at Auburn.
Grad student Glory Johnson has joined the 20 party twice with 22 points vs. Georgia and 21 against Florida.
Escaping Our Defense -- Career Nights for Opponents Conversely, 17 opponents have enjoyed
20-something-plus scoring nights in 15 games this season.
Infl icting the most damage against the Lady Vols was Stanford’s Nneka Ogumike who rang up 42 points in the Cardinal win.
Kentucky’s A’dia Mathies enjoyed a scorefest in the fi rst meeting on Jan. 12, 2012, dropping 34 points against UT.
Markeshia Grant (South Carolina), Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), Christina Foggie (Vanderbilt), and April Sykes (Rutgers) all managed to score 27 points.
Stanford’s Toni Kokenis and Baylor’s Brittney Gri-ner each had 26.
Valencia McFarland from Ole Miss hit for 21 points on Feb. 19 and Arkansas’ Lyndsay Harris scored 20 points on Feb. 23.
Last year at this time, only 10 opponents had managed more than 20 points and only one player tagged UT for over 25 counters.
In the Jump CircleThose Ranked Teams
Kentucky (on Feb. 13) was the 13th game against a ranked team for the Lady Vols in 2011-12.
UT is 8-5 versus ranked foes this season having defeated #7/7 Miami (92-76), #21/22 Texas (73-57), #20/21 DePaul (84-61), #11 Rutgers (67-61), #16/15 Georgia (80-51), #25/24 Vanderbilt (87-64), #17/15 Georgia (67-50) and #7/7 Kentucky (91-54).
Tennessee’s ranked losses have been to #1 Bay-lor (76-67), at #4 Stanford (97-80), at #9/8 Ken-tucky (61-60), at #2 Notre Dame (72-44) and at #rv/25 Vanderbilt (93-79).
Will Eclipse 300,000 on the SeasonLeading the Nation
Through 29 games, a nation-leading 299,848 spectators have seen Tennessee play at home, on the road and on one neutral court.
UT is just 152 fans away from playing in front of 300,000 spectators.
When that milestone number is achieved, it will mark the 16th consecutive year the team has played in front of that many fans.
A crowd of 10,523 in Athens, Ga., for the Tennes-see vs. Georgia game put UT over 200,000 total spectators on the season.
In 15 games at home, the Lady Vols attracted 216,206 spectators or an average of 14,414 per game in Thompson-Boling.
UT went over the 100,000 mark in home fans in just eight games this season in Knoxville.
From the Chalk BoardMUST Control the Glass
Tennessee has lost the rebounding battle against Miami; in back-to-back games against UCLA and Stanford, to Notre Dame, Auburn (in Knoxville) and at Vanderbilt.
Conversely, the Lady Vols held a decisive re-
bounding edge over #1-ranked Baylor grabbing 56 rebounds to the Lady Bears’ 42.
UT is outrebounding the opposition by just a +8.1 average this year.
It’s Not Better to Give Tennessee has been its own worst enemy turn-
ing the ball over. On the season, UT has generated 17.2 points
off of miscues per game while the opposition is banking 12.7 ppg off of Orange mistakes.
UT leads in second chance points per game at 15.8 ppg with the opposition checking in at 11.8 ppg.
Dropping Dimes‘Rel Can Dish
Frosh Ariel Massengale hit the century mark for assists against South Carolina with three helpers and became just the 10th Lady Vol rookie to dish 100 fi rst year assists.
Heading into the SEC Tournament, she is the all-time rookie leader.
Massengale recorded 12 scoring passes against Vanderbilt for the UT single game rookie record on Jan. 15.
At Alabama on Jan. 26, she handed out 11 assists in 28 minutes.
Academically SpeakingJohnson and Spani named to All-District
Two Lady Vols were selected to the District 3 Capital One Academic All-District Basketball Team as announced by CoSIDA on Feb. 2.
Graduate student and forward Glory Johnson and junior guard/forward Taber Spani captured Academic All-District First Team honors after be-ing named to the Academic All-District Second Team last season.
Nominees for the All-District teams had to be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumu-lative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and aca-demic standing at her current institution and be nominated by her sports information director.
Johnson, a 6-3 athletic post, is a two-time SEC Player of the Week selection this season. The Knoxville native is averaging 13.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg while shooting 57.3 percent from the fl oor.
After earning her undergraduate degree in just three years, she has a 3.6 GPA in graduate school and is working toward her masters in communi-cation studies.
Spani is averaging 9.9 ppg and hitting 48.2 per-cent of her shots from beyond the arc this sea-son. A native of Lee’s Summitt, Mo., she missed nine games this winter after suff ering a bone bruise, but has played in three of Tennessee’s last four contests.
Spani maintains a 3.91 GPA and is majoring in communications studies.
After earning All-District First Team honors, Johnson and Spani are now eligible to advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot later this month.
For Real ReboundingChasing Chamique
Grad student Glory Johnson eclipsed 1,000 career rebounds at Arkansas and joined an exclusive club with three other Lady Vols.
Johnson immediately passed Tamika Catchings who had 1,004 caroms in nearly four full years of play.
Since then, the Knoxville native has also passed Sheila Frost (1,043 rebounds in 138 games).
Entering the SEC Tournament, Johnson has 1,134 career rebounds in 134 games.
She is chasing Chamique Holdsclaw who collect-ed 1,295 rebounds in 148 career games.
Free Throw Defense
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TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
BREAKING IT DOWN
2011-12 Lineup Combinations Tennessee has utilized eight starting lineups for the 2011-12 season. During the 2010-11 season, Tennessee employed 11 diff erent starting lineups.
Off ensive OpportunitiesTennessee shooting from the fi eld (all games):60% FG: UCLA (.692)50%FG: Vanderbilt2 (.590), Vanderbilt1 (.529), Ar-kansas (.500), 40%FG: ODU (.493), Pepperdine (.492), Stanford (.491), Georgia2 (.489), Miami (.478), Florida/DePaul (.475), UTC (.472), Auburn2 (.471), Vanderbilt2 (.459), Alabama/Arkansas (.451), MTSU (.448), Ole Miss (.436), Georgia1 (.424), USC (.414), UVa (.407)30%FG: Miss. State (.387), Kentucky1 (.383), Rut-gers (.382), LSU (.374), Texas (.368), Auburn1 (.323), 20%FG: Baylor (.293), Notre Dame (.279)
Dee --- FenseOpponents shooting from the fi eld (all games):50%FG: Vanderbilt2 (.557), Stanford (.536), Notre Dame (.508), Arkansas (.500)40%FG: Vanderbilt1 (.451), Baylor (.417), Miami (.408), Rutgers & Virginia (.403), Alabama (.400)30%FG: Auburn2 (.397), USC (.394), Florida (.379), Texas/Auburn1/Ole Miss (.373), UCLA (.368), Geor-gia1 (.349), Kentucky1 (.345), LSU (.344), Kentucky2 (.333), DePaul (.309), UTC (.304)20%FG: Georgia2 (.288), Pepperdine (.284), ODU (.254), MTSU (.238), Miss. State (.232)10%FG: Arkansas (.182)
Leading at the BreakLeading at the Half (20): Pepperdine, Baylor, MTSU, Texas, vs. DePaul, at Rutgers, at UCLA, ODU, at Auburn1, UTC, Georgia1, at Arkansas1, Vanderbilt1, at Alabama, at Georgia2, Auburn2, Kentucky2, Miss State, Ole Miss, Florida
Tied at the BreakTied at the Half (3): Miami, at Virginia, LSU
Trailing at the BreakTrailing at the Half (6): at Stanford (by 7 points), Kentucky (by 4 points), Notre Dame (by 10 points), South Carolina (by 1 point), at Vanderbilt (by 8 points), Arkansas (by 5 points)
7-of-16 vs. Notre Dame & 18-for-31 Against LSU UT made 16 trips to the charity stripe against
Notre Dame and connected on a paltry seven tosses for 43.8 percent.
Tennessee might have defeated LSU by 20 points or more if the Lady Tigers free throw de-fense hadn’t been so tough.
The Lady Vols were an anemic 18 for 31 from the charity stripe for 58.1 percent.
I Swear We Practice Making free throws has always been a team pri-
ority and some of the LSU misses came from nor-mally reliable shooters.
Vicki Baugh went 2-for-6 from the line. She is a 72.7 career free throw shooter.
Since enduring a miserable 52.4 percent inaccu-racy from the free throw line in the loss to Vir-ginia in overtime, you’d think the Lady Vols had learned their lesson.
On the season, UT’s free throw percentage has yo-yoed from the 70 percent range to the pres-ent of 69.3 percent (438-632) .
Glory Johnson has been sent to the line a team high 168 times and connected on just 102 for a dismal 60.7 accuracy rate.
Home Wins for SummittSummitt at 500
With a 87-64 victory over Vanderbilt, Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt collected her 500th career win at home.
Of the now 504 wins, a total of 180 have come against ranked opponents in Knoxville.
Summitt has claimed victories in Alumni Gym, Stokely Athletics Center and Thompson-Boling Arena on the UT campus over the last 38 years.
And Summitt at 200 The 87-64 victory over Vanderbilt on Jan. 15,
2011 was also another home milestone for Sum-mitt...Her 200th SEC home win.
Things to ConsiderNo Secrets -- Even if We Tried
The Lady Vols have appeared on television in 27 of 29 regular season games.
Every Tennessee game in the SEC package was slated for TV this year.
Elite CompanyGlory -- Running Out of Time
It’s a fact that Tennessee has produced some of the greatest players ever in women’s collegiate basketball.
It’s a little known fact that there has only been one double-fi gure rebounder in the history of the program -- Olympian and Kodak All-Ameri-can Patricia Roberts.
Roberts hauled in 14.2 rpg (467 total) in her only season as a Lady Vol in 1976-77. She also claimed scoring honors with 29.9 ppg (987 points) in her single season on The Hill.
In 2006-07, Candace Parker came the closest to a double-fi gure rebounding average but had to settle for 9.8 rpg.
Last season, Glory Johnson fl irted with the elu-sive double-digit and managed 9.7 rpg.
Johnson is currently averaging 9.3 rpg.Head Coach Pat SummittAmazing Summitt Numbers
Pat Summitt’s teams have faced 164 diff erent opponents in 1,299 total games and teams from 35 conferences
46% of her 1,299 total games have been played versus ranked teams (601 total games against ranked opponents) with 438 victories versus ranked opponents
161 all-time Lady Vols have contributed to 1,092 wins.
72% of those all-time players have gone on to be decorated as Olympians, All-Americans, USA
National Team members, All-SEC performers, Academic All-Americans, Academic All-SEC, etc.
NCAA’s Ford Award Tennessee coach Pat Summitt was the recipi-
ent of the 2012 NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award.
Summitt was recognized during the opening business session on Jan. 12 at the 2012 NCAA Convention in Indianapolis.
The Lady Vols played at Kentucky, so Summitt addressed the Convention attendees in a taped video message and Joan Cronan accepted the award on Summitt’s behalf.
Announced on Dec. 6 the award is named in rec-ognition of former President Gerald Ford, honors an individual who has provided signifi cant lead-ership as an advocate for intercollegiate athlet-ics over the course of their career.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said her contribu-tions to intercollegiate athletics over almost four decades go well beyond one sport.
“Coach Summitt has been recognized numerous times for her contributions to women’s basket-ball – and rightly so,” Emmert said.
“The Ford Award honors her for what she has meant to intercollegiate athletics through her career and for the positive example she contin-ues to set today. “
Former Players Compile a Memory Book After hearing of Tennessee Lady Vol Coach Pat
Summitt’s diagnosis of early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, Chamique Holdsclaw reached out to players spanning all decades of Lady Vol basketball to compile a “memory book” for their coach.
Holdsclaw, a four-time Lady Vols All-American from 1995-99, contacted former Lady Vol play-ers, managers and staff ers asking them to share written memories, Summitt’s infl uence on their lives, and photos of their time in the program. The Astoria, N.Y., native then compiled all of the submissions into a book.
“I know my relationship with Coach Summitt through the death of my grandmother and me going through my ups and downs battling de-pression,’’ said Holdsclaw. “What I realized from these letters is coach has helped these players through some of the most diffi cult times of their lives. When I’m reading them, I’m thinking, ‘Wow she’s had such an impact on all of our lives and just not basketball.’ “
A collection of former players and managers met with Summitt prior to the UT game against Old Dominion and presented her the book.
Summitt was overwhelmed. “It’s really hard to surprise Pat,’’ Holdsclaw said. “She was really ex-cited and very touched by the book.”
Maggie Dixon Award Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt was presented with
the Maggie Dixon Courage Award at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 11, 2011.
The Award is presented annually to an individu-al who exhibits courage in the face of adversity and continues to exemplify Maggie’s mantra of never allowing adversity to get in the way of achieving a dream.
Sports Illustrated Sportswoman for 2011 As the all-time winningest coach in NCAA col-
legiate basketball, University of Tennessee Lady Vol head coach Pat Summitt has won her fair share of awards over the past 38 years.
On Dec. 5, 2011 Summitt joined an elite group of sports superstars when it was announced by Time Inc. Sports Group editor Terry McDonell that she, and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, were the 2011 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year.
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On Tues., Dec. 6 Summitt and Krzyzewski were feted at a celebration in New York City and were joined by fellow Sportswomen and Sportsmen Chris Evert (1976), Sugar Ray Leonard (1981), Wayne Gretzky (1982), David Robinson (2003) and David Ortiz (2004).
Summitt and Krzyzewski, the NCAA’s all-time winningest women’s and men’s basketball coaches, joined an elite group of sports im-mortals, including Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, Billie Jean King, Jack Nicklaus, Bobby Orr and Pete Rozelle to receive this award.
The magazine’s editors have chosen each hon-oree based on the principles established in 1954, when runner Roger Bannister was honored as SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s fi rst Sportsman: “While the victory may have been his or hers, it is not for the victory alone that he or she is honored. Rath-er, it is for the quality of their eff ort and manner of their striving.”
Summitt and Krzyzewski join UCLA’s John Wood-en (1972) and North Carolina’s Dean Smith (1997) to round out a veritable Mount Rushmore of col-lege coaches who have received this award.
In 1972, Wooden, who had won his eighth na-tional title in nine seasons, was selected along with Billie Jean King. Smith was honored in 1997, the same year he set the then NCAA wins record and announced his retirement.
Other coaches named Sportsman include Joe Paterno (1986); manager Terry Francona (2004, with the Boston Red Sox); Herb Brooks (1980, with the U.S. Olympic hockey team) and Tony DiCicco (1999, with the U.S. Women’s soccer team).
We Back Pat To coincide with National Alzheimer’s Disease
Awareness Month the matchup between the No. 6/7 Lady Vols and the No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears on Sun., Nov. 27th was designated as the fi rst of two, “We Back Pat” games.
The Vols will also participate in a “We Back Pat” game in January, when Coach Cuonzo Martin and the Big Orange take on the Connecticut Hus-kies on January 21st (CBS).
Thousands of fans wore the “We Back Pat” t-shirt to the Baylor game as 16,623 spectators were on hand.
Shirts are still available at The UT Bookstore and Stokely Athletics Center stores, as well as area Food City and Walgreens. The shirts are $10, with $4.25 from every shirt going to research.
In a halftime ceremony at the Baylor game, checked were presented to Alzheimer’s Ten-nessee and UT Medical Center, as the `We Back Pat’ T-shirts have already generated more than $150,000 in donations. The proceeds will help directly impact those living with the disease in the state of Tennessee.
Announcing the Pat Summitt Foundation Since sharing her diagnosis of dementia in late
August, Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt indicated she would like to start a foundation.
Summitt along with her son, Tyler, have formed a foundation that will fund grants in support of Alzheimer’s programs. The foundation, The Pat Summitt Foundation Fund (www.patsummitt.org), was announced at halftime of the Baylor game on Nov. 27 in Knoxville.
The aim of her Foundation is to make grants to non-profi t organizations which provide educa-tion and awareness of Alzheimer’s, its onset and treatment; support services to patients, their families and caregivers, and research to treat, prevent, cure and ultimately eradicate the dis-ease.
“Tyler and I have decided to join this battle, not just for us, but also for the millions of families aff ected by this disease. I have always told our players, our greatest opportunities are disguised as our greatest obstacles. It is time to treat this obstacle as an opportunity and a stepping stone to a cure,” Summitt said.
AARP Recognizes Summitt AARP The Magazine has announced the recipi-
ents of its 10th annual Inspire Awards. Each year the Inspire Awards pay tribute to outstanding individuals who inspire others to action through their innovative thinking, passion and persever-ance.
This year’s list of distinguished honorees in-cludes: Pat Summitt (The Alzheimer’s Advocate), Jane Goodall (The Conservationist), Steve Jobs (The Game Changer), Andy Czerkas (The AARP Foundation Hunger Hero), Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (The Chief Compromiser), Irene Zola (The Advo-cate for the Elderly), Toby Keith (The Supporter of U.S. Troops), Hilton Kelley (The Environmental Advocate), Emilio Estefan Jr. (The Latino Promot-er) and Ret. Army Col. Bill Badger, Patricia Maisch, and Roger Salzgeber (The Arizona Shooting He-roes).
“Through their extraordinary eff orts to lead, in-novate, and give back in ways that make a real impact, this year’s honorees motivate our read-ers to make a make a diff erence in their own communities,” said Nancy Perry Graham, Vice President and Editor of AARP The Magazine. “This daring dozen are compassionate and forward-thinking individuals who defi ne inspiration.”
This year’s honorees are profi led in the Decem-ber/January issue of AARP The Magazine.
Summitt Receives Courage Award The United States Sports Academy presented
Lady Vol Coach Pat Summitt its “Courage” award at the Pepperdine game on Nov. 13.
Trustee emeritus of the USSA, Gene Policinski, was on hand in Knoxville to give Summitt one of the organization’s most prestigious honors -- the Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias Courage Award.
Citing that, Summitt, the seemingly unbeatable coach, has dementia and she vows to fi ght it, raise awareness and keep on coaching.
The Courage Award is presented annually to an individual who demonstrates courageous action in overcoming adversity to excel in sport. This individual should exhibit the qualities of cour-age, perseverance, grace, and strength in sport achievement.
Zaharias’ spirit and zest for life, as well as her courage, strength, and achievement, are the qualities for which this award is named. The Babe’s fi ght to overcome life-threatening cancer and then return to the winner’s circle in women’s professional golf has withstood the test of time.
Off the Glass Rebounds Win Championships
Coach Pat Summitt’s mantra of defense and boards has been a staple of her nearly four de-cades of coaching.
UT started out the 2011-12 regular season haul-ing in 54 boards against Pepperdine while the Waves snagged 34.
Tennessee fell off the rebounding wagon in the very next game as Miami controlled the glass collecting 45 boards to the Lady Vols’ 38 total re-bounds. That was a vast improvement over UT’s 13-rebound deficit at halftime to the Hurricanes.
UT corrected the rebounding problem against Virginia, 45-38, with Shekinna Stricklen collect-ing 14 boards.
Since losing the battle of the boards to Miami,
Tennessee had not be outrebounded again until it faced UCLA on Dec. 17 and Stanford on Dec. 20.
A month later, Notre Dame turned the trick out-rebounding UT, 44-35.
On Feb. 5, Auburn’s eight team rebounds result-ed in a 42-39 rebounding edge.
In the very next game, Vanderbilt controlled the boards 41-27.
Overall this season, the Lady Vols have been outrebounded six times and hold just a +8.1 re-bounding advantage, 43.4-35.3.
Last season, in 37 games, Tennessee was out-rebounded only twice -- by Georgia Tech, 37-36, and vs. Kentucky in the SEC Tournament fi nal, 46-41.
Overall, the Lady Vols held a +12.4 rebounding advantage, 46.3 to 33.9, in 2010-11.
StreakingWe were Streaking into 2011-12
The Lady Vols had a 38-game home court win-ning streak halted against Baylor on Nov. 27, 2011. It was the third longest in Lady Vol history. Tennessee’s all-time home court winning streak is 69 consecutive games from Feb. 2, 1991 to Jan. 6, 1996.
Lady Vol Streaks The Lady Vols last loss at home was against un-
ranked Arkansas, on Feb. 23, 2012, since then UT is 1-0 at home.
The last time UT lost on the road was on Feb. 9, 2012 at Vanderbilt, 93-79. UT is 2-0 on the road since then.
The last time the Lady Vols lost on a neutral court was against Notre Dame, 73-59, in the 2011 NCAA Elite 8 game on Mar. 28, 2011. Since that time, UT is 1-0 on a neutral court.
TBA - The Place to PlayRocky Top, You’ll Always Be...
Home, sweet home, to me.... On good ole Rocky Top, Tennessee entertained the home fans to a scoring bonanza this season averaging 79.9 ppg on The Summitt while holding the opponents to 58.2 ppg.
Toughest Place To Play The University of Tennessee’s Thompson-Boling
Arena is still the toughest women’s basketball arena in the nation to secure a win. The Lady Vols have fashioned a 352-23 all-time record on “The Summitt” for a 94.4 winning percentage since the doors were opened in 1987.
Welcome to “The Summitt” The playing court in the Thompson-Boling Arena
on the University of Tennessee campus donned a new look for the 2005-06 season.
After Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt passed Dean Smith for most NCAA collegiate basketball wins of all-time with a 75-54 win over Purdue on Mar. 22, 2005, UT named the TBA court, “The Sum-mitt.”
The fl oor had a complete overhaul with perma-nent logos of both the Lady Vols and Vols paint-ed directly in front of the scorer’s table; the free throw lanes were painted orange with “SEC” re-versed out; the giant jump circle/mid-court TEN-NESSEE was given a new brighter color scheme, and “The Summitt,” Coach Summitt’s actual sig-nature adorns the sidelines opposite the team benches.
300 Wins in TBA Tennessee recorded its 300th win in Thompson-
Boling Arena when the Lady Vols defeated the Stanford Cardinal, 79-69 OT on Dec. 21, 2008.
Seven years earlier, UT grabbed its 200th TBA win over the University of Southern California on Nov. 18, 2001, 106-66.
UT has now amassed a 353-23(.940) record since
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the Orange and White moved into the Thomp-son-Boling Arena to start the 1987-88 season 25-years ago.
Along the way, the Lady Vols have produced 10 fl awless home records: in 1988-89 (15-0), 1991-92 (14-0), 1992-93 (13-0), 1993-94 (15-0), 1994-95 (15-0), 1997-98 (16-0), 1998-99 (14-0), 2000-01 (15-0), 2002-03 (16-0), 2009-10 (17-0) and 2010-11 (17-0).
UT also registered a former NCAA record 69-game home court-winning streak from Feb. 1, 1991 thru Jan. 2, 1996.
Just 23 TBA Losses The Tennessee Lady Vols rarely lose at home. In fact, since moving to the Thompson-Boling
Arena for the 1987-88 campaign, UT has lost two games in one season just seven times.
This year, UT lost three games at home for the fi rst time ever to Baylor, South Carolina and Ar-kansas.
UT lost two games in TBA during the inaugural 1987-88 campaign, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2008-09 and three game in the 2011-12 seasons.
The 23 all-time losses at TBA have come at the hands of just 13 teams: Arkansas (2012), South Carolina (2012), Baylor (2011), Virginia (2008), Florida (2006), LSU (2008, 2006), Duke (2009, 2007, 2004), Connecticut (2004, 2002, 2000, 1996), Louisiana Tech (1999, 1989), Georgia (1996, 1991), Texas (2003, 2002, 1987), Stanford (1996) and Auburn (1988).
Home Sweet Home The victory over Georgia on Jan. 31, 2005, was
the Lady Vols 400th home win since Pat Summitt took over as head coach in 1974.
Summitt has won 91.6 percent of all home games in 38 years producing a 504-48 overall record.
Home losses (in the Summitt era) include: six in Alumni Gym from 1974-76; 19 in Stokely Athlet-ics Center from 1976-87; and 23 in Thompson-Boling Arena.
On the Court100 Point Games
Since 1974, the Lady Vols have gone over the century mark 76 times.
The 1987-88 team hit triple digits in seven games to lead the NCAA.
UT has a record of 73-3 all-time in 100-point games and a 51-0 record when hitting the cen-tury mark at Thompson-Boling Arena.
In Overtime Tennessee is 28-15 all-time in overtime games. UT’s most recent overtime aff airs were a 72-71
loss to Arkansas at home on Feb. 23, 2012 and a 69-64 loss at Virginia on Nov. 20, 2011.
The most OT games in a year was tied in 2003-04 with four as the Lady Vols went 3-1 in overtime losing to Georgia, 68-66, and defeating Auburn, 68-61, DePaul, 96-89, and Stanford, 70-66.
It tied the mark set in 1996-97, when the Lady Vols were 3-1 in overtime contests losing to Georgia, 94-93, and defeating Texas, 68-65, Vanderbilt, 92-79 and LSU, 100-99.
UT’s 22 points in the OT against Florida (2-3-05), was the most ever scored by the Lady Vols in a single overtime.
UT’s most recent OT aff air in Knoxville was a 82-72 win over Stanford on Dec. 19, 2010.
Lady Vols Own All-Time Wins Mark Tennessee is the all-time wins leader in the
NCAA with 1,185 victories. The next closest pro-gram all-time in terms of wins is Louisiana Tech, which owns a 1,000-212 record (entering the 2011-12 season). The Lady Vols boast a 1,186-264-2 (.827) all-time record.
Staff ers Have, But Never a Player No former Lady Vol who has joined the col-
legiate coaching ranks has ever beaten Head Coach Pat Summitt.
Lady Vol HonoreesTrio Named
Lady Vol seniors Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen along with sophomore Meighan Sim-mons have been recognized among the group of players chosen for the 2011-12 preseason candidate list for the Naismith Trophy as an-nounced on Nov. 30 by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The Naismith Trophy is presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate women’s basketball player and is named in honor of the inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith.
UT is joined by Notre Dame and Connecticut as the only institutions with three candidates for the award.
The candidate pool will be trimmed with the se-lection of the Midseason Top 30 List in February, and that list will be whittled to four fi nalists in March.
The Naismith Trophy will be presented during the NCAA Women’s Final Four, April 1-3 in Den-ver.
The Tennessee trio has collected accolades throughout the preseason. Johnson made the list of nominees for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award and was named to the Wooden Award Top 30 list in October. Stricklen joined John-son on the Wooden Award Top 30 list and was named to the Associated Press Preseason All-America squad. Johnson, Stricklen and Simmons were each named to Preseason All-SEC squads with Stricklen tabbed preseason player of the year.
Stricklen Honored as AP A-A Lady Vol senior guard Shekinna Stricklen was se-
lected as a First Team Associated Press Preseason All-American.
Also joining Stricklen on the fi ve player team were Baylor’s Brittney Griner, Notre Dame’s Sky-lar Diggins, Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike and Miami’s Shenise Johnson.
Tennessee and Stricklen will face each of those teams this season.
Johnson Named a Lowe’s Nominee Tennessee senior forward Glory Johnson has
been named one of 30 women’s basketball nominees for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, presented to student-athletes who excel on and off the fi eld.
Johnson is one of three nominees from the SEC. Johnson captured All-SEC First Team honors
in 2010-11 and was a fi nalist for the 2011 State Farm All-America Team.
A Master of Science in Communication candi-date, Johnson completed her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Programs with a Con-centration in Global Studies and a Specialization in Global Politics and Economy in only three years.
We Love a Happy Meal The Tennessee Lady Vols must lead the nation
with the number of McDonald’s High School All-Americans on their roster in 2011-12 with eight players.
The Southeastern Conference unveiled its eighth annual women’s basketball preseason All-SEC fi rst and second teams, to tip off the
2011-12 season of SEC women’s basketball. Tennessee was predicted to win the SEC regular
season championship with 120 votes. Kentucky, Georgia, LSU, Florida and Vanderbilt
round out the top half of the league with South Carolina, Arkansas, Auburn, Alabama, Missis-sippi State and Ole Miss rounding out the lower half.
Joining Stricklen, on the All-SEC First Team were teammates Glory Johnson and Meighan Simmons, Arkansas’ C’eira Ricketts, Georgia’s Jasmine James, Kentucky’s A’dia Mathies, LSU’s LaSondra Barrett and Vanderbilt’s Stephanie Holzer.
Second team consists of Alabama’s Ericka Rus-sell, Arkansas’ Sarah Watkins, Georgia’s Jasmine Hassell, LSU’s Adrienne Webb, Ole Miss’ Valencia McFarland, South Carolina duo La’Keisha Sutton and Ieasia Walker and Vanderbilt’s Tiff any Clarke.
School POINTS 1. Tennessee 1202. Kentucky 1003. Georgia 984. LSU 965. Florida 926. Vanderbilt 857. South Carolina 628. Arkansas 579. Auburn 3910. Alabama 2911. Mississippi State 2512. Ole Miss 16FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC Shekinna Stricklen, TennesseeLaSondra Barrett, LSUA’dia Mathies, KentuckyGlory Johnson, TennesseeC’iera Ricketts, ArkansasStephanie Holzer, VanderbiltMeighan Simmons, TennesseeJasmine James, GeorgiaSECOND TEAM ALL-SEC La’Keisha Sutton, South CarolinaIeashia Walker, South CarolinaAdrienne Webb, LSUValencia McFarland, Ole MissEricka Russell, AlabamaJasmine Hassell, GeorgiaTiff any Clarke, VanderbiltSarah Watkins, ArkansasPLAYER OF THE YEAR POINTSShekinna Stricklen, Tennessee 6Glory Johnson, Tennessee 3Meighan Simmons, Tennessee 1Lasondra Barrett, LSU 1A’dia Mathies, Kentucky 1Lady Vols Picked #1 by SEC Media
Tennessee was predicted to win the 2012 South-eastern Conference women’s basketball champi-onship in a voting of a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
Tennessee topped the order of fi nish with 264 points, with Georgia (228), Kentucky (212), LSU (189), Vanderbilt (172) and Florida (151) round-ing out the top half of the league. Arkansas (142), South Carolina (107), Auburn (94), Ala-bama (55), Mississippi State (54) and Ole Miss (48) round out the bottom half.
Tennessee’s Shekinna Stricklen was the over-whelming choice of the media for SEC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year with 16 votes, the remaining votes were for Georgia’s Jasmine James,
LSU’s LaSondra Barrett and Tennessee’s Glory Johnson.
Stricklen, a 2011 State Farm All-American and SEC MVP averaged 12.8 points and 7.3 rebounds
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per game last season. UT sophomore Meighan Simmons, the 2011 SEC
Rookie of the Year, was selected to the second team. Simmons is the Lady Vols returning scorer at 13.5 ppg.
Joining Stricklen on the All-SEC First Team are Georgia’s Jasmine James, Kentucky’s A’dia Ma-thies, LSU’s LaSondra Barrett and Tennessee’s Glory Johnson.
Second Team included Arkansas’ C’eira Ricketts, Ole Miss’ Valencia McFarland, Simmons, and Vanderbilt’s Stephanie Holzer.
2011-12 Archive NotesSeniors SalutedFive Seniors for both Teams
The Tennessee vs. Florida game on Feb. 26 mark -ed the fi nal home game for fi ve Lady Vol seniors -- Briana Bass, Vicki Baugh, Glory Johnson, Alicia Manning and Shekinna Stricklen. They were hon-ored in pregame ceremonies and all fi ve com-prised the starting line-up.
Per Lady Vol tradition, Tennessee also recognized the Florida seniors -- Deana Allen, Lanita Bartley, Jordan Jones, Ndidi Madu and Azania Stewart.
AARP Day in Thompson-BolingSeniors Salute Summitt with Inspire Award
At halftime on the Jumbotron, Lady Vol head coach Pat Summitt will be presented a national “In-spire Award” from the AARP.
Summitt was recognized with the 10th annual award in the December/January issue of the magazine.
Each year, the “Inspire Awards” honor individuals who inspire others to action through their innovative thinking, passion and perseverance.
Summitt received her recognition as an Alzheimer’s Advocate.
“Pat Summitt simply epitomizes the word ‘inspira-tion,’” said AARP Tennessee State Director Rebecca Kelly.
“I have long admired her passion, commitment, te-nacity and the love she has shown for her team, col-leagues, friends and family.”
AARP reached out to more than 700,000 Lady Vol fans in Tennessee and other Southeastern Conference states via email and social media, encouraging them to join AARP for Sunday’s “Senior Day” game against Florida.
Final SEC Regular Season Road SwingStarted at The Hump
Tennessee picked up SEC win number 10 on the season at Mississippi State on Feb. 16, 2012, 57-41.
All-time, the Lady Vols have registered double-digit victories in conference play an incredible 18 times, and 14 times in the last 15 years since con-ference play expanded.
