University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee vs. Arkansas Postgame Notes
February 13, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2002
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? Tennessee improves to 13-11 (6-5 SEC) on the season ... Arkansas falls to 12-11 (4-7 SEC) ... UT is 9-3 (4-2 SEC) at home this season ... The Vols have won seven of their last nine games, including five of the last six at home.
? Arkansas leads the all-time series 9-7 that dates back to 1936 ... The Vols now hold a 5-1 advantage in games played in Knoxville ... The Hogs won the only meeting last season 82-77 in overtime at Fayetteville and three of the last five against the Vols ... Arkansas' only win in Knoxville came in 1994 (65-64).
? The Vols connected on 58 percent (11-of-19) from the field and 100 percent (14-of-14) from the free throw line in the first half while building a 41-31 halftime lead ... UT was 5-of-10 (.500) from three-point distance ...The second half was much different, with the Vols connecting on just 7-of-21 from the field (.333), including 2-of-9 (.222) from three-point distance.
? Tennessee's 40 field goal attempts tonight is a season-low (previous 42 at South Carolina) ... UT outscored the Hogs 21-4 at the free throw line.
? Tennessee has a 64-10 mark at Thompson-Boling Arena the past five seasons ... The Vols have a 29-9 SEC home mark the past four seasons.
? Vincent Yarbrough, who scored 14 points in tonight's game, moved into Tennessee's all-time top 10 scoring list, passing Michael Brooks (1600) for 10th place with 1613 career points ... Yarbrough also became just the fourth UT player to amass at least 1600 career points and 800 career rebounds tonight, joining Reggie Johnson (2103 pts/920 rebs), Bernard King (1962 pts/1004 rebs), Dyron Nix (1877 pts/944 rebs) and Carl Widseth (1683 pts/937 rebs).
Yarbrough ranks 10th in scoring (1613) and seventh in rebounding (800) in UT history
? Marcus Haislip's 20 points tonight marks the seventh time this season he has scored 20 points or more and the eighth time in his UT career ... Haislip connected on 9-of-12 from the free throw line ... Haislip's career-high of 27 points came earlier this season at Mississippi State.
? Jenis Grindstaff missed his second consecutive game tonight ... Grindstaff, who injured his knee in the Vols win over Kentucky last week, sat out Saturday's loss at South Carolina with the injury ... After an MRI showed no ligament damage earlier this week, Grindstaff missed tonight's game due to a stomach virus that caused Brandon Crump and Andy Ikeakor to miss recent games ... Grindstaff's status for Saturday's game at Alabama is day-to-day.
? Tennessee travels to Alabama Saturday to meet the No. 7 Crimson Tide ... Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. (EST) ... UT's next home game is Feb. 23 against Vanderbilt (4 p.m.).
