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Tennessee vs. Florida Postgame Notes
January 09, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 9, 2002
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Tennessee Postgame Notes
Tennessee vs. Florida
Jan. 9, 2002 - Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
* Tennessee goes to 6-7 (1-1 SEC) on the season ... Florida improves to 13-1 (2-0 SEC) ... Florida extends its school record 12-game winning streak ... Tonight's game was the Vols' first overtime game of the season.
* Tonight's game was the first time Tennessee has scored at least 100 points since a 102-76 win over East Tennessee State last season ... Florida's 104 points mark the first time a UT opponent has scored 100 since a 102-96 loss to Arkansas in the 1998 SEC Tournament ... Tonight's game is the first time that Tennessee has been involved in a game where both teams scored over 100 points since a 111-107 double-overtime loss at South Carolina in 1993.
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 58-43 against the Gators, including a 34-14 mark in games played in Knoxville ... The Vols have won three of the last six meetings against the Gators and three of the last five in Knoxville ... Florida won both meetings between the two teams last season ... UF won 81-67 at Gainesville and 88-82 at Knoxville ... UT swept the season series in 1999-2000 ... Florida had not won back-to-back games at Thompson-Boling Arena since 1996-97.
* UT has a 59-9 mark at home since the 1997-98 season ... Against SEC foes, Tennessee is now 26-8 at home the past three seasons ... The Vols are 4-2 at home this season-1-1 in SEC play.
* Tennessee had four players score double figures tonight and three players with 20 or more for the second consecutive game ... Vincent Yarbrough (26), Marcus Haislip (20) and Ron Slay (20) combined for 20-plus, while Thaydeus Holden added 12.
* Vincent Yarbrough moved to No. 13 on the Vols' all-time scoring list tonight ... He now has 1431 for his UT career ... With 26points tonight, Yarbrough passed Jimmy England (1407) and Steve Hamer (1418).
* Yarbrough's 26 points tonight equaled his season-high and marked the seventh time this season he's scored 20 points or more this season ... He scored 24 vs. Ole Miss Sunday ... Yarbrough entered the game as the league's leading scorer (19.0 ppg) ... Yarbrough also scored 26 points against Tennessee Tech in the season opener ... His career-high is 28 points vs. Kentucky last season.
* Marcus Haislip scored 20 points, connecting on 9-of-14 from the field and equaled his season-high with four blocked shots ... His eight rebounds today equals his career-high (8 vs. Ole Miss-2002 and at Louisville).
* Ron Slay recorded his first double-double of the season and the fourth of his career tonight with 20 points and 11 rebounds ... Slay scored 17 points in the second half ...
* The Vols' seven blocked shots tonight are a season-high for Tennessee ... Marcus Haislip led UT with four blocks ... Vincent Yarbrough added two swats.
* Tennessee travels to Georgia Saturday to play the Bulldogs in a 7 p.m. (EST) tipoff ... Georgia defeated Kentucky at Lexington tonight to move to 2-0 in the SEC.