Continued at the “Tad Pad” UT closed out the road portion of the SEC sched-
ule with a tough 66-56 win over Ole Miss on Feb. 19 for SEC win number 11.
Tennessee has now fashioned a 23-game win-ning streak over Ole Miss dating back to the 1995-96 season.
The last time UT lost in Oxford was on Feb. 4, 1996, 78-72.
It was a “meltdown” game for then Tennessee se-nior Michelle Marciniak who vowed that the Lady Vols would not lose again.
“Spinderella” was right. UT won 15 straight to claim the 1996 NCAA title following the loss to the Lady Rebels.
Back on Course vs. KentuckyThat 90 Thing for the Lady Vols
After getting decked by 93 points at Vanderbilt, the Lady Vols came back in the very next game and unloaded for 91 points against SEC leader Kentucky.
It marked the fourth time in the 2011-12 season that the Lady Vols scored 90 points.
UT dropped 92 against #7 Miami, 91 against Ken-tucky and 90 versus both Old Dominion and Chat-tanooga.
Bounced Back ... Yet Again
Bounced Back from Loss Number Seven Tennessee was in a battle to bounce back from
loss number seven of the season having to face Kentucky on Feb. 12.
The Lady Vols played one of its best games of the season in upsetting the SEC’s top team, 91-54.
The last time UT had seven losses on Feb. 13 was the Cinderella Season of 1996-97.
The Lady Vols had also seven losses at that point in the year and would eventually collect 10 (L’s to #8 La Tech, #5 Georgia, #1 Stanford, #22 Arkan-sas, #1UConn, #4 Old Dominion, #19 Florida, #6/5 Louisiana Tech, #13 LSU, and unranked Auburn in the SEC Tournament).
The last time UT took (at least) seven losses on the year was the 11 “L” season in 2008-09.
Vandy Post-MortemThat 90 Thing
On Feb. 9, Vanderbilt was the second team in 2011-12 season to hang 90 points on the Lady Vols.
The Commodores dealt UT a 93-79 loss in Nash-ville.
Stanford was the fi rst to post a plus-90 score when the Cardinal defeated Tennessee 97-80 on Dec. 20, 2011 in Palo Alto, Calif.
The last team to drop 90 on the Big Orange was Florida on Feb. 26, 2006. That game gets a Major League asterisk since it was a 95-93 overtime win for the Gators in Knoxville.
Defense Wins Games Other than this season and the 2006, 90 point
game, you have to venture back to the “Cinderella Season” of 1996-97 for the last multiple 90 point games by the opposition.
Tennessee, the eventual 1997 NCAA Champions with a 29-10 overall record and an 8-4 record in the SEC, had three opponents score 90 or more points that season.
Georgia took a 94-93 overtime win on Dec. 8, 1996 in Knoxville...Louisiana Tech claimed a 98-80 vic-tory in Ruston, La., on Feb. 24, 1997...and UT pre-vailed in a 100-99 overtime win over LSU in the SEC Tournament on Mar. 1, 1997.
That team lost 10 games but it never lost its heart and desire to compete for a championship.
Upset SpecialUnranked South Carolina
When South Carolina defeated Tennessee, 64-60, on Feb. 2, it marked the second loss in the 2011-12 season to an unranked team.
All-time, UT coach Pat Summitt’s Lady Vols have lost to just 39 unranked teams in 38 years (overall, 652-39 for .945).
In 2008-09, the Lady Vols were ambushed by three unranked teams: at Kentucky (66-56), at LSU (63-61) and vs. Ball State (71-55).
South Carolina is only the second unranked team to collect a win over the Lady Vols in the 25-year history of Thompson-Boling Arena.
Unranked Florida defeated #5-ranked Tennessee, 95-93 in overtime on Senior Day in Thompson-Boling Arena on Feb. 26, 2006.
Breaking into Our HouseBetter Set an Alarm
Before South Carolina upended Tennessee 64-60 on Feb. 2, the Lady Vols had won 28 consecutive SEC games in Thompson-Boling Arena dating back to 2008.
Top-ranked Baylor also defeated Tennessee in Knoxville earlier this season by a 76-67 score on Nov. 27, 2011.
Two Thompson-Boling Losses in a Single Season The Tennessee Lady Vols rarely lose at home. In fact, since moving to the Thompson-Boling
Arena for the 1987-88 campaign, 25-years ago, UT has lost two games in one season just eight times now that South Carolina managed the upset.
UT lost two games in TBA during the inaugural 1987-88 campaign and then in: 1996-97, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2008-09 and now the 2011-12 season(s).
Just 22 TBA Losses for the Lady Vols -- All-Time The 22 all-time losses at TBA have come at the
hands of just 12 teams: South Carolina (2012), Baylor (2011), Virginia (2008), Florida (2006), LSU (2008, 2006), Duke (2009, 2007, 2004), Con-
UT’s SEC Streak was Snapped by USC Before South Carolina upended Tennessee 64-60
on Feb. 2, the Lady Vols had won 28 consecutive SEC games in Thompson-Boling Arena dating back to 2008.
Before the USC loss, UT’s last SEC home loss was to #7-ranked LSU on Feb. 14, 2008, 78-62.
Rewind to January 12, 2012, 6:59 p.m.Inconsistent Since Then
Tennessee entered the game at Kentucky on Jan. 12, 2012, sporting a 12-3 overall record and a 3-0 mark in the SEC.
The Lady Vols had won 36 consecutive SEC games dating back to a loss at Georgia in Jan. 2010.
Prior to the UK game, UT had won fi ve consecu-tive games since the loss at Stanford.
During that fi ve-game winning streak heading into the Kentucky game, UT outscored the op-position 80.4 to 45.0 (a +35.4 winning margin) and controlled the boards 51.4 to 29.4 rpg...a +22.0 rebounding advantage.
Bad Pattern Since the UK Loss Since UT dropped the heartbreaking 61-60 game
at UK on Jan. 12, the Lady Vols have developed a bad pattern.
After the UK loss, Tennessee bounced back to win a pair (over Vandy and LSU at home) and then lost to Notre Dame on the road.
After the Notre Dame loss, Tennessee regrouped to defeat Alabama and Georgia on the road.
That winning streak was halted by South Carolina in Knoxville and UT rebounded to defeat Auburn But lost in the very next game at Vanderbilt.
Tennessee has gone just 5-4 over the last month.Telling NumbersInside the 5-4 Record over the Last Month
Tennessee is shooting 42.9 percent from the fi eld and the opposition is tossing in 41.2 percent of its shots.
Tennessee is averaging 70.0 ppg and giving up 64.1 ppg.
Perhaps the most telling stat is rebounding where the Lady Vols have averaged just 38.6 to 38.1 rpg for the opposition-- uncharacteristic +0.5 advan-tage.
Senior All-American Shekinna Stricklen has strug-gled from the fi eld connecting on 41.8 percent of her shots and just 25.8 percent of her three-point attempts.
Glory Johnson has been very challenged at the charity stripe with a team low 46.8 percent (22-47).
On the bright side, rookie Ariel Massengale has logged a team high 32.9 minutes per game dur-ing this stretch handing out 52 assists while com-mitting 24 miscues (296 minutes).
Sophomore Meighan Simmons is shooting the ball a tad better connecting on 37.2 percent of her shots and 35 percent from three-point land.
Play 4 KayHonoring Kay Yow
The Tennessee vs. Kentucky game is UT’s Play 4 Kay night, formerly known as the Pink Zone, an initiative of the WBCA to promote breast cancer awareness.
UT has dubbed the game “Think Pink. Bleed Orange.” By way of 12,000 t-shirts in the seats of the arena, an
alternating pink/white checkerboard will be formed. One side of the arena will spell out “Lady Vols” and on
the other side, “Live Pink.” Both will be anchored by breast cancer ribbons.
Remembering our Lady Vols Tonight’s game for breast cancer awareness takes
on additional signifi cance for Lady Vol basketball. We celebrate Director of Lady Vol basketball Char-
acter Development Daedra Charles-Furlow contin-ued good health after battling breast cancer and becoming a survivor.
And we remember one of our own who lost her lost her fi ght with breast cancer on Dec. 27, 2010.
Melissa McCray Dukes, nicknamed “Emma” by her Tennessee Lady Vol basketball teammates, played on four consecutive NCAA Final Four teams (1986-87-88-89) and started as a guard on coach Pat Sum-
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mitt’s fi rst two national championship teams in 1987 and 1989.
McCray Dukes was posthumously honored as the “SEC Great” from Tennessee last March at the 2011 SEC Tournament.
Five in Double Figures at Home Five Lady Vols have posted double fi gure scoring
in games at home this season. Shekinna Stricklen leads the way at 13.7 ppg,
while Glory Johnson adds 13.5 , Ariel Massengale 10.5, Meighan Simmons 10.3 and Taber Spani 10.2 ppg.
More Home Trends Tennessee is just a shade off on its home rims con-
necting on 43.4 percent from the fi eld versus 43.6 on the road.
Vicki Baugh enjoys the TBA baskets the most con-necting on 63.9 percent of her shots.
Sophomore Meighan Simmons is a bit “basket challenged” at home making just 29.6 percent of her shots.
As a rookie, Simmons made 46.2 percent of her shots from the fi eld on The Summitt last season.
At home this year, the Big Orange outscores the opposition by +22.5 points and has a +13.9 re-bounding edge with a 9-2 record.
way around Thompson-Boling Arena. As a forward/center wearing number 24 for the
Lady Vols from 1986-90, McGhee was a mem-ber of the 1987 and 1989 NCAA Championship teams.
The 6’3” Peoria, Ill., native averaged 6.1 ppg and 5.1 rpg while appearing in 101 Lady Vol games.
McGhee was a Lady Vol fan favorite. After after a serious car accident just before the start of her sophomore season, where almost every bone was broken in her face and her hip was shat-tered, she returned to the line-up the following year.
She was a member of the 1996 USA Olympic Team and proudly owns a gold medal.
Former UT Players & Staffers in CoachingTough W’s against Summitt
The roll call goes like this: Sylvia Hatchell, Sharon Fanning, Jane Albright, Lea Henry, Nancy Darsch, Trish Roberts, Mickie DeMoss, Matthew Mitch-ell, Kellie Jolly Harper , Tanya Haave and Nikki Caldwell.
UT coach Pat Summitt has faced many former players and assistant coaches in a variety of games thru the years as opposing head coaches, but no former Lady Vol player has ever knocked off her mentor as a head coach.
Former assistant Carolyn Peck was the fi rst to re-cord a victory over her former boss. While at Pur-due, Peck handed Summitt a 78-68 loss on Nov. 15, 1998 in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic in West Lafayette, Ind. The defeat snapped UT’s 46-game consecutive winning streak (that was second only to Louisiana Tech’s NCAA all-time 54-game winning streak).
Former assistants Mickie DeMoss and Matthew Mitchell turned the winning trick as head coach-es at Kentucky, (DeMoss 66-63, on Jan. 26, 2006 and Mitchell 66-56 on Feb. 19, 2009 and 61-60 on Jan. 12, 2012 -- all in Lexington), and Sylvia Hatchell managed to pull off the feat twice at North Carolina (75-63 on Mar. 28, 2006 and 70-57, Dec. 3, 2006).
Facing Coach Summitt Former Lady Vol players turned head coaches
have been less successful. Former Lady Vol All-America Patricia Roberts tried while head coach at Maine (0-2, lost 77-64 on Dec. 13, 1990 and 86-71 on Nov. 24, 1991).
Former Lady Vol Olympian and point guard Lea Henry faced Summitt in the NCAA Tournament with her Georgia State team and lost 98-68 on Mar. 15, 2002.
Next to try to knock off Summitt was Kellie Jolly Harper with her Western Carolina team on Mar. 20, 2005. The Lady Catamounts lost 94-43.
UT All-American and then San Francisco head
coach Tanya Haave. “LaMachine’s” Dons fell to UT on Nov. 15, 2008, 68-39. A little over a week later, Harper’s WCU team fell to Summitt’s Lady Vols, 83-56, on Nov. 25, 2008.
The next player to try the knock-off was then UCLA skipper Nikki Caldwell who lost 61-47 on Nov. 28, 2009 in TBA to the #6/5 Lady Vols.
Caldwell once again attempted to defeat both her former coach and boss when her LSU Lady Ti-gers visited Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 19.
In a battle, the Lady Vols prevailed 65-56.Current Collegiate Head Coaches
Nikki Caldwell is one of 10 Lady Vol players who are now serving as head college coaches.
Also in head coaching roles are: Jody Adams (UT 1989-93) at Wichita State; Niya Butts (UT 1996-2000) at Arizona; Tonya Edwards (UT 1986-90) at Alcorn State; Teresa Geter (UT 1997-99) at Denark (S.C.); Tanya Haave (UT 1980-84) at Metro State (Colo.); Gwen Jackson (1999-2003) at St. Paul’s College (Va.); Kellie Jolly Harper (UT 1995-99) at N.C. State; Lea Henry Manning (UT 1979-83) at Darton College (Ga.), and Semeka Randall (UT 1997-2001) at Ohio University.
Current Collegiate Assistant Coaches Nine Lady Vols are in current assistant coaching
roles in the college game including at least one each on the sidelines in the Auburn, Kentucky, South Carolina and LSU games.
Holly Warlick (UT 1976-80) is the associate head coach at Tennessee. On the Auburn bench is Carla McGhee (UT 1986-90); Kentucky bench are Kyra Elzy (UT 1996-01) and Shalon Pillow (UT 1998-02); the South Carolina bench, Nikki McCray (UT 1991-95) and the LSU bench, Tasha Butts (UT 2000-04) who is in her fi rst season at LSU with Caldwell.
Wooden Award Mid-Season ListTwo Lady Vols Named
The John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 was announced by The Los Angeles Athletic Club on Jan. 27 and Tennessee Lady Vols Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen earned spots on the elite list.
In addition to Tennessee, four other schools had two players chosen: Notre Dame (Diggins and Natalie Novosel); Stanford (Nneka Ogwumike and Chiney Ogwumike—the fi rst pair of sisters ever named to the midseason list); Baylor (Griner and Odyssey Sims) and Connecticut (Bria Hartley and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis).
Six players from the Wooden Award ballot in 2011, including Stricklen, return to the midsea-son Top 20 in 2012.
They include Griner and Nneka Ogwumike, Georgetown’s Sugar Rodgers, Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins, Shenise Johnson of Miami. Ohio State’s Samantha Prahalis was on the ballot in 2010, along with Stricklen, Nneka Ogwumike and Delle Donne.
Turning Point?Line-up Shake-up
Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt decided to tweak the line-up in the game at Alabama on Jan. 26.
Earning her fi rst career start was freshman Cierra Burdick.
Burdick became the 62nd player in Lady Vol his-tory to start during her freshman campaign. Fel-low freshman Ariel Massengale was No. 61 on that list, starting the fi rst game of the season versus Pepperdine.
Also receiving the starting nod was senior Briana Bass who started for the fi rst time this season and the 15th time in her career.
Shekinna’s Number was Not Called Lady Vol senior Shekinna Stricklen had the na-
tion’s longest starting streak entering the 2011-12 season.
Stricklen started 121 consecutive times before sitting out the LSU game due to injury.
She started the very next game against Notre Dame to up her starts to 122 in a LV uniform.
Alabama marked the fi rst time in her Lady Vol career she did not start a game when she was available to play.
What ‘Cha Got Rookie?
Burdick Makes the Most of her Opportunity Rookie Cierra Burdick is the fi rst one in the gym
and the last one to leave. Against LSU, all of her extra hard work paid off
as she logged a career high 31 minutes en route to dropping in 15 points and grabbing six re-bounds.
She started the second half for Glory Johnson who suff ered a shoulder injury.
Even when Johnson returned, the Lady Vol coaching staff elected to keep UT’s AutoZone Player of the Game on the fl oor.
Trends UT’s 86-point output against Alabama last week
was the most points the Lady Vols have scored this season on the road.
The Bama game also marked the 11th time dur-ing the 2011-12 campaign that UT scored 80 or more points.
Shekinna Stricklen averaged 14.3 ppg last week on the road, leading the team in scoring at Ala-bama and Georgia.
Last week, thieves ran wild over the Lady Vols. Notre Dame swiped the ball 11 times and Georgia gathered in 10 steals. Virginia rang the bell with 13 thefts in their 69-64 win over UT.
BCS Schedule On the road...the Lady Vols traveled for three con-
secutive road games -- which kind of sound like a BCS Bowl line-up -- at #2-ranked Notre Dame, at Alabama and at Georgia.
The “Big Monday” game at Notre Dame was the fi nal regular season non-conference game for the Lady Vols.
The Irish held UT to the fewest points in program history in the 72-44 Lady Vol loss.
The Notre Dame game was an advance sell-out which joined capacity games at Rutgers, UCLA, Stanford and Kentucky this season.
UT got back on the winning track in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Thursday night taking a 86-56 win over Alabama.
The arduous road swing concluded with a 67-50 win at #17/15 Georgia on Jan. 29.
Before Bama, Last Four had not been GreatJust 2-2 Overall
In the Lady Vols last four games before the win at Alabama on Jan. 26, (at #9/8 Kentucky, vs. #25/24 Vanderbilt, vs. LSU and at #2 Notre Dame), UT went 2-2 with both losses coming on the road.
Tennessee outscored the opposition by a scant 64.0 to 63.2 margin during this stretch.
The shooting woes were pretty apparent as UT connected on just 39.6 percent of FG, 29.2 from three-point land, 56.5 percent of free throws (48 of 85).
Rebounding was only slightly better at 40.0 rpg while giving up 37.5 rpg.
Birthday WeekTwo Celebrated
Lady Vol sophomore Meighan Simmons spent her 20th birthday on Jan. 25 traveling to Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Junior Taber Spani turned 21 years old from 30,000 feet as the Lady Vols were winging their way home from Tuscaloosa on Jan. 27.
Super SundayMark it Down
On Sun., Jan. 22, all 11 Lady Vols on the 2011-12 roster practiced together for the fi rst time all sea-son.
Junior Taber Spani, who had been sidelined since Dec. 26 and who had not played since Dec. 20, par-ticipated in practice.
Spani shed her crutches Jan. 20 and went through a light workout with Jenny Moshak, Associate Ath-letics Director for Sports Medicine, on Sat., Jan. 21.
Banged up and bruised Glory Johnson and the wonky knee of Shekinna Stricklen were good to go in practice as well.
Put it in the Rearview MirrorNo Excuses--Everyone was available to Play
All 11 Lady Vols were available and saw action for the fi rst time in 2011-12 at Notre Dame.
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Taber Spani returned to the fl oor for a game the fi rst time since the Lady Vols lost at Stanford on Dec. 20.
Fewest points in UT history at Notre Dame In the loss at #2-ranked Notre Dame, the Lady Vols
managed only 44 points -- fewest in UT history. The previous low Lady Vol scoring eff ort in program
history was 45 points against Belmont (1/17/76).Second Worst Margin of Defeat
The margin of defeat at Notre Dame was the second-worst mark in the UT record books.
The largest margin in a loss in Lady Vol history is 31 points at the hands of Texas (12/11/84).
Stop Thief With 10 steals, Notre Dame was the second team on
the year to put up double-digit steals against the Lady Vols.
The only other team was Virginia (13 steals), also a loss.
Been Gimpy and Limpy LatelyHealth Improved Heading into Notre Dame
Tennessee took to the court at Notre Dame on Jan. 23 with a few more healthy players.
Shekinna Stricklen (15.5 ppg) was back in the start-ing line-up after missing the LSU game with a knee sprain.
Glory Johnson, who suff ered a shoulder injury in the LSU contest on Jan. 19, was sporting and play-ing in a shoulder brace.
Taber Spani saw the court at Notre Dame for nine minutes after missing the last eight games. She is still listed as day-to-day.
Limped into the LSU game Tennessee took to the court in a key SEC meeting
with LSU on Jan. 19 in Knoxville with nine healthy players.
The pair account for a little less than 30 percent of the total team scoring.
Battle Scars Both Tennessee and LSU limped off the court fol-
lowing the game on Jan. 19 in Knoxville. UT started the game with nine healthy players and
had three players suff er various injuries. Glory Johnson left the game with four minutes to
go in the fi rst half after suff ering a left shoulder in-jury.
Izzy Harrison knocked heads with LSU’s Courtney Jones just before the half and was momentarily dazed.
Vicki Baugh caught an elbow just under her eye and a nice “mouse” appeared late in the game.
LSU was a little worse off than UT. Starting guard Jeanne Kenney suff ered an apparent concussion just two minutes into the game and did not return.
Starting LSU point guard Destini Hughes landed awkwardly on a long pass just ticks before halftime.
She sustained substantial damage tearing three ligaments.
In visible pain, Johnson returned to play in the sec-ond half “one-armed.”
Over 100,000 Tennessee eclipsed 100,000 fans at home games
this season in just eight contests. This is the 18th consecutive season UT has gone
over 100,000 at home. The Lady Vols have entertained 184,306 fans
(14,177 average) in Thompson-Boling Arena in 2011-12.
The game versus Vanderbilt on Jan. 15, 2012 drew the highest total at home this season, 17,879.
The Phone a Friend Line-UpThree in Grad School
Tennessee’s fi fth line-up combo of the season (vs. LSU) featured three starters -- Vicki Baugh, Glory Johnson and Alicia Manning -- who are completing degree requirements for M.S. degrees.
Baugh, a fi fth year senior will have her master’s de-gree in May while Johnson and Manning will com-plete degree requirements for a M.S. next fall.
Summitt versus Non-Conference Foes774 Non-Conference Games in 38 years
Lady Vol skipper Pat Summitt has coached in 1,288 games during her 38 year career.
She entered the contest with a non-conference re-cord of 637-137 (.823) versus Notre Dame on Jan. 23.
When Ranked Number 9Just 12th Time Ranked No. 9
When ranked number nine in the polls, the Lady Vols have produced an 7-4 record over other ranked teams.
All-time, UT is 1-2 when facing the number two ranked team from the nine position.
No. 9 Tennessee’s win over a number two ranked team came against Stanford, 70-67, on Dec. 21, 2004.
Not Shying Away from the CompetitionPlaying the Ranked
Both Tennessee and Notre Dame have faced a num-ber of ranked teams this year.
The Lady Vols have faced nine ranked opponents in 18 games and sport a 6-3 record.
Notre Dame has faced six ranked foes in 20 games and is 5-1.
Both schools faced #1-ranked Baylor and lost. UT surrendered a 76-67 decision while ND lost 94-81.
The Irish dumped #8/7 Kentucky 92-83 while the Lady Vols lost at (then) #9/8 UK, 61-60.
The Balance SheetHow UT Wins or Loses This Game
Get a can of Raid to kill the turnover bug... Outside of the Texas game on Dec. 4, 2011 (just
nine turnovers), the Lady Vols have committed too many unforced turnovers.
Tennessee has recorded fi ve games with +20 mis-cues and has a 3-2 record in those games.
Keep some Purell hand sanitizer ready for Notre Dame’s sticky fi ngers...
The Irish lead the nation in steals with 14.6 per game. The Lady Vols have only allowed one opponent to
grab double-digit steals this season...Virginia with 13.
UT has allowed the opposition just 6.9 steals per game -- about half of the Irish average.
Don’t be bored with the boards...take some iron tablets to avoid anemia...
Starting with the Old Dominion game following the Christmas break, UT was crashing the boards to the tune of +22 over a fi ve game stretch.
UT outrebounded Georgia by +20 and Arkansas by +23 during the rebounding run.
In the last three games, Tennessee’s rebounding ad-vantage has dropped to just +6.3 against Kentucky, Vanderbilt and LSU.
Summer TeammatesFive of the 12
This past summer a pair of Lady Vols and a trio of Irish players joined forces on the 12-player USA entry to the World University Games and brought home the gold medal from Shenzhen, China.
Tennessee’s Glory Johnson (6.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and Shekinna Stricklen (5.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg) and Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins (12.3 ppg, 4.9 apg), De-vereaux Peters (10.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and Natalie No-vosel (4.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg)spent their August as team-mates for USA Basketball.
En route to a 6-0 record, the USA defeated oppo-nents by 45 point per game and outrebounded the rest of the collegiate world by a 22.8 margin.
Old Home Week In all, Johnson and Stricklen have caught up with
seven summer teammates this season. From the WUG team, UT has faced Keisha Hampton
from DePaul, Odyssey Sims from Baylor, Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike from Stanford and the trio from Notre Dame tonight.
SEC Initiative...“We Backed Pat”
During the “We Back Pat” week, the Tennessee Vols and the UConn Huskies participated in the festivi-ties in Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 21 in their nationally televised contest.
Both teams wore “We Back Pat” warm-up shirts. At halftime, a another check was presented to the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund.
The Southeastern Conference in cooperation with its 12-member institutions celebrated “We Back
Pat” Week, a week-long initiative focused on bring-ing awareness and recognition to the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and its fi ght against Alzheimer’s disease.
During the week of January 15-22, SEC member institutions supported the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund during their home basketball games.
During the 17 women’s and 12 men’s games slated for the week, various eff orts were made to increase awareness of the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund.
Twenty of the games were televised. “Pat Summitt is a leader both on and off the court.
The establishment of the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund only reiterates this point.” said SEC Commis-sioner Mike Slive. “We are pleased that the South-eastern Conference can play a small part in helping Pat reach her goals for The Foundation Fund today and in the future.”
M*A*S*HStricklen was Day-to-day entering the LSU game
Senior guard-forward-center Shekinna Stricklen suff ered a sprained right knee in the game against #25/24-ranked Vanderbilt on Sun., Jan. 15.
“Diagnostic testing and further evaluation con-fi rmed that Shekinna suff ered a right knee sprain in the game yesterday,” Assoc. AD for Sports Medicine Jenny Moshak said. “We have already started the rehab process and her status is listed as day-to-day.”
She suff ered the knee sprain after a colliding with a Vanderbilt player while both were going after a re-bound along the baseline in the second half.
Stricklen had to be helped from the fl oor by the UT sports medicine staff after scoring a team leading 20 points in 35 minutes of action in the 87-64 victory over the Commodores.
Spani was still Day-to-day Lady Vol junior Taber Spani has been dealing with a
bone bruise in her left knee since the loss at Virginia on Nov. 20.
On Dec. 26, she participated in one-half of the prac-tice and took three weeks off to rest the limb.
She practiced again for the fi rst time on Jan. 22 and played nine minutes against Notre Dame.
In the next game, at Alabama, Spani did not play.She was the DishSEC Player of the Week
After breaking the Lady Vol record for rookie as-sists on Jan. 15, Tennessee guard Ariel Massengale was tabbed for the SEC Women’s Basketball Co-Freshmen of the Week honor on Jan. 16.
Massengale shared her achievement with LSU freshman forward Krystal Forthan.
In two games against ranked SEC opponents, Massengale averaged 6.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg and 8.5 apg, while playing 35.5 mpg in the team’s split with a loss at #9/8 Kentucky (61-60) and a win over #25/24 Vanderbilt (87-64).
Massengale had her “assistfest” against Vanderbilt dishing out 12 scoring passes while adding six points, two rebounds and a couple of steals.
The dozen helpers against the Commodores breaks the previous mark set by Meighan Sim-mons (11 assists vs. Alabama 1/6/11).
Her 12 assists also tied for the fi fth-most in UT history with current associate head coach Holly Warlick who had 12 assists against Clemson in 1980.
Previously, Massengale was tabbed as the SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 5 and joins UT grad student Glory Johnson for dual Lady Vol confer-ence honors. Johnson was named as the SEC Player of the Week on both Jan. 2 and 9.
Broke Rookie Record Freshman Ariel Massengale broke the Lady Vol
rookie record for assists with 12 against Vander-bilt on Jan. 15.
Massengale eclipsed the previous record of 11 as-sists set by Meighan Simmons against Alabama on Jan. 6, 2011.
Golden GirlsRookies Recognized
In recognition of an impressive gold-medal per-formance at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Champi-onship this past summer, USA Basketball today
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announced the USA Women’s U19 World Cham-pionship Team as the 2011 USA Basketball Team of the Year.
Lady Vol rookies Ariel Massengale and Cierra Burdick were members of the championship team.
Topping opponents by an average of 16.6 points per game during the July 21-31 tournament in Puerto Montt, Chile, the U.S. fi nished 8-1 to cap-ture the gold medal and stand atop the FIBA U19 World Championship podium for a fourth-straight time.
We Bounced Back...AgainLoss Number Four
After almost completing a comeback victory over Kentucky, but missing by a bucket, the Lady Vols re-grouped from a loss for the fourth time this season and defeated Vanderbilt, 87-64.
The last time UT took (at least) four losses on the year was the 11 “L” season in 2008-09.
Joined the Club1,000 Career Rebounds -- After Glo Grabbed Four
Grad student Glory Johnson grabbed her fourth re-bound in the fi rst half of the game against Arkansas and went over the 1,000 rebound threshold for her career.
She became just the fourth Lady Vol in the history of the program to have 1,000 career points and 1000 career rebounds.
Johnson joined Chamique Holdsclaw, Sheila Frost and Tamika Catchings in the exclusive club.
She enters the game with VU sporting 1,017 career boards.
She ranks third on the list behind Holdsclaw with 1,295 (148 games) and Frost with 1,043 in 138 games.
Johnson has 1,017 in 121 games to rank ahead of Catchings with 1,004 in a career-shortened (senior year ACL injury) 127 games.
SEC Player of the Week...again. After being named the SEC Player of the Week Jan.
2, Lady Vol senior forward Glory Johnson followed up with outstanding showings against Chattanoo-ga, Georgia and Arkansas. For her eff orts she was tabbed with her second-consecutive SEC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Jan. 9.
Johnson averaged 15.7 ppg and 13.3 rpg and add-ed three assists and eight steals, while playing 27.3 mpg in the team’s three victories.
Johnson had a monumental game against Arkan-sas, using 13 rebounds in her fi fth consecutive double-double to reach the 1,000 rebound plateau. In reaching the benchmark Johnson became only the fourth in Lady Vol history to collect 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
It is the third SEC honor for a Lady Vol player this season, following Ariel Massengale who was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week Dec. 5 and John-son’s Player of the Week nod Jan. 2.
We Streaked into SEC Competition Before losing to Kentucky, the Lady Vols had won 36
consecutive games against SEC opposition dating back to 2010.
UT’s streak started after a 53-50 loss at Georgia on Jan. 21, 2010.
Included in the total were 30 consecutive regular season games and six in the SEC Tournament.
In this 36 game streak: UT won 15 consecutive SEC home games; UT won 15 consecutive SEC road games and six consecutive neutral site games in the SEC tourney.
Top of the ClassIn Grad School
Classes started for the Spring semester 2012 at UT on Jan. 11.
Three Lady Vols are enrolled in grad school as they complete their UT eligibility -- Vicki Baugh, Glory Johnson and Alicia Manning.
Baugh has one class to take to fi nish requirements for a M.S. in Kinesiology.
Johnson graduated in just three years and is a M.S. candidate in Communications.
Wednesday was the fi rst day of grad school for Manning who graduated in December 2011. She is
seeking a M.S. in Kinesiology.We were DefensiveSolid “D” at Arkansas
At Arkansas on Jan. 8, Tennessee rolled out a new scent...eau de defense.
The defensive fragrance limited Arkansas to just one trey until the 5:44 mark of the fi rst half when the score was 25-3.
The Razorbacks managed to tally 11 points at the break as UT led 31-11.
For the game, Tennessee’s defense held the ‘Backs to just 18.2 percent from the fi eld (10-55) and 3-20 from three-point land (15.0 percent).
UT also held the edge on the boards, 47-24, in the 69-38 UT win.
We had Picked Up the PaceFive Games between the Stanford & UK losses
Since losing at #4-ranked Stanford and before los-ing to #9/8-ranked Kentucky, the Lady Vols had stepped up.
Glory Johnson was the scoring and rebounding leader for the team during this stretch averaging 15.4 ppg and 12.8 rpg.
Rookie Ariel Massengale connected on 59.5 per-cent of her shots from the fi eld and contributed 12.0 ppg and 4.6 apg. She committed just seven turnovers in 144 minutes.
All-America Shekinna Stricklen struggled a bit since the Stanford loss averaging 5.5 fewer points per game (17.5 ppg heading into Stanford) and con-necting on just 17.4 percent from three-point land.
UT outscored the opposition 80.4 to 45.0 (+35.4 winning margin) and controlled the boards 51.4 to 29.4 rpg...a +22.0 advantage on the boards.
Another Graybeard Game The game versus Georgia came against another
coach with lots of W’s. Already this season, UT coach Pat Summitt coached
in “graybeard games” against Rutgers’ C. Vivian Stringer and Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer.
Both coaches entered the contest against UT with over 800 career victories -- Stringer with 872 and VanDerveer with 833.
Georgia coach Andy Landers is a member of the 800 club with 867 wins on his resume.
