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Lady Vols Prepare For South Carolina
January 13, 2000 | Women's Basketball
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PROBABLE UT STARTERS20- KARA LAWSON, F-G, 5-9, Fr., 14.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg24- TAMIKA CATCHINGS, F, 6-1, Jr., 15.4 ppg, 7.8 rpg00- MICHELLE SNOW, C, 6-5, So., 12.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg 33- KRISTEN ACE CLEMENT, G, 5-11, Jr., 7.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 5.4 apg21- SEMEKA RANDALL, G, 5-10, Jr., 15.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg UT RESERVES 3- NIYA BUTTS, G, 6-0, Sr., 3.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg 5- KYRA ELZY, G, 6-1, Sr/Jr., 4.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg10- APRIL McDIVITT, G, 5-8, Fr., 4.1 ppg, 1.4 rpg11- AMANDA CANON, G/F, 5-11, So., 1.3 ppg, 0.0 rpg12- TASHEIKA MORRIS, F, 6-0, Fr., 3.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg13- GWEN JACKSON, F, 6-2, Fr., 6.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg31- SARAH EDWARDS, G/F, 5-11, So., 2.0 ppg, 0.2 rpg34- LASHONDA STEPHENS, C, 6-3, Sr/Jr., 1.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg 50- SHALON PILLOW, C, 6-3, So., 2.8 ppg, 1.8 rpgINJURIES
Senior Niya Butts suffered a bruise to her right fibula in practice on New Year's Eve which was originally thought to be a broken leg. X-rays revealed otherwise and Butts is listed as day-to-day. However, she has not played since the Texas game on 12-30-99.
TONIGHT'S GAME
This evening, the Tennessee Lady Vols travel to Columbia, South Carolina to take on the Lady Gamecocks in an all-important Southeastern Conference match-up. The contest will be the SEC home opener for USC.
IN OUR LAST GAME
The #2 ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers snapped out of their UConn hangover just in time to pin a 79-69 loss on the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks in Knoxville on Jan. 10, 2000. After dropping a 74-67 decision to the Huskies two days earlier, the Lady Vols showed little emotion at the start of the game with Arkansas. However, UT managed to take a six point lead, 16-10, at the 10:06 mark in the first half. At that point, the Lady `Backs changed up their lineup and the score -- within five minutes, UA grabbed an eight-point, 26-18 lead. Arkansas widened their scoring margin and took a 39-26 lead into the lockerroom at the half. UT had managed a dismal 27% from the field in the opening stanza. In the second half, the Lady `Backs kept the Lady Vols on the ropes until UT rookie Kara Lawson got hot. Along with Michelle Snow and Semeka Randall, the trio erased the Arkansas lead by the 13:40 mark to take a 46-45 advantage. Two minutes later (11:45), UT had outscored UA 30-6 to start the second half and led comfortably, 56-45. On the night, three Lady Vols reached double-figures led by Lawson and Snow's career highs of 25 and 24 points, respectively. Lawson also enjoyed a career rebounding night grabbing 10 boards for her first collegiate double-double. Also in double-figures for UT was Tamika Catchings who tallied 13 points while Randall cleared the glass for 10 rebounds as well. UT pounded Arkansas on the glass, 52-22, and forced the `Backs into 27 turnovers off of 14 steals. UAs bench outscored UT, 29-7. The Lady Vols managed to hit its charity tosses and connected on 78% of its tries.
