University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee vs. Auburn Postgame Notes
January 27, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 27, 2002
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? Tennessee improves to 9-10 (2-4 SEC) on the season ... Auburn falls to 9-9 (1-6 SEC) ... UT is 7-3 (1-2 SEC) at home this season ... Today's win ended UT's four-game SEC losing streak after defeating Ole Miss Jan. 6 ... Today's game was the fourth home contest in eight days for Tennessee, which compiled a 3-1 mark.
? Tennessee leads the all-time series with the Tigers 63-33, including a 38-7 mark in Knoxville ... The Vols have won the last four meetings in the series ... UT swept two games last season at Auubrn (96-88 2OT) and at the 2001 SEC Tournament (73-66) ... Auburn's last win in the series was a 90-62 verdict at Auburn Jan. 2, 1999.
? Marcus Haislip, who was held to a season-low 8 points in Wednesday's loss to South Carolina, pumped in 24 today on 9-of-17 shooting from the field and 6-of-7 at the free throw line ... Today's game was the fifth time Haislip has scored at least 20 points this season and the sixth time in his career ... Haislip also pulled down a team-high eight rebounds and blocked three shots.
? Vincent Yarbrough, who entered the game as the SEC's leading scorer at 18.1, scored 16 points today ... With one three-pointer today, he moved past Lang Wiseman (152) for No. 5 on UT's all-time list with 153 three-point field goals ... He ranks No. 4 on the 3-point field goal attempts list with 453.
? Senior guard Del Baker scored a season-high 7 points off the Vols' bench ... Baker connected on 2-of-2 from the field (both three-pointers) ... Baker's previous best outing this season was three points in three different games (last: South Carolina).
? Freshman forward Elgrace Wilborn did not dress out for today's game due to a knee injury ... Wilborn, 6-8, is averaging 3.6 points and 3.4 rebounds, but had scored double figures in each of the past two games following Ron Slay's season-ending knee injury.
? Sophomore forward Andy Ikeakor saw his first action of the season, playing 9 mintues and scoring 1 point on a free throw ... Ikeakor suffered a foot injury in preseason practice and did not resume practicing with the team until early January ... The Houston, Texas native played in just four games last year.
? Tennessee connected on 80 percent (24-of-30) of its free throws today, just the third time this year the Vols have hit 80 percent or better ... In UT's other SEC win over Ole Miss Jan. 6, the Vols hit 31-of-35 for a season-high 87 percent.
? Tennessee led by as many as 16 points in the first half ... UT took a 39-26 advantage into halftime ... Auburn narrowed the lead to 47-38 with 14:18 remaining, but from there the Vols went on a 16-3 run to lead 63-41 at the 8:49 mark ... UT led by as many as 28 in the second half.
? Tennessee travels to LSU Wednesday to take on the Tigers ... Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. (EST) ... UT's next home game is set Feb. 6 against Kentucky (8 p.m.).