Summitt and Landers have a combined 1,948 wins heading into the Georgia game on Jan. 5.
The Tennessee Lady Vols have now produced a 28-5 opening day record in SEC play dating back to the 1979-80 season.
UT is 14-2 in home SEC openers and 14-3 on the road.
Georgia (1984 and 1996) and Auburn (1988 and 1989) each ambushed the Lady Vols in two SEC opening games, while Vanderbilt turned the trick in 1990.
The Lady Vols have not dropped an SEC opener since 1996 when Georgia escaped with a 94-93 overtime victory in Knoxville on Dec. 8,
Flirting with Double-Doubles Tennessee had four players poised to record a dou-
ble-double against Georgia on Jan. 5. In the end, substitutions dictated that Glory John-
son would be the only player to end up with one registering 22 points and 13 rebounds.
Rookie Ariel Massengale tossed in 19 points and re-corded nine assists.
Shekinna Stricklen had 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Vicki Baugh lacked one bucket to tally a double-double fi nishing with eight points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Career Day for Two Rookies Rookies Ariel Massengale and Isabelle “Izzy” Harrison
attended career day on Jan. 3, 2012. The duo posted career highs in points against Chat-
tanooga with Massengale tossing in 19 points and Harrison adding 13 points.
A Good Day in Tiger Town Sophomore Meighan Simmons had a solid perfor-
mance against Auburn and tossed in an SEC PR of 20 points.
She was joined in double-digit scoring by Shekinna Stricklen with 17 points, Glory Johnson’s double-
double of 14 points and 13 rebounds and Alicia Man-ning’s 10 points.
UT ruled the boards by a 49-31 margin.Kamiko Back in the Line-up
Lady Vol guard Kamiko Williams was cleared by UT team physicians to play in the Chattanooga game on Jan. 3.
The junior had been rehabbing her left knee since anterior cruciate ligament surgery on July 22.
Williams played 16 minutes against UTC and dished a team high four assists, grabbed three rebounds, and snagged two steals to go along with a bucket.
Fellow junior and southpaw Taber Spani continues to be listed as day-to-day with a bone bruise.
Manning Threw a Christmas Party UT coach Pat Summitt inserted senior Alicia Manning
into the starting line-up (for Vicki Baugh) against Old Dominion on Dec. 28 stating the Woodstock, Ga., na-tive “had earned it in practice.”
Manning responded with career highs in rebounds (15) and steals (6).
A blue collar player all the way, the Lady Vols’ “gritti-ness factor” reaches all-time highs when Manning is on the court.
Dialing Assistance A pair of Lady Vol rookies have recorded nine assists
in a game twice this season. Ariel Massengale had nine helpers against (then)
#7-ranked Miami. Fellow freshmate Cierra Burdick dished nine assists
against Old Dominion. Their mark of nine is second-best for a rookie. Soph-
omore Meighan Simmons holds the UT rookie re-cord with 11 scoring passes against Alabama on Jan. 6, 2011.
Simmons Slowly Heating it Up Sophomore guard Meighan Simmons has desper-
ately struggled with her shot this season. “Speedy” had a fi eld goal average hovering on life
support in the teens and has not hit the mid 30’s in FG%....
SEC Player of the Week (Dec. 26-Jan. 1) Coming back after the winter holiday, Lady Vol se-
nior forward Glory Johnson returned with strong performances against Old Dominion and Auburn. For her eff orts, she was named the SEC Women’s Bas-ketball Player of the Week on Jan. 2.
Johnson averaged 15.0 ppg and 12.0 rpg and added three assists and three steals, while playing 29.0 mpg in victories over Old Dominion and Auburn.
Against Old Dominion she led the UT scoring eff ort with 16 points and doubled up, pulling down 11 re-bounds in just 26 minutes in the 90-37 win.
Following her standout game against the Lady Mon-archs, Johnson recorded her second-consecutive double-double and fourth of the season in the 73-52 victory at Auburn on Sunday.
She fi nished with 14 points, 13 boards and three steals in the win to open the SEC slate.
She is the second Lady Vol to earn SEC laurels this season, following Ariel Massengale who was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week Dec. 5.
Massengale Back Lady Vol rookie point guard Ariel Massengale was
back in the starting line-up against Old Dominion. She was cleared to play on Dec. 20 after missing the
previous three games (#20/21 DePaul, #11 Rutgers and UCLA).
The starting rookie guard made a brief 11 minute second half appearance against Stanford.
She suff ered a dislocated middle fi nger on her left hand in practice on Dec. 8.
Three Losses Heading into January The last time Tennessee sported three losses head-
ing into January was the 2004-05 season. The Lady Vols were 8-3 overall and had lost at
#4-ranked Texas, 74-59; to #10/9-ranked Duke, 59-57, and at #24-ranked Rutgers, 65-51.
Last 7-3 Start to Open the Season The last time the Lady Vols posted a 7-3 record in the
fi rst 10 games to open a season was in 1996-97. In that weird 29-10 overall record & NCAA title sea-
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Wisconsin-Green Bay, Memphis, #11/10-ranked Texas Tech, #13/16-ranked Texas (OT) and suff ered losses to #11/8-ranked Louisiana Tech, #5-ranked Georgia, and #1-ranked Stanford.
The team headed into the 1997 portion of the sched-ule 7-4 overall after losing at #22/24 Arkansas.
Third Time this Season Against Old Dominion, Tennessee rebounded from a
loss for the third time in the 2011-12 season. After dropping a 97-80 decision at #4-rankedStan-
ford on Dec. 20, UT righted the ship with a 90-37 win over ODU on Dec. 28 in Knoxville.
Stanford’s 90 points were the most against UT since Feb. 26, 2006 vs. Florida (UF 95, UT 93 (OT).
UT turned Scarlet at Stanford Tennessee’s 17-point loss at Stanford was the Lady
Vols’ worst “L” since losing 71-55 against Ball State on Mar. 22, 2009, in the First Round of the NCAA tourna-ment.
The Cardinal owned the boards against the Lady Vols with a 35-29 advantage.
Stanford also dominated UT in the paint by a 40-18 margin.
Stricklen = Ironwomen Senior Shekinna Stricklen logged an average of
37.1 minutes per game over the four contests on the road in December.
She logged all 40 minutes against Stanford while scoring a career high 27 points.
She managed 33 minutes against UCLA despite fi ghting stomach troubles which sent her to the locker room in the fi rst half.
In the come-from-behind victory at Rutgers, Strick-len sat a handful of second shy of 40 minutes.
In that game, she tossed in 22 points, grabbed nine rebounds and snagged three steals.
Against DePaul, she logged 34 minutes.Shoot ‘em Up
Against UCLA, Tennessee hit a school record 76 per-cent (19-of-25) of its shots in the fi rst half eclipsing the previous record of 70.3 percent against Old Do-minion(1/4/89).
On the afternoon against UCLA, Tennessee shot 69.2 percent - the fourth-highest mark in program his-tory.
UT’s season high shooting percentage going into the game was 49.2 percent against Pepperdine (11/13/11).
The Ranked UT’s six ranked opponents within its fi rst 10 games of
the 2011-12 campaign marks the most since playing fi ve teams in the AP poll in the fi rst eight games of the 2007-08 season.
Conference Carousel This season, the Lady Vols have faced a pair of teams
from three diff erent conferences -- the ACC, the Big 12, BIG EAST and Pac-12.
Against these power conferences, UT recorded a 5-3 record.
Was Happy to be in Cali Lady Vol starting center Vicki Baugh is excited to be
in her home state of California. The Sacramento native, who missed almost 21
months on the court due to ACL surgeries, will be making her fi rst appearance in Los Angeles since her rookie season in 2007-08.
Baugh is fi nishing her UT eligibility in grad school. She will receive her Master’s in kinesiology in May.
From BIG EAST Week to Pac 12 Week Last week, the Lady Vols took on two teams from the
BIG EAST facing #20/21-ranked DePaul (an 84-61 win on Dec. 11) and #11-ranked Rutgers on Dec. 13 (a 67-61 win).
This week, Tennessee engages in Pac 12 Week facing UCLA (an 85-64 win) and at #4-ranked Stanford (a 97-80 loss)on the road.
One of the Days of Christmas Somewhere in the Lady Vols version of the “Twelve
Days of Christmas” there should be a verse of “Stan-ford Comes A’ Callin’.”
Over the last 20-plus years, Tennessee and Stanford have traditionally met in mid-December and typi-cally served as a measuring stick for each other re-gardless of the outcome.
In December games against the Cardinal, UT leads the series 16-6.
Summer Fun Please excuse Glory Johnson, Shekinna Stricklen,
Nnemkadi and Chiney Ogwumike if they are caught up in conversation and laughter before the game.
The foursome spent part of their summer as USA basketball teammates at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
Team USA posted a perfect 6-0 record. The Red, White & Blue captured the gold medal with
a 101-66 victory over Taiwan.Playing in Front of a Full House
The games versus both Stanford and UCLA were announced as advance sellouts.
Last season, UT played in front of capacity crowds at Louisville (22,124), Old Dominion (7,774), Baylor (10,569) and Auburn (7,536).
Massengale Making Progress Starting rookie point guard Ariel Massengale is
making progress in recovering from a dislocated fi nger.
In the last couple of days, she has returned to the court to take some light reps.
The protective cast-like material was removed prior to the team traveling out west.
On Dec. 8, Jenny Moshak, University of Tennessee Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine, announced that Massengale had suff ered a dislo-cated fi nger in practice and would possibly be out of the lineup for two to three weeks.
The week previously, the rookie from Bolingbrook, Ill., collected the fi rst conference honors of her collegiate career as she was named SEC Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week following her outstanding performance in UT’s wins over Middle Tennessee and (then) No. 20/21-ranked Texas.
On the season, Massengale is averaging 7.2 ppg and 5.8 apg for the No. 7/8-ranked Lady Vols.
Missing Miss Massengale In the three games with out Ariel Massengale, ball
security has been an issue. Tennessee has committed 50 miscues in the last
three games. UT lost the ball an improved 15 times at UCLA.
However, those 15 miscues led to 15 Bruin points. Against #11-ranked Rutgers, UT had 16 turnovers
(including three off ensive fouls). UT evenly spaced the miscues with eight in each
half. At the start of the game against DePaul, the Lady
Vols certainly looked like they were very much missing freshman point guard Massengale.
In the fi rst fi ve minutes, all fi ve starters lost the ball at least once for a total of six UT miscues.
Tennessee managed to settle down over the next 15 minutes of the half and lost the ball just seven times.
Taber is Clutch Since suff ering a bone bruise against Virginia on
Nov. 20, junior Taber Spani has struggled a bit with her game.
In her last two contests, she looks like she is on the way back.
Against UCLA, she drilled 4-of-6 treys and was 5-for-7 from the fi eld for 14 points.
Following a couple of “not so Taber” performances, she was one of the second half sparks in the win over Rutgers.
Spani drilled a death ray trey with 1:53 left to give UT a comfortable 10-point lead, 64-54, to seal the comeback win.
The forward looked like her old self in the second half scoring 10 points and dishing three assists.
She logged 31 minutes on the night.Rutgers Backs Pat The folks at Rutgers showed their support for UT
coach Pat Summitt when the two teams met on Dec. 13.
The Rutgers players wore “We Back Pat” shooting shirts and RU athletics director Tim Pernetti pre-sented UT a commemorative jersey for Summitt.
Rutgers sold the Pat Summitt Foundation bracelets on the concourse with the proceeds going to the
Foundation fund.UT & Rutgers Hall of Famers
Both Tennessee and Rutgers can boast of Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Nai-smith Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfi eld, Mass.) head coach inductees in Pat Head Summitt and C. Vivian Stringer.
Summitt joined the Women’s HoF when she was se-lected as a member of the inaugural class of 1999, while Stringer was a 2001 inductee.
In Fall 2009, Stringer earned her induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame while Summitt was a member of the Class of 2000.
Not only are the head coaches members of the WBHOF but UT also sports Lady Vol associate head coach Holly Warlick (inducted as a player in the Class of 2001 with Coach Stringer) and Lady Vol Basketball Director of Character Development, Daedra Charles-Furlow was a 2007 inductee.
Garden Party Tennessee’s appearance in Madison Square Garden,
“the world’s most famous basketball arena,” marks the fourth time for the Lady Vols.
UT has a 3-0 record at MSG. In all previous trips to the Garden, Rutgers has been
the opponent each time. Lady Vol All-American and Olympian Chamique
Holdsclaw traveled to her hometown for her senior year in 1998-99. It marked UT’s fi rst trip to The Gar-den.
The game was played before the largest crowd to ever see a women’s collegiate basketball game in the Garden, 15,735.
The trip was billed as the NYC homecoming for Holdsclaw who hailed from Astoria in Queens.
Second-ranked UT had little trouble with the No. 15/13-ranked Scarlet Knights winning 68-54 on Jan. 3, 1999.
The next visit was a meeting between #2 ranked Tennessee, who was trying to rebound from a loss at UConn, and #9/10-ranked Rutgers, in a defensive struggle in Madison Square Garden on Jan. 2, 2001, as the Lady Vols won 58-51.
In the 2001 game at MSG, Lady Vol senior All-American Tamika Catchings was forced to wear the “blood jersey” (number 55), after her number 24 orange road jersey turned up missing when the UT managers did the team laundry after the game ver-sus UConn in Hartford. It never did appear on eBay.
The Lady Vols were invited to play in the Maggie Dixon Classic in 2009 with Rutgers as the opponent once again. No. 4/3-ranked Tennessee defeated the Scarlet Knights, 68-54, on Dec. 13.
Maggie Dixon ClassicClassic Notes
This marks the second time the Lady Vols have par-ticipated in the Maggie Dixon Classic.
Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt is the 2011 recipient of the Maggie Dixon Courage Award. Summitt will be honored by the Dixon family during a second half time out in the Classic’s fi rst game between Baylor and St. John’s.
Ironically, the last game Maggie Dixon ever coached at Army was against Tennessee. In 2006 Tennessee, Army, Old Dominion and George Washington were all bracketed together in Norfolk, Virginia, for NCAA First /Second Rounds.
The night before the Tennessee vs. Army contest both coaching staff s found themselves dining at the same Virginia Beach seafood restaurant.
Basketball talk ensued that evening and the next day the two teams met on the court.
The game won’t be remembered as Army’s fi rst ap-pearance in the NCAA Tournament under a rookie head coach but as the game in which Tennessee redshirt freshman Candace Parker dunked twice as the Lady Vols won going away, 102-54 on March 19, 2006.
The next week, the Lady Vols met Rutgers in the Sweet 16 in the Cleveland Regional (a 76-69 win) but lost to North Carolina in the Regional Champi-onship, 75-63.
Sadly, Maggie Dixon passed away after the Final Four in Boston on April 6, 2006.
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Graduation Lady Vol senior guard Alicia Manning had a busy
morning on Dec. 9. In addition to packing for a trip to New York City and an early morning practice, Manning donned cap and gown to receive her di-ploma from UT.
The newly-minted graduate of the College of Edu-cation received her B.S. in Sport Management with a business minor.
In January Manning will join fellow Lady Vols Vicki Baugh and Glory Johnson in graduate school. The Woodstock, Ga., native plans to pursue a master’s in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Psychol-ogy.
Manning was joined at graduation by her parents, Jeff and Virginia Manning, as well as Lady Vol head coach Pat Summitt.
Following graduation in Thompson-Boling Arena, she dashed to the locker room where she signed the Lady Vol graduation pillar, adding her name near Candace Parker’s and continuing the 100 per-cent graduation among UT hoopsters.
Manning then joined her teammates in Pratt Pavil-ion for practice before heading to the Big Apple.
Heading in the Right Direction Tennessee halted a two-game losing streak taking a
82-43 win over Middle Tennessee State behind the play of rookies.
Cierra Burdick, came off the bench to contribute 14 points and 10 rebounds while Ariel Massengale added 14 points and fi ve assists.
That “must win” was followed by a solid eff ort in the 73-57 victory over #21/20 Texas on Dec. 4 in Knox-ville.
Starting with a Pair of L’s The last time the Lady Vols opened the season with
a 2-2 record was during the 1990-91 campaign. Ten-nessee went on to a 30-5 overall record and cap-tured the 1991 National Championship.
Tennessee opened that season with a win over Stanford (the defending NCAA Champs)...lost by 13 at N.C. State...defeated Virginia Tech on the road ... then lost at Vanderbilt by 14 points.
Including this season, back-to-back losses have only occurred 25 times during Coach Pat Summitt’s 38-year career at Tennessee.
Before losing back-to-back to Virginia and #1-ranked Baylor (Nov. 20 & 27, 2011), the last oc-currence was during the 11 loss 2008-09 season.
UT lost back-to-back games twice that year -- at Duke and Kentucky (Feb. 16 & 19) and vs. Auburn and Ball State (Mar. 7 & 22).
Tennessee suff ered back-to-back losses three times in the 10 loss, 1996-97 NCAA Championship “Cin-derella Season.”
Of the all-time losses for Summitt’s teams, they have lost back-to-back-to-back games just twice.
In December 1984, the Lady Vols lost three consec-utive games (all on the road) at #3-ranked Georgia, at #2 Texas and at #7 Louisiana Tech.
In February 1986, UT also lost three consecutive games at #8-ranked Ole Miss, #11-ranked Auburn and against #3-ranked Louisiana Tech.
When Playing Number One Tennessee is 14-29 all-time when playing the na-
tion’s number one ranked team. The Lady Vols are 3-10 in Knoxville, an even 6-6 on the road and 5-13 on neutral courts.
UT is currently ranked number six in the AP poll. Tennessee is now 0-4 when trying to upset #1 from that position.
UT is currently ranked number seven in the USA To-day/ESPN poll. Tennessee is now 0-2 when trying to upset #1 from that position.
The Numbers Game Prior to the game versus Baylor on Nov. 27, the last
time Tennessee played the nation’s number one-ranked team was on Jan. 22, 2007 in Knoxville. The Lady Vols missed charity tosses down the stretch to lose 74-70 to top-ranked Duke after mounting a fu-rious comeback rally.
The Blue Devils opened the game with a nightmar-ish 19-0 run-out, as the Lady Vols fell into a 21-point hole (28-7 at 9:23 in the fi rst half ) before rallying to
narrow the halftime defi cit to 11 points (38-27). Free throw defense stymied Tennessee, as the Lady
Vols connected on just 8-17 (.471) for the game. All-American Candace Parker managed just 1-7 from the free throw line.
Good Neighbors The 2011 meeting with Miami in the State Farm
TipOff Classic marked the Lady Vols eighth appear-ance in the State Farm TipOff Classic and the fi fth time to host the event. Tennessee now has a 6-2 record in TipOff games.
Making a Claim In the fi rst TipOff in 1993, Lady Vol coach Pat Sum-
mitt picked up her 500th career victory. In the TipOff in 1998, Purdue and Coach Carolyn
Peck halted the Lady Vols school record 46-game consecutive winning streak.
Tennessee’s last opening game home loss to start a season came against Louisiana Tech in the 1999 TipOff Classic, 69-64, as UT failed to convert free throws in the waning seconds.
In Tennessee’s most recent TipOff appearance in 2009 in Knoxville, the Lady Vols spoiled Brittney Griner’s fi rst collegiate game with a 74-65 victory over the Lady Bears.
Going into the Hall Lady Vol Olympian and All-American Nikki McCray
Pinson will be a member of the 2012 Women’s Bas-ketball Hall of Fame Induction Class. Also being inducted are: Nancy Fahey (Coach), Pamela McGee (Player), Inge Nissen (Player), Robin Roberts (Con-tributor), and Dawn Staley (Player)Rookie Starts
A true rookie got a starting nod on the opening day of the 2011-12 season.
When Coach Pat Summitt started freshman Ariel Massengale against Pepperdine in the opening game of the 2011-12 season, it marked only the 14th time in her coaching career that a freshman started her very fi rst game at Tennessee -- out of a total of 161 all-time Lady Vols who have played at UT.
The list of opening day rookie starters: Taber Spani, 2009, Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen, 2008, Angie Bjorklund, 2007, Candace Parker, 2005, Shyra Ely 2001, Ashley Robinson 2000, Gwen Jackson 1999, Kyra Elzy 1996, Chamique Holdsclaw 1995, Tiff ani Johnson 1994, Bridgette Gordon and Sheila Frost 1985.
The Nod With Ariel Massengale getting the opening day
start against Pepperdine, she became the 61st rookie all-time to earn a starting assignment at UT. Last season, Meighan Simmons, a 5-9 point guard from Cibolo, Texas, became the 60th rookie all-time to earn a starting assignment at Tennessee.
The previous year, rookie Kamiko Williams (59th all-time) started against Arkansas while her classmate and fellow rookie Taber Spani, became the 13th frosh to start her very fi rst game at UT and the 58th rookie overall.
In 2008-09, a record number of players – FIVE – were called on to start for the Lady Vols as rookies: Shekinna Stricklen (starter number 53), Glory John-son (number 54), Briana Bass (55), Alicia Manning (56) and Kelley Cain (57) all earned starting assign-ments.
Angie Bjorklund became the 52nd all-time Lady Vol to start during her freshman season –she started in 30 of 38 games.
Previously, Cait McMahan earned a start at point guard versus Louisiana Tech during her freshman season.
Prior to Cait’s starting nod, then-redshirt freshman Candace Parker played and started in all 36 games her rookie season in 2005-06.
A season earlier, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt liked what she saw out of the 2004-05 rookie class as two players earned starting nods during the season. Nicky Anosike played in all 35 games with 25 starting assignments and Alexis Hornbuckle played in all 35 games with 21 starts.
This duo became the 48th and 49th rookies all-time to earn starting assignments at UT as rookies.
Fourth Earliest Opener
The game against Pepperdine was the fourth earliest date the Lady Vols have ever opened the season. UT’s earliest opening game was during the 2002-03 season with fi rst tip on Nov. 10, 2002, taking on #22/19-ranked Oklahoma and register-ing a 94-68 win.
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AMAZING LADY VOL STREAKSALL-TIME WINNING STREAKS
No. Began Broken 46 Mar. 15, 1997 vs. Grambling (H) 91-54 ............................ Nov. 15, 1998 vs. Purdue (A) 68-7825 Dec. 19, 2010 vs. Stanford (H) 82-72 .......................Mar. 28, 2011 vs. Notre Dame (N) 59-7324 Nov. 16, 1998 vs. St. Joseph’s (H) 108-63 ................................Feb. 21, 1999 vs. LSU (A) 69-7222 Feb. 2, 1989 vs. South Carolina (H) 60-54 ........... Dec. 9, 1989 vs. Louisiana Tech (H) 58-5922 Jan. 11, 1988 vs. Georgia Tech (A) 96-79 ..............Apr. 1, 1988 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 59-6820 Jan. 23, 2000 vs. Kentucky (A) 71-65 ......................... Apr. 2, 2000 vs. Connecticut (N) 52-7120 Jan. 2, 1993 vs. Old Dominion (A) 68-60 ...........................Mar. 6, 1993 vs. Georgia (N) 72-7319 Jan. 7, 2003 vs. Old Dominion (A) 91-63 ...................................Mar. 9, 2003 vs. LSU (N) 62-7818 Nov. 20, 2005 vs. Stetson (H) 83-33 ........................................Jan. 23, 2006 vs. Duke (A) 53-7518 Jan. 2, 2001 vs. Rutgers (N) 58-51 ...................................Mar. 3, 2001 vs. Vanderbilt (N) 74-7718 Jan. 21,1992 vs. Florida Atlantic (H) 108-26 Mar. 26, 1992 vs. Western Kentucky (N) 70-7517 Jan. 20, 1994 vs. Virginia Tech (H) 88-51 ...........Mar. 24, 1994 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 68-7116 Jan. 24, 2010 vs. LSU (A) 55-43 ......................................... March 27, 2010 vs. Baylor (N) 62-7716 Mar. 18, 2007 vs. Drake (N) 76-37 ............................. Dec. 22, 2007 vs. Stanford (A) 69-73 OT16 Nov. 20, 1994 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 69-62 ............Jan. 16, 1995 vs. Connecticut (A) 66-7716 Jan. 14, 1978 vs. Missouri (A) 101-83 ...........................Mar. 18, 1978 vs. Maryland (N) 69-7515 Feb. 17, 2008 vs. Vanderbilt (A) 81-68 ..............................Nov. 17, 2008 vs. Virginia (H) 83-82 15 Jan. 28, 1980 vs. LSU (H) 96-73 ................................ Mar. 8, 1980 vs. Old Dominion (N) 67-6815 Feb 2, 1981 vs. Southern California (H) 78-71 .Mar. 29, 1981 vs. Louisiana Tech (N) 59-7914 Nov. 21, 1993 vs. Ohio State (N) 80-45 .............................Jan. 17, 1994 vs. Rutgers (A) 77-8714 Dec. 17, 1982 vs. LSU (A) 83-73 ............................. Feb. 14, 1983 vs. Old Dominion (A) 66-9013 Jan. 21, 1995 vs. Mississippi State (H) 81-58 ...............Mar. 6, 1995 vs. Vanderbilt (N) 61-6712 Jan. 2, 2008 vs. DePaul (A) 102-68 .............................................Feb. 14, 2008 vs. LSU (H) 62-7812 Dec. 9, 1990 vs. Maryland (H) 82-71 ..................................Jan. 19, 1991 vs. Auburn (A) 65-7011 Jan. 25, 2007 vs. Vanderbilt (A) 67-57 ........................................Mar. 3, 2007 vs. LSU (N) 54-6311 Dec. 5, 2006 vs. Tennessee-Martin (H) 85-29 ..................... Jan. 22, 2007 vs. Duke (H) 70-7411 Dec. 30, 2003 vs. George Washington (A) 65-51 ... Feb. 5, 2004 vs. Connecticut (H) 81-6711 Nov. 16, 2001 vs. Chattanooga (A) 97-57 .................Jan. 5, 2002 vs. Connecticut (H) 72-8611 Nov. 18, 2000 vs. DePaul (H) 94-52 ..........................Dec. 30, 2000 vs. Connecticut (A) 76-8111 Nov. 19, 1999 vs. Tennessee-Martin (H) 133-60 .....Jan. 8, 2000 vs. Connecticut (H) 67-7411 Jan. 25, 1982 vs. South Carolina (A) 87-81 ..................Feb. 28, 1982 vs. Kentucky (A) 74-8011 Nov. 25, 1988 vs. Illinois (N) 81-50 ....................................... Jan. 7, 1989 vs. Auburn (A) 59-6710 Jan. 2, 2005 vs. Old Dominion (A) 68-58 .................................Feb. 10, 2005 vs. LSU (A) 58-6810 Feb. 3, 1990 vs. Auburn (H) 76-65 ....................................... Mar. 5, 1990 vs. Auburn (N) 77-7810 Feb. 8, 1985 vs. Florida State (A) 67-56 ..................... Mar. 22, 1985 vs. Mississippi (N) 60-63
ALL-TIME HOME WINNING STREAKSNo. Began Broken 69 Feb. 2, 1991 vs. Tennessee Tech 94-67 ..............................Jan. 6, 1996 vs. Connecticut 53-5940 Jan. 12, 1997 vs. Kentucky 84-61 ............................... Nov. 14, 1999 vs. Louisiana Tech 64-6938 Feb. 22, 2009 vs. Mississippi State 82-68 .................................Nov. 27, 2011 vs. Baylor 67-7637 Feb. 21, 1976 vs. Cumberland 90-42 ..........................Mar. 10, 1979 vs. Old Dominion 72-7426 Jan. 10, 2000 vs. Arkansas 79-69 ........................................Jan. 5, 2002 vs. Connecticut 72-8625 Jan. 14, 1988 vs. Old Dominion 91-68 ........................Dec. 9, 1989 vs. Louisiana Tech 58-5924 Feb. 16, 2002 vs. Vanderbilt 75-68 ...............................................Dec. 28, 2003 vs. Texas 60-7022 Dec. 12, 2004 vs. DePaul 78-63 ...........................................................Feb. 9, 2006 vs. LSU 69-7220 Jan. 2, 1990 vs. Illinois 84-57 ......................................................Jan. 28, 1991 vs. Georgia 74-8117 Feb. 1, 2007 vs. South Carolina 72-36 ............................................ Feb. 14, 2008 vs. LSU 62-7813 Jan. 11, 1996 vs. Old Dominion 69-47 ............................Dec. 8, 1996 vs. Georgia (OT) 93-94 12 Jan. 21, 1982 vs. Clemson 91-60 ........................Nov. 30, 1982 vs. Old Dominion (OT) 72-7811 Jan. 28, 1980 vs. Louisiana State 97-73 ......................................... Jan. 3, 1981 vs. UCLA 62-6511 Feb. 15, 1986 vs. Vanderbilt 94-81 ..................................... Jan. 31, 1987 vs. Mississippi 65-6910 Jan. 10, 1981 vs. Illinois State 64-52 ....................Nov. 22, 1981 vs. Stephen F. Austin 74-8010 Nov. 12, 2006 vs. Chattanooga 102-72........................................ Jan. 22, 2007 vs. Duke 70-7410 Nov. 23, 2008 vs. Louisiana Tech 94-59 .......................................Feb. 16, 2009 vs. Duke 62-549 Feb. 2, 1987 vs. Georgia Tech 100-74 ............................................ Dec. 9, 1987 vs. Texas 78-97
ALL-TIME AWAY WINNING STREAKSNo. Began Broken 23 Jan. 7, 2003 vs. Old Dominion 91-63...........................................Nov. 25, 2004 vs. Texas 59-7421 Jan. 2, 2008 vs. DePaul 102-68 ....................................................... Dec. 14, 2008 at Texas 59-7317 Jan. 7, 2001 vs. Arkansas 76-61 ..............................................Feb. 2, 2002 vs. Vanderbilt 59-7611 Dec. 17, 2006 vs. Texas 67-46 ...............................................................Mar. 3, 2007 vs. LSU 54-6311 Nov. 23, 1997 vs. UT-Martin 73-32 ........................................... Nov. 15, 1998 vs. Purdue 68-78
Freshmen (2 or more)Holdsclaw, Chamique 16
Frost, Sheila 11
Parker, Candace 10
Catchings, Tamika 9
Horton, Karla 7
Johnson, Tiff ani 6
Johnson, Glory 5
Gordon, Bridgette 4
Morton, Karen 4
Anosike, Nicky 3
Ostrowski, Mary 3
Snow, Michelle 3
Cain, Kelley 2
Brewer, Alyssia 2
Stricklen, Shekinna 2
Ely, Shyra 2
Evans, Peggy 2
Groover, Debbie 2
Thompson, Pashen 2
Sophomores (2 or more)Parker, Candace 21
Holdsclaw, Chamique 16
Ostrowski, Mary 11
Groover, Debbie 10
Horton, Karla 10
Gordon, Bridgette 9
Catchings, Tamika 8
Ward, Vonda 8
Towns, Paula 6
Johnson, Glory 5
Ely, Shyra 5
Evans, Peggy 5
Haave, Tanya 5
Jackson, Gwen 5
Shekinna, Stricklen 4
Charles, Daedra 4
Ely, Cindy 4
Johnson, Dana 4
Baugh, Vicki 3
Cain, Kelley 3
Freeman, Valerie 3
Frost, Sheila 3
Manning, Alicia 3
Noble, Cindy 3
Randall, Semeka 3
Snow, Michelle 3
Brewer, Alyssia 2
Juniors (2 or more)Holdsclaw, Chamique 16
Parker, Candace 13
Charles, Daedra 13
Johnson, Glory 12
Noble, Cindy 11
Stricklen, Stricklen 11
Johnson, Dana 9
Johnson, Tiff ani 9
Ostrowski, Mary 9
Catchings, Tamika 8
Ely, Shyra 8
Frost, Sheila 8
Haave, Tanya 8
McCray, Nikki 8
Thompson, Pashen 7
Jackson, Gwen 6
Groover, Debbie 5
Horton, Karla 5
Snow, Michelle 5
Ward, Vonda 5
Brogdon, Cindy 5
Fluker, Tye’sha 3
Towns, Paula 3
Butts, Tasha 3
Kelley Cain 2
Seniors (2 or more)Collins, Shelia 14
Harrison, Lisa 14
Charles, Daedra 13
Ostrowski, Mary 12
Holdsclaw, Chamique 9
Johnson, Dana 9
Webb, Lisa 9
Frost, Sheila 8
Rankin, Jill 8
Catchings, Tamika 7
Ely, Shyra 7
Johnson, Glory 6
Anosike, Nicky 6
Gordon, Bridgette 6
Jackson, Gwen 6
Noble, Cindy 6
Butts, Tasha 3
Fuller, Alex 3
Robinson, Ashley 2
Most in a career (5 or more)Holdsclaw, Chamique 57
Parker, Candace 45
Ostrowski, Mary 35
Catchings, Tamika 32
Charles, Daedra 30
Frost, Sheila 30
Ely, Shyra 22
Horton, Karla 22
Johnson, Glory 22
Gordon, Bridgette 21
Groover, Debbie 20
Johnson, Dana 20
Noble, Cindy 20
Jackson, Gwen 18
Harrison, Lisa 17
Johnson, Tiff ani 17
Stricklen, Shekinna 17
Collins, Shelia 15
Ward, Vonda 15
Haave, Tanya 14
Thompson, Pashen 14
Snow, Michelle 13
Anosike, Nicky 11
Webb, Lisa 11
McCray, Nikki 10
Towns, Paula 10
Evans, Peggy 9
Rankin, Jill 8
Cain, Kelley 8
Randall, Semeka 7
Butts, Tasha 6
Brogdon, Cindy 5
Points and Assists DDClower, Susan 1
Henry, Lea 1
Hornbuckle, Alexis 1
Marciniak, Michelle 1
Marsh, Dawn 1
McGhee, Carla 1
Simmons, Meighan 1
Stricklen, Shekinna 1
Warlick, Holly 1
Zolman, Shanna 1
LADY VOL DOUBLE-DOUBLES
22 LADY VOL BASKETBALL /// 2011-12 GAME NOTES
TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
For Tennessee...Most points ..........................92 (vs. UM, 11/15/11)Least points ............................ 44 (vs. ND, 1/23/12)Biggest lead .....53, 2nd half(vs. ODU, 12/28/11)Biggest defi cit..30, 2nd half (vs. Notre Dame) 1/23/12)Biggest lead in a loss...........9, 1st half (vs. SU, 12/20/11)Biggest defi cit in a win....6, 1st half (vs. UM, 11/15/11)Biggest halftime lead ...........34 (vs. UTC, 1/3/12)Biggest halftime defi cit.....10, (vs. Notre Dame) 1/23/12Most fi rst-half points .............50* (vs. UTC, 1/3/12)Best fi rst-half FG% .........76.0 (vs. UCLA, 12/17/11)Fewest fi rst-half points ....... 18 (vs. ND, 1/23/12)Worst fi rst-half FG% ..........20.0 (vs. ND, 1/23/12)Most second-half points ...53 (vs. PU, 11/13/11)Best second-half FG%....63.0 (vs. UCLA, 12/17/11)Fewest second-half points...... 26(vs. ND 1/23/12)Worst second-half FG% ....32.3 (vs. MT, 11/29/11)
For Opponents...Most points ...........................97 Stanford, 12/20/11)Least points ............................... 37 (ODU, 12/28/11)Biggest lead .......... 30, 2nd half (vs. Notre Dame) 1/23/12))Biggest defi cit..............53, 2nd half (ODU, 12/28/11)Biggest lead in a loss .....6, 1st half (UM, 11/15/11)Biggest defi cit in a win.........9, 1st half (SU, 12/20/11)Biggest halftime lead..10, (vs. Notre Dame) 1/23/12)Biggest halftime defi cit ............34, (UTC, 1/3/12)Most fi rst-half points .................. 48 (SU, 12/20/11)Best fi rst-half FG% .......... 57.9, (Arkansas 2/23/12)Fewest fi rst-half points ....11 (Arkansas, 1/8/12)Worst fi rst-half FG% .......10.0 (Arkansas, 1/8/12)Most second-half points ............ 51 (VU, 2/9/12)Best second-half FG% ............. 67.9 (ND, 1/23/12)Fewest second-half points ... 17 (ODU, 12/28/11)Worst second-half FG% ....... 20.0* (UGA, 1/29/12)
Tennessee This Season...Tennessee led in the fi rst half of 28 games.Tennessee has trailed in the fi rst half of 21 games.Tennessee led at halftime of 20 games.Tennessee has trailed at halftime of 6 games.Tennessee was tied at halftime of 3 games.Tennessee led in the second half of 25 games.Tennessee never trailed in the second half of 18 games.Tennessee led in rebounding in 22 games.Tennessee tied in rebounding in 1 game.Tennessee was outrebounded in 6 games.Tennessee never trailed in 5 games.
