University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee vs. Kentucky Postgame Notes
February 06, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2002
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? Tennessee improves to 12-10 (5-4 SEC) on the season ... Kentucky falls to 15-6 (5-4 SEC) ... UT is 8-3 (3-2 SEC) at home this season ... The Vols have won six of their last seven games, including four consecutive league victories.
? Following tonight's victory, Tennessee is 2-1 vs. ranked teams this season (wins over then-No. 7 Syracuse and No. 7 Kentucky) ... The Vols lost to then-No. 2 ranked Florida 104-100 in overtime Jan. 9.
? Tonight's game was the Vols' third overtime game this season and first OT victory ... UT lost OT games to Florida 104-100 and at Mississippi State 92-91 earlier this season.
? Kentucky leads the all-time series 129-62, including a 44-43 mark in Knoxville ... The Vols have won three of the last four meetings in Thompson-Boling Arena ... Entering tonight's game the two schools had spilt the last six games in the series ... UK swept the season series a year ago ... The Vols swept the season series in 1999 ... The Kentucky series is the Vols' oldest, dating back to 1910.
? Tennessee shot 70.8 percent from the field in the second half, connecting on 17-of-24, while holding Kentucky to just 33 percent shooting.
? Tennessee has a 63-10 mark at Thompson-Boling Arena the past five seasons ... Vols have a 28-9 SEC home mark the past four seasons.
? After losing their first seven games decided by five points for less this season, Tennessee has now won its last four nailbiters, including two games against nationally-ranked Kentucky and Syracuse.
? Marcus Haislip's 24 points tonight marks the sixth time this season he has scored 20 points or more and the seventh time in his UT career ... Haislip connected on 11-of-19 from the field and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds ... Haislip's career-high of 27 points came earlier this season at Mississippi State.
? Vincent Yarbrough, the SEC's leading scorer at 18 ppg, poured in 19 points tonight, including 13 in the first half ... Yarbrough moved to No. 7 on the Vols' all-time blocked shot list with 123, passing Steve Hamer (122).
? Jenis Grindstaff scored 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field before leaving the game midway through the second half with a knee injury.
? Fifth-year senior Del Baker made the first start of his career tonight ... Freshman forward Brandon Crump missed tonight's game due to a virus
? Tennessee travels to South Carolina Saturday to meet the Gamecocks ... Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (EST) ... USC won the first meeting this season 94-60 in Knoxville ... UT's next home game is set Feb. 13 against Arkansas (8 p.m.).