1999-2000 TENNESSEE LADY VOLSGAME-BY-GAMEDATE OPPONENT TIME or RESULTNOV. 2 HUNGARY 82-63 7 U.S. NATIONAL 65-6414 #6 LOUISIANA TECH 64-6919 UT-MARTIN 133-6026 #22/23 at Stanford 79-7328 #4 at UCLA 88-77DEC.2 #17 PURDUE 72-665 #25 at Wisconsin 85-627 at Memphis 92-6917 at DePaul 100-6619 at St.Joseph's 82-5930 #25 TEXAS 106-76JAN.3 #21/19OLD DOMINION 113-556 #16/21 at Louisiana State 86-508 #1 CONNECTICUT 67-7410 ARKANSAS 79-6914 at South Carolina 7:00 p.m.17 #7 at Georgia 1:00 p.m. 23 at Kentucky 2:00 p.m.29 #3 N.C. State (at Gund Arena) 2:30 p.m.30 KENTUCKY 3:00 P.M. FEB. 2 at Connecticut 7:00 p.m. 4 VANDERBILT 7:00 P.M. 6 ALABAMA 5:30 P.M. 10 at Mississippi 7:00 p.m. CT13 FLORIDA 3:00 P.M. 17 at Mississippi State 7:00 p.m. CT20 LOUISIANA STATE 3:00 P.M. 24 at Vanderbilt 6:45 p.m. CT 27 AUBURN 3:15 P.M. Mar. 2-5 SEC Tournament Chattanooga, TN Mar.17-20 NCAA First & Second Rounds Campus Sites Mar. 25&27 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites (East-Richmond, VA, Mideast-Memphis, TN, Midwest-Kansas City, MO, West-Portland, OR)Mar. 31 & Apr.2 NCAA Final Four Philadelphia, PALADY VOLS ON TELEVISION
Twenty-one Lady Vol regular season games will be on television this year. Previously, UT appeared in a then-school record 17 regular season TV appearances and 22 TV games overall during the 1996-97 season. Upcoming games on TV include South Carolina and Georgia. UT is 8-2 on TV this season.
ON THIS DAY
On Jan. 14th, the Lady Vols have produced a 12-3 record all-time. The Lady Vols have a 9-0 record at home, are 3-3 away and have never played on a neutral site on this day. UT's most recent game on Jan. 14 was a 102-69 win over Georgia last season in Knoxville.
1999-2000 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEELADY VOL BASKETBALL ROSTERNO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL 00 MICHELLE SNOW C 6-5 SO PENSACOLA, FL/PENSACOLA 3 NIYA BUTTS F 6-0 SR AMERICUS, GA/AMERICUS 5 KYRA ELZY G-F 6-1 SR* LaGRANGE, KY/OLDHAM CO.10 APRIL McDIVITT G 5-8 FR CONNERSVILLE, IND/CONNERSVILLE 11 AMANDA CANON F 5-11 SO SHELBYVILLE, TN/SHELBYVILLE12 TASHEIKA MORRIS F 6-0 FR HUNTSVILLE, AL/BUTLER 13 GWEN JACKSON C-F 6-2 FR EUFAULA, AL/EUFAULA20 KARA LAWSON G-F 5-9 FR ALEXANDRIA, VA/W.SPRINGFIELD 21 SEMEKA RANDALL G 5-10 JR CLEVELAND, OH/TRINITY24 TAMIKA CATCHINGS F 6-1 JR DUNCANVILLE, TX/DUNCANVILLE31 SARAH EDWARDS G 5-11 SO SEVIERVILLE, TN/SEVIER CO.33 KRISTEN CLEMENT G 5-11 JR BROOMALL, PA/CARDINAL O'HARA34 LASHONDA STEPHENS C 6-3 SR* WOODSTOCK, GA/SEQUOYAH 50 SHALON PILLOW C 6-3 SO ADDYSTON, OH/TAYLOR (*juniors in eligibility)HEAD COACH: PAT SUMMITT (707-148 in 26 years)ASSISTANTS: MICKIE DEMOSS, HOLLY WARLICK, AL BROWNDIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: ALYSIAH BOND ADMINISTRATIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT: MATTHEW MITCHELLOUR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
After tonight's game with South Carolina, the Lady Vols return home to prepare for a national television game (ESPN2) versus the Georgia Lady Bulldogs in Athens on Monday, Jan. 17 at 1:00 p.m. After that game, Tennessee will enjoy its longest break since the holidays six days before traveling to Kentucky on Jan. 23.