THE LAST TIME...Tennessee scored 100 points ................................................................Jan. 6, 2011 vs. Alabama (UT 110, UA 45)Tennessee scored 90 points.................................................................. Feb. 12, 2012 vs. Kentucky (UT 91, UK 54)Tennessee scored 60 points or less ................................................. Feb. 16, 2012 vs. Miss State(UT 57, MSU 41)Tennessee scored 50 points or less ..................................................... Jan. 21, 2010 at Georgia (UGA 53, UT 50)Tennessee scored 40 points or less ................................................. Jan. 23, 2011 at Notre Dame (ND 72, UT 44)Tennessee gave up 100 points ...............................................................Mar. 6, 1987 vs. Auburn (AU 102, UT 96)Tennessee gave up 90 points ...............................................................Feb. 9, 2012 vs. Vanderbilt (VU 93, UT 79 )Tennessee gave up 60 points or less ..................................................... Feb. 26, 2012 vs. Florida (UT 75, UF 59)Tennessee gave up 50 points or less ............................................. Feb. 16, 2012 vs. Miss State(UT 57, MSU 41)Tennessee gave up 40 points or less ......................................................Dec. 28, 2011 vs. ODU (UT 90, ODU 37)A Lady Vol scored 30 points ............................... Mar. 30, 2008 vs. Notre Dame, Candace Parker, 34, (UT 74, ND 64)A Lady Vol scored 40 points ..................................... Mar. 3, 1985 vs. Mississippi, Shelia Collins, 40, (UT 79, UM 71) A Lady Vol scored 50 points ................................. Nov. 13, 1976 vs. Kentucky, Patricia Roberts, 51, (UT 107, UK 53)An opp. player scored 30 points .................................. Jan. 12, 2012, A’dia Mathies, Kentucky, 34, (UK 61, UT 60)An opp. player scored 40 points ............................Dec. 20, 2011, Nnemka Ogumike, Stanford, 42, (SU 97, UT 80) An opposing player scored 50 points ....................................................................................................NeverNo Lady Vol scored in double fi gures......................................Mar. 29, 2002 vs. Connecticut (UCONN 79, UT 56)No opposing player scored in double fi gures ..................................Mar. 19, 2011 vs. Stetson (UT 99, UM 34)A Lady Vol had 20 rebounds ...................... Mar. 16, 1991 vs. SW Missouri St., Daedra Charles, 22, (UT 55, SWM 47)A Lady Vol had 25 rebounds ......................................................................................................................NeverAn opposing player had 20 rebounds ............................Apr. 6, 2008 vs. LSU, Sylvia Fowles, 20, (UT 47, LSU 46)An opposing player had 25 rebounds ...................................................................................................NeverA Lady Vol had 10 assists .......................................Jan. 26, 2012 vs. Alabama, Ariel Massengale, 11, (UT 86, UA 56)A Lady Vol had 15 assists ................................................ Mar. 6, 1988 vs. Georgia, Dawn Marsh, 18, (UT 82, UG 76)An opposing player had 10 assists .........................Feb. 9, 2012 vs. Vanderbilt, Jasmine Lister, 13, (VU 93, UT 79)An opposing player had 15 assists ..........................................................................................................NeverA Lady Vol made 5+ three-pointers ......................... Dec. 4, 2011, vs. Texas, Shekinna Stricklen 5, (UT 73, Texas 57)A Lady Vol made 8 three-pointers ............................... Dec.1, 2010 vs. Lamar, Meighan Simmons, 8, (UT 99, LU 55)A Lady Vol made 10 three-pointers ........................................................................................................NeverAn opp. player made 5+ three-pointers ........... Feb. 2, 2012, Markeshia Grant, South Carolina, 7, (USC 64, UT 60)An opp. player made 8 three-pointers .................Dec. 21, 1992, Molly Goodenbour, Stanford, 9, (UT 84, SU 79)An opposing player made 10 three-pointers ......................................................................................NeverTennessee shot 60 percent FG .......................................... Dec. 17, 2011 vs. UCLA, .692 (36-52), (UT 85, UCLA 64)Tennessee shot 55 percent FG ....................................... Feb. 12, 2012, vs. Kentucky, .590 (36-61), (UT 91, UK 54)Tennessee shot 40 percent FG or lower ................... Feb. 16, 2012 vs. Miss State, .387(24-62), (UT 57, MSU 41)Tennessee shot 30 percent FG or lower .................. Jan. 23, 2012 vs Notre Dame, .279 (17-61), (ND 72, UT 44)Tennessee shot 25 percent FG or lower ...........................Dec. 14, 2010 at Baylor, .250 (18-72), (BU 65, UT 54) An opponent shot 60 percent FG ........................................Nov. 25, 2004, Texas, .604 (29-48), (UT 59, Texas 74)An opponent shot 55 percent FG ...................................... Feb. 9, 2012, Vanderbilt, .557 (39-70), (VU 93, UT 79)An opponent shot 50 percent FG ..................................Feb. 23, 2012, Arkansas, .500 (25-50), (AR 72, UT 71 OT)An opponent shot 40 percent FG or lower .........................Feb. 26, 2012,Florida, .379 (22-58), (UT 75, UF 59)An opponent shot 30 percent FG or lower .......................... Feb. 16, 2012, MSU .232 (16-69), (UT 57, MSU 41An opponent shot 20 percent FG or lower .............Jan. 8, 2012, Arkansas, .182 (10-55), (UT 69, Arkansas 38)Tennessee won 20 games in a row ................................................ Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakTennessee won 15 games in a row ................................................ Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakTennessee won 10 games in a row ................................................ Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakTennessee lost 3 games in a row .......................................................Feb. 5, 1986-Feb. 10, 1986, 3-game streakTennessee lost 5 games in a row ......................................................Jan. 28, 1970-Jan. 22, 1971, 5-game streakTennessee won 60 home games in a row ....................................... Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streakTennessee won 50 home games in a row ....................................... Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streakTennessee won 40 home games in a row ................................... Jan. 12, 1997-Nov. 14, 1999, 40-game streakTennessee won 10 road games in a row ...................................... Jan. 2, 2008-Dec. 14, 2008, 19-game streak Tennessee won 15 road games in a row ......................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakTennessee won 20 road games in a row ......................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakTennessee won 25 road games in a row ......................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakTennessee lost 3 road games in a row .............................................. Jan. 24 1986-Feb. 5, 1986, 3-game streakTennessee lost 5 road games in a row ........................................... Jan. 25, 2009-Feb. 26, 2009, 5-game streak
TOUGHEST PLACES TO PLAY1. Thompson-Boling Arena
Tennessee 341-20 (94.45%)
2. Gampel Arena Connecticut 268-17 (94.03%)3. XL Center Connecticut 117-11 (91.40%)4. Thomas Assembly Center Louisiana Tech 403-40 (90.97%)5. Dahlberg Arena Montana 449-57 (88.73%)
6. Jon M. Huntsman Utah 428-64 (86.99%)7. McGrath Arena DePaul 135-22 (84.98%) 8. Frank Erwin Center Texas 428-80 (84.25%)9. Comcast Center Maryland 125-26 (82.78%) 10. Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum Auburn 354-79 (81.75%)
2011-12 BESTS & WORSTS
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TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI ST. MAR. 2, 2012
2011-12 LADY VOL HIGHS AND LOWS
INDIVIDUAL
Points ...................................................................27, Shekinna Stricklen vs. Stanford 12/20/11
Field Goals ..........................................................10*, Shekinna Stricklen vs. Kentucky 2/12/12
Field Goal Attempts .............................................. 22, Shekinna Stricklen vs. Baylor 11/27/11
Field Goal Percentage (min. 10 att.) .................................................................... 70.0 (7-10)
...............................................................................................Glory Johnson vs. Miami 11/15/11
3-Pt Field Goals ........................................................... 5, Shekinna Stricklen vs. Texas 12/4/11
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts ................................................10, Taber Spani at Virginia 11/20/11
3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage (min. 4 att.) .............................................................. 75.0 (3-4)
................................................................................ Shekinna Stricklen vs. Pepperdine 11/13/11
Free Throws ................................................................10, Glory Johnson vs. Stanford 12/20/11
Free Throw Attempts .................................................. 13, Glory Johnson at Virginia 11/20/11
.................................................................................................Taber Spani vs. Arkansas 2/23/12
Off ensive Rebounds ......................................................... 7, Alicia Manning vs. ODU 12/28/11
Defensive Rebounds ................................................ 13, Glory Johnson vs. Miss State 2/16/12
Total Rebounds ....................................................... 15*, Glory Johnson vs. Miss State 2/16/12
Assists .................................................................... 12, Ariel Massengale vs. Vanderbilt 1/15/12
Turnovers ....................................................................7, Ariel Massengale at Virginia 11/20/11
Blocks ................................................................................. 4, Glory Johnson vs. Auburn 2/5/12
Steals ...................................................................................6, Alicia Manning vs ODU 12/28/11
TEAM HIGH LOWPoints 92, Miami 44, at Notre DameField Goals Made 37, ODU 17, at Notre DameField Goals Attempted 82, Baylor 47, GeorgiaField Goal Percentage 69.2, UCLA 27.9, Notre Dame3-Point Field Goals Made 11*, Texas 0, vs. DePaul3-Point Field Goals Attempted 24, Baylor 5, vs. DePaul3-Point Field Goal Percentage 62.5, Pepperdine 00.0 vs. DePaulFree Throws Made 28, Auburn1 6, UCLAFree Throws Attempted 35, DePaul 10, UCLAFree Throw Percentage 90.3, Auburn1 43.8, at Notre DameRebounds 59, Miss State 27, at VanderbiltAssists 26, ODU 7, vs. South CarolinaTurnovers 24, Virginia 8, AlabamaBlocked Shots 10, Pepperdine 1, Vanderbilt1Steals 16, ODU 0, South CarolinaPersonal Fouls 23, Pepperdine 7, Miss StateHome Attendance 18,563 Florida 11,754, UTCAway/Neutral Attendance 12,034 at Vanderbilt 1,845 at Miss State
* Indicates the most recent instance of a high/low that occurred more than one time during the season.
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPPSCORING 2175 1745 Points per game 75.0 60.2 Scoring margin +14.8 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 791-1786 655-1774 Field goal pct . 4 4 3 . 3 6 93 POINT FG-ATT 155-445 144-523 3-point FG pct . 3 4 8 . 2 7 5 3-pt FG made per game 5.3 5.0FREE THROWS-ATT 438-632 291-428 Free throw pct . 6 9 3 . 6 8 0 F-Throws made per game 15.1 10.0REBOUNDS 1260 1024 Rebounds per game 43.4 35.3 Rebounding margin +8.1 -ASSISTS 448 349 Assists per game 15.4 12.0TURNOVERS 458 492 Turnovers per game 15.8 17.0 Turnover margin +1.2 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 0.7STEALS 247 200 Steals per game 8.5 6.9BLOCKS 139 95 Blocks per game 4.8 3.3ATTENDANCE 216206 83642 Home games-Avg/Game 15-14414 13-6012 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-5486
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT TotalsTENNESSEE 1034 1126 15 2175Opponents 816 908 21 1745
Date Opponent Score Att.11/13/11 PEPPERDINE W 89-57 1214711/15/11 #7/7 MIAMI W 92-76 1215111/20/11 at Virginia L o t 64-69 645011/27/11 #1/1 BAYLOR L 67-76 1662311/29/11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 82-43 1186112/04/11 #21/22 TEXAS W 73-57 13465
& 12/11/11 vs #20/21 DePaul W 84-61 548612/13/11 at #11/11 Rutgers W 67-61 636812/17/11 at UCLA W 85-64 202512/20/11 at #4/4 Stanford L 80-97 732912/28/11 OLD DOMINION W 90-37 15409
* 01/01/12 at Auburn W 73-52 426901/03/12 CHATTANOOGA W 90-47 11754
* 01/05/12 #16/15 GEORGIA W 80-51 13721* 01/08/12 at Arkansas W 69-38 5258* 01/12/12 at #9/8 KENTUCKY L 60-61 7961* 01/15/12 #25/24 VANDERBILT W 87-64 17879* 01/19/12 LOUISIANA STATE W 65-56 13107
01/23/12 at #2/2 Notre Dame L 44-72 9149* 01/26/12 at Alabama W 86-56 2049* 01/29/12 at #17/15 Georgia W 67-50 10523* 02/02/12 SOUTH CAROLINA L 60-64 15021* 02/05/12 AUBURN W 82-61 16361* 02/09/12 at #rv/25 Vanderbilt L 79-93 12034* 02/13/12 #7/7 KENTUCKY W 91-54 14807* 02/16/12 at Mississippi State W 57-41 1965* 02/19/12 at Ole Miss W 66-56 2776* 02/23/12 ARKANSAS L o t 71-72 13337* 02/26/12 FLORIDA W 75-59 18563
* = Conference game& = Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y.)
2011-12 Lady Vol BasketballTENNESSEE Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 27, 2012)
Conference games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 12-4 6-2 6-2 0-0CONFERENCE 12-4 6-2 6-2 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPPSCORING 1168 928 Points per game 73.0 58.0 Scoring margin +15.0 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 430-962 348-946 Field goal pct . 4 4 7 . 3 6 83 POINT FG-ATT 64-222 78-281 3-point FG pct . 2 8 8 . 2 7 8 3-pt FG made per game 4.0 4.9FREE THROWS-ATT 244-352 154-239 Free throw pct . 6 9 3 . 6 4 4 F-Throws made per game 15.3 9.6REBOUNDS 674 547 Rebounds per game 42.1 34.2 Rebounding margin +7.9 -ASSISTS 246 176 Assists per game 15.4 11.0TURNOVERS 252 281 Turnovers per game 15.8 17.6 Turnover margin +1.8 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 0.6STEALS 132 105 Steals per game 8.3 6.6BLOCKS 71 55 Blocks per game 4.4 3.4ATTENDANCE 122796 46835 Home games-Avg/Game 8-15350 8-5854 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT TotalsTENNESSEE 527 632 9 1168Opponents 434 484 10 928
Date Opponent Score Att.* 01/01/12 at Auburn W 73-52 4269* 01/05/12 #16/15 GEORGIA W 80-51 13721* 01/08/12 at Arkansas W 69-38 5258* 01/12/12 at #9/8 KENTUCKY L 60-61 7961* 01/15/12 #25/24 VANDERBILT W 87-64 17879* 01/19/12 LOUISIANA STATE W 65-56 13107* 01/26/12 at Alabama W 86-56 2049* 01/29/12 at #17/15 Georgia W 67-50 10523* 02/02/12 SOUTH CAROLINA L 60-64 15021* 02/05/12 AUBURN W 82-61 16361* 02/09/12 at #rv/25 Vanderbilt L 79-93 12034* 02/13/12 #7/7 KENTUCKY W 91-54 14807* 02/16/12 at Mississippi State W 57-41 1965* 02/19/12 at Ole Miss W 66-56 2776* 02/23/12 ARKANSAS L o t 71-72 13337* 02/26/12 FLORIDA W 75-59 18563
* = Conference game& = Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y.)
2011-12 Lady Vol BasketballTENNESSEE Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Mar 01, 2012)
BY THE NUMBERS In SEC Play• Made the start versus Florida (2/26), contributing two assists in 18 minutes on Senior Day• Saw 11 minutes off the bench against Arkansas (2/23)• Scored four points and tallied three assists in 17 min-utes versus Kentucky (2/13)• Saw 11 minutes off the bench at Vanderbilt (2/9), contributing an assist• Came up with two steals in eleven minutes off the bench versus Auburn (2/5)• Earned her first start of the season and 15th in her career versus Alabama (1/26); scored eight points and snagged five steals in her longest appearance of the season (29 minutes)• Came off the bench to see nine minutes versus LSU (1/19), coming up with two defensive boards• Put up three points and recorded two boards versus Vanderbilt (1/15), seeing 12 minutes off the bench• Came off the bench to see five minutes at Kentucky (1/12)• Tallied two points and two rebounds in 18 minutes of action against Arkansas (1/8)• Came off the bench to see three minutes of action against #15/16 Georgia (1/5)
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Came up with a steal in four minutes of action in her home state of Indiana (at Notre Dame, 1/24)• Put up nine points on a 3-5 showing from beyond the arc in 17 minutes of action against Chattanooga (1/3)• Tallied nine points against Old Dominion (12/28) on 3-8 shooting, seeing a season-high 19 minutes • Came off the bench for the final minute of the UCLA game (12/17), making a trip to the free throw line and hitting one of two shots from the stripe• Saw eight minutes against DePaul (12/11), dishing
out an assist and picking up a defensive board• Came off the bench to see two minutes of action against Texas (12/4)• Saw a season-high 16 minutes off the bench versus the Middle Tennessee (11/29), tallying four points• Came up with two rebounds and three assists, also season highs, in the contest• Saw seven minutes of action against Virginia (11/20); went 0-1 from the floor (a three-point attempt) and committed two turnovers.• Scored 10 points off the bench against Pepperdine (11/13) where she was perfect from the floor (2-2 three point attempts) and perfect from the line (4-4 free throw attempts)
1BRIANA BASSSENIOR
5-2 /// GuardIndianapolis, Ind. (North Central H.S.)
In SEC Play• Saw 14 minutes in the start against Florida (2/26), coming up with two boards and two steals• Tallied four points but committed two turnovers in eight minutes versus Arkansas (2/23)• Made an impact off the bench at Ole Miss (2/19), tal-lying 10 points and seven boards in 22 minutes• Saw 14 minutes off the bench at Mississippi State (2/16), tallying six rebounds and two points• Came off the bench to go 4-5 with eight points and seven boards against Kentucky (2/13)• Saw 10 minutes off the bench at Vanderbilt (2/9), recording two points and a rebound• Tallied four points in 11 minutes of action versus Auburn (2/5) • Pulled down four rebounds in nine minutes versus South Carolina (2/2)• Came off the bench to see 20 minutes at Georgia (1/29), tallying six points and eight boards• Returned to the starting lineup at Alabama (1/26), shooting 80% (4-5) from the floor and pulling down six boards• Came up with a season and SEC high, tallying 14 rebounds versus LSU (1/19)• Put up 16 points on 7-10 shooting from the field against Vanderbilt (1/15), tying her SEC high• Led Tennessee in rebounding against Kentucky (1/12) with nine boards; put up an SEC-high mark of 16 points off the bench• Came off the bench against Arkansas (1/8) to put up perfect shooting numbers for the second-consecu-tive outing; went 3-3 from the floor and 2-2 from the stripe to go along with two blocks in the win• Went a perfect 2-2 from the floor and 4-4 from the line to tally eight points against Georgia (1/5); also pulled down 10 boards in the win• Saw 16 minutes off the bench against Auburn (1/1);
had a poor shooting performance (0-5), but man-aged to pull down nine boards in the winVersus Non-Conference Opponents• Put up eight points and pulled down six boards at Notre Dame (1/24)• Tied a season best with two steals against Chatta-nooga (1/3), adding to her nine-point, nine-board night• Came off the bench to record a double-double against Old Dominion (12/28), putting up 11 points and 12 rebounds in the win• Found herself in foul trouble again against #4 Stan-ford (12/20) and played only 16 minutes in the start• Contributed three rebounds, two points and a steal in her time on the floor• Put up her sixth career double-double (and third of 2011-12) against the UCLA (12/17) with 14 points and 12 boards -- a season high• Tied her season high totals for assists and blocks, coming up with three of each against # 11 Rutgers (12/13); contributed seven points, including a 4-5 performance from the charity stripe in the contest• Picked up two early fouls against# 20/21 DePaul (12/11) and went on to see only 12 minutes in the start• Contributed six points and a block in the effort, go-ing 1-1 from the floor and 4-5 from the line• Tied a season high with 17 points against #21/22 Texas (12/4), hitting a career-best eight field goals• Tacked on 11 rebounds to record her second dou-ble-double of 2011-12 • Earned her fourth start of the season against MTSU (11/29), but found herself in foul trouble with four fouls in eight minutes• Contributed two points and three boards in her lim-ited floor time• Posted first double-double since the 2008-09 sea-son with a career-high 17 points and 10 rebounds against #1 Baylor (11/27)• Knocked down first career three pointer against Baylor with 44 seconds left in the contest• Scored six points and pulled down 4 boards in the start against #7 Miami (11/16)• Saw 19 minutes of action and went 3-4 from the floor in the contest• Made the start against Pepperdine (11/13) after making only one start in all of 2010-11 (Vanderbilt)• Scored eight points and tallied seven rebounds in 19 minutes of action against the Waves• Contributed three blocks and three assists in the balanced performance
TENNESSEE Ind iv idual Gam e-by -Gam e (as o f Feb 26, 2012)A ll gam es
#21 B A UGH, Vick i
To tal 3-Po in ters Free th row s ReboundsOpponen t Date gs m in fg -fga pc t 3fg -fga pc t ft-fta pc t o ff def to t avg p f a t/o b lk s tl p ts avgP E P P E R D IN E 11/13 / * 19 3-3 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 4 3 7 7.0 4 3 2 3 2 8 8.0M IA M I 11/15 / * 19 3-4 . 7 5 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 3 4 5.5 3 3 3 0 0 6 7.0B A Y LO R 11/27 / * 32 6-11 . 5 4 1-1 1 .00 4-4 1 .00 3 7 10 7.0 2 3 1 1 1 17 10.3M ID D LE TE N N E S S E E 11/29 / * 8 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 2 1 3 6.0 4 0 4 0 0 2 8.3TE X A S 12/04 / * 35 8-10 . 8 0 0-0 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 5 6 11 7.0 0 2 2 0 1 17 10.0vs D eP au l 12 /11 / * 12 1-1 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 4-5 . 8 0 0 0 0 5.8 2 0 2 1 0 6 9.3a t R utgers 12 /13 / * 28 1-4 . 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 4-5 . 8 0 5 2 7 6.0 1 3 2 3 1 6 8.9a t U C LA 12/17 / * 26 6-9 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 1 11 12 6.8 1 2 3 0 1 14 9.5a t S tan fo rd 12/20 / * 16 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 2 1 3 6.3 4 0 1 1 1 2 8.7O LD D O M IN IO N 12/28 / 23 5-8 . 6 2 0-0 . 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 5 7 12 6.9 1 2 2 2 0 11 8.9a t A uburn 01-01- 16 0-5 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 4-4 1 .00 3 6 9 7.1 2 0 4 1 1 4 8.5C H A TTA N O O G A 01/03 / 19 3-4 . 7 5 0-0 . 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 3 6 9 7.3 3 1 2 2 2 9 8.5#16/15 G E O R G IA 01/05 / 20 2-2 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 4-4 1 .00 2 8 10 7.5 2 0 2 0 0 8 8.5a t A R K A N S A S 01-08- 18 3-3 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 3 4 7.2 0 1 3 2 1 8 8.4a t #9 /8 K E N TU C K Y 01/12 / 29 7-8 . 8 7 0-0 . 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 2 9 7.3 4 0 1 1 1 16 8.9V A N D E R B ILT 01/15 / 23 7-10 . 7 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 1 6 7 7.3 3 2 1 0 1 16 9.4LO U IS IA N A S TA TE 01/19 / * 33 2-6 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 2-6 . 3 3 6 8 14 7.7 3 3 3 1 1 6 9.2a t N otre D am e 01/23 / 26 4-9 . 4 4 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 4 2 6 7.6 3 1 3 2 0 8 9.1a t A labam a 01/26 / * 18 4-5 . 8 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 5 6 7.5 2 2 2 1 0 8 9.1a t #16 /15 G eorg ia 01 /29 / 20 2-4 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 7 8 7.6 3 0 3 1 0 6 8.9S O U TH C A R O LIN A 02/02 / 9 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 3 4 7.4 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.5A U B U R N 02/05 / 11 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 0 1 7.1 0 1 0 1 0 4 8.3a t V anderb ilt 02 /09 / 10 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1 1 6.8 1 2 1 0 1 2 8.0#7/7 K E N TU C K Y 02/13 / 19 4-5 . 8 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 4 3 7 6.8 2 0 1 0 0 8 8.0a t M iss iss ipp i S ta te 02-16- 14 1-1 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 4 6 6.8 0 0 2 0 0 2 7.8a t O le M iss 2 /19 /1 22 4-6 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 3 4 7 6.8 0 1 1 1 1 10 7.8A R K A N S A S 02/23 / 8 1-1 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 0 1 1 6.6 0 0 2 0 0 4 7.7FLO R ID A 02/26 / * 14 0-3 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 6.4 4 1 4 1 2 0 7.4Tota ls 12 547 79-132 . 5 9 1-1 1 .00 49-67 . 7 3 68 112 180 6.4 55 33 59 25 18 208 7.4
G am es p layed: 28M inu tes/gam e: 19 .5P o in ts /gam e: 7 .4FG P ct: 59 .83FG P ct: 100 .0FT P ct: 73 .1
R ebounds/gam e: 6 .4A ssis ts /gam e: 1 .2Turnovers/gam e: 2 .1A ssis t/tu rnover ra tio : 0 .6S tea ls /gam e: 0 .6B locks/gam e: 0 .9
BAUGH’S 2011-12 SEASON STATISTICS
In SEC Play• Went 2-2 from the floor and 2-2 from the line against Florida (2/26), adding three boards in 12min• Was 2-2 from the floor and pulled down three boards against Arkansas (2/23)• Went 4-5 from the floor to tally 10 points and six boards in 18 minutes off the bench at Ole Miss (2/19)• Contributed 10 points on 5-6 shooting along with seven boards in the win over Mississippi State (2/16)• Recorded five rebounds and three assists in then minutes on the floor versus Kentucky (2/13)• Led UT in rebounding at Vanderbilt (2/9), pull-ing down nine boards in 23 minutes; added seven points in the effort• Saw seven minutes off the bench against Auburn (2/5), scoring four points in the win• Put up four points in eight minutes in the start ver-sus South Carolina (2/2)• Started her second consecutive game at Georgia (1/29), putting up four points and six rebounds• Earned her first career start at Alabama (1/26); scored nine points and tied her career high minutes with 31• Saw career-high minutes versus LSU (31 min, 1/19), tying her career best with 15 points on 5-10 shoot-ing• Went 3-3 from the floor, putting up six points in the win over Vanderbilt (1/15), trying her SEC high in four minutes off the bench• Came up with a rebound and a block in five min-utes against Kentucky (1/12)• Saw nine minutes off the bench against Arkansas (1/8); set a personal SEC-best mark with six points • Recorded three points and two rebounds against Georgia (1/5)• Came off the bench to see 13 minutes of action against Auburn (1/1); scored two points, pulled
down two boards and recorded a steal for UTVersus Non-Conference Opponents• Tallied four points and five rebounds in 18 minutes at Notre Dame (1/24); also recorded two steals• Put up eight points in 19 minutes against Chatta-nooga (1/3), pulling down three boards on the night• Came off the bench against Old Dominion (12/28) to tie a UT season high with nine helpers; added five boards, a block and her first career steal in the win• Saw eight minutes of action against #4 Stanford (12/20), hitting two free throws for the Lady Vols• Played 11 minutes against UCLA (12/17), contribut-ing four points on 2-4 shooting in the contest. • Came in off the bench to see nine minutes of ac-tion against Rutgers (12/13) where she came up with a defensive rebound and a block in the win• Saw 24 minutes off the bench against #20/21 De-Paul (12/11), scoring a career-high 15 points with three steals and two rebounds on the day• Came off the bench to see 11 minutes of action against #21/22 Texas, where she pulled down three defensive boards and dished out a career-high three assists in the win• Saw a career-high 26 minutes of action off the bench versus Middle Tennessee (11/29); collected her first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, going 5-6 from the floor in the contest• Against Virginia, (11/20), recorded a defensive re-bound and dished out an assist in 10 minutes of ac-tion off the bench• Saw first action as a Lady Vol against Pepperdine (11/13), clocking 16 minutes; scored seven points and tallied seven rebounds in 16 minutes of action against the Waves
Awards & Honors• Her USA U-19 team was named USA Basketball’s team of the year after bringing home the gold from Chile this summer
TENNESSEE Ind iv idual Gam e-by -Gam e (as o f Feb 26, 2012)A ll gam es
#11 B URDICK , C ierra
To tal 3-Po in ters Free th row s ReboundsOpponen t Date gs m in fg -fga pc t 3fg -fga pc t ft-fta pc t o ff def to t avg p f a t/o b lk s tl p ts avgP E P P E R D IN E 11/13 / 16 2-3 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 1 1.0 3 2 4 2 0 7 7.0M IA M I 11/15 / 2 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5a t V irg in ia 11 /20 / 10 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 0.7 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.3B A Y LO R 11/27 / 3 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8M ID D LE TE N N E S S E E 11/29 / 26 5-6 . 8 3 1-1 1 .00 3-4 . 7 5 2 8 10 2.4 2 0 2 3 0 14 4.2TE X A S 12/04 / 11 0-6 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 3 2.5 2 3 0 0 0 0 3.5vs D eP au l 12 /11 / 24 4-6 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 7-10 . 7 0 0 2 2 2.4 2 0 1 0 3 15 5.1a t R utgers 12 /13 / 9 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.5a t U C LA 12/17 / 11 2-4 . 5 0 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 2 0 0 4 4.4a t S tan fo rd 12/20 / 8 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 0 0 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.2O LD D O M IN IO N 12/28 / 24 2-4 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 3 5 2.1 3 9 3 1 1 4 4.2a t A uburn 01-01- 13 0-3 . 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 1 2 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 2 4.0C H A TTA N O O G A 01/03 / 19 4-9 . 4 4 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 1 3 2.2 1 2 1 1 0 8 4.3#16/15 G E O R G IA 01/05 / 9 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 2 0 2 2.1 0 0 2 0 0 3 4.2a t A R K A N S A S 01-08- 9 3-5 . 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 2.1 2 1 1 1 0 6 4.3a t #9 /8 K E N TU C K Y 01/12 / 5 0-3 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 0 1 2.1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4.1V A N D E R B ILT 01/15 / 4 3-3 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.2LO U IS IA N A S TA TE 01/19 / 31 5-10 . 5 0 1-1 1 .00 4-6 . 6 6 3 3 6 2.2 3 1 2 1 1 15 4.8a t N otre D am e 01/23 / 18 2-6 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 3 5 2.3 3 2 1 0 2 4 4.7a t A labam a 01/26 / * 31 3-10 . 3 0 0-2 . 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 0 3 3 2.4 0 2 1 0 0 9 5.0a t #16 /15 G eorg ia 01 /29 / * 14 2-4 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 5 6 2.5 3 1 3 1 0 4 4.9S O U TH C A R O LIN A 02/02 / * 8 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 0 1 2.5 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.9A U B U R N 02/05 / 7 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 0 0 0 2.3 3 0 1 0 0 4 4.8a t V anderb ilt 02 /09 / 23 3-7 . 4 2 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 7 9 2.6 1 2 2 2 0 7 4.9#7/7 K E N TU C K Y 02/13 / 10 1-4 . 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 4 5 2.7 1 3 2 0 0 2 4.8a t M iss iss ipp i S ta te 02-16- 26 5-6 . 8 3 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 5 7 2.9 1 3 2 2 0 10 5.0a t O le M iss 2 /19 /1 18 4-5 . 8 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 5 6 3.0 2 2 2 1 0 10 5.2A R K A N S A S 02/23 / 22 2-2 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 2 3 3.0 0 0 2 0 1 4 5.1FLO R ID A 02/26 / 12 2-2 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 2 1 3 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 6 5.2Tota ls 3 423 57-119 . 4 7 3-10 . 3 0 33-44 . 7 5 26 61 87 3.0 40 34 36 18 9 150 5.2
G am es p layed: 29M inu tes/gam e: 14 .6P o in ts /gam e: 5 .2FG P ct: 47 .93FG P ct: 30 .0FT P ct: 75 .0
R ebounds/gam e: 3 .0A ssis ts /gam e: 1 .2Turnovers/gam e: 1 .2A ssis t/tu rnover ra tio : 0 .9S tea ls /gam e: 0 .3B locks/gam e: 0 .6
BURDICK’S 2011-12 SEASON STATISTICS
In SEC Play• Saw one minute of action against Florida (2/26), going 1-1 from the floor for two points• Came off the bench to score two points and grab a rebound in three minutes versus Arkansas (2/23)• Collected three rebounds to go along with five points in six minutes against Kentucky (2/13)• Came up with five points, four rebounds and a block in eight minutes off the bench against Auburn (2/5); called the catalyst in the win by Summitt• Recorded a rebound and a steal in two minutes at Georgia (1/29)• Came off the bench to see 19 minutes at Alabama (1/26), recording 10 points and six rebounds in the win• Recorded a bucket, a rebound and a steal in four minutes against LSU (1/19)• Saw four minutes off the bench against Vanderbilt (1/15), hitting her only shot attempted from the floor• Pulled down three rebounds in five minutes against Kentucky (1/12)• Came off the bench against Arkansas (1/8), seeing 13 minutes; put up two points and three rebounds• Saw seven minutes against Georgia (1/5), scoring four points with one rebound• Recorded five minutes against Auburn (1/1), put-ting up two points and pulling down two rebounds in the win.
