University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
January 22, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2003
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Tennessee vs. Georgia
Jan. 22, 2003
Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Ga.
Records
* Tennessee falls to 9-5 (2-3 SEC), while Georgia improves to 11-3 (3-1 SEC)
* Vols are 1-4 (1-2 SEC) on the road this season ... UGA is 7-0 (2-0 SEC) at home this season
* UT is now 0-3 vs. ranked teams this season ... UT lost to Kentucky 74-71 and at Florida 77-64 ... UGA is ranked No. 19 by AP
Series Notebook
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 77-50
* UGA leads 23-17 in games played at Athens
* UT's last win at Athens was by an 83-66 count March 4, 2000 ... The win clinched the SEC regular season title for the Vols
* Vols have won 6 of last 11 meetings in the series ... Three of the last six meetings have been decided in OT
* Teams split season series last year with each winning on their home court...UT won at Knoxville 71-63 in OT; UGA won in Athens 67-62
Slay Pours in 29; Moves into Top 20
* With 29 points tonight, moved to No. 20 on the Vols' all-time scoring list with 1255, passing UT All-America Bill Justus (1236) and Mike Jackson (1243) ... Slay entered tonight's game with 1226 points ... Trails No. 19 C.J. Black (1261) by six points
* Played career-high 42 minutes (previous: 39, twice; Last: vs. Florida, 1/15/2002)
* 29 points tonight is Slay's most productive game of career vs. Georgia (previous: 21 at Georgia, 2002)
* Highest career point total in SEC play (previous: 22 (twice), last vs. Kentucky, 2003)
* 29 points tonight are the most since scoring 38 vs. New Mexico Jan. 4
* SEC's leading scorer (21.6 ppg) following tonight's game ... Averaging 19.8 ppg in SEC play
* 64th career game of scoring double figures, including all 14 games this season
* 17th career game of scoring 20 or more points and eighth game this season
* For his career, Slay has averaged 18.3 ppg. against Georgia
Higgins Continues Hot Shooting; Two Treys in Final 12 Seconds
* Hit two three-pointers in final 12 seconds to send game into OT ... Final trey was with two seconds
* Scored 12 points on 4-of-6 FGs, including 4-of-5 from three-point range
* Higgins ranks fourth on UT's all-time 3-point FGs made list with 191
* 16-of-26 from long range last five games (.615)
* 30th career game in double figures and eighth time this season (fifth consecutive game)
Watson Records Career-Best on the Boards
* Pulled down career-high 10 rebounds (9 defensive) tonight (previous: 7 vs. VMI, Nov. 25)
* Dished out team-high 6 assists for second consecutive game
* Played career-high 41 mintues (previous: 40 vs. Florida, Jan. 15, 2003)
Quickly
* Stanley Asumnu's 6 points (all in first half) are his most since scoring 8 at Texas A&M Dec. 4
* UGA outrebounded Vols 41-40 ... Just third game this season Vols have been outrebounded (1-2)
* Vols held UGA to just 24 percent from the field (8-of-33) from the field in first half ... Dogs hit 52 percent in second half
* UT led 34-27 at halftime ... Vols now 7-3 when leading at the half
* Third consecutive game Vols have hit 7 three-pointers
* UGA outscored Vols 14-9 in overtime period
* Game was tied 6 times and saw 8 lead changes
Next Game
* UT hosts No. 9 Louisville Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena ... Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. (EST)
