University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
December 23, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 23, 2002
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Tennessee vs. Western Carolina
Thompson-Boling Arena,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Series Notebook
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 6-1 ... All games in the series have been played in Knoxville dating back to 1987-88
* UT won the last meeting 84-41 during the 1998-99 season
* WCU's only win in the series was a 78-71 decision in the 1993-94 campaign (Dec. 17, 1993)
* Vols are now 76-12 vs. teams currently in the Southern Conference
* UT was a member of the Southern Conference 1925-32
Double Trouble From Slay
* Recorded 8th double-double of the season (22 pts, 10 rebounds) and fourth of career
* Tallied 22 points tonight after scoring just 20 the past two games
* Scored UT's first 4-point play in tonight's game (trey + FT) since Vincent Yarbrough vs. St. John's (11/124/2001)
* Dished out career-high with 6 assists (previous: 5 vs. Radford - 12/17/01)
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (20.3 ppg), just ahead of Auburn's Marquis Daniels (20.1 ppg)
* 57th career game of scoring double figures, including all 7 games this season
* 13th career game of scoring 20 or more points and fourth this season
Crump Back in Double Figures
* Crump's 14 points today marks the first time in three games he's scored double-figures
* 13th career game of scoring double-figures and 5th time this season
* Connected on 7-of-11 from the field today ... 14-of-25 last two games
* Equaled career-best with 7 FGs today ... Also had 7 at West Virginia Saturday
Higgins Moves To No. 5 on Trey List; Top 10 in Assists
* Jon Higgins' 2 three-point FGs tonight (172 career) moved him past Greg Bell (170) to No. 5 on the Vols all-time list
* Trails No. 4 Vincent Yarbrough (179) by 7
* With 6 assists tonight, Higgins also moved into 10th-place on UT's all-time assists list with 296, passing LaMarcus Golden (291) and Yarbrough (293)
* Higgins scored 12 points tonight, the third time he's been in double figures this season and 25th game of his career
Homecourt Advantage
* Vols are 69-11 (.863) at Thompson-Boling Arena since the 1997-98 season
* UT is 4-0 at home this season
* UT has a 44-1 mark vs. non-conference teams at home since the 1996-97 season
* Vols' only non-conference loss at home since 1997 was last-second 74-72 setback to West Virginia last season
Quickly....
* Derek Stribling made his first start of the season and third of his career tonight
* Vols hit 53.8 percent from the field in the first half, third consecutive game of shooting over 50 percent in first stanza
* UT outrebounded WCU 41-24 ... Vols outrebounded WVU 41-23 on Saturday
Next Game
* UT hosts UT-Martin Monday, Dec. 30 (7:30 p.m.-EST)