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Knocked down two free throws and put up a block in nine minutes at Notre Dame (1/24)• Came off the bench against Chattanooga (1/3) to have a career night with 13 points against the Lady Mocs; tied her career best with five field goals
• Recorded a career-high 10 points against ODU (12/28) on a career-best five field goals in 14 min-utes• Came up with a rebound in three minutes off the bench against #4 Stanford (12/20)• Saw four minutes of action against UCLA (12/17), coming up with a block and a steal in the win• Saw two minutes against#11 Rutgers (12/13); came up with an offensive rebound in her time on the floor• Came in off the bench to see 11 minutes of action against #20/21 DePaul (12/11); finished with six points, two boards and a block for the Lady Vols in the win• Saw 14 minutes of action off the bench against #21/22 Texas (12/4), contributing four rebounds in the contest; tacked on two blocks in the game• Tied a career high with 19 minutes of action against Middle Tennessee (11/29); tallied career highs in both points and rebounds with seven and nine re-spectively• Came off the bench to collect seven rebounds in 16 minutes of action against the Lady Bears• Tacked on her first career assist in the effort• Saw 19 minutes of action off the bench versus Vir-ginia (11/20), pulling down seven boards• Went 2-4 from the floor and 2-5 from the line, chip-ping in six total points and added two blocks• Came off the bench against #7 Miami (11/15) and was attributed with sparking the Lady Vols’ pull away from the Hurricanes; scored four points and pulled down two boards and a block in nine minutes• Saw first action as a Lady Vol against Pepperdine (11/13), clocking 13 minutes off the bench• Pulled down eight boards in the winning effort, seven of them off the defensive glass; scored five points for UT, making five of six shots from the char-ity stripe
Of Note• Started attending classes at UT in June which enabled her to play in the Pilot Rocky Top League, where she got summer experience playing with and against former and current Lady Vols• She also benefitted from a summer’s worth of work with strength and conditioning coach Heather Ma-son
In SEC Play• Went 8-17 from the floor, collecting her 33rd career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Florida (2/26)• Tallied 13 points and nine boards in 33 minutes ver-sus Arkansas (2/23)• Led UT in scoring with 13 points at Ole Miss (2/19). adding eight boards, two assists and two blocks• Came up with a season-high 15 rebounds in the win over Mississippi State (2/16); added seven points in 31 minutes in the start• Went 4-5 from the floor for 10 points and seven re-bounds in the win over Kentucky (2/13)• Put up 19 points and four rebounds in the start at Vanderbilt (2/9)• Recorded a double-double in the win over Auburn (2/5) with 13 points and 11 boards in 35 minutes• Led UT in scoring versus South Carolina (2/2) with 13 points; also tallied nine rebounds in the loss• Recorded eight rebounds to go along with five points at Georgia (1/29)• Played 15 minutes in the start at Alabama (1/26), scoring 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds• Scored 10 points and pulled down six rebounds against LSU (1/19), collecting two blocks in 24 min.• Recorded her sixth double-double in seven games, with 16 points and 13 rebounds versus Vandy (1/15)• Led UT in scoring with 17 points against Kentucky (1/12); added seven rebounds in the effort• Became the fourth member of the 1,000 point/1,000 rebound club with her fifth consecutive double-dou-ble (15 points, 14 rebounds) against Arkansas (1/8)• Put up her fourth-consecutive double-double against Georgia (1/5) with a season-high 22 points and 13 rebounds• Against Auburn (1/1), used a 5-9 shooting effort to record her second-consecutive double-double with
14 points and 13 rebounds in the win• Named SEC Player of the Week for her performanc-es against Old Dominion and Auburn
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Tallied nine points and nine boards in the start at Notre Dame (1/24); added two steals in the effort.• Eclipsed the 1,300-point mark with 10 points, 13 rebounds against Chattanooga (1/3); recorded third-consecutive double-double against the Lady Mocs • Led UT in scoring against Old Dominion (12/28) with 16 points on a 6-12 effort from the floor; put up a double-double with 11 boards on the night• Put up a season-high 18 points against #4 Stanford (12/20) on 4-5 shooting and a season-best 10 free throws; also contributed six rebounds, two steals and two blocks against the Cardinal• Tallied 17 points in 38 minutes at UCLA (12/17), ty-ing a season high with seven made field goals (7-9); came up with her second block of the season in the win• Scored nine points against #11 Rutgers (12/13), ty-ing her season best with five free throws (5-6); con-tributed six rebounds -- three offensive and three defensive • Led Tennessee in scoring versus #20/21 DePaul (12/11), dropping 16 points on the Blue Demons on 6-13 shooting; pulled down nine rebounds and came up with two steals in the contest• Put up the 25th double-double of her career against #21/22 Texas, contributing 11 points and 10 boards • Righted the ship from the free throw line, hitting 5-6• Recorded nine points and as many rebounds in 25 minutes against Middle Tennessee (11/29), tacking on a season-high three steals; recovered from free throw woes to go 5-6 (.833) from the charity stripe in the win• Against #1 Baylor (11/27), fell a point shy of her sec-ond double-double of the season, recording nine points and 11 boards against the Lady Bears; added two assists, two blocks and a steal in the performance• Went 5-6 from the floor against Virginia (11/20), contributing 15 total points; added six rebounds, three assists and a block in the losing effort• Against #7 Miami (11/15), fell one rebound shy of her second-consecutive double-double, putting up 16 points and nine boards in the contest; went 7-10 from the floor and tacked on two steals and a block • Recorded her 24th career double-double against Pepperdine (11/13), dropping 17 points and 13 boards in the contest ; was named Player of the Game four her double-digit dazzle.
Awards & Honors• Named to the five-member Capital One Academic All-America Team• Tabbed SEC Player of the Week consecutive weeks: Jan. 2 and Jan. 9• Named to the 2011-12 Preseason All-Southeastern Conference First Team• Recognized as one of 30 nominees for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.• Named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List and was named to the 20-member mid-season list
25GLORY JOHNSONSENIOR
6-3 /// ForwardKnoxville, Tenn. (The Webb School)
TENNESSEE Ind iv idual Gam e-by -Gam e (as o f Feb 26, 2012)A ll gam es
#25 JOHNSON, G lo ry
To tal 3-Po in ters Free th row s ReboundsOpponen t Date gs m in fg -fga pc t 3fg -fga pc t ft-fta pc t o ff def to t avg p f a t/o b lk s tl p ts avgP E P P E R D IN E 11/13 / * 27 7-11 . 6 3 0-0 . 0 0 3-3 1 .00 5 8 13 13.0 3 0 2 0 0 17 17.0M IA M I 11/15 / * 27 7-10 . 7 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-5 . 4 0 5 4 9 11.0 4 0 0 1 2 16 16.5a t V irg in ia 11 /20 / * 39 5-6 . 8 3 0-0 . 0 0 5-13 . 3 8 4 2 6 9.3 4 3 1 2 1 15 16.0B A Y LO R 11/27 / * 28 3-8 . 3 7 0-0 . 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 5 6 11 9.8 3 2 2 2 1 9 14.3M ID D LE TE N N E S S E E 11/29 / * 25 2-3 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 6 9 9.6 2 2 2 1 3 9 13.2TE X A S 12/04 / * 27 3-9 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 2 8 10 9.7 3 1 3 0 0 11 12.8vs D eP au l 12 /11 / * 29 6-13 . 4 6 0-0 . 0 0 4-5 . 8 0 6 3 9 9.6 2 0 3 0 2 16 13.3a t R utgers 12 /13 / * 27 2-4 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 3 6 9.1 4 1 5 0 0 9 12.8a t U C LA 12/17 / * 38 7-9 . 7 7 0-0 . 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 1 4 5 8.7 2 2 0 1 1 17 13.2a t S tan fo rd 12/20 / * 33 4-5 . 8 0 0-0 . 0 0 10-12 . 8 3 1 5 6 8.4 3 0 3 2 2 18 13.7O LD D O M IN IO N 12/28 / * 26 6-12 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 4-5 . 8 0 5 6 11 8.6 0 1 2 1 0 16 13.9a t A uburn 01-01- * 32 5-9 . 5 5 0-0 . 0 0 4-5 . 8 0 6 7 13 9.0 3 2 4 0 3 14 13.9C H A TTA N O O G A 01/03 / * 20 4-8 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 5 8 13 9.3 0 2 1 2 3 10 13.6#16/15 G E O R G IA 01/05 / * 32 8-11 . 7 2 0-0 . 0 0 6-11 . 5 4 4 9 13 9.6 1 0 2 1 2 22 14.2a t A R K A N S A S 01-08- * 30 6-9 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 3-6 . 5 0 6 8 14 9.9 2 1 3 2 3 15 14.3a t #9 /8 K E N TU C K Y 01/12 / * 29 7-14 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 2 5 7 9.7 2 0 4 2 2 17 14.4V A N D E R B ILT 01/15 / * 33 6-10 . 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 4-8 . 5 0 5 8 13 9.9 2 2 3 0 5 16 14.5LO U IS IA N A S TA TE 01/19 / * 24 3-6 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 4-8 . 5 0 1 5 6 9.7 2 1 0 2 3 10 14.3a t N otre D am e 01/23 / * 28 3-12 . 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 3-10 . 3 0 3 6 9 9.6 1 1 4 1 2 9 14.0a t A labam a 01/26 / * 15 6-10 . 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 1-1 1 .00 4 4 8 9.6 2 1 1 0 1 13 14.0a t #16 /15 G eorg ia 01 /29 / * 21 2-2 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 2 6 8 9.5 4 3 2 3 2 5 13.5S O U TH C A R O LIN A 02/02 / * 26 6-11 . 5 4 0-0 . 0 0 1-1 1 .00 2 7 9 9.5 5 0 2 3 0 13 13.5A U B U R N 02/05 / * 35 6-7 . 8 5 0-0 . 0 0 2-6 . 3 3 1 10 11 9.5 1 3 0 4 1 14 13.5a t V anderb ilt 02 /09 / * 29 8-12 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 2 2 4 9.3 5 1 6 3 0 19 13.8#7/7 K E N TU C K Y 02/13 / * 20 4-5 . 8 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 2 5 7 9.2 3 0 2 2 1 10 13.6a t M iss iss ipp i S ta te 02-16- * 31 3-10 . 3 0 0-0 . 0 0 1-3 . 3 3 2 13 15 9.4 2 2 5 2 0 7 13.3a t O le M iss 2 /19 /1 * 35 5-9 . 5 5 0-0 . 0 0 3-6 . 5 0 4 4 8 9.4 1 2 1 2 0 13 13.3A R K A N S A S 02/23 / * 33 4-11 . 3 6 0-0 . 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 2 7 9 9.4 4 0 3 0 2 13 13.3FLO R ID A 02/26 / * 37 8-17 . 4 7 0-0 . 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 1 9 10 9.4 0 1 1 1 0 21 13.6Tota ls 29 836 146-263 . 5 5 0-0 . 0 0 102-168 . 6 0 94 178 272 9.4 70 34 67 40 42 394 13.6
G am es p layed: 29M inu tes/gam e: 28 .8P o in ts /gam e: 13 .6FG P ct: 55 .5FT P ct: 60 .7
R ebounds/gam e: 9 .4A ssis ts /gam e: 1 .2Turnovers/gam e: 2 .3A ssis t/tu rnover ra tio : 0 .5S tea ls /gam e: 1 .4B locks/gam e: 1 .4
JOHNSON’S 2011-12 SEASON STATISTICS
BY THE NUMBERS
2011-12 SEASON HIGHSPoints 12 DePaul, 12/11/11Rebounds 15 Old Dominion, 12/28/11Assists 6 Florida, 2/26/12Steals 6 Old Dominion, 12/28/11Blocks 1 MTSU, 11/29/11 Field Goals 6 DePaul, 12/11/113-Pointers 0 Free Throws 1 Old Dominion, 12/28/11*Minutes 32 DePaul, 12/11/11
CAREER HIGHSPoints 22 South Carolina, 2/17/11Rebounds 15 Old Dominion, 12/28/11Assists 7 Dayton, 3/22/10Steals 6 Old Dominion, 12/28/11Blocks 2 San Francisco, 11/15/08Field Goals 8 South Carolina, 2/17/113-Pointers 3 South Carolina, 2/17/11*Free Throws 9 Alabama, 1/6/11Minutes 34 Dayton, 3/22/10*
SEC HIGHSPoints 22 South Carolina, 2/17/11Rebounds 14 Ole Miss, 3/5/10Assists 6 Florida, 2/26/12*Steals 3 LSU, 2/27/11*Blocks 1 South Carolina, 2/17/11*Field Goals 8 South Carolina, 2/17/113-Pointers 3 South Carolina, 2/17/11*Free Throws 9 Alabama, 1/6/11Minutes 34 Ole Miss 2/11/10** indicates most recent occurrence
In SEC Play• Went 5-9 from the floor for 11 points and eight re-bounds with a season-best six assists in the win over Florida (2/26)• Came off the bench to tally four points, four assists and two steals in 13 minutes versus Arkansas (2/23)• Recorded an assist and a steal in four minutes ver-sus Ole Miss (2/19)• Saw 12 minutes off the bench at Vanderbilt (2/9), putting up two points and three boards• Returned to the starting lineup against Auburn (2/5), putting up four points in 11 minutes • Came up with seven rebounds in ten minutes off the bench versus South Carolina (2/2)• Came off the bench at Alabama (1/26) to play 13 minutes; scored four points and pulled down five boards• Put up rounded numbers against LSU (1/19), con-tributing with points (5), rebounds (6) and assists (2) • Contributed three points and a rebound in the start against Kentucky (1/12) • Came up with three points, five rebounds and three assists against Arkansas (1/8)• Came up with five rebounds in the start against Georgia (1/5)• Racked up 10 points and five boards in the start against Auburn (1/1); also dished out three assists and came up with two steals in the winning effort
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Saw 12 minutes in the start against Notre Dame, picking up two rebounds (1/24)• Scored six points and pulled down five boards against Chattanooga (1/3)• Made her first start of 2011-12 against ODU (12/28), setting a career mark in rebounds with 15; fell one
point shy of the double-double and dished out five assists in the rounded effort• Came off the bench to see 27 minutes against #4 Stanford (12/20), tying a season high, dishing out two assists; also contributed nine points and four rebounds against the Cardinal• Went a perfect 3-3 from the floor against UCLA (12/17) and doubled her previous season high with four assists in the win• Came off the bench to play 23 minutes against #11 Rutgers (12/13); went to the glass, pulling down three offensive and three defensive boards.• Was named AutoZone Player of the Game against #20/21 DePaul (12/11) for her 12 point, 12 rebound performance off the bench -- both totals were sea-son highs; also came up with a season high four steals and dished out two assists in 32 minutes on the floor• Against Middle Tennessee (11/29), scored a season-high seven points and came up with five rebounds, seeing 23 minutes; also set a season high, coming up with three steals in the contest• Made the most of ten minutes of action against Virginia (11/20), contributing three boards, an assist and a steal• Grabbed six rebounds in 19 minutes against Pep-perdine (11/13): two offensive and four defensive
15ALICIA MANNINGSENIOR
6-1 /// ForwardWoodstock, Ga. (Etowah H.S.)
TENNESSEE Ind iv idual Gam e-by -Gam e (as o f Feb 26, 2012)A ll gam es
#15 MA NNING, A lic ia
To tal 3-Po in ters Free th row s ReboundsOpponen t Date gs m in fg -fga pc t 3fg -fga pc t ft-fta pc t o ff def to t avg p f a t/o b lk s tl p ts avgP E P P E R D IN E 11/13 / 19 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 2 4 6 6.0 1 2 3 0 1 3 3.0M IA M I 11/15 / 7 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.5a t V irg in ia 11 /20 / 10 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 3 3.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.7B A Y LO R 11/27 / 4 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2.5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.3M ID D LE TE N N E S S E E 11/29 / 23 3-8 . 3 7 0-0 . 0 0 1-1 1 .00 2 3 5 3.0 2 1 2 1 3 7 2.4TE X A S 12/04 / 3 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0vs D eP au l 12 /11 / 32 6-12 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 3 9 12 3.9 4 2 2 0 4 12 3.4a t R utgers 12 /13 / 23 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 3 3 6 4.1 2 1 1 0 1 4 3.5a t U C LA 12/17 / 19 3-3 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 3 4.0 0 4 1 0 1 6 3.8a t S tan fo rd 12/20 / 27 4-9 . 4 4 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 2 2 4 4.0 1 2 0 0 1 9 4.3O LD D O M IN IO N 12/28 / * 29 4-10 . 4 0 0-0 . 0 0 1-1 1 .00 7 8 15 5.0 0 5 0 0 6 9 4.7a t A uburn 01-01- * 25 3-6 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 4-4 1 .00 3 2 5 5.0 2 3 1 0 2 10 5.2C H A TTA N O O G A 01/03 / * 21 2-5 . 4 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 4 5 5.0 1 1 2 0 1 6 5.2#16/15 G E O R G IA 01/05 / * 20 0-4 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 3 5 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4.9a t A R K A N S A S 01-08- * 22 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 1 4 5 5.0 2 3 1 0 0 3 4.7a t #9 /8 K E N TU C K Y 01/12 / * 19 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 1 0 1 4.8 1 0 2 0 0 3 4.6V A N D E R B ILT 01/15 / * 19 3-5 . 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-5 . 4 0 2 3 5 4.8 2 2 1 0 1 8 4.8LO U IS IA N A S TA TE 01/19 / * 28 2-4 . 5 0 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 3 3 6 4.8 0 2 1 0 1 5 4.8a t N otre D am e 01/23 / * 12 0-3 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 1 2 4.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.6a t A labam a 01/26 / 13 1-4 . 2 5 0-1 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 2 3 5 4.7 4 0 1 0 1 4 4.6a t #16 /15 G eorg ia 01 /29 / 5 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.3S O U TH C A R O LIN A 02/02 / 10 2-3 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 6 7 4.6 1 1 0 0 0 4 4.3A U B U R N 02/05 / * 11 2-6 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 1 3 4.5 0 1 1 0 0 4 4.3a t V anderb ilt 02 /09 / 12 2-4 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 2 3 4.5 1 1 1 0 2 4 4.3#7/7 K E N TU C K Y 02/13 / 6 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.1a t M iss iss ipp i S ta te 02-16- 2 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0a t O le M iss 2 /19 /1 4 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3.8A R K A N S A S 02/23 / 13 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 0 1 3.9 1 4 0 1 2 2 3.8FLO R ID A 02/26 / * 30 5-9 . 5 5 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 6 8 4.0 0 6 2 1 3 11 4.0Tota ls 11 468 48-114 . 4 2 3-8 . 3 7 17-25 . 6 8 42 74 116 4.0 32 45 25 3 35 116 4.0
G am es p layed: 29M inu tes/gam e: 16 .1P o in ts /gam e: 4 .0FG P ct: 42 .13FG P ct: 37 .5FT P ct: 68 .0
R ebounds/gam e: 4 .0A ssis ts /gam e: 1 .6Turnovers/gam e: 0 .9A ssis t/tu rnover ra tio : 1 .8S tea ls /gam e: 1 .2B locks/gam e: 0 .1
MANNING’S 2011-12 SEASON STATISTICS
In SEC Play• Broke the rookie record for assists in a season with five helpers vs. Florida (2/26), totaling 137 in 2011-12• Tallied nine points and six assists in 34 minutes against Arkansas (2/23) • Logged 30 minutes in the win over Ole Miss (2/19), dishing out seven helpers• Contributed three rebounds and an assist in the win over Mississippi State (2/16)• Accounted for seven points and seven helpers in the win over Kentucky (2/13)• Dished out seven assists in the loss at Vanderbilt (2/9)• Put up double-digit scoring in her third consecu-tive game with 14 points against Auburn (2/5); pulled down five boards -- a career high• Had 12 points and three assists, playing all 40 min-utes in the start versus South Carolina (2/2)• Used a 4-6 shooting effort to tally 16 points at Geor-gia (1/29), with three assists and a steal• Dished out 11 assists at Alabama (1/26), one shy of her career high set vs. Vanderbilt• Contributed eight points, two rebounds and three assists in the win over LSU (1/19)• Tallied six points, four rebounds and five assists in the loss at Kentucky (1/12)• Against Arkansas (1/8), scored seven points and dished out five assists in 29 minutes• Fell one assist shy of a double-double against Geor-gia (1/5), tying career marks for points and assists with 19 and nine respectively• Made her first SEC start against Auburn (1/1) where she tallied four points and tied a career high with four boards to go along with two assists and a steal in the win
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Contributed three points and four assists in the start at Notre Dame (1/24)
• Shot a perfect 6-6 from the floor (4-4 from three) to collect a career-high 19 points against Chattanooga (1/3); added two assists and two steals in the win• Rode 3-3 shooting from behind the arc to an 11-point performance against ODU (12/28), dishing out five assists and coming up with four steals• Returned from injury against #4 Stanford (12/20) to see 11 minutes of second-half action against the Car-dinal; came up with a rebound and an assist• Broke into double-digit scoring versus #21/22 Texas (12/4), tallying 10 points on a 4-10 performance from the field (2-3 from three); also dished out five helpers and came up with two steals in the winning effort• Went 6-9 from the floor against MTSU (11/29), con-tributing a career-high 14 points in the win ; dished out five helpers and snagged two steals on the night without committing a turnover• Had four points against #1 Baylor (11/29) in 31 min-utes against the Lady Bears; dished out four assists and came up with a defensive board in the contest• Came up with seven helpers and kicked in four steals in 34 minutes of action against Virginia (11/20); scored two points and added four boards in the contest• Against #7 Miami (11/15), fell one assist shy of her first career double-double, putting up 11 points and nine assists against the Hurricanes; her nine rebounds place her tied for second on the freshman single game assist list• With the start against Pepperdine (11/13), became only the 14th freshman to start her first game as a Lady Vol after being named starting point guard by head coach Pat Summitt when she was still in high school in March• Dished out five assists and tacked on three rebounds in 20 minutes versus the Waves
Honors• Her USA U-19 team was named USA Basketball’s team of the year after bringing home the gold from Chile this summer• Was named SEC Freshman of the Week Dec. 5 and was named Co-Freshman of the Week Jan. 16.
5ARIEL MASSENGALEFRESHMAN
5-6 /// Point GuardBolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook H.S.)
In SEC Play• Went 5-9 from the floor, recording 12 points in 28 minutes versus Florida (2/26)• Put up seven points in 15 minutes v. Arkansas (2/23)• Tallied nine points and five boards in the win over Ole Miss (2/19), clocking 22 minutes in the contest• Scored six points and added two helpers in 21 min-utes at Mississippi State (2/16)• Led UT with 25 points versus Kentucky (2/13) which is her season- and SEC-high mark. • Tied a season high with 20 points at Vanderbilt (2/9) on 5-11 shooting• Put up 13 points in the start against Auburn (2/5), playing 22 minutes for UT• Tallied four points in the loss to South Carolina (2/2)• Went 3-8 from the floor against Georgia (1/29), put-ting together nine points in the win• Used a 3-8 shooting effort to tally nine points off the bench at Alabama (1/26)• Led UT in scoring with 19 points on 6-16 shooting against LSU (1/19)• Recorded 10 points and three steals in the win over Vanderbilt (1/15)• Recorded three points and two boards in 24 minutes with the start at Kentucky (1/12) • Scored seven points and added a helper in the start against Arkansas (1/8)• Put up 10 points on a 3-11 shooting performance against Georgia (1/5)• Led UT in scoring against Auburn (1/1) with 20 points -- a season and SEC high mark; was named AutoZone Player of the Game for her performance in the win
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Led UT in scoring for the second-consecutive game at Notre Dame, tallying 13 points (1/24)• Against Chattanooga (1/3), recorded 10 points and
two boards; tied a career high with two blocks in the win over the Lady Mocs• Put up 12 points on 5-13 shooting in the start against Old Dominion (12/28)• Against #4 Stanford (12/20), tallied13 points on 5-12 shooting in the start; also contributed a season-high four assists and two boards in the effort• Led UT in scoring versus UCLA (12.17), tying her sea-son high with 18 points on 8-14 scoring in the win• Dished out three assists in addition to a block and a steal against the Bruins• Tied a season high with three treys against No. 11 Rutgers (12/13) en route to a 13-point performance; pulled down a season-high six rebounds (five defen-sive), playing all 40 minutes in the win• Got her first starting nod of 2011-12 against #20/21 DePaul (12/11), replacing the injured Massengale; went 4-7 from the floor, totaling nine points while contributing two assists and three boards• Tied a season high against #21/22 Texas (12/4), hit-ting three shots from behind the arc en route to a 10-point performance against the Longhorns; dished out an assist and came up with two steals • Went 0-7 from the floor in 21 minutes of action against Middle Tennessee (11/29), but contributed five points from the free throw line in the contest; came up with a pair of assists and a pair of steals• Came off the bench to see 16 minutes of action against #1 Baylor (11/27); went 1-12 from the floor, but picked up three boards, three assists and two steals in the contest• Came off the bench to see 21 minutes of action ver-sus Virginia (11/20), where she knocked down a three-pointer and added a rebound and a block in her time on the floor• Clocked 36 minutes off the bench against #7 Miami (11/15); went 3-5 from behind the arc and tallied a to-tal of 18 points with in four rebounds and three assists• Broke into double digit scoring with 13 points against Pepperdine (11/13); tacked on three rebounds and an assist in 20 minutes off the bench
Preseason Accolades• Named to the 2011-12 Preseason All-SEC First Team• Named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List
10MEIGHAN SIMMONSSOPHOMORE
5-9 /// GuardCibolo, Texas (Byron P. Steele II H.S.)
