University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
January 30, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Tennessee vs. LSU
Jan. 30, 2002 - Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, La.
? Tennessee improves to 10-10 (3-4 SEC) on the season ... LSU falls to 12-8 (2-5 SEC) ... Tonight's game was the Vols' first SEC road win after close losses at Georgia and Mississippi State ... UT is now 3-5 overall on the road this season ... The Vols have now won four of their last five games, including a two-game SEC win streak ... UT is 2-1 vs. SEC West teams this season.
? Tennessee has now won its last eight games against LSU in the series ... The Vols now hold a 53-38 advantage ...LSU leads 23-19 at Baton Rouge, but UT has won the last three at the Maravich Assembly Center ... UT's eight-game win streak over the Tigers is its second longest in the series ranking behind an 11-game streak from 1964-69.3-66) ... LSU's last win in the series was a 56-52 victory at Knoxville Feb. 4, 1995.
? Tennessee improves to 2-7 on the year in games decided by four points or less ... The Vols have now won its last two games decided by four points or less after defeating then-No. 7 Syracuse 66-62 Jan. 19.
? Four UT players played 30 minutes or more ... Vincent Yarbrough (38), Jon Higgins (37), Marcus Haislip (31) and Brandon Crump (30) ... Tennessee played tonight's game without freshman Elgrace Wilborn (knee) and Ron Slay (knee) ... Slay is scheduled for knee surgery tomorrow, while Wilborn's status is day-to-day.
? Vincent Yarbrough, who entered the game as the SEC's leading scorer at 18.0, scored 24 points tonight, connecting on 8-of18 from the field, including 5-of-10 from three-point range ... Tonight's output was the ninth game this season Yarbrough has scored 20 points or more ... He also led the Vols on the boards with nine rebounds.
? Tennessee committed just 10 turnovers tonight, including just two in the first half as Tennessee enjoyed a 35-28 halftime advantage ... UT's season-low turnover mark is nine at Wisconsin.
? Tennessee travels to Vanderbilt Saturday to take on the Commodores ... Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. (EST) ... UT's next home game is set Feb. 6 against Kentucky (8 p.m.).