ADDED TELEVISION GAMES -- STARTING TONIGHT
The University of Tennessee's agreement with Comcast Sports has yielded four additional television games in January and February. UT's meeting at South Carolina, at Kentucky, at Ole Miss and at Mississippi State are all slated for television. Former Lady Vol Michelle Marciniak will handle the color commentary while Steve Stewart will handle the play-by-play at USC. The Voice of the Vols, Bob Kesling, is scheduled to provide the play-by-play at the other games. The addition of four games to the television schedule gives the Lady Vols an all-time high of 21 regular season games on the tube. PLEASE NOTE THIS GAME TIME CHANGE
Tennessee's game against the third-ranked N.C. State Wolfpack on Jan. 29 in Cleveland, Ohio, has been moved to a 2:30 p.m. tip time. The Lady Vols and the Pack will be the second game of a triple-header that day in Gund Arena. Surprisingly, television has not picked up the contest which will pit #2 versus #3.
LADY VOL HOOPS GOES OUTSIDE BANK ONE BALLPARK GAME SET
In an attempt to break the NCAA women's basketball attendance record and play the first-ever outdoor college basketball game, the University of Tennessee has been invited to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils on Dec. 28, 2000 at the 48,569-seat Bank One Ballpark. Proceeds from the ticket sales for the game will benefit breast cancer research. ASU will be attempting to break the Lady Vols' NCAA record attendance of 24,597 set on Jan. 3, 1998 versus Connecticut in Thompson-Boling Arena.
STARTING GRAD SCHOOL
When classes started at UT for the spring semester on Jan. 12, 2000, Lady Vol guard and December `99 graduate Kyra Elzy began her grad school studies in Sport Psychology.
TONIGHT'S FORECAST INCLUDES SNOW
The weather outside is frightful Well, the weather inside has been frightful for the Lady Vol opposition lately, as 6'5 center Michelle Snow has become more of a force. Snow has produced scoring flurries of 24, 21 and 22 points in her last three games while resetting her career high for points two times. Since the calendar rolled over to the year 2000, Snow has averaged 20.8 ppg.
UT-SOUTH CAROLINAALL-TIME SERIES MEETINGSUT leads 27-2DATE SITE W/L SCOREFeb. 18, 1972 N1 W 44-30Mar. 10, 1973 N6 L 54-59Feb. 16, 1974 N1 W 72-45Jan. 15, 1979 H W 62-54Mar. 9, 1979 H W 76-64Jan. 23, 1980 A L 52-56Mar. 7, 1980 A W 67-54Mar. 21, 1980 N28 W 75-72Jan. 12, 1981 H W 65-54Jan. 25, 1982 A W 87-81Dec. 4, 1982 N36 W 84-62Feb. 16, 1983 H W 87-67Feb. 8, 1984 A W 71-66Feb. 18, 1985 H W 66-58Jan. 6, 1986 A W 70-54Feb. 19, 1987 H W 80-56Jan. 20, 1988 A W 85-80Feb. 2, 1989 H W 60-54Jan. 25, 1990 A W 70-69Jan. 24, 1991 H W 77-61Jan. 15, 1992 A W 78-58Feb. 18, 1993 H W 100-57Feb. 8, 1994 A W 91-75Jan. 12, 1995 H W 72-55Feb. 15, 1996 A W 79-73*Feb. 11, 1997 H W 90-59Feb. 28, 1997 N65 W 75-48Jan. 6, 1998 A W 94-52Jan. 7, 1999 H W 87-58*OTTHE SERIES
Tennessee leads the series with South Carolina, 27-2. The UT Media Relations Office recognizes all recorded games played with newspaper accounts and/or box scores. The series with USC indicates a win and a loss pre-dating the Summitt years yielding a 27-2 record. The Pat Summitt era has only found UT on the losing end to the Lady Gamecocks once -- Jan. 23, 1980 in Columbia, 56-52 -- when the Carolina Pep Band positioned itself behind the Lady Vol bench and played its amplified drums, electric guitars, etc. for all 40 minutes of the game. UT huddles, held practically at the free throw line, did little good. Shortly thereafter, a ban on the band playing during the game and no electronic amplification, was instituted by the AIAW.