TENNESSEE Ind iv idual Gam e-by -Gam e (as o f Feb 26, 2012)A ll gam es
#10 SIMMONS, Meighan
To tal 3-Po in ters Free th row s ReboundsOpponen t Date gs m in fg -fga pc t 3fg -fga pc t ft-fta pc t o ff def to t avg p f a t/o b lk s tl p ts avgP E P P E R D IN E 11/13 / 20 4-9 . 4 4 2-4 . 5 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 3 3 3.0 3 1 2 1 0 13 13.0M IA M I 11/15 / 36 5-11 . 4 5 3-5 . 6 0 5-6 . 8 3 0 4 4 3.5 0 3 2 0 1 18 15.5a t V irg in ia 11 /20 / * 21 1-7 . 1 4 1-5 . 2 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2.7 2 0 4 1 0 3 11.3B A Y LO R 11/27 / 16 1-12 . 0 8 0-3 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 1 3 2.8 1 3 1 0 2 2 9.0M ID D LE TE N N E S S E E 11/29 / 21 0-7 . 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 0 1 1 2.4 1 2 2 0 2 5 8.2TE X A S 12/04 / 18 3-11 . 2 7 3-7 . 4 2 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 1 2.2 1 1 0 1 2 10 8.5vs D eP au l 12 /11 / * 20 4-7 . 5 7 0-0 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 1 2 3 2.3 2 2 4 0 2 9 8.6a t R utgers 12 /13 / * 40 4-12 . 3 3 3-8 . 3 7 2-6 . 3 3 1 5 6 2.8 2 1 3 1 0 13 9.1a t U C LA 12/17 / * 39 8-14 . 5 7 2-5 . 4 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 4 2.9 0 3 3 1 1 18 10.1a t S tan fo rd 12/20 / * 37 5-12 . 4 1 1-5 . 2 0 2-3 . 6 6 0 2 2 2.8 0 4 4 0 0 13 10.4O LD D O M IN IO N 12/28 / * 20 5-13 . 3 8 2-7 . 2 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 3 1 2 0 1 12 10.5a t A uburn 01-01- * 37 6-15 . 4 0 1-5 . 2 0 7-8 . 8 7 1 3 4 2.7 0 2 5 0 1 20 11.3C H A TTA N O O G A 01/03 / * 24 4-14 . 2 8 2-6 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 2 0 2 2.6 1 2 0 2 0 10 11.2#16/15 G E O R G IA 01/05 / * 29 3-11 . 2 7 2-7 . 2 8 2-2 1 .00 0 2 2 2.6 3 1 0 0 0 10 11.1a t A R K A N S A S 01-08- * 20 2-9 . 2 2 1-6 . 1 6 2-2 1 .00 0 1 1 2.5 1 1 3 0 0 7 10.9a t #9 /8 K E N TU C K Y 01/12 / * 24 1-6 . 1 6 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 2.4 2 1 0 0 0 3 10.4V A N D E R B ILT 01/15 / * 30 4-13 . 3 0 2-6 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 2 1 3 2.5 2 1 1 1 3 10 10.4LO U IS IA N A S TA TE 01/19 / * 38 6-16 . 3 7 3-7 . 4 2 4-6 . 6 6 3 2 5 2.6 3 4 5 0 2 19 10.8a t N otre D am e 01/23 / * 28 5-15 . 3 3 1-3 . 3 3 2-3 . 6 6 1 1 2 2.6 1 0 2 0 0 13 10.9a t A labam a 01/26 / 13 3-8 . 3 7 1-4 . 2 5 2-2 1 .00 1 0 1 2.5 2 0 1 0 0 9 10.9a t #16 /15 G eorg ia 01 /29 / * 38 3-8 . 3 7 1-4 . 2 5 2-2 1 .00 0 0 0 2.4 1 1 3 0 0 9 10.8S O U TH C A R O LIN A 02/02 / * 24 2-8 . 2 5 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 4 10.5A U B U R N 02/05 / * 22 6-9 . 6 6 1-3 . 3 3 0-1 . 0 0 0 1 1 2.3 2 1 2 0 2 13 10.6a t V anderb ilt 02 /09 / * 25 5-11 . 4 5 3-7 . 4 2 7-8 . 8 7 0 0 0 2.2 1 1 1 0 1 20 11.0#7/7 K E N TU C K Y 02/13 / * 35 10-17 . 5 8 3-5 . 6 0 2-2 1 .00 1 1 2 2.2 1 3 4 1 2 25 11.5a t M iss iss ipp i S ta te 02-16- * 21 2-9 . 2 2 0-2 . 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 1 1 2.2 1 2 3 0 0 6 11.3a t O le M iss 2 /19 /1 * 22 4-13 . 3 0 0-5 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 2 3 5 2.3 1 1 1 0 0 9 11.2A R K A N S A S 02/23 / * 15 3-5 . 6 0 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 1 1 2 2.3 2 2 4 0 0 7 11.1FLO R ID A 02/26 / 28 5-9 . 5 5 2-5 . 4 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 4 2.3 2 0 4 0 1 12 11.1Tota ls 22 761 114-311 . 3 6 42-132 . 3 1 52-72 . 7 2 18 49 67 2.3 41 44 66 9 23 322 11.1
G am es p layed: 29M inu tes/gam e: 26 .2P o in ts /gam e: 11 .1FG P ct: 36 .73FG P ct: 31 .8FT P ct: 72 .2
R ebounds/gam e: 2 .3A ssis ts /gam e: 1 .5Turnovers/gam e: 2 .3A ssis t/tu rnover ra tio : 0 .7S tea ls /gam e: 0 .8B locks/gam e: 0 .3
In SEC Play• Tallied seven points in 32 min against Arkansas (2/23)• Played 19 minutes in the win over Ole Miss (2/19), tal-lying eight points, two assists and three steals• Tied her season best with five boards in the start at Mississippi State (2/16), playing 12 minutes in the start• Had a rounded performance versus Kentucky (2/13), contributing six points, three boards, two assists, a steal and a block in the win• Returned to the starting lineup at Vanderbilt (2/9) for the first game since Stanford (12/20)• Clocked 21 minutes against Auburn (2/5); put up nine points in the win• Played 31 minutes off the bench against South Caro-lina (2/2), scoring eight points for UT • Saw 21 minutes off the bench at Georgia (1/29); hit a trey and dished out a pair of assists in the win
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Returned to action versus Notre Dame (1/24)• Used 3-6 shooting against #4 Stanford (12/20) to tal-ly nine points in the start; came up with five rebounds and dished out two assists against the Cardinal• Logged 29 minutes in the start against UCLA (12/17), putting up 14 points and tying her season high for treys, hitting 4-6; distributed the ball, tallying four helpers in the win• Against #11 Rutgers (12/13). went 3-5 from behind the arc, totaling 13 points; tied a season high with five rebounds in the contest• Went 4-9 from the floor against #20/21 DePaul (12/11), tallying eight points in 30 minutes of action; tacked on four rebounds and an assist in the win• Tied her season-high rebound total against #21/22 Texas (12/4), pulling down five boards; came up with an assist and a block to go with her four-point outing
• Versus Middle Tennessee (11/29), went 2-3 from be-hind the arc and 2-2 from the charity stripe to contrib-ute eight points; came up with four boards and two assists against the Blue Raiders• Played 31 minutes agains #1 Baylor (11/27), chipping in 10 points and two rebounds against the Lady Bears• Tied a career high with 22 points against Virginia (11/20), going 8-17 from the floor, hitting four from long range; added two rebounds and a block in a career-high 42 minutes of action• Put up a team-high 20 points against #7 Miami (11/15) dropping four of eight shots from behind the arc; contributed five boards and three assists in 39 minutes• Was productive on both sides of the ball against Pep-perdine (11/13), notching 11 points, five assists and four rebounds; tacked on two blocks and two steals in the winning effort
In SEC Play• Went 5-12 from the floor against Florida (2/26), con-tributing 15 points and five boards in the win• Led UT with 17 points against Arkansas (2/23), and added eight rebounds in the OT loss• Went 5-9 from the floor, scoring 12 points in 36 m in-utes in the win over Ole Miss (2/19)• Put up her fourth double-double of the year with 22 points and 12 boards in 25 minutes at MSU (2/16)• Went 8-12 from the floor against Kentucky (2/13), tal-lying 18 points and seven points in 25 minutes• Put up 17 points in 34 minutes at Vanderbilt (2/9)• Recorded a double-double against Auburn (2/5), to-taling 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win• Logged 35 minutes in the start against South Carolina (2/2) and recorded eight points in the loss• Led the team in scoring for the second-consecutive game, with 24 points on a 9-18 showing at UGA (1/29)• Led UT in scoring off the bench at Alabama, scoring 14 points on a 5-9 shooting effort• Scored 20 points on 8-15 shooting against Vanderbilt (1/15), adding two steals and two assists in the win• Went 3-12 from the floor against Kentucky (1/12), to-taling 11 points with five rebounds in the loss• Led UT in scoring against Arkansas (1/8), putting up 19 points and adding eight boards in the trip• Against Georgia (1/5), rode 5-15 shooting to collect 12 points in addition to pulling down eight rebounds; tied a season high with three assists• Scored 17 points in 36 minutes against Auburn (1/1), including a perfect 5-5 showing from the charity stripe; tied season highs in steals and assists with three each
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Pulled down seven rebounds and tallied five points at Notre Dame (1/24)• Had a sub-par night against Chattanooga (1/3), going
2-7 from the floor for four points; tied a season-best with three assists in the win• Missed double-digit scoring for the first time in 2011-12 against Old Dominion (12/28), tallying 8 points on 3-7 shooting; pulled down four boards in the win• Set a career high with 27 points against #4 Stanford (12/20), tying a career high with 10 field goals; played all 40 minutes of the contest where she dished out two assists and came up with two steals
• Against UCLA (12/17), kept her double-digit scoring streak alive, contributing 11 points despite missing portion of the first half due to illness; went 5-6 from the floor in the win over the Bruins• Put up 22 points on #11 Rutgers (12/13) on 8-18 scor-ing in 40- minutes; fell a rebound shy of a double-dou-ble, pulling down nine rebounds in the winning effortand tied a season high with three steals• Entered double digit scoring again against #20/21 DePaul (12/11), putting up 12 points; went a perfect 6-6 from the line and tallied eight rebounds and a sea-son-high three assists in the win• Scored a team-high 20 points against #21/22 Texas (12/4) on a season-best five treys; also set season highs in assists and blocks, coming up with three of each• Versus Middle Tennessee (11/29), recorded her fifth double-digit scoring effort in only the fifth game of the season, putting up 12 points; added five boards, two blocks and two steals in the win• Led the team in scoring against #1 Baylor (11/27) with her headlining double-double performance; contrib-uted 25 points and 12 boards on the night• Added two blocks and an assist to her effort• Recorded a double-double against Virginia (11/20), contributing 16 points and a team-high 14 rebounds; snagged two steals and dished out an assist in a ca-reer-high 43 minutes• Made her 105th consecutive start and played 30 minutes against #7 Miami (11/15), scoring 15 points; pulled down seven boards and tacked on a steal and an assist in the effort• Made the start against Pepperdine (11/13) and broke into double digit scoring with 13 points against the Waves; tacked on six rebounds and two assists in 27 minutes of action in the win
Preseason Accolades• Stricklen was named to the 2011-12 Preseason All-SEC First Team and was tabbed the league’s preseason player of the year• Recognized by the AP with preseason All-America laurels, being named to the first team• Named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List and was named to the 20-member mid-season list
40SHEKINNA STRICKLENSENIOR
6-2 /// GuardMorrilton, Ark. (Morrilton H.S.)
TENNESSEE Ind iv idual Gam e-by -Gam e (as o f Feb 26, 2012)A ll gam es
#40 STRICK LEN, Shek inna
To tal 3-Po in ters Free th row s ReboundsOpponen t Date gs m in fg -fga pc t 3fg -fga pc t ft-fta pc t o ff def to t avg p f a t/o b lk s tl p ts avgP E P P E R D IN E 11/13 / * 27 5-13 . 3 8 3-4 . 7 5 0-2 . 0 0 1 5 6 6.0 4 2 1 1 0 13 13.0M IA M I 11/15 / * 30 6-13 . 4 6 2-4 . 5 0 1-1 1 .00 2 5 7 6.5 3 1 0 0 1 15 14.0a t V irg in ia 11 /20 / * 43 7-15 . 4 6 0-6 . 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 6 8 14 9.0 3 1 4 1 2 16 14.7B A Y LO R 11/27 / * 39 9-22 . 4 0 4-9 . 4 4 3-4 . 7 5 6 6 12 9.8 4 1 4 2 0 25 17.3M ID D LE TE N N E S S E E 11/29 / * 21 5-7 . 7 1 2-2 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 2 3 5 8.8 1 0 2 2 2 12 16.2TE X A S 12/04 / * 37 6-14 . 4 2 5-9 . 5 5 3-4 . 7 5 3 5 8 8.7 2 3 2 0 3 20 16.8vs D eP au l 12 /11 / * 34 3-11 . 2 7 0-2 . 0 0 6-6 1 .00 1 8 9 8.7 0 3 3 1 2 12 16.1a t R utgers 12 /13 / * 40 8-18 . 4 4 3-5 . 6 0 3-5 . 6 0 3 6 9 8.8 1 2 3 0 3 22 16.9a t U C LA 12/17 / * 33 5-6 . 8 3 1-2 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 0 1 7.9 3 1 3 0 1 11 16.2a t S tan fo rd 12/20 / * 40 10-17 . 5 8 3-8 . 3 7 4-6 . 6 6 1 2 3 7.4 4 2 3 0 2 27 17.3O LD D O M IN IO N 12/28 / * 24 3-7 . 4 2 0-3 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 2 2 4 7.1 2 0 1 1 2 8 16.5a t A uburn 01-01- * 36 5-18 . 2 7 2-9 . 2 2 5-5 1 .00 1 0 1 6.6 1 3 0 0 3 17 16.5C H A TTA N O O G A 01/03 / * 21 2-7 . 2 8 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 3 5 6.5 2 3 2 0 0 4 15.5#16/15 G E O R G IA 01/05 / * 36 5-15 . 3 3 0-3 . 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 2 6 8 6.6 1 3 2 0 3 12 15.3a t A R K A N S A S 01-08- * 34 8-12 . 6 6 2-6 . 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 3 5 8 6.7 3 3 4 1 1 19 15.5a t #9 /8 K E N TU C K Y 01/12 / * 31 3-12 . 2 5 1-4 . 2 5 4-4 1 .00 2 3 5 6.6 3 3 5 0 2 11 15.3V A N D E R B ILT 01/15 / * 35 8-15 . 5 3 1-5 . 2 0 3-3 1 .00 2 1 3 6.4 4 2 1 0 2 20 15.5a t N otre D am e 01/23 / * 28 2-10 . 2 0 1-3 . 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 3 4 7 6.4 2 3 3 0 1 5 14.9a t A labam a 01/26 / 15 5-9 . 5 5 1-3 . 3 3 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 4 6.3 2 0 0 0 1 14 14.9a t #16 /15 G eorg ia 01 /29 / * 40 9-18 . 5 0 1-4 . 2 5 5-7 . 7 1 4 3 7 6.3 2 2 1 1 2 24 15.4S O U TH C A R O LIN A 02/02 / * 35 3-7 . 4 2 0-2 . 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 3 7 10 6.5 3 2 0 1 0 8 15.0A U B U R N 02/05 / * 27 4-14 . 2 8 0-4 . 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 4 6 10 6.6 4 2 3 1 3 11 14.8a t V anderb ilt 02 /09 / * 34 7-13 . 5 3 3-6 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 1 2 6.4 4 2 2 1 1 17 14.9#7/7 K E N TU C K Y 02/13 / * 25 8-12 . 6 6 0-1 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 1 5 6 6.4 2 3 1 2 0 18 15.0a t M iss iss ipp i S ta te 02-16- * 29 8-18 . 4 4 1-2 . 5 0 5-6 . 8 3 5 7 12 6.6 1 0 3 1 2 22 15.3a t O le M iss 2 /19 /1 * 36 5-9 . 5 5 2-3 . 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 2 1 3 6.5 0 1 4 0 0 12 15.2A R K A N S A S 02/23 / * 35 6-14 . 4 2 3-6 . 5 0 2-6 . 3 3 5 3 8 6.6 2 0 2 1 0 17 15.3FLO R ID A 02/26 / * 29 5-12 . 4 1 3-5 . 6 0 2-4 . 5 0 2 3 5 6.5 3 1 5 0 1 15 15.3Tota ls 27 894 160-358 . 4 4 44-122 . 3 6 63-88 . 7 1 70 112 182 6.5 66 49 64 17 40 427 15.3
G am es p layed: 28M inu tes/gam e: 31 .9P o in ts /gam e: 15 .3FG P ct: 44 .73FG P ct: 36 .1FT P ct: 71 .6
R ebounds/gam e: 6 .5A ssis ts /gam e: 1 .8Turnovers/gam e: 2 .3A ssis t/tu rnover ra tio : 0 .8S tea ls /gam e: 1 .4B locks/gam e: 0 .6
CAREER HIGHSPoints 17 South Carolina, 1/31/10Rebounds 9 Alabama, 1/6/11Assists 6 Old Dominion, 12/30/09Steals 4 San Francisco, 12/22/09Blocks 4 Ole Miss, 1/9/11* Field Goals 7 Kentucky, 2/7/11*3-Pointers 2 Vanderbilt, 1/15/11*Free Throws 6 Virginia, 11/18/10Minutes 37 Texas, 12/12/10
SEC HIGHSPoints 17 South Carolina, 1/31/10Rebounds 9 Alabama, 1/6/11Assists 5 Alabama, 1/26/12*Steals 2 Kentucky, 2/13/12*Blocks 4 Ole Miss, 1/9/11* Field Goals 7 Kentucky, 2/7/11*3-Pointers 2 Vanderbilt, 1/15/11*Free Throws 4 South Carolina, 1/31/10Minutes 29 South Carolina, 1/31/10*indicates most recent occurrence
In SEC Play• Recorded eight points and five rebounds in the win over Mississippi State (2/16)• Went 3-5 for six points and five rebounds versus Ken-tucky (2/13); added two blocks and two steals in 17 minutes• Saw six minutes off the bench at Vanderbilt (2/9); re-corded three points in the appearance• Logged 18 minutes of action against Auburn (2/5), scoring four points in the win• Saw 17 minutes off the bench versus South Carolina (2/2) and put up seven points• Played a season-high 19 minutes versus Alabama (1/26), scoring a season-best 10 points in the win• Came off the bench to play two minutes versus LSU (1/19)• Saw 12 minutes against Vanderbilt (1/15)• Logged a season-high 17 minutes at Kentucky (1/12), contributing a season high four points and three re-bounds• Came off the bench to play seven minutes against Arkansas (1/8) where she collected a rebound and dished out an assist• Saw her second action of 2011-12 against Georgia (1/5/11), recording two points, two rebounds and two assists in nine minutes
Versus Non-Conference Opponents• Saw three minutes of action off the bench versus Notre Dame (1/24)• Made her first appearance of 2011-12 against Chat-tanooga (1/3) after rehabbing from ACL surgery this summer; dished out a team-high four assists in her debut
4KAMIKO WILLIAMSJUNIOR
5-11 /// GuardClarksville, Tenn. (Northeast H.S.)
TENNESSEE Ind iv idual Gam e-by -Gam e (as o f Feb 26, 2012)A ll gam es
#04 W ILL IA MS, K am iko
To tal 3-Po in ters Free th row s ReboundsOpponen t Date gs m in fg -fga pc t 3fg -fga pc t ft-fta pc t o ff def to t avg p f a t/o b lk s tl p ts avgC H A TTA N O O G A 01/03 / 16 1-2 . 5 0 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 3 0 3 3.0 1 4 1 0 2 2 2.0#16/15 G E O R G IA 01/05 / 9 0-5 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 2 0 2 2.5 0 2 0 0 1 2 2.0a t A R K A N S A S 01-08- 7 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.3a t #9 /8 K E N TU C K Y 01/12 / 17 2-8 . 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 3 0 3 2.3 2 1 1 1 2 4 2.0V A N D E R B ILT 01/15 / 5 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 0 1 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.6LO U IS IA N A S TA TE 01/19 / 2 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.3a t N otre D am e 01/23 / 3 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1a t A labam a 01/26 / 19 4-7 . 5 7 0-1 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 0 1 1 1.4 0 5 0 0 1 10 2.3S O U TH C A R O LIN A 02/02 / 17 3-3 1 .00 0-0 . 0 0 1-1 1 .00 1 1 2 1.4 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.8A U B U R N 02/05 / 18 2-5 . 4 0 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 0 1 1.4 2 2 1 0 0 4 2.9a t V anderb ilt 02 /09 / 6 1-3 . 3 3 0-1 . 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 1 0 1 1.4 0 1 0 0 0 3 2.9#7/7 K E N TU C K Y 02/13 / 17 3-5 . 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 3 2 5 1.7 2 1 0 2 2 6 3.2a t M iss iss ipp i S ta te 02-16- 25 4-7 . 5 7 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 2 3 5 1.9 0 2 1 1 1 8 3.5a t O le M iss 2 /19 /1 7 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 1 1 0 1 1 0 3.3A R K A N S A S 02/23 / 19 2-5 . 4 0 0-1 . 0 0 2-2 1 .00 3 0 3 1.9 2 1 0 0 0 6 3.5Tota ls 0 187 22-51 . 4 3 0-5 . 0 0 8-9 . 8 8 20 8 28 1.9 12 21 11 6 10 52 3.5
G am es p layed: 15M inu tes/gam e: 12 .5P o in ts /gam e: 3 .5FG P ct: 43 .13FG P ct: 0 .0FT P ct: 88 .9
R ebounds/gam e: 1 .9A ssis ts /gam e: 1 .4Turnovers/gam e: 0 .7A ssis t/tu rnover ra tio : 1 .9S tea ls /gam e: 0 .7B locks/gam e: 0 .4
WILLIAMS’ 2011-12 SEASON STATISTICS
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsPEPPERDINE vs TENNESSEE11/13/11 4:05 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalMIAMI 42 34 76TENNESSEE 42 50 92
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUM 30 13 15 13 18UT 34 23 12 19 24
Last FG - UM 2nd-00:22, UT 2nd-00:32.Largest lead - UM by 6 1st-18:08, UT by 19 2nd-00:32.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 4 times.
GAME 1 #3 UT vs. Pepperdine // Nov. 13, 2011
GAME 2 #3 UT vs. #7 Miami // Nov. 15, 2011
KNOXVILLE -- It took over two minutes for the first shot to finally fall. Pepperdine never led, but kept within two baskets until an 8-0 run capped by Meighan Simmons’ jumper with 10:32 left in the first half gave Tennessee a 20-9 lead.
Summitt played her entire bench in the first half, including freshmen Cierra Burdick and Isabelle Harrison, and the Tennessee reserves scored 20 points.
Glory Johnson led the Lady Vols with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Shekinna Stricklen and Simmons each had 13 points, Taber Spani contributed 11 points and Briana Bass had 10.
Pepperdine’s tough defense came at a cost. The Waves had 14 personal fouls in the first half, though the Lady Vols were uncharacteristically sloppy at the charity stripe, making just two of six foul shots before halftime.
Still, it forced Rousseau to go deep into her bench, which was responsible for just four points in the first half and 19 total. Jazmine Jackson had 17 points for the Waves, who shot 28.4 percent to the Lady Vols’ 49.2 percent shooting.
Tennessee outrebounded Pepperdine 54-34, but couldn’t turn them into points. The Lady Vols gained control of the game with their 20 fast-break points and by sinking eight of their 10 3-point baskets in the second half.
Summitt gave a starting nod to point guard Ariel Massengale, making her just the 14th Lady Vol to start her very first career game. The coach was so convinced of Massengale’s talent and frustrated by a lack of a bona fide point guard last season that she dubbed Mas-sengale a starter back in March.
Massengale sat for more than 13 minutes in the first half after picking up two fouls and finished with just one field goal, but had five assists to just one turnover and came up with two steals and three rebounds in 20 minutes.
KNOXVILLE - Junior Taber Spani hit a game-high four three-pointers, but none bigger than the one she drained from the top of the key as the shot clock expired with 6:36 remaining in the game. The swish ignited an 11-0 Tennessee run and ultimately helped lift the No. 3 Tennessee women’s basketball team (2-0) to a 92-76 victory over No. 7 Miami (1-1) on Tuesday eve-ning at Thompson-Boling Arena.
The pair of top ten teams were tied, 42-42, at halftime before Tennessee scored the second half’s first nine points and 18 of the first 22 to take a 60-46 lead.
But the Hurricanes came storming back, eventually getting as close as 73-68. That’s when Spani saved her best for her last shot.
After her three-pointer, the Lady Vols forced a shot clock violation on the other end, and freshman Isabelle Harrison scored her first points of the evening off of on an offensive rebound.
Tennessee went on to score 19 of the game’s final 27 points to notch its second win in as many tries this season.
After Miami’s Riquna Williams went off for 17 first-half points, UT limited her to just seven in the second. Although she finished with a game-high 24 points, the Lady Vols made her use 28 shot attempts to get there.
Tennessee had five players in double-figures. Joining Spani were Meighan Simmons (18), Johnson (16), Shekinna Stricklen (15) and Ariel Massengale (11). Johnson also chipped in a team-high nine rebounds, while Massengale led the game with the second-highest assist total by a UT freshman all-time with nine.
In the first half, it was the Hurricanes that got off to a strong start. After Baugh scored the game’s opening bucket on a layup, Miami went on a 10-2 run for its largest lead of the contest, 10-4.
The Hurricanes made four of their first six three-point attempts, and led until a try from Simmons put the Lady Vols back ahead, 18-16, with 13:41 left in the first half.
After UM’s Stefanie Yderstorm responded with a three-pointer of her own complemented by a Krystal Saunders layup, the Lady Vols scored eight consecutive points to take a 26-21 lead with 10:21 left in the first half and would not trail again.
UT matched its biggest lead of the first 20 minutes, 38-31, on a jumper from Spani, who led the team with 13 first-half points. UM closed the first half with an 11-4 run to tie the score, 42-42.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsUT vs Virginia11/20/11 2:00 PM at Charlottesville, Va. (JPJA)
Officials: Joe Cunningham, Lawson Newton, Jennifer RezacTechnical fouls: UT-None. Virginia-None.Attendance: 6450UVa: Pitts fouled out at 8:15 (II)Tenn: Massengale fouled out at 00:27.6 (OT)
Score by periods 1st 2nd OT TotalUT 29 29 6 64Virginia 29 29 11 69
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsBAYLOR vs UT11/27/11 2:02 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalBAYLOR 31 45 76UT 33 34 67
GAME 3#3 UT at Virginia // Nov. 20, 2011
GAME 4#6/7 UT vs. #1 Baylor // Nov. 27, 2011
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Chelsea Shine scored 18 points, including a key basket in over-time, and Virginia stunned turnover-prone No. 3 Tennessee 69-64 on Sunday.
The Cavaliers (4-0) came into the game allowing just over 42 points a game under first-year coach Joanne Boyle, and dictated the pace against a Lady Vols team averaging 90.5 points.
Taber Spani led the Lady Vols (2-1) with 22 points, including a 3-pointer 59 seconds into overtime that gave Tennessee a 61-58 lead, but the Cavaliers scored the next 11 points, the crowd at John Paul Jones Arena getting more excited with each basket.
China Crosby had 13 points and Ataira Franklin 12 for Virginia, which beat Tennessee for just the third time in 16 games. Lexie Gerson and Ariana Moorer each scored 10. Shekinna Stricklen had 16 and Glory Johnson 15 for the Lady Vols, who missed 10 of 21 free throws.
In the overtime, after Spani’s 3-pointer, Moorer hit a pair of free throws, and then a foul-line jumper, one of only three baskets she made in 16 tries. Shine followed a turnover the Ten-nessee with a short baseline jumper, and Crosby hit 3 of 4 free throws to make it 67-61.
The Lady Vols never had an answer, and each time they failed to score and Virginia came away with the ball, the crowd of 6,450 at John Paul Jones Arena got louder and more excited.
Stricklen had a chance to give the Lady Vols the lead near the end of regulation when she was fouled while scoring, but she missed the free throw, one of 10 misses in 21 tries for Tennessee. The Lady Vols also had 24 turnovers that the Cavaliers turned into 27 points.
Crosby broke a 56-all tie with 36.6 seconds to go in regulation, hitting a desperate shot from the baseline with the shot clock running down. After a timeout, Spani calmly swished a 12-footer from the left baseline with 22.8 seconds to go, pulling Tennessee even again.
Moorer’s last chance drive in regulation was cleanly blocked just before the buzzer. The Cavaliers tightened their defense and Tennessee continued to be sloppy early in the sec-ond half as Virginia opened the half on a 14-6 run. The Cavaliers led by as many as nine and by 47-40 when the Lady Vols began asserting themselves on the offensive glass and rallied.
Tennessee scored eight straight points, taking its first lead since the first half, but Shine scored inside and Crosby’s three-point play boosted the Cavaliers’ edge back to 52-48.
The Lady Vols pulled even three times, but only led once thereafter.
Virginia used a 12-2 run to take a 24-20 lead in a sloppy first half. The Lady Vols turned the ball over at least seven times in the drought, and went almost 5 minutes without scoring.
Spani, who hit the floor hard at one point and went back to the locker room, led Tennessee with 12 points in the half, and Gerson led the Cavaliers with eight.
KNOXVILLE - The No. 6 Lady Vols led for much of the second half, but No. 1 Baylor took the lead late in the second half and went on to a 76-67 win before an electric crowd at Thompson-Boling Arena. The contest was the first “WE BACK PAT” game as the Pat Summitt Foundation was launched at halftime and $150,000 was presented to the Alzheimer’s Ten-nessee and the UT Medical Center with money raised from sales of “WE BACK PAT” shirts.
Baylor All-American Brittney Griner scored 17 of her game-high 26 in the second half to lead the Bears’ comeback as they moved to 6-0. UT’s All-American Shekinna Stricklen led the Lady Vols with 25 points and 12 rebounds. Vicki Baugh also had 17 points and 10 rebounds.
With the loss, the Lady Vols’ 38-game home win streak comes to an end as Tennessee falls to 2-2 overall. The last time UT started a season 2-2 was the 1990-91 season. That year, Tennes-see went on to win its third NCAA Championship with a 30-5 record.
Odyssey Sims (23 points) knocked down a 3-pointer with 7:20 left in regulation to give Baylor the lead it would never relinquish, 56-53. Glory Johnson (9 points, 11 rebounds) swooped in for a layup with 6:40 left to bring UT back within one at 56-55, but that was as close as it would be the rest of the way.
Tennessee continued to pressure in the final minutes, but missed several shots as the Lady Vols shot just 29.3 percent in the game.
Johnson made a pair of free throws with 2:02 left to bring UT back within four at 65-61. Griner answered with another lay-in with just two seconds left on the shot clock to give the Bears a 67-61 lead with 1:32 left in the game.
Baugh (17 points, 11 rebounds) and Stricklen both bombed a 3-pointers in the final 44 sec-onds, but it wasn’t enough as the Bears posted the win to drop the Lady Vols to 2-2.
The Lady Vols grabbed 55 rebounds, outboarding the Bears, 55-42, their most since the NCAA First Round win over Stetson last season, when they had 63.
Taber Spani’s lay-up with 8:50 left, gave the Lady Vols a 53-50. Spani missed the ensuing free throw as part of an and-one as Baylor quickly answered. Griner converted a 3-point play seconds later to tie the game at 53 all.
Baylor answered with a 7-0 run to come back within one points at 39-38 before Baugh layed one home for a 41-38 UT edge with 16 minutes left in the game. Baylor took a short-lived lead at 42-41 on a Griner lay-up with 15 minutes left in the second half. Spani regained the edge with a layup just 16 seconds later.
The Lady Vols had a 17-2 run bridging the halves to build a lead of 39-31 with 17:39 left in the second half. Stricklen scored on a putback forcing Baylor to call timeout as UT took a seven-point lead (38-31) just 1:27 into the second half. Stricklen had eight of UT’s points in the spurt as the Lady Vols bounced back from a 29-22 deficit with four minutes left in the first half.
Tennessee led 33-31 at intermission as Spani canned a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left in the half. Stricklen had 19 points and seven rebounds in the first 20 minutes while Brittney Griner was limited to nine points and just three rebounds. The Lady Vols dominated the glass in the first half, holding a 34-19 advantage. That included 18 offensive rebounds as UT shot just 25 percent.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMIDDLE TENNESSEE vs TENNESSEE11/29/11 7:04 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Officials: Dee Kantner, Denise Brooks, Laura MorrisTechnical fouls: TEXAS-None. TENNESSEE-None.Attendance: 13465
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTEXAS 32 25 57TENNESSEE 41 32 73
GAME 5#8 UT vs. Middle Tennessee // Nov. 29, 2011
GAME 6#8 UT vs. #21/22 Texas // Dec. 4, 2011
KNOXVILLE - A pair of freshmen, Cierra Burdick and Ariel Massengale, each scored a career-high 14 points and keyed a pair of first-half runs as the No. 8 Tennessee women’s basketball team defeated in-state rival Middle Tennessee, 82-43, Tuesday evening at Thompson-Boling Arena. Massengale logged just 23 minutes, but led the Lady Vols in both scoring for the first time in her career, tying Burdick. Massengale has led Tennessee (3-2) in assists in all five games to open her collegiate career, and had zero turnovers for the first time Tuesday night. Massengale, and UT’s other four starters, had a light night after controlling the action throughout the game’s entirety. Johnson played a starter-high 25 minutes and tallied nine points and nine rebounds. Despite the Lady Vols’ largest win this season of 39 points, UT matched its least amount of double-figure scorers this season with two. Senior preseason All-American Shekinna Stricklen also chipped in 12 points. Over the first 10 minutes of the second half, Tennessee extended its 48-24 halftime lead to a 62-30 margin and the Lady Vols never looked back. UT limited the Blue Raiders (4-3) to 19 points in the second half. Middle Tennessee was led by a game-high 16 points from Kortni Jones. Ebony Rowe also had 10 points for MTSU. In the first half, Middle Tennessee jumped out to a 5-2 lead before the Lady Vols scored 20 of the game’s next 22 points to take a 22-7 lead at the 11:47 mark, setting the tone for the rest of the game. During that stretch, Massengale played a role in 14 of UT’s 20 points, contributing nine points and assisting on a pair of baskets. The freshman standout also had one of her two steals in the run. She had already matched her career high with 11 points by halftime. The Blue Raiders responded with an 11-5 run to bring their deficit back within single digits at 27-18 with 7:08 left. UT reinforced its dominance, scoring 21 of the opening stanza’s final 27 points, to take a 48-24 halftime lead. Burdick scored all seven of her first-half points in the run as the Lady Vols’ 24-point advantage at intermission was their largest of the season.
KNOXVILLE — Clutch three-point shooting and powerful rebounding lifted #8 Tennessee to a 73-57 victory over #21/22 Texas on Sunday afternoon.
From three-point range Tennessee shot 52.4 percent, making 11-of-21 while being led by Shekinna Stricklen (20 points) and Meighan Simmons (10 points), who combined to make 8-of-16 from behind the arc. Stricklen was a career-high 5-of-9 from three-point land.
