University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
December 21, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2002
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Tennessee vs. West Virginia
West Virginia Coliseum
Morgantown, W. Va.
Series Notebook
* West Virginia leads the all-time series 5-2, including a 2-1 mark in Morgantown
* Last three meetings between two schools decided in final seconds and decided by a total of 6 points
* Entering today's game, teams split the last two meetings with each winning on the other's home court last two seasons
* Vols are now 23-30 vs. teams currently in the Big East Conference
* Third of a four-game stretch in nine days for Vols (2-1)... UT hosts Western Carolina Dec. 23
Slay Moving Up UT Scoring List
* Moved to No. 33 on UT's all-time scoring (1076) list passing, Rob Jones (1070), Bobby Croft (1066)
* Played a season-low 25 minutes due to foul trouble ... Picked up fourth foul with 15:44 remaining
* Equaled season-low with 10 points and 5 rebounds
* 56th career game of scoring double figures, including all 6 games this season
Crump Back in Double Figures
* Crump's 14 points today marks the first time in three games he's scored double-figures
* 12th career game of scoring double-figures and 4th time this season
* Connected on 7-of-14 from the field today
* Seven FGs today is a career-high
* Also pulled down 7 rebounds, including 4 offensive boards to equal season-high
Tale of Two Halves
* UT led 43-30 at halftime ... WVU outscored Vols 35-19 in second half
* Vols hit 55 percent (17-of-31) FGs in first half; just 31 percent (8-of-26) in second half
* UT's 43 first-half points today (43-30) were a season-high ... (previous: 41 vs. VMI)
* Vols' 19 points in second half is a season-low (previous: 35 vs. Charleston Southern)
* UT had just 6 turnovers at halftime ... Committed 11 in second half
Quickly....
* Jon Higgins' two 3-point FGs today gives him 170 for his career, trailing No. 5 Greg Bell (171) on UT's all-time list
* Pulled down a season-high 18 offensive rebounds today (previous: 16 vs. Texas A&M)
* Elgrace Wilborn led the Vols 8 rebounds (4 offensive) ... Wilborn has pulled down 13 rebounds last 3 games off bench
* UT outrebounded WVU 41-23 ... WVU won the battle of the boards last season 41-28
* UT hit a season-low 63.6 percent from FT line ... 7 FT made and 11 FT att. are also season-lows
* Thaydeus Holden made first start of the season today
* UT hosts Western Carolina Monday (7 p.m.-EST)