GAME REPORT 15 SOUTH CAROLINA
Tennessee and South Carolina meet tonight for the 30th time in the series. The Lady Vols have recorded 23 consecutive victories over the Lady Gamecocks dating back to the 1979-80 season when UT assistant coach Holly Warlick was the starting Tennessee point guard.
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR SOUTH CAROLINAOUR LAST MEETING AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA
44- Annie Lester, F, 6-0, Sr., 12.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg45- Jocelyn Penn, F, 6-0, So., 13.4 ppg, 6.1 rpg00- Petra Ujhelyi, C, 6-4, Fr., 5.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg32- Shaunzinski Gortman, G, 6-1, So., 15.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg51- Shanta Jeffcoat, G, 5-10, Sr., 2.8 ppg, 1.2 rpgTENNESSEE vs. SOUTH CAROLINA STAT COMPARISON LADY VOLS LADY GAMECOCKSOVERALL RECORD 12-2 10-4SCORING 89.0 70.4SCORING DEFENSE 66.1 59.6POINT MARGIN +22.9 +10.8REBOUNDS 45.8 42.1OPP. REBOUNDS 32.3 35.1REBOUND MARGIN +13.5 + 7.0FG% .470 .433OPPONENT FG% .430 .388THREE POINT FG% .373 .304OPPONENT 3FG% .327 .275FT% .688 .633OPPONENT FT% .699 .649BLOCKS AVERAGE 3.0 3.2STEALS AVERAGE 13.7 13.5TURNOVER AVERAGE 18.5 21.2
The number two-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols returned home for the first time in the New Year and tagged a 87-58 defeat on the South Carolina Lady Gamecocks on Jan. 7, 1999. The win came in the first SEC game at home and ran Tennessee's record to 3-0 in the conference. The Lady Vols raced to a 14-point lead, 20-6, in the first 12 minutes of play, while the Lady Gamecocks struggled to reach double-figures (finally at 7:46). Of note in the first half was the return of Teresa Geter and Kyra Elzy to the Lady Vol lineup. Each contributed immediately when they came into the game with 13:27 showing. UT lengthened its lead by as many as 19 points in the first half (34-15 with 4:25 to go) before leading 42-25 at the break. It was all UT in the second half, as the Lady Vols biggest lead was the final margin of 29 points. On the night, Tennessee was led in scoring by Chamique Holdsclaw with 22 points. She was joined in double-figure scoring by Semeka Randall with 18 points and Kellie Jolly with 14 points. Tops on the boards were Tamika Catchings and Michelle Snow with seven each. For the game, UT shot 53% from the field (63% in the second half) while outrebounding USC, 46-37. Free throw defense continued to give the Lady Vols fits as the squad connected on just 14-24 charity tosses.
THE LAST MEETING AT SOUTH CAROLINA
The #1 ranked Tennessee Lady Vols traveled to South Carolina on Jan. 6, 1998 for their first SEC road game of the season and came away with a 94-52 victory. Over the first eight minutes of play, the USC stayed within a couple of points trailing by four (17-13 with 11:43 to play). UT then turned up the defensive intensity and outscored the Gamecocks 27-6 over the next six minutes to take a 44-19 lead. At the half, UT led 53-26 behind the 13-point performance of Tamika Catchings. In the first three minutes of the second half, the Lady Vols quickly extended the margin to 62-28 with 17:03 to go. Eventually, UT would push its lead by as many as 44 points in the second half.