The Lady Vols (4-2) outrebounded the Longhorns (5-2), 49-38, led by Vicki Baugh’s 11 boards.
Baugh (17 points) and Glory Johnson (11 points and 10 rebounds) both posted double-doubles. Ariel Massengale also scored in double-figures with 10 points while handling out five assists.
The Longhorns were led by Ashleigh Fontenette and Chassidy Fussell, who tallied 22 and 14 points, respectively.
Stricklen’s fifth three-pointer of the game was the final dagger as it put Tennessee up 64-53 with 6:15 to play on a trey as the shot clock was winding down.
The Lady Vols held Texas scoreless for 6:20 late in the game as the Lady Vols went on a 10-0 run while forcing the Longhorns into five turnovers during the spurt. Texas ended the drought on Fontenette’s jumper with 2:40 left in the game, as the Longhorns had fallen behind by 16.
Down by as many as 14 early in the second, the Longhorns cut the deficit to six at 59-53 on a three-pointer by Chelsea Bass with 8:50 left in the second half. That would be Texas’ final points for more than six minutes. The Lady Vols answered as Johnson scored on a lay-up to start a run of 10 consecutive points. Tennessee forced Texas into a 30-second shot clock violation with 6:41 left in regulation with furious defensive pressure.
The Lady Vols picked up their shooting early in the second half and began to pull away, taking a 52-38 lead on a Baugh lay-up with 15:31 left in the game.
Tennessee led 41-32 at halftime thanks to some strong shooting from three-point range as UT knocked down 7-of-13 (54 percent) from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes. The Big Orange was led by Simmons, who was 3-of-5 with 10 first-half points. Baugh added 11 points in the first half along with five rebounds as the Lady Vols held a 29-18 rebounding edge at intermission.
UT expanded a 27-26 lead with 5:19 left to as big as 11 (38-27) with 1:28 left in the first half. Texas had drawn within one on a three-pointer by Fontenette before the Lady Vols went on an 11-1 spurt.
The Lady Vols return to action next Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York as Ten-nessee takes on #22 DePaul in the Maggie Dixon Classic. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDePaul vs TENNESSEE12/11/11 1pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Officials: Dennis DeMayo, May Forsberg, Susan BlauchTechnical fouls: TENNESSEE-None. Rutgers-None.Attendance: 6368
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTENNESSEE 33 34 67Rutgers 28 33 61
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 18 9 18 10 4RU 38 12 12 10 13
Last FG - UT 2nd-01:53, RU 2nd-00:08.Largest lead - UT by 13 1st-06:53, RU by 5 2nd-15:38.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 6 times.
GAME 7#7 UT vs. #20/21 DePaul // Dec. 11, 2011
GAME 8#6 UT vs. #11 Rutgers // Dec. 13, 2011
NEW YORK - Glory Johnson scored 16 points and Cierra Burdick added 15 to help No. 7 Tennessee beat No. 20 DePaul 84-61 on Sunday in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden.
Shekinna Stricklen added 12 points while Alicia Manning had season-highs of 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Lady Vols (5-2), who saw their 12-point halftime lead cut to 41-37 before using an 15-4 run to take control. Stricklen had six points during the burst.
Her layup made it 56-43 with 11:19 left and DePaul (8-2) couldn’t get within single digits the rest of the way.
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt was honored during No. 1 Baylor’s 73-59 victory over St. John’s with the Maggie Dixon Courage award. Summitt announced in August that she had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. Both the Lady Bears and Red Storm came out of their timeouts to applaud the winningest coach in college basketball.
Jasmine Penny scored 16 points and Keisha Hampton added 14 for DePaul.
It was the second time Tennessee played in the Classic named for the former Army wom-en’s coach. The Lady Vols beat Rutgers two years ago. The Scarlet Knights had played in all four of the previous Garden events. Army hosted Ohio State at West Point the first year.
The 28-year-old Dixon died April 6, 2006, of arrhythmia, probably caused by an enlarged heart. Her death came three weeks after she finished her first season as Army coach. She won the admiration of the academy and all of college basketball for leading Army to its first NCAA berth, where the Cadets lost in the first round to Summitt’s Lady Vols.
Tennessee was playing its first game without freshman point guard Ariel Massengale. She had started every game averaging 7.2 points and 5.8 assists.
She injured a finger on her left hand while diving for a loose ball at the end of practice on Thursday and will be sidelined for a few weeks.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The sixth-ranked Tennessee women’s basketball team used a pivotal 13-0 run late in the second half to propel the Lady Vols to a 67-61 victory over No. 11 Rutgers on Tuesday evening at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
The sixth-ranked Lady Vols lost all of a 13-point lead and found themselves down by three before taking control with a late run to seal their 67-61 victory over the Scarlet Knights. Sophomore guard Meighan Simmons hit two clutch 3-pointers during the game-changing spurt.
Trailing 54-51 with 8:33 left, Tennessee (6-2) scored 13 straight points, holding Rutgers without a point for nearly 8 minutes. Vicki Baugh started the burst with a layup and Sim-mons hit consecutive 3-pointers to give the Lady Vols a 61-54 lead. Taber Spani hit another 3 with 1:52 left to seal the victory.
The game featured two Hall of Fame coaches with Pat Summitt and C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers. The long-time friends have combined for nearly 1,950 victories during their illus-trious careers. They stand first and third on the women’s basketball all-time victory list.
Summitt received a warm standing ovation from the crowd before the game and shared a long embrace with Stringer. Rutgers players wore warmup shirts that said “We Back Pat” in honor of Summitt’s battle with Alzeheimer’s. The school also presented Tennessee with a collage of Stringer’s favorite photos with Summitt and a commemorative jersey at the half. Tennessee held Rutgers scoreless over a 7:55 span as April Sykes connected from down-town with 38 seconds left. As the Lady Vols squandered free throw opportunities, the Scarlet Knights made things interesting, coming as close as 65-61 before a pair of free throws from Shekinna Stricklen sealed the victory for UT.
The Lady Vols got off to a quick start behind Stricklen. The senior preseason All-American had 10 straight points for Tennessee during one stretch. Her jumper with 5:48 left in the half gave the Lady Vols a 33-20 lead. That would be their last points before the half as Rutgers turned up its defensive pressure, scoring the final eight points before the break, including four by Sykes.
Rutgers continued the run to start the second half scoring 11 of the first 14 points. Sykes’ layup 2 1/2 minutes in gave Rutgers its first lead of the game at 37-36. Khadijah Rushdan’s basket moments later capped the 19-3 burst.
Neither team could pull away. Rutgers built a 54-51 lead on consecutive scores by Rushdan and a layup by Sykes with 8:33 left. That would be the Scarlet Knights’ final points until Sykes hit a 3-pointer with 35.9 seconds left that made it 64-57. Rutgers would get within four on Monique’s Oliver’s lay-in with 12.6 seconds left.
Rushdan finished with 16 points. Spani and Simmons each had 13 points for Tennessee.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTENNESSEE vs UCLA12/17/11 2:00 p.m. at Wooden Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Officials: Lisa Jones, Marianne Karp, Robert ScofieldTechnical fouls: TENNESSEE-HARRISON, Isabelle. Stanford-None.Attendance: 7329
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTENNESSEE 41 39 80Stanford 48 49 97
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 18 13 10 4 11STAN 40 14 14 4 6
Last FG - UT 2nd-00:05, STAN 2nd-01:27.Largest lead - UT by 9 1st-13:21, STAN by 19 2nd-02:06.
Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 1 time.
GAME 9#6 UT vs. UCLA // Dec. 17, 2011
GAME 10#6 UT vs. #4 Stanford // Dec. 20, 2011
LOS ANGELES - Meighan Simmons scored 18 points, Glory Johnson added 17 and No. 6 Tennessee made 18 of its first 20 shots in beating UCLA 85-64 on Saturday.
Vicki Baugh had 14 points and 12 rebounds, Taber Spani added 14 points and Shekinna Stricklen scored 11 for the Lady Vols, who shot 36 of 52 (69.6 percent) from the floor -- not far off the school record of 72.1 percent against Old Dominion on Jan. 4, 1989.
Rebekah Gardner scored 15 of her career-high 24 points in the first half for UCLA (5-4), and Thea Lemberger and Markel Walker added 11 points each for the Bruins.
The win was the fourth straight for the Lady Vols (7-2) and their 18th in 19 meetings all-time against UCLA. It also raised Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt’s career record to 1,078-201.
The 59-year-old Hall of Famer, in her 38th season at Tennessee, is the only coach in NCAA men’s and women’s basketball history to reach 1,000 wins.
The Lady Vols never trailed, making their first eight shots, including three 3-pointers, for a 19-8 lead. The Bruins went on a 10-3 run to draw within four points before Tennessee had a 21-9 burst to make it 43-27. The Lady Vols then missed five of six shots, leaving them shooting 19 of 25 (76 percent) and with a 45-34 lead at halftime.
Tennessee outscored the Bruins 9-2 to begin the second half for a 54-36 lead. UCLA wasn’t closer than 13 points after that. A layup by Baugh with 7:29 remaining made it 74-52, with Tennessee shooting 32 of 43 (74.4 percent) from the field at that stage.
There were only four fouls called and just one free throw in the first half, and 17 fouls and 18 free throws in the game.
Tennessee played its third straight game without starting point guard Ariel Massengale, who dislocated her left middle finger during practice earlier this month.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored a career-high 42 points and dazzled in what might have been the most meaningful home game of her senior season, and No. 4 Stanford beat sixth-ranked Tennessee 97-80 on Tuesday night in one of women’s basketballs best rivalries.
The Cardinal extended their school-record home winning streak to 68 games at Maples Pavilion, where a sellout crowd of 7,329 waved red “We Back Pat” rally towels in support of Hall of Fame Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt, who revealed in August she has early onset Alzheimer’s.
Shekinna Stricklen scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Lady Vols, who had their five-game winning streak snapped.
Glory Johnson added 18 points, six rebounds, two blocks and two steals and Meighan Simmons scored 13 for Tennessee on a night Ogwumike put on a show for national television.
Ogwumike’s basket that hit the rim and bounced in with 10:59 left gave the Cardinal their first double-digit lead of the game at 65-55 - and they only built on that the rest of the way. Ogwu-mike’s two free throws with 3:49 left topped her previous best outing of 38 points on April 4, 2010, against Oklahoma.
Her sophomore sister, Chiney, added 14 points as the Cardinal shot 53.6 percent.
Tennessee shot a sizzling 61.5 percent in the first half to stay within 48-41 at the break before going a cool 37 percent in the second half to finish at 49.1 percent.
The Cardinal, riding a streak of four straight Final Fours without a championship, haven’t lost on their home floor at raucous Maples Pavilion since falling to Florida State in the second round of the NCAA tournament on March 19, 2007.
Stanford has beaten Tennessee three times during that span - also a 73-69 win on Dec. 22, 2007, and a 67-52 victory on Dec. 19, 2009. There also was that monumental 71-59 victory last Dec. 30 that snapped top-ranked Connecticut’s record 90-game winning streak.
Summitt walked onto the court a few minutes before tipoff to a rousing standing ovation from the sellout crowd.
Fellow Hall of Famer VanDerveer was shown on the main elevated center-court scoreboard of-fering her support to Summitt while acknowleding how much Stanford cherishes the rivalry and regular non-conference meetings with the Lady Vols.
VanDerveer said Stanford’s program “is behind her 100 percent.” Summitt was not yet on the court with her team to see the presentation.
“Pat, we love you, we care about you and we wish you the very best in your battle with Alzheim-er’s,” said the video with VanDerveer, who walked to the opposite bench to greet Summitt. They posed for a few photos together.
The Cardinal began the game 3 for 13 to 6 of 8 for Tennessee, which jumped out to a 10-3 lead in the opening 2:50.
The Lady Vols were whistled for a technical foul at the 11:18 mark of the first half for having six players on the court. Stanford converted both free throws to cut Tennessee’s lead to 16-15.
Tennessee freshman guard Ariel Massengale, who had missed last three games nursing a dislo-cated middle finger on her left hand that required minor surgery, entered the game for the first time with 10:45 left. The Lady Vols beat DePaul and won at both Rutgers and UCLA without her. Massengale practiced Monday in the Bay Area.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsOld Dominion vs TENNESSEE12/28/11 7:00 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson-Boling Arena
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTENNESSEE 31 42 73Auburn 29 23 52
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 26 27 30 4 8AU 16 15 14 0 33
Last FG - UT 2nd-02:39, AU 2nd-00:19.Largest lead - UT by 24 2nd-00:31, AU by 4 1st-10:27.
Score tied - 6 times.Lead changed - 2 times.
GAME 11#7/8 UT vs. Old Dominion // Dec. 28, 2011
GAME 12#7/8 UT at Auburn // Jan. 1, 2012
KNOXVILLE - Behind double-doubles from seniors Vicki Baugh and Glory Johnson, the seventh-ranked Tennessee women’s basketball team topped Old Dominion, 90-37, Wednesday evening at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Lady Vols spent their practices since last week’s 17-point loss at No. 4 Stanford focused on regaining the defensive excellence that coach Pat Summitt expects of them. The result was a near perfect effort in a 90-37 win over Old Dominion on Wednesday night. “Tonight, it was about Tennessee,” associate head coach Holly Warlick said. “It was about what was across our chest. We focused on getting better. I think what we did today was indicative of how hard we’ve practiced on the defensive end.” Warlick estimated the team had spent all of two minutes total working on offense during practices on Monday and Tuesday. The coaches and players used the rest of the time to work on rebounding, pass deflections and preventing transition baskets -- all things that haunted them in the 97-80 loss to the Cardinal on Dec. 20. The Lady Vols (8-3) outrebounded the Lady Monarchs 54-32, limited them to 25 percent shooting, forced 23 turnovers and gave up just one basket on the fastbreak. Tennessee now has won 16 straight and 31 of the last 32 against the Lady Monarchs, whose 37 points was the lowest total scored by either team in the 45-game annual series. Tennessee appeared a bit rusty on the offensive end early against Old Dominion (3-10), which scored the first two baskets of the game. The Lady Monarchs were leading 8-7 when Alicia Manning hit a jumper with 16:14 in the first half that launched a 14-2 run to give the Lady Vols control of the game. Ariel Massengale, who hadn’t started a game since dislocating her left middle finger in practice Dec. 8, hit back-to-back 3s in the span of 28 seconds during the stretch. “I was really happy with our play at the very beginning because Tennessee is such a big place to play and it’s really big-time,” Old Dominion guard Jackie Cook said. “I was really proud of how we stepped up and played from the very start. We just couldn’t finish.” Tennessee took a commanding 50-20 halftime lead against Old Dominion by shooting 50 percent from the field and hitting 6 of 12 from 3. The Lady Vols turned the ball over just twice and posted 15 assists before the break. Their improved defense led to balanced offense, with Johnson logging 16 points and 11 re-bounds. Baugh had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Meighan Simmons added 12 points, Massengale scored 11, Isabelle Harrison had 10 and Alicia Manning grabbed 15 rebounds. “I like a game like this because we’re working on ourselves,” Johnson said. `We’re working on our-selves as a team and we’re trying to get better and work on our defense. We have so many things that we have to work on outside of the big games. We only have so much time.” Cook led Old Dominion with 13 points, as the Lady Vols managed to frustrate Old Dominion’s top player, Tia Lewis. Lewis entered the game averaging 18.1 points and 9.7 rebounds but finished with eight points, eight rebounds and four fouls. By the end of the game, Tennessee had scored 46 and had 26 points off turnovers. Old Dominion only scored eight points inside and had just a single point off the Lady Vols’ 11 giveaways.
AUBURN, Ala. - The seventh-ranked Tennessee women’s basketball team opened the new year and SEC play with a 73-52 win against Auburn on Sunday afternoon at Auburn Arena, marking UT’s 34th consecutive SEC win dating back to the 2009-10 season.
The Lady Vols won going away in a game when their shots weren’t falling. Hounding Auburn into mistakes helped. Meighan Simmons scored 20 points and the Lady Vols (No. 8 ESPN/USA Today, No. 7 AP) closed on a big run. Tennessee (9-3, 1-0 SEC) came into the game last in the league in scoring defense, giving up 63.5 points a game, but forced 25 turnovers and had 12 steals. It was more than enough to earn the Lady Vols a 34th-consecutive SEC win. The Lady Vols closed the game on a 19-6 run to turn a tight contest into a blowout and win for the 27th time in the last 30 meetings with the Tigers (8-6, 0-1). Shekinna Stricklen added 17 points for Tennessee but was disgusted with her 5-of-18 shooting performance. Glory Johnson had 14 points and 13 rebounds and Alicia Manning scored 10 points. Simmons had 13 in the second half.
Camille Glymph led Auburn with 21 points, making 5 of 10 from 3-point range.
The Lady Vols struggled from the field, shooting just 32 percent (21 of 65) after coming in as the SEC’s second-best shooting team. However, they gave Auburn troubles on the boards and with a trapping defense that often forced the Tigers into hurried shots with the shot clock ticking down. Tennessee also dominated in rebounding 49-31. The Lady Vols turned a 31-29 halftime lead into a 14-point cushion midway through the second half. Johnson also boiled down the essence of Summitt’s halftime message.
“Basically, if we don’t get it together, we’re walking home,” she said. “And it’s a long walk. I figured this isn’t the way Tennessee plays. We know how to play and we’re not playing to our standards. When we’re not rebounding and settling for good shots instead of great shots, that’s what hap-pens.” Auburn managed to cut the 14-point deficit in half with Glymph hitting back-to-back 3s to make it 53-46 with 8 minutes to play. Then, Tennessee hit 7 of 8 free throws over the next 3 minutes to spark a 9-0 run and all but put the game away. The Lady Vols went 28 of 31 from the line to help overcome the poor shooting night.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsChattanooga vs TENNESSEE01/03/12 7:05 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson-Boling Arena
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalChattanooga 16 31 47TENNESSEE 50 40 90
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUTC 12 6 9 0 20UT 30 19 30 6 41
Last FG - UTC 2nd-00:14, UT 2nd-00:23.Largest lead - UTC by 2 1st-19:22, UT by 46 2nd-00:23.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 1 time.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics#16/15 Georgia vs TENNESSEE01/05/12 7:05 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson-Boling Arena
Officials: Tina Napier, Mary Day, Bob TrammellTechnical fouls: #16/15 Georgia-None. TENNESSEE-None.Attendance: 13721
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total#16/15 Georgia 27 24 51TENNESSEE 36 44 80
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchGA 12 4 6 2 9UT 42 9 20 12 17
Last FG - GA 2nd-00:56, UT 2nd-00:18.Largest lead - GA by 2 1st-19:09, UT by 31 2nd-02:25.
Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 1 time.
GAME 13#6/7 UT vs. Chattanooga // Jan. 3, 2012
GAME 14#6/7 UT vs. #16/15 Georgia // Jan. 5, 2012
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The #6/7 Lady Vols used a 30-0 run in the first half to run away with a 90-47 victory over Chattanooga on Tuesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee moved to 10-3 with the easy win in its final home non-conference game this season. The Lady Vols will play their third game in five nights on Thursday as Georgia comes to Knox-ville for a 7 p.m., tip-off on CSS. Freshman Ariel Massengale (19 points) and Isabelle Harrison (13 points) each scored career-highs in the win as four Lady Vols scored in double-figures. Glory Johnson tallied a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Meighan Simmons also scored 10 points. For Johnson, it was her third straight double-double and sixth of the season.
The Lady Vols outrebounded the Lady Mocs, 55-28, while shooting 47.2 percent from the floor. Chattanooga was limited to just 30.4 percent for the game including 20.7 (6-of-29) in the first half. The game marked the return of junior guard Kamiko Williams, who missed the first 12 games recovering from a torn ACL. Williams played 16 minutes and had two points, four assists, two steals and three rebounds. The Lady Mocs (8-4) were led by former Lady Vol Faith Dupree, who had 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Tennessee led 10-8 with 16:34 left in the first half before that 30-0 run, which made it 40-8 with 5:48 left in the half on a jumper by Cierra Burdick.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - #6/7 Tennessee pulled away from #16/15 Georgia with a 32-9 run in the second half before 13,721 fans to post a 80-51 victory at Thompson-Boling Arena on Thursday night. Glory Johnson posted a double-double to lead four players in double-figures. For Johnson, her 22-point, 13-rebound effort was her fourth straight double-double I and sixth this season. The freshman Ariel Massengale nearly notched her first-career double-double as she tied her career-highs with 19 points and 9 assists. The Lady Vols improved to 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the SEC with its fourth win a row. Georgia suf-fered just its third loss to stand at 12-3 and 1-1 in the league. The loss ended the Lady Bulldogs four-game win streak. Tennessee dominated the glass, holding a 52-32 edge on the boards led by Johnson. Vicki Baugh also hauled down 10 to go along with eight points. The Lady Vols’ defense was stellar in holding Georgia to just 34.9 percent from the floor including 4-of-21 from 3-point range. Meighan Simmons scored in double-figures for the seventh game in a row with 10. Shekinna Stricklen tallied 12 for her 12th game of the year with 10 or more. Tennessee went on a 24-6 run midway through the second half to take 68-42 lead with 7:16 left on Johnson’s 3-point play. The run expanded to 32-9 on a Cierra Burdick putback with a little more than two minutes left in the game, making it 76-45. The Lady Vols continued to pull away as Johnson converted a fastbreak 3-point play to give UT a 51-36 lead with 13 minutes left in the game. Simmons’ 3-pointer with 11:45 left made it a 17-point bulge at 57-40. Two beautiful fastbreak give-and-gos between Stricklen and Johnson in the final minute gave Tennessee a 36-27 lead at intermission. Massengale had 15 points in the first half to lead all scor-ers as the Lady Vols shot 52 percent. Down by as many as 11, Georgia cut the deficit to five on a 3-pointer by Meredith Mitchell with 2:05 left in the first half causing the Lady Vols to call timeout. Massengale continued her assault on the hoop with a putback lay-up with 3:51 left in the first half as Tennessee took a 30-20 lead. Vicki Baugh’s first basket of the game with 5:41 left in the first half put the Lady Vols up 28-19. Tennessee opened the game strong, taking a 20-11 lead in the first 8:13 as Massengale made her first four shots including two 3-pointers. The Lady Vols return to the hardwood on Sunday as Tennessee travels to Arkansas for a 3:30 p.m., match-up that will air on ESPNU and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTENNESSEE vs Arkansas
01-08-12 2:30 p.m. at Fayetteville, Ark. (Bud Walton Arena)
Officials: Mark Zentz, Sue Blauch, Denise BrooksTechnical fouls: TENNESSEE-None. #9/8 KENTUCKY-None.Attendance: 7961
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTENNESSEE 21 39 60#9/8 KENTUCKY 25 36 61
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 36 17 10 12 20UK 24 20 12 0 17
Last FG - UT 2nd-02:06, UK 2nd-00:05.Largest lead - UT by 3 2nd-02:06, UK by 12 2nd-07:46.
Score tied - 8 times.Lead changed - 5 times.
GAME 15#6/7 UT vs. Arkansas // Jan. 8, 2012
GAME 16#6/7 UT vs. #9/8 Kentucky // Jan. 12, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Shekinna Stricklen made sure she went out in style in her last perfor-mance in her home state. Stricklen scored 19 points, and Glory Johnson recorded her fifth straight double-double, as Tennessee (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) routed Arkansas 69-38 on Sunday. The win was the 36th straight in Southeastern Conference play for the Lady Volunteers (12-3, 3-0), who opened the game with a 25-3 run and never looked back. Tennessee hasn’t lost an SEC game since a 53-50 loss at Georgia on Jan. 21, 2010, and it was in no jeopardy of doing so while holding the Razorbacks to a season-low point total. Arkansas, meanwhile, remained winless in SEC play. The Razorbacks (11-4, 0-3) hit only 3 of 30 shots in the first half, and their 10-of-55 shooting for the game (18.1 percent) was the worst in school history. Stricklen, who starred in high school in Morrilton, Ark., scored what was a career-high 26 points in a win at Arkansas last season, and the Lady Volunteers’ leading scorer was equally impressive this time around. The senior scored six points early as Tennessee opened with a 14-0 run, including one of her two 3-pointers for the game. She finished 8 of 12 from the field and had eight rebounds in front on a sizeable and vocal cheering section behind the Tennessee bench. The strong effort came after Stricklen had shot just 32 percent over her last four games. Stricklen’s performance was hardly the only dominant one.
Johnson, who entered the game only four rebounds short of 1,000 for her career, didn’t need long to reach that mark against the Razorbacks (11-4, 0-3). She grabbed her fourth rebound and scored on a putback late in the first half to put Tennessee up 31-8 -- finishing with 15 points and 14 rebounds. The game was well out of hand at that point.
Arkansas didn’t score until Lyndsey Harris’ 3-pointer 6:24 into the game, and it opened 1 of 19 from the field. Harris, who finished with 14 points, hit two first-half 3-pointers, and the Razorbacks’ only other basket was a putback by Quistelle Wiliams. Arkansas’ previous worst shooting half was a 3-of-26 performance against Wichita State in 1981. Its previous worst game was 8 of 41 against Louisiana Tech in 1978. The Razorbacks entered the game shooting just 38 percent as a team for the season. The previous worst performance this season was a 17-of-53 effort against Florida State in November, but they managed to win that game 55-52. They had no such chance against the suffocating defense of Tennessee, which held Arkan-sas’ leading scorer C’eira Ricketts to two points on 1-of-11 shooting. Harris didn’t fare much better at 4 of 14. Johnson joined an elite group of Lady Vols to reach the 1,000/1,000 club. Also achieving 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in their UT careers were Chamique Holdsclaw, Sheila Frost and Tamika Catchings.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A’dia Mathies drove the lane and scored in traffic with 4.2 seconds left to finish with a career-high 34 points and No. 9 Kentucky beat No. 6 Tennessee 61-60 Thurs-day night to snap the Lady Volunteers’ 36-game Southeastern Conference winning streak. With Kentucky trailing 60-57, Mathies followed her own shot to cut it to one with 46 seconds left. After Tennessee (12-4, 3-1) was called for a charge and Kentucky (15-2, 4-0) used a timeout, Mathies took the ball at halfcourt, dribbled into the lane and hit a 7-foot floater off the glass in the paint. Kamiko Williams drove the length of the floor, but missed an off-balance 16-footer as time expired. Tennessee rallied from 12 points down with 7:46 left to take a lead, but lost for the first time in the SEC since falling 53-50 at Georgia on Jan. 21, 2010. Keyla Snowden added 11 points to help Kentucky win its first four games in conference play for the first time in history to go with 15 straight at home. Glory Johnson scored 17 points, Vicki Baugh 16 and Shekinna Stricklen 11 for Tennessee. Kentucky led 50-38 off two free throws by Mathies with 7:46 left when Tennessee used a 14-2 rally to tie it. Meighan Simmons and Stricklen hit 3s, while Ariel Massengale’s three-point play made it 54-all. Then, after Mathies made two more free throws, Stricklen hit a layup, Kentucky’s Amber Smith threw a pass away that led to a free throw by Johnson and Mathies fell and lost the ball that started Tennessee’s 3-on-0 break that ended with a layup by Baugh to give the Lady Vols a 59-56 with 2:06 left. Bria Goss made one of two free throws for the Wildcats and Johnson hit the second of two attempts to put Tennessee back ahead 60-57. Goss then missed a 3 that would’ve tied it, but grabbed her own rebound and Kentucky got another possession. Mathies scored on a putback to cut it to 60-59 and Stricklen was whistled for a charge with 28 seconds to play, setting up the final possession. The last time these two teams played in the SEC Tournament, the Lady Vols routed the Wildcats by 25. This one looked to be different from the start between the two schools that have many ties on the coaching staff on both sides. Tennessee used a 10-2 run midway through the first half to take a 20-18 lead before both teams went cold for the next five minutes, combining to miss 25 consecutive shots and commit 12 turnovers before Mathies grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on a putback to end the cold snap. The Lady Vols’ struggles continued. Alicia Manning hit the second of two free throws, but a bucket by Snowden gave Kentucky a 25-21 halftime lead as Tennessee finished the half with 16 straight misses and eight turnovers. Johnson’s 8-footer in the lane on the team’s first shot of the second half ended the span of nearly 11 minutes without a field goal, but Kentucky would still build a 50-38 lead behind Mathies and Snowden before Tennessee’s furious rally.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsVanderbilt vs TENNESSEE01/15/12 2:05 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Officials: Cameron Inouye, Jesse Dickerson, Maj ForsbergTechnical fouls: Vanderbilt-None. TENNESSEE-None.Attendance: 17879VU #21 fouls out @8:07/2
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalVanderbilt 36 28 64TENNESSEE 39 48 87
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchVANDY 28 10 11 2 16UT 46 28 21 10 27
Last FG - VANDY 2nd-03:58, UT 2nd-00:12.Largest lead - VANDY by 4 1st-14:06, UT by 23 2nd-00:12.
Score tied - 6 times.Lead changed - 4 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsLouisiana State vs TENNESSEE01/19/12 7:05 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Louisiana State 56 • 13-5, 4-2 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds
Officials: Tina Napier, Eric Brewton, Kelly JohnsonTechnical fouls: Louisiana State-None. TENNESSEE-None.Attendance: 13107LSU #55 fouls out at 1:39/2
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalLouisiana State 26 30 56TENNESSEE 26 39 65
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchLSU 19 8 9 5 17UT 20 14 17 12 17
Last FG - LSU 2nd-01:27, UT 2nd-02:40.Largest lead - LSU by 3 1st-18:13, UT by 9 2nd-00:35.
Score tied - 11 times.Lead changed - 6 times.
GAME 17#6/7 UT vs. #25/24 Vanderbilt // Jan. 15, 2012
GAME 18#9 UT vs. LSU // Jan. 19, 2012
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A 21-4 run over a six-minute span midway through the second half helped lift the #6/7 Lady Vols to a 87-64 victory over #25/24 Vanderbilt on Saturday before 17,879. Shekinna Stricklen led the way with 20 points and Glory Johnson posted her sixth double-double in the last seven games with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Vicki Baugh con-tributed 16 points and seven rebounds for the Lady Vols, who rebounded from a 61-60 loss at #9 Kentucky on Thursday night. Tennessee improved to 13-4 overall, 4-1 in the SEC.
Meighan Simmons chipped in with 10 points and Ariel Massengale set her career-high in assists with 12 to go along with six points. The 12 assists tie for the fifth-most in Tennessee history. That mark was first accomplished by Associate Head Coach Holly Warlick in 1980.
Christina Foggie led all scorers with 28 points for the Commodores (14-3, 2-2). Stephanie Holzer added 14.
After a very tight game for the first 25 minutes, where neither team led by double-figures, the Lady Vols turned up the defensive intensity and created offensive opportunities. Ten-nessee had 14 steals and shot 52.9 from the floor. It was the third time this season, Tennes-see shot 50 percent from the floor. Johnson tied her career-high with five steals.
The Lady Vols limited the NCAA’s best 3-point shooting team to just 31.3 from beyond the arc (5-of-16). Vanderbilt came into the game making 44.1 percent of its shots from trifecta land.
As part of the 21-4 run, the Lady Vols used a 10-0 run to break open the game midway through the second half. Tenacious defense helped create easy offensive opportunities for UT. After neither team led by double-figures for the first 28 minutes of action, the Lady Vols ballooned to a 15-point lead with 10:26 left in the game.
A Stricklen 3-pointer with 14 minutes left in the second half, gave the Lady Vols a 51-43 advantage after the teams had played even early in the second half. Tennessee then took the first double-figure lead of the game on a pair of Baugh free throws with 11:44 left. Just seconds later Johnson stole the ball and layed in home for a 57-45 lead for Tennessee. On the next possession, Simmons stole another pass and Massengale finished 10 consecutive points for the Lady Vols.
The lead ballooned to 20 on a Baugh jump shot with 4:30 left, giving the Lady Vols a 77-57 lead.
Tennessee held a 39-36 advantage at halftime thanks to 50 percent shooting from the floor (16-of-32) with eight points apiece from Baugh and Johnson. The half featured three ties and team led by double-figures.
Johnson went down with an apparent shoulder injury with 1:49 left in the half as she got tangled up with Elan Brown going after a loose ball. After halftime, she returned with vengeance and as she racked up the double-double.
A Briana Bass 3-pointer followed by a Baugh lay-up gave the Lady Vols a 35-26 lead with 3:34 left in the first half. Vanderbilt came right back with consecutive 3-pointers by Foggie to cut the UT lead to 35-32 with 2:49 left.
