University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Postgame Notes
November 29, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 29, 2001
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Tennessee vs. Appalachian St.
Nov. 29, 2001 - Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
* Tennessee improves to 3-2 on the season ... Appalachian State falls to 2-3 ... The Vols' next game is Dec. 6 at SMU ... UT's next home game is Dec. 17 against Radford.
* Tennessee head coach Buzz Peterson coached Appalachian State from 1996-2000 and was an assistant coach there from 1988-89 ... Appalachian State head coach Houston Fancher was an assistant for Peterson at ASU and took over the program when Peterson left to take the Tulsa head coaching position ... UT assistant coaches Chris Ferguson and Kerry Keating also served as assistants at ASU.
* Tennessee leads the series 3-0 that dates back to 1986 ... All games in the series have been played in Knoxville with the last two at Thompson-Boling Arena ... Buzz Peterson was the Appalachian State head coach in the last meeting, a 69-46 Tennessee victory Nov. 28, 1997.
* UT has won 37 straight non-conference games at Thompson-Boling Arena ... The Vols have a 43-5 mark at home since 1998 ... Tennessee is 2-0 this season at home ... UT's last non-conference home loss was Dec. 4, 1996--a 73-62 loss to Tennessee Tech
* Tennessee took a 37-34 lead into halftime on a Thaydeus Holden three-pointer at the buzzer ... The Vols connected on 51 percent from the field and 45 percent (5-of-11) from three-point distance in the first half, but committed 13 turnovers ... The Vols opened the second half on a 14-4 run to take a 51-38 lead with 15:39 remainin ... UT hit 10 of its first 16 shots (.625) in the second half ...
* Thaydeus Holden enjoys playing at home ... Holden scored a career-high 20 points tonight on 6-of-9 shooting (2-of-3 treys) ... He scored 16 points in the home opener against Tennessee Tech ... In two games at Thompson-Boling Arena this season, Holden has scored 36 points and connected on 12-of-19 (.631) from the field, including 6-of-11 (.545) from three point range.
* Vincent Yarbrough scored 17 points and equaled his career-high with 7 assists tonight ... With two blocks tonight, Vincent Yarbrough moved to No. 8 on the Vols' all-time blocked shot list with 113 ... Yarbrough passed Rob Jones (112) on UT's blocks list tonight ... Yarbrough leads the Vols in blocks this season, averaging 1.4/game ... Yarbrough wore jersey number 2 for most of the second half after his number 1 jersey was stained with blood.
* Ron Slay made his 2001-02 Thompson-Boling Arena debut tonight ... Slay, who missed the Vols' first two games of the season with a stress fracture in his lower leg, came off the bench to score a season-high 15 points ... Slay hit 6-of-10 from the field and pulled down 5 rebounds tonight ... He also recorded a season-high 3 assists and 2 steals ... Slay's three 3-pointers tonight is a career-high
* Tennessee travels to Dallas Dec. 6 to play Southern Methodist in an 8:30 p.m. (EST) tipoff .