THE TOP 25 POLLSASSOCIATED PRESS (Jan.10)1. Connecticut2. TENNESSEE 3. N.C. State4. Louisiana Tech 5. Penn State 6. Notre Dame7. Georgia8. Iowa State9. Rutgers 10. Auburn11. Duke12. Illinois 13. Tulane 14. UCLA 15. North Carolina16. Texas Tech17. LSU18. Purdue 19. Santa Barbara20. Arizona 21. Kansas 22. Old Dominion23. Oregon 24. Mississippi St. 25. Boston College ESPN/USA TODAY (Jan.10)1. Connecticut2. TENNESSEE3. N.C. State 4. Louisiana Tech5. Penn State6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Duke9. Iowa State 10. Auburn11. Rutgers 12. North Carolina 13. Illinois14. Texas Tech15. Tulane16. Purdue17. UCLA 18. Arizona19. LSU20. Santa Barbara21. Old Dominion 22. Mississippi State23. Kansas24. Oregon25. Boston CollegeAP POLL NOTES
Tennessee is the only team to have been ranked every year for the last 24 years in the AP poll. Tennessee has appeared at least once per season over the poll's history.
Randall led UT off the bench with 21 points and five rebounds. Also in double-digits were Chamique Holdsclaw with 16 points and nine boards, Catchings with 15 points, and Kellie Jolly with 13 points. The game was homecoming for Lady Vol rookie Teresa Geter who was a 1997 graduate of Columbia H.S. In front of a couple of hundred Geter fans, the rookie put up impressive numbers tossing in nine points, gathering a team high 10 rebounds, handing out four assists and blocking three shots. UT outrebounded USC, 56-33, and forced 26 turnovers.
HI! TREE
Former Tennessee Lady Vol center Teresa Tree Geter (1997-99) transferred to the University of South Carolina in August 1999 just before UT left for two weeks in Europe. Geter cited wanting to be closer to home (Columbia, S.C.) as her reason for leaving UT. Geter has to sit out this season but will be #22 in your program next year when the Lady Gamecocks visit Knoxville.
LOOKING BACK A YEAR AGO
Last year at this time, the Lady Vols were 14-1 and had just defeated Georgia, 102-69, in Knoxville.
UT HOLDS NUMBER TWO SPOT
After losing to top-ranked Connecticut on Jan. 8, the Tennessee Lady Vols still held on to the number two spot in the AP and ESPN/USA TODAY polls released on Jan.10, 2000. Number three-ranked N.C. State, Tennessee's opponent on Jan. 29 in Cleveland, Ohio, has closed the gap to just a handful of points between the two schools.
LEFTOVERS FROM THE ARKANSAS GAME
Arkansas was the first team to shoot over 50% from the field against the Lady Vols in 1999-2000. The Lady `Backs connected on 26-48 of its field goal tries good for a .542 shooting percentage. Rookie Kara Lawson tallied her first collegiate double-double knocking in a career high 25 points and grabbing a career high 10 rebounds.
800 AND COUNTING
Tennessee women's basketball traces its roots to back to 1903 but it wasn't until the 1907 season that Coach T.S. Myers led his bloomer-clad charges to the program's first victory. On Feb. 16, 1907, when his defensive-minded orange and white team hung a stinging defeat on Central, 28-0, no one could appreciate then what that first victory meant on The Hill. Now, fast-forward to the next century. Against Arkansas on Jan. 10, 2000, the Lady Vols notched the 800th all-time basketball victory in the history of Tennessee women's basketball.
BOUNCING BACK
Since 1976, the Lady Vols have played the nation's number one ranked team in 30 games and posted a 12-18 record. In the games following the 18 losses (including UConn on 1-8-00) to the top-ranked team, Tennessee has bounced back and won 13 of the games by an average of 16.1 ppg. In the five losses in the games after losing to number one, the Lady Vols have been outscored by an average of 7.0 ppg.