Johnson’s putback with 6:30 left in the first half gave Tennessee the first lead larger than six points in the first half, 25-19. That finished a mini 6-0 run for UT.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In a physical game that saw both teams playing without key players due to injury, #9 Tennessee battled to a 65-56 victory over LSU on Thursday night before 13,107 at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Lady Vols moved to 14-4 overall and 5-1 in the SEC. The Lady Tigers, coached by former UT star Nikki Caldwell, fell to 13-5 and 4-2 in the league. Meighan Simmons led Tennessee with 19 points and Cierra Burdick netted a career-high tying 15, for her highest scoring game in more than a month. An ailing Glory Johnson played just 24 minutes and scored 10 points. Shekinna Stricklen missed the first game of her career with a right knee sprain. Vicki Baugh pulled down a season-high 14 rebounds as the Lady Vols outrebounded LSU, 45-39.
Courtney Jones led LSU with 16 points and Adrienne Webb added 12. LSU’s leading scorer LaSondra Barrett (12.5 ppg) was held to her second-lowest scoring game of the season with six before fouling out. In a very physical and tight game, neither team led by double-figures the entire game and neither team had a lead by more than two possessions for the first 30:30. The game was tied on 11 occasions before the Lady Vols ended the game on a 16-7 run over the final 6:22 to secure the win. Tennessee used a 10-0 run to take a 47-39 lead with 9:30 left in the second half. Back-to-back fastbreak lay-ups by Simmons and Johnson followed by a Cierra Burdick jumper put the Lady Vols ahead 45-39 with 10:34 left in the second half. But LSU retaliated with its own 10-2 run to tie the game at 49 all with 6:40 left in regula-tion. Burdick ended that spurt with a jump shot to regain a Lady Vols lead, 51-49 with 6:20 remaining. The lead moved to 56-51 thanks to late successful free-throw shooting. Tennessee had a stretch of making 7-of-8 foul shots late in the game after starting 6-of-15 from the charity stripe. Fastbreak lay-ups by Johnson and Ariel Massengale 19 seconds apart put Tennessee up 60-53 with 2:40 left in the game. Tennessee finished the game off with free throws in the final minutes to secure UT’s 28th straight home SEC win. LSU and Tennessee stood tied 26 all at intermission with solid defense being played by both teams. The Lady Vols were limited to 9-of-28 (32.1 percent) from the floor while the Lady Tigers shot 11-of-32 (34.4). Simmons led all scorers with eight points in the first half. Just 2.9 seconds before halftime, LSU guard Destini Hughes suffered a leg injury was the taken off the court in a wheelchair and did not return. The Lady Tigers were also without point guard Jeanne Kenney, who suffered a concussion in the first minutes of the game. Massengale gave the Lady Vols their first lead of the game since a Simmons 3-pointer opened the scoring, as the freshman’s lay-up put UT up 14-13 with 10:16 left in the first half. LSU quickly responded with a Barrett trey to regain the lead. That lead was short lived as Tennessee used a 13-5 run to take a 24-18 lead with 5:15 left in the first half. LSU came into the game with the nation’s second-best field goal percentage defense (30.3) and third in scoring defense (47.5). The Lady Tigers limited Tennessee to 37.5 from the floor. The Lady Vols defense was even more stiff in holding LSU to 34.4 from the floor.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Notre Dame01/23/12 7 p.m. at Notre Dame, Ind. (Purcell Pavilion)
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTENNESSEE 47 39 86Alabama 32 24 56
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 34 25 14 12 47UA 26 2 6 4 21
Last FG - UT 2nd-03:49, UA 2nd-00:03.Largest lead - UT by 33 2nd-02:32, UA None.
Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.
GAME 19#9 UT vs. #2 Notre Dame // Jan. 23, 2012
GAME 20#7/9 UT vs. Alabama // Jan. 26, 2012
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Skylar Diggins matched a season high with 27 points Monday night and No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 7 Tennessee 72-44, holding the Vols to their lowest scoring output in school history.
Devereaux Peters had 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Irish (20-1), who have won 17 straight. Tennessee (14-5) got 13 points from Meighan Simmons, but shot just 27.9 percent in the lopsided loss.
Notre Dame was 0-20 all-time against the Vols before a 73-59 victory in the NCAA regional finals last March in Dayton, Ohio. The Irish haven’t lost since Nov. 20 to top-ranked Baylor and have now beaten both UConn and Tennessee on their home floor this season after toppling both in last year’s NCAA tournament.
Leading at the half, the Irish jumped out early in the second as Diggins sank a 3-pointer and Peters had three inside baskets in an 11-3 run that opened up a 39-21 lead three minutes in. Tennessee continued to miss on everything, from both the field and the free-throw line.
Diggins made a nice strip of an inside pass, dribbled the length of the court, passed to Peters and then got it back for a layup to make it 44-26 with just over 14 minutes left. Then after picking up her third foul, Diggins hit her fourth 3-pointer of the game to make it a 21-point lead. Diggins was 10 of 17 from the field and 5 for 7 on 3-pointers.
After Tennessee closed to within 16 with about seven minutes to go, the Irish went on one final run to put it away. Kayla McBride added 17 points for the Irish.
The Vols made just 17 of 61 field-goal attempts and were only 7 for 16 from the free-throw line.
Rebounding, including eight early offensive caroms, kept the Vols close in the early stages of the game because they could not make a shot. They missed 14 of their first 17 attempts from the floor and finished the first half 7 for 35 (20 percent). And the poor shooting extended to the line, where the Vols were only 4 for 10. The field-goal percentage and total points were first-half lows for the Vols this season.
McBride, showing an ability to break for the basket, had nine straight Notre Dame points at one juncture and scored 11 in the first half. Diggins ended up with 10 at the half, hitting two free throws with 2 seconds left to put the Irish up 28-18.
Tennessee’s leading scorer, Shekinna Stricklen, who missed the previous game against LSU with a sprained knee, returned to the lineup and managed five points - five points under her average. And Vols guard Taber Spani, who has been sidelined with a bone bruise in her left knee since Dec. 26, was also able to play.
Meighan Simmons was the only Lady Vol to score in double-figures, recording a team-high 13 points. Glory Johnson chipped in nine points and nine rebounds, while Vicki Baugh tallied eight points and six boards.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The #7/9 Tennessee women’s basketball team got back on the win-ning track with a convincing 86-56 victory at Alabama. Shekinna Stricklen led four players in double-figures with 14. The Lady Vols improved to 15-5 overall with a 6-1 mark in the SEC. The Crimson Tide dropped to 10-11 and remain winless in the league at 0-7.
The Lady Vols unveiled a new starting lineup featuring Glory Johnson, Cierra Burdick, Briana Bass, Vicki Baugh and Ariel Massengale and it proved successful. Johnson tallied 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Burdick added nine while both Bass and Baugh tallied eight. Massengale was a sensational distributor handing out 11 assists -- one shy of her career-high.
Coming off the bench, Kamiko Williams and Isabelle Harrison each chipped in with 10.Kyra Crosby led Alabama with 15 points in defeat. She was Alabama’s lone double-figure scorer. The Tide was held to just 1-of-14 from 3-point territory.
“We were happy with the pace we played,” Tennessee associate head coach Holly Warlick said. “Obviously, we wanted to score. We wanted an up-tempo game. I thought the first half, Alabama hung tough with us.”
Tennessee jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the game’s first 2 minutes and was comfortably ahead for most of the opening half. The Vols led by 15 points at the break.
“To have a good start, I think that helps our team a lot, gives us a lot of confidence and warns people for next time,” Johnson said.
The Vols had only four turnovers compared to Alabama’s eight. Tennessee also won the rebounding battle 24-17.
“What I thought happened in the first half is if we’d made some free throws, maybe kept the score a little bit closer, it might’ve been a different type basketball game,” Alabama coach Wendell Hudson said. “But from the effort standpoint, Tennessee is a very good basketball team, and I thought we competed.”
Tennessee scored 25 points off 22 turnovers, including 11 steals.
The Vols shot 45 percent from the field (32-of-71) but just 21 percent on 3-point attempts (4-of-19). Alabama’s performance from long range was much worse; the Tide went 1-for-14.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Georgia01/29/12 5:00 PM ET at Stegeman Coliseum -- Athens, Ga.
Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Mark Zentz, Billy SmithTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Georgia-None.Attendance: 10523
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 29 38 67Georgia 28 22 50
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 32 9 7 8 9GA 24 18 15 6 6
Last FG - UT 2nd-00:36, GA 2nd-04:16.Largest lead - UT by 17 2nd-00:36, GA None.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 0 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSouth Carolina vs TENNESSEE02/02/12 7:05 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
South Carolina 64 • 18-5, 7-3 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds
Officials: Dee Kantner, Laura Morris, Carla FountainTechnical fouls: South Carolina-None. TENNESSEE-None.Attendance: 15021UT's #25 fouls out @ 12.0/2
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalSouth Carolina 29 35 64TENNESSEE 28 32 60
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchSC 24 9 14 4 6UT 36 6 12 4 19
Last FG - SC 2nd-02:15, UT 2nd-03:38.Largest lead - SC by 5 1st-16:18, UT by 7 2nd-05:02.
Score tied - 5 times.Lead changed - 10 times.
GAME 21#7/9 UT vs. #17/15 Georgia // Jan. 29, 2012
GAME 22#8 UT vs. South Carolina // Feb. 2, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. - After leading by just one point at halftime, #7/9 Tennessee outscored #17/15 Georgia in the second half, 38-22, to claim a 67-50 victory at Stegman Coliseum on Sunday evening. The Lady Vols (16-5, 7-1 SEC) scored the first 11 points of the second half to take a 40-28 lead and never looked back. The closest the Lady Dogs (16-6, 5-4) got for the remainder of the game was eight points. Shekinna Stricklen led all scorers with 24 points. Ariel Massengale was Tennessee’s only other double-figure scorer with 16. Georgia was led by Meredith Mitchell (13) and Jasmine Hassell (11). The Lady Vols’ defen-sive was stifling as it limited Georgia to just 28.8 from the floor (17-of-59) and a 2-of-18 from 3-point range. Taber Spani returned to action and scored three points. Glory Johnson was the top rebounder with eight to go along with five points. Stricklen keyed that 11-0 run to start the second half as she scored six points in the spurt that started with a Meighan Simmons 3-pointer just 15 seconds into the second half. Tennessee led 29-28 at halftime after Georgia cut its deficit to one just before halftime on a layup by Erika Ford with 30 seconds left in the half. The Lady Vols built a 19-11 lead on a 3-pointer by Spani with 10:50 left in the half, but Georgia answered with the next six points. To get back to within two at 19-17. The Lady Vols return to action on Thursday as South Carolina comes to Thompson-Boling Arena for a 7 p.m. Tip. That game will air on CSS and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The #8 Lady Vols saw their 28-game home conference win streak come to an end as South Carolina handed Tennessee a 64-60 defeat. The Gamecocks finished the game on a run 9-0 run to claim their first-ever win in Knoxville after being 0-20 all-time. Markeshia Grant scored a career-high 27 points including seven 3-pointers for USC (18-5, 7-3 SEC).
The Lady Vols (16-6, 7-2) were led by Glory Johnson, who had 13 points. Ariel Massengale added 12.
All-time USC was 2-44 against the Lady Vols. The last time South Carolina beat Tennessee was on Jan. 23, 1980, a 56-52 USC win at home.
The last time Tennessee dropped a home SEC game was on Feb. 14, 2008, a 78-62 defeat at the hands of #7 LSU.
Ieasia Walker put home a lay-up with 2:15 left to take the lead for good, 61-60. Walker then knocked down one of two free throws with 1:00 left to make it a 62-60 game. The Gamecocks forced a jumpball and took possession with 45 seconds remaining. After Grant missed a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left La’Keisha Sutton grabbed an offensive rebound. Sutton then knocked down two free throws with 12 seconds left to seal the win. Those free throws were just the fourth and fifth made foul shots for South Carolina, which started 3-12 from the free-throw line in the game.
After being down by five, the Lady Vols rallied to tie the game at 46 all on a Shekinna Stricklen layup with 10:23 left in the second half. A Taber Spani 3-pointer -- Tennessee’s first trey of the game -- with 9:57 left gave the Lady Vols a 49-46 wrapping an 8-0 run. A Kamiko Williams 3-point play extended the advantage to 52-48 with 8:48 left.
Tennessee took the first lead of more than five points in the game on a Williams’ jumpshot with 5:00 left in the game. That put the Lady Vols up 57-50.
USC rallied back as Grant nailed her seven 3-pointer of the game with 3:41 left to cut the Gamecocks deficit to 57-55. That added to Grant’s career-high, but was her first basket in 10 minutes.
South Carolina trimmed the lead to one at 60-59 after a steal by Ashley Bruner and a lay-in by Aleighsa Welch with 2:49 left.
The game was close throughout with neither team leading by seven points all night. Ten-nessee didn’t score for the final 3:38 of the game on a Johnson lay-up.
The Gamecocks went on an 8-0 run over a two-minute span to take a 43-38 lead with 14:28 left in the second half.
South Carolina held a narrow 29-28 lead at halftime thanks to 15 points from Grant, who tallied 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting. The remainder of the USC squad shot just 7-of-24 from the floor (29.1 percent). Massengale had nine points in the first stanza to lead all Lady Vols.Tennessee did not have a steal in the game and made just one 3-pointer, that Spani trey in the second half.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsAuburn vs TENNESSEE02/05/12 2:05 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Officials: Bryan Enterline, Ed Sidlasky, Brian HallTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Vanderbilt-None.Attendance: 12034
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 34 45 79Vanderbilt 42 51 93
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 28 17 9 4 17VANDY 52 21 16 4 6
Last FG - UT 2nd-00:46, VANDY 2nd-00:05.Largest lead - UT by 2 1st-19:21, VANDY by 14 2nd-03:24.
Score tied - 3 times.Lead changed - 5 times.
GAME 23#8 UT vs. Auburn // Feb. 5, 2012
GAME 24#11 UT vs. #25 Vanderbilt // Feb. 9, 2012
KNOXVILLE - No. 8 Tennessee started a new homecourt conference win streak on Sunday afternoon with an 82-61 victory over Auburn. Glory Johnson and Ariel Massengale led all scorers with 14 points each. Johnson also grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds and had four blocks for her ninth double-double of the season, while Massengale added four assists and four steals. Shekinna Stricklen posted a double-double as well, her third of the season and first since Nov. 27 against Baylor, with 11 points and 10 rebounds. UT moves to 17-6 overall and 8-2 in the SEC while Auburn lost for the fourth time in five games and fell to 11-13 and 3-8 in the league. Tennessee has won 14 games in a row at home vs. Auburn, dating to 1989. After trailing very early in the game, Tennessee made easy work of Auburn, pulling away in the second half. A layup by Vicki Baugh with 4:05 left in the first half gave the Lady Vols their first double-figure lead of the afternoon (38-27) and they continued to hold a margin of at least eight for the remainder of the game. Five consecutive points by Massengale gave UT a 56-39 lead with 13:24 left in the game. That was Tennessee’s largest lead to that point. Auburn cut the deficit to 11 at 58-47 on a lay-up by Morgan Jennings with 9:57 left, but Massengale answered with her own hoop with 9:30 left in the game. Hasina Muhammad’s lay-up with 6:53 left cut the Auburn deficit to eight at 61-53 but Meighan Simmons came right back to regain a 10-point and Johnson’s putback expanded the lead back to 12 at 65-53. A Lady Vols’ 11-0 run late in the game put the contest out of reach. Shekinna Stricklen’s lay-up off a feed from Massengale ballooned UT’s lead to 72-53 with 4:27 left. A Taber Spani 3-pointer with 5:00 left in the first half gave the Lady Vols a 34-25 lead. Tennessee continued to pull away as the Lady Vols took a 44-31 lead into halftime on an Massengale lay-up with 1:45 left in the half. Auburn held an advantage as large as five points early on, but Tennessee took the lead for good at 16-14 on an Alicia Manning lay-up with 13:54 left in the first half. A jumper by Spani with 12:15 left finished a 7-0 run for the Lady Vols and gave them an 18-14 lead. The Lady Vols had their 28-game home SEC win streak come to an end on Thursday night as South Carolina rallied late to beat UT, 64-60. In that game, Tennessee did not record a steal. Against Auburn, the Lady Vols came away with 13 thefts. The Lady Vols head to Vanderbilt for a Thursday night game at 9 p.m. ET. That game will air on CSS and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The No. 11 Lady Vols trailed most of the night, but took a brief lead in the second half before No. 25 Vanderbilt regained control and posted a 93-79 victory at Memorial Gym.
Four Commodores scored in double-figures as Tiffany Clarke had 23 and Christina Foggie netted 22. Stephanie Holzer tallied 19 while Jessica Lister had 19 points and 13 assists. Vanderbilt moved to 19-5 overall and 7-4 in the SEC.
The Lady Vols (17-7, 8-3 SEC) were led by Meighan Simmons, who had 20 points. Glory Johnson scored 19 before fouling out with six minutes left in the game. Shekinna Stricklen also scored 17.
The game marked the second time Tennessee allowed 90 points this season, as the Lady Vols gave up 97 to Stanford on Dec. 20, 2011. It was the most points ever scored by Vandy against Tennessee as the Commodores shot 55 percent for the game and 58 percent in the second half alone.
Vanderbilt used a 17-2 run after the Lady Vols climbed all the way out of a 12-point hole to take a commanding 69-56 lead with 7:49 left in the game on a Clarke lay-up. The Commo-dores lead ballooned to 14 points as Foggie’s fastbreak lay-up put Vanderbilt up 80-66.
After being down by as many as 12 points, Tennessee rallied to take a short-lived lead at 54-52 with 11:42 left in the second half on a Johnson jumper. Cierra Burdick had tied the game at 52 all with 12:33 left in the game.
The Lady Vols lost to Vanderbilt for the first time in eight games and just the second time in the last 25 meetings dating to 2001-02.
Tennessee returns to action in a rematch with Kentucky on Monday night at 7 p.m. The Wildcats handled the Lady Vols their first conference loss of the season, 61-60 on Jan. 12.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics#7/7 Kentucky vs TENNESSEE02/13/12 7:03 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Dee Kantner, Scott YarbroughTechnical fouls: #7/7 Kentucky-None. TENNESSEE-JOHNSON, Glory.Attendance: 14807
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total#7/7 Kentucky 28 26 54TENNESSEE 46 45 91
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUK2 28 15 17 4 25UT 42 32 22 22 25
Last FG - UK2 2nd-01:32, UT 2nd-00:43.Largest lead - UK2 None, UT by 40 2nd-04:37.
Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTENNESSEE vs Mississippi State02-16-12 8:05 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)
Officials: Laura C. Morris, Rob Fessler, Metta RobertsTechnical fouls: TENNESSEE-None. Mississippi State-Catina Bett.Attendance: 1965Actual Attendance: 1845
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTENNESSEE 22 35 57Mississippi State 13 28 41
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 28 12 12 6 20MS 12 8 8 2 0
Last FG - UT 2nd-01:08, MS 2nd-01:35.Largest lead - UT by 20 2nd-08:23, MS by 3 1st-13:56.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 2 times.
GAME 25#11 UT vs.#7 Kentucky // Feb. 13, 2012
GAME 26#10 UT vs. Mississippi State // Feb. 16, 2012
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The No. 13 Lady Vols gained a measure of revenge on Monday night as they handed No. 7 Kentucky their largest defeat of the season as Tennessee routed the Wildcats 91-54 in front of 14,807 at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game served as the focal point for Live Pink, Bleed Orange an initiative as part of the “Play 4 Kay” raising awareness for breast cancer in honor of the late Kay Yow. The win moved the Lady Vols record to 18-7 overall and 9-3 in the SEC. Kentucky dropped its second game in a row after losing to LSU last Sunday and stands at 21-4 overall and 10-2 in the league. Meighan Simmons tallied a season-high 25 points. Shekinna Stricklen scored 18. Glory Johnson added 10 and grabbed seven rebounds. The Lady Vols shot a sensational 59.0 from the floor and held Kentucky to just 33.3 from the floor. Tennessee outrebouned UK, 45-27. Back on Jan. 12, Kentucky edged the Lady Vols, 61-60 in Lexington to take the lead in the SEC. Tennessee inched back to within a game of the league lead with Monday’s victory. Kentucky’s leading scorer A’dia Mathies tallied 12. Back in January, she netted a career-high 34. The Cats’ top scorer on Monday was Bria Goss, who had 15. The Lady Vols’ lead expanded to 28 on a putback layup by Johnson with 11:51 left in the game as the onslaught continued. The lead ballooned to 40 on a Kamiko Williams jumper with 4:32 left in the game. Tennessee dominated the first half, leading 46-28 at intermission behind 12 points apiece from Simmons and Stricklen. The Lady Vols shot 60 percent from the floor while holding the Wildcats to 30.3 from the floor and 1-10 from 3-point range. The Lady Vols went on a 14-0 run over 2:12 late in the first half to build a 39-18 advantage with 4:39 left in the first half. Vicki Baugh, Simmons and Williams each had four points in the spurt. After being down by 12, Kentucky cut the deficit to five at 21-16 on a give-and-go lay-up from Bernisha Pinkett with 9:20 left. But the Lady Vols responded. Tennessee came out strong building an 18-6 lead after an Ariel Massengale lay-up with 13:36 left in the first half. The Lady Vols made eight of their first 10 shots including Stricklen starting 3-of-3. Kentucky began the game just 2-of-16 from the floor. The Lady Vols return to action on Thursday night as Tennessee plays at Mississippi State at 9 p.m. The game will air on CSS and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network.
STARKVILLE, Miss. - #10 Tennessee flexed its defensive muscle with a 57-41 win at Missis-sippi State. Shekinna Stricklen posted a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Cierra Burdick was the Lady Vols only other double-figure scorer as she tallied 10.
Tennessee (19-7, 10-3 SEC) limited Mississippi State (14-12, 4-9) to just 13 points in the first half and a paltry 23.5 field goal percentage. Kendra Grant led MSU with 17 and Porsha Grant tallied 15.
“We didn’t get a lot of transition looks because we were turning the ball over,” Tennessee associate head coach Holly Warlick said. “If we learned anything it’s that we’ve got to take care of the ball more.”
Stricklen was 8-for-18 from the field and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line after a slow start.
“I didn’t have my composure,” Stricklen said. “I was rushing and playing at a fast pace, not my own pace. My teammates really helped me get it back under control.”
The win pulls Tennessee even with No. 7 Kentucky atop the SEC standings after the Wild-cats’ loss tonight to Alabama.
Tennessee has won three of its last four games and five of its last seven.
Cierra Burdick added 10 points and Glory Johnson grabbed 15 rebounds for Tennessee.
“It wasn’t the prettiest game,” Warlick said. “It was a grind for us and we found a way to win.”
As poorly as Tennessee shot, Mississippi State shot even worse.
The Bulldogs shot only 24.2 percent (16 of 66) from the floor and trailed by double digits the entire second half.
“We forced enough turnovers and I felt like we really scrapped,” Mississippi State coach Sharon Fanning-Otis said. “But we missed some shots and you have to rebound the ball defensively. You’ve got to get some put-backs and some and-ones, and we’re just not there yet.”
The Bulldogs are now 0-33 all-time versus the Lady Vols.
“Our defense played hard enough for us to win the ballgame,” Fanning-Otis said. “They have awfully good athletes, with great size, at all positions.”
Both teams struggled to find offense, starting the game a combined 1-of-21 from the floor. The Lady Vols led 22-13 at the half.
“We played rushed,” Warlick said. “Once we settled down and got into a rhythm I thought we did well.”
KThe Lady Vols continue their two-game swing in Mississippi, travelling to Ole Miss for a Sunday game at 2 p.m. ET. The title airs on the SEC Network and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTENNESSEE vs Ole Miss2/19/12 1:05 p.m. at Oxford, Miss. (Tad Smith Coliseum)
Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Billy Smith, Michael McConnellTechnical fouls: ARKANSAS-None. TENNESSEE-None.Attendance: 13337AR #12 fouls out at 7:56/2
Score by periods 1st 2nd OT TotalARKANSAS 31 31 10 72TENNESSEE 26 36 9 71
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchAR 18 16 9 2 14UT 28 23 10 10 18
Last FG - AR OT-01:58, UT OT-00:48.Largest lead - AR by 7 2nd-19:40, UT by 5 2nd-05:28.
Score tied - 10 times.Lead changed - 8 times.
GAME 27#10 UT vs. Ole Miss // Feb. 19, 2012
GAME 28#10/9 UT vs. Arkansas // Feb. 23, 2012
OXFORD, Miss. - The size and strength of Tennessee (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) ended up trumping the speed of Mississippi for a 66-56 victory on Sunday.
With Tennessee (20-7, 11-3 Southeastern Conference) struggling to connect from 3-point range, the inside duo of Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen bailed out the Lady Volun-teers, who have struggled with their effort and energy level from game to game.
Johnson and Stricklen both went 5 of 9 from the floor and combined to score 25 points. Johnson, who finished with 13 points, also grabbed eight rebounds for the Lady Volun-teers.
“I thought Ole Miss really focused on taking away our inside game early. Credit to Glory and (Stricklen), they kept working,” Tennessee assistant coach Holly Warlick said. “They probably weren’t getting as many touches as we normally get, and that’s due to Ole Miss, but I thought we kept working hard, and when we needed a basket inside, we got them the ball. They made plays.”
In a game that Tennessee never led by more than 12 points, Warlick talked about why the Lady Volunteers struggled to put away an Ole Miss team (12-15, 2-12) that played its most complete game of the season.
“We did some good things and then we turn the ball over at crucial times and they took advantage of it,” Warlick said. “We didn’t get to loose balls that we normally do, and I thought Ole Miss was capitalizing on our mistakes. We needed buckets, we needed stops and we got them, but we let somebody score 21 points. We were just too inconsistent.”
Valencia McFarland was the Lady Rebel who finished with 21 points. The point guard, who was 4 for 6 from 3-point range, was praised by Johnson following the game for her effort and her ability to lead her team.
“She’s really quick. She was a player that her team needed to play well to be successful, and she did her job,” Johnson said. “She made it hard on our guards, and when she drove and we went to help, she was able to dish and find her teammates. She played a great game.”
Tennessee led 32-21 at the half. The Lady Rebels cut into that lead early in the second half with a 13-6 run that brought them within four points, 38-34, at the 14:27 mark.
Ole Miss got within four points twice more but never got any closer as Tennessee with-stood the Lady Rebels’ best punches with inside buckets from Johnson and Stricklen as well as a key 3-pointer by Stricklen with just under 7 minutes left. Tennessee has won three straight games since falling out of the Top 10 last week and leads the SEC by a half-game over Kentucky, which hosts Vanderbilt on Monday night.
The Lady Vols return home to host Arkansas on Thursday at 7 p.m. The game airs on Fox Sports South and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network. UT closes the regular-season vs. Florida on Sunday, Feb. 26 in a game that airs on ESPNU with a 3:30 p.m., tip-off.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Arkansas handed the No. 10/9 Lady Vols a tough 72-71 defeat in overtime on Thursday night. It was the Razorbacks’ first-ever win in Knoxville and just their second win ever against the Lady Vols in 25 meetings.
Arkansas (21-6, 10-5) outscored Tennessee 10-9 in the extra session after sending the game to overtime on a lay-up with eight seconds left in regulation. The Lady Vols (20-8 overall) fell to second place in the SEC at 11-4 as first-place Kentucky (12-3) knocked off South Carolina, 53-50, on Thursday.
Shekinna Stricklen (17 points, 8 rebounds) and Glory Johnson (13 points, 9 rebounds) and combined for 30 points and 17 rebounds -- all in the second half and overtime.
The Razorbacks were led by Lyndsay Harris (20) and Sarah Watkins (18). The Razorbacks won for the 10th time in 11 games. C’eira Ricketts had 16 points as Arkansas gained a measure of revenge after suffering a 69-38 defeat to Tennessee on Jan. 8.
Watkins’ jumper with 3:21 left in regulation put Arkansas ahead for good at 66-64. A 3-pointer by Calli Berna with 1:55 left gave the Hogs a 6-point advantage at 70-64. Stricken answered with a trey of her own with 1:25 left to cut the deficit to three. Stricklen’s lay-up with 41.8 left cut it to one, 70-69. Stricklen then missed two free throws with 10.0 seconds left which could have tied the game or given the Lady Vols the lead.
Harris made two free throws with 6.2 seconds remaining in overtime to put Arkansas ahead 72-69. Arkansas fouledAriel Massengale with 3.0 on the clock and the point guard made both foul shots to make it 72-71. Quistelle Williams missed two free with 2.6 seconds left but Tennessee’s desperation half-court shot came after the final buzzer.
Kamiko Williams’ putback with 1:50 left in regulation gave the Lady Vols a 60-58 lead. Stricklen’s short jumper with 1:04 left put UT up by four, 62-58. Ricketts came right back with an Arkansas lay-up 17 seconds later to cut the margin to two at 62-60. Watkins tied the game at 62 with eight seconds left as she swooped to the hoop and laid the ball in to send the game to overtime.
Arkansas continued to battle and cut their deficit to one at 57-56 on jumper by Calli Berna with 2:58 left. Harris made a pair of free throws to regain the lead for the Hogs at 58-57.
The Lady Vols scored seven points in a row to take a 55-50 lead with 5:25 left in the second. Massengale’s lay-up with 8:29 left put UT ahead at 52-50. Johnson scored the next three points for a five-point Lady Vols’ lead, their largest of the game, at five.
Tennessee shot 20-of-28 free throws in the contest, making 16 of its first 17, but made only 4-of-11 to finish the game.
A pair of 3-pointers by Stricklen gave the Lady Vols a big boost early in the second half. Massengale’s steal and lay-up with 12 minutes left in the game tied the score at 44 all. That marked the first time the game was tied since 16-all with eight minutes left in the first half. Taber Spani’s pair of free throws with 11:30 left in the second gave UT it first lead since 7-5 at 46-44. UT finished a 9-0 run with two Johnson free throws to giving the Lady Vols a 48-44 advantage.
Arkansas answered with back-to-back 3-pointers by Harris and Quistelle Williams to regain the lead at 50-48 with 9:23 left in the second half.
The Razorbacks lead 31-26 at halftime behind 11 points from Harris and 58 percent shoot-ing from the floor.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsFlorida vs TENNESSEE02/26/12 3:30 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
Officials: Kelly Johnson, Roy Gulbeyan, Carla FountainTechnical fouls: Florida-None. TENNESSEE-None.Attendance: 18563
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalFlorida 25 34 59TENNESSEE 35 40 75
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUF 26 16 10 7 28UT 28 19 16 16 28
Last FG - UF 2nd-02:36, UT 2nd-00:32.Largest lead - UF by 3 1st-19:37, UT by 18 2nd-00:32.
Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 1 time.
GAME 29#10/9 UT vs. Florida // Feb. 26, 2012
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - With all five seniors in the starting line-up on Senior Day, the No. 10/9 Lady Vols rolled past Florida, 75-59, on Sunday afternoon before 18,563 at Thompson-Boling Arena.
The Lady Vols (21-8, 12-4 SEC) enter SEC Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face the winner of the No. 7-No. 10 seed game in the second game of the second round on Friday, March 2 at 2:30 p.m. That game will be televised on Fox Sports Net and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network.
In her final regular-season home game, Glory Johnson led the Lady Vols with 21 points and 10 rebounds. It was her 10th double-double of the year. Senior Shekinna Stricklen added 15 points and Meighan Simmons tallied 12.
Alicia Manning made the most of her Senior Day as she scored 11 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had five assists.
It was also the final home game for Vicki Baugh and Briana Bass.
Lily Svete led the Gators (18-11, 8-8) with 12 points while Jennifer George had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Tennessee jumped out to a 15-3 lead to start the game and never trailed the rest of way despite Florida staying within in striking distance throughout the game.
The Lady Vols sealed the game on a Johnson breakaway lay-up with 2:05 left in regulation putting UT ahead 70-57. Manning’s jumper gave the Lady Vols a 15-point lead.
Back-to-back hoops by Manning and Stricklen regained a double-figure lead for the Lady Vols at 59-48 with six minutes left. The teams then traded 3-pointers by Jones and Stricklen for a 62-51 UT lead with 5:18 left in game.
Florida continued to hang around and cut the deficit to seven at 51-44 on a jumper by Ndidi Madu with 9:43 left in the second half.
Johnson opened the second half with a quick lay-up just 14 seconds in, as the Lady Vols equalled their largest lead of the first half of 12 at 37-25.
Tennessee led 35-25 at halftime as Johnson tallied 12 points prior to intermission including a last-second lay-up for the double-figure advantage.
After Florida opened the game with a 3-pointer by Jones, the Lady Vols ran off 15 points in a row to take a 15-3 lead 6:07 into the action. Johnson had eight of those 15 points.
Florida showed grit as they retaliated with a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to four at 17-13 on another 3-pointer by Jones with 10 minutes left in the first half.