MORE TREY TRENDS
There are some interesting Tennessee trey trends as we enter the 2000 portion of the schedule. Last season in 34 games, UT was 83-255 (.325) from three-point land for the season. This season, Tennessee has already connected on 78 three-pointers (209 attempts). Lady Vol rookie Kara Lawson has led the trey assault already connecting on 33 treys (in 75 attempts). She is joined in the three barrage by Catchings (13-47), April McDivitt (11-25), Clement (6-21), and Tasheika Morris (6-14). Lawson, in just 14 games, has already eclipsed Kellie Jolly's trey total (32-85) for the entire 34 game, 1998-99 season.
SEC Standings ( as of 1/12/00) SEC Pct. All Pct. Tennessee 2-0 1.000 12-2 .857 Kentucky 2-0 1.000 10-4 .714 Vanderbilt 1-0 1.000 13-2 .867LSU 2-1 .667 11-3 .796 Georgia 1-1 .500 15-2 .882 Auburn 1-1 .500 12-2 .857Florida 1-1 .500 10-4 .714 Ole Miss 0-1 .000 10-3 .769 Alabama 0-1 .000 10-4 .714South Carolina 0-1 .000 10-4 .714 Arkansas 0-1 .000 9-4 .692 Mississippi St. 0-2 .000 11-2 .846 UPCOMING SEC GAMESJan.13: Alabama at Auburn, LSU at Arkansas, Georgia at Florida, Kentucky at Vanderbilt, Ole Miss at Mississippi State.SEC LEAGUE PLAY
CURRENT LADY VOL SEC INDIVIDUAL RANKINGSScoring 9. Tamika Catchings 15.4 ppg12. Kara Lawson 14.6 ppg14. Semeka Randall 14.5 ppgRebounding 7. Catchings 7.8 rpg13. Michelle Snow 6.7 rpgThree point Field Goal Percentage 3. Lawson .440Free Throw Percentage 2. Lawson .870 4. Randall .811 7. Catchings .740Assists 5. Kristen Clement 5.6 apg Steals 1. Catchings 3.4 apg CURRENT LADY VOL SEC TEAM STATISTICSScoring 1stScoring Defense 10thRebound Avg. 2ndOpp. Rebounds 3rdFG % 7thOpp. FG% 12th3FG% 4thFT % 4thAssists 5thBlocks 8thSteals 1stTurnover Margin 4thRebound Margin 1stScoring Margin 4thAsst/Turnover Ratio 6thTENNESSEE'S SEC FINISHES THROUGH THE YEARSRegular Season/Finish Tournament 1999- 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 finals1994- 11-0 First SEC Champs1993- 11-0 First Lost in quarters1992- 10-1 Second SEC Champs1991- 6-3 Third Lost in final1990- 8-1 First Lost in final1989- 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 standings Lost in final1981- no standings Lost in quarters1980- no standings SEC Champs
The Lady Vols own a league best record of 148-27 against all SEC teams in league play dating back to the 1983 season.
AGAINST THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
Tennessee owns a 259-47 record all-time record vs. 12 teams from the Southeastern Conference. The Lady Vols maintain a winning record against every team in the SEC.
THE SEC REGULAR SEASON STORYHOME N HOME SEC DANCE PARTNERS
UT's last SEC win at home: Arkansas, 79-69, 1-10-00UT's last SEC win away: LSU, 86-50, 1-6-00UT's last SEC loss at home: Georgia, 94-93 OT, 12-8-96UT's last SEC loss away: LSU, 72-69, 2-21-99UT's 1999-00 SEC home record: 1-0UT's 1999-00 SEC away record: 1-0UT's current SEC home streak: won 19UT's current SEC away streak: won 1
Tennessee's home-and-home SEC games this season include double-dips with Kentucky, LSU, and Vanderbilt. The Lady Vols have already traveled to LSU and defeated the Lady Tigers, 86-50. Tennessee and Kentucky will see each other twice in the span of one week.
COACH SUMMITT'S TELECONFERENCE COMING UP
Coach Pat Summitt will be involved in her regular weekly teleconference at 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Media can be access the call by dialing (865) 974-1000. Please ask the operator to be connected to Coach Summitt's teleconference with Debby Jennings as the group leader.
THE ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE IS BACK
Through six home games, the University of Tennessee leads the NCAA Women's Basketball Attendance Challenge (as of 1/10/00) with an average of 15,996 per home game. Just behind is Connecticut with 11,950 per home game. Rounding out the third spot is the Texas Tech with an average of 11,903 spectators per home game. Others in the top five are 4. Iowa State, 9,701 and 5. Purdue, 9,699. In 1998-99, Tennessee once again led the nation in attendance with an NCAA record 16,565 fans per game.
WE'LL FACE 11 CONFERENCES THIS SEASON
Tennessee has scheduled 28 games against 11 different conferences this season. Outside of the 14-game Southeastern Conference schedule, the Lady Vols will take on 10 other conferences in 14 games. UT contests two games each against teams from the Big East, Big 10, Conference USA and Pac 10. The Lady Vols will also take on teams from the Atlantic Coast, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Colonial Athletic, Ohio Valley, and Sun Belt.
RECORD VS. RANKED TEAMS
The game against Connecticut was the Lady Vols 393rd contest against a ranked opponent all-time. UT sports a 274-119 (.696) overall record against ranked foes since the polls began in 1976.
UT'S LAST LOSS TO AN UNRANKED TEAM?
When is the last time Tennessee lost to an unranked team? That would have been to Auburn on March 2 in the 1997 SEC Tournament.
OUR MEEK STORY
In 79 of Tennessee's last 85 games, one of the original Three Meeks (Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings and Semeka Randall) was either the top scorer or rebounder for the Lady Vols. The exceptions were: Jan. 8, 2000 (Michelle Snow 21 points), Jan.6, 2000 (Michelle Snow 22 points), Dec. 7, 1999 versus Memphis (Lawson 21 points), Nov. 19, 1999 versus UT-Martin (Kara Lawson 23 points and Michelle Snow nine rebounds), Dec. 6, 1998 versus Duke (Teresa Geter, 17 points and nine rebounds) and Dec. 7, 1997 versus Manhattan (Kyra Elzy 12 points and Geter 11 rebounds).
IN OVERTIME
The Lady Vols are 20-10 all-time in overtime games. The most OT games in a season was 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. Tennessee's 21 points in the extra stanza against Vanderbilt on Jan.19, 1997, was the most ever scored by the Lady Vols in a single overtime. The previous high-water mark was 18 points versus Colorado on Dec. 20, 1993.
100 POINT GAMES
Since 1974, the Lady Vols have gone over the century mark 62 times. This season, UT has hit the century mark four times in 12 games. Last season, UT recorded five 100-point games against St. Joseph's, UCLA, Georgia (1), Memphis, and Appalachian St.. Tennessee went over 100 points in an NCAA playoff game for the first time ever in 1993-94 with the win over North Carolina A&T, 111-37. The 1987-88 team hit triple digits in seven games leading the NCAA.
CURRENT LADY VOL STREAKS
The last time the Lady Vols lost at home was against Connecticut, 74-67, on Jan. 8, 2000 -- since then, the team has won one home game. The last time UT lost on the road was on Feb. 21, 1999 at LSU, 72-69, since then the team has won seven road games. The last time the Lady Vols lost on a neutral court was against Duke, 69-63, in the NCAA East Regional finals on Mar. 22, 1999. Since then, UT has not played on a neutral court.
UT HOLDS THE LONGEST POLL RANKING STREAK
Tennessee currently has the longest ranking streak in the AP Top 25 polls with 252 consecutive rankings. Tennessee has the most weekly rankings ever in the AP poll (395 weeks). According to hoops guru Mel Greenberg, UT is the only school to remain consistently in the poll during its 24 years.
AT LEAST 5000 IN THE HOUSE
The Lady Vols have played in front of at least 5000 fans in 129 consecutive games at home dating back to March 16, 1991.
BROKE THE STREAK AT HOME
The Lady Vols' 40-game consecutive home court winning streak which dated back to January 12, 1997 was snapped with the loss to Louisiana Tech on Nov. 14, 1999.
127 OF 132
The Tennessee Lady Vols have won 127 of its last 132 games at home in Thompson-Boling Arena dating back to Feb. 1, 1991. UT's five losses were to Louisiana Tech, Connecticut (twice), Stanford, and Georgia (OT).
HOME SWEET HOME
All-time at home UT is 328-33 (.910) -- since the 1974-75 season. All-time home losses (in the Summitt era) include: six in Alumni Gym from 1974-76; 18 in Stokely Athletics Center from 1976-87; and nine in Thompson-Boling Arena since 1987.
ON OUR WAY TO 200 WINS IN THOMPSON-BOLING
In 12 seasons since moving to TBA, the Lady Vols are 175-9 (.960) overall. The Lady Vols won their 100th game in Thompson-Boling Arena with the victory over Stanford on 12-1-94. The Lady Vols have rarely lost at home in the past decade. UT suffered two losses the first year in the new arena (12-2 overall), a 97-78 defeat to Texas on Dec. 9, 1987 and a 71-68 loss to Auburn exactly one month later on Jan. 9, 1988. The Lady Vols enjoyed a flawless home slate in 1988-89 with a 15-0 record. UT almost duplicated the record a year later but dropped a one-point decision to Louisiana Tech, 59-58 (again on Dec. 9), and turned in a 14-1 showing in 1989-90. In 1990-91, the Lady Vols (15-1 at home) went down in defeat to Georgia, 81-74 on Jan. 28, 1991. From that point, until UT lost to Connecticut on Jan. 6,1996 (59-53), the Lady Vols won a NCAA record 69 consecutive games. From 1991 until 1996, the team turned in records of 7-0 (remainder of 1991 season), 14-0 in 1991-92, 13-0 in 1992-93, 15-0 in 1993-94, 15-0 in 1994-95, and 14-1 in 1995-96. In 1996-97, the Lady Vols went 13-2 at home after losing back-to-back games to Georgia and Stanford in December. It marked the first time the team had lost consecutive games in the Arena. In the flawless 1997-98 campaign, the Lady Vols were 16-0 at home. Tennessee finished with a 14-0 mark at home in 1998-99. This year, UT is 5-2 with losses to Louisiana Tech and Connecticut.
EARLY SIGNEES
The Tennessee Lady Vols completed a recruiting haul in the NCAA early signing period inking four players. Tennessee won an intense recruiting battle when they landed Ashley Robinson, the top post prospect in the nation. The Lady Vols signed its first in-state player, Courtney McDaniel from Bristol, Tenn., since the signing of home-grown recruits Kellie Jolly, Misty Greene and Brynae Laxton in 1995. The Lady Vols also dipped into Georgia for prized standouts LaToya Davis and Latasha Butts. Interestingly enough, Butts' aunt, Valerie Freeman, played for the Lady Vols from 1983-85. The signees: Courtney McDaniel, 6-1, C-F, Bristol, Tenn./Tennessee High (2,038 career points, 1,230 career rebounds), LaToya Davis, 6-0, F, Forsyth, Ga./Mary Persons H.S. (Career Avg. 28.1 ppg and 20.6 rpg), Ashley Robinson, 6-5, C, Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie H.S. (Career Avg. 31.3 ppg and 18.7 rpg) and Latasha Butts, 5'11", G-F, Milledgeville, Ga./Baldwin Co. H.S. (Career highs: 37 points, 20 rebounds, 10 blocks, 10 assists).
THE RADIO
The Lady Vols can be heard on flagship station WNOX-AM 990 with Mickey Dearstone calling the action. The broadcast network includes 36 stations across the state of Tennessee.
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