University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
January 29, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2003
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Tennessee vs. South Carolina
Thompson-Boling Arena
Knoxville, Tenn.
Records
* Tennessee improves to 10-6 (3-3 SEC), while South Carolina falls to 7-9 (1-5 SEC)
* Vols are 8-2 (2-1 SEC) at home this season ... USC is 0-7 (0-3 SEC) on the road this season
Series Notebook
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 21-18
* Vols hold a 11-6 advantage in games played in Knoxville
* South Carolina swept the season series last year, winning 94-60 in Knoxville and 72-54 in Columbia
* Vols have won 8 of the last 11 meetings in the series ... UT won five in a row from Feb. 7, 1998 to Jan. 29, 2000
* Prior to tonight, UT's last win in the series was a 68-67 decision at Columbia in 2001
Slay Scores 16 in Season-Low 20 Minutes
* Played season-low 20 minutes (previous: 25 at West Virginia)
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (21.5 ppg)
* Scored 12 of the Vols' first 20 points on 5-of-6 FG shooting (2-of-2 three-pointers) ... Had 14 first-half points in just 13 mintues
* 65th career game of scoring double figures, including all 15 games this season
* 18th career game of scoring 20 or more points and ninth game this season
Crump Scores Career-Best in SEC Play
* Scored 13 points tonight ... Career-best in SEC play, bettering a 12-point effort at Vanderbilt last season
* Tallied double-figures for the 9th time this season and the 17th game of his career
* Scored 9 first-half points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field
Asumnu Sparks Vols Off Bench
* Scored three consecutive FGs during the Vols 11-0 run that turned a 42-40 deficit into a 51-42 lead
* 7 points tonight is a career-best in SEC play--(previous: 6 at Georgia)
Watson Perfect at FT Line
* Connected on 7-of-7 at FT line tonight ... First career game of being perfect at FT line
* Hit two free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining to give UT a 59-56 lead
* Entered game hitting 62.5 percent at FT line
* Pulled down 8 rebounds tonight
Hot Shooting First Half
* Vols shot 54 percent (13-of-24) from the field, including 43 percent (3-of-7) from three-point range in first half
* Vols hit 10 of their first 16 shots from the field, (3-of-5 treys)
* Eighth game this season UT has hit at least 50 percent FGs in first half ... Vols are 7-1 in those games
* Oddly, Jon Higgins and C.J. Watson did not score in first half
* UT led 30-25 at halftime
Quickly
* Freshman John Winchester made his first career start tonight at guard for the Vols ... Made his first shot (3-pointer) early in game
* Thaydeus Holden has hit 9 of his last 14 three-point attempts (.643) the last 5 games (1-of-3 tonight)
* Vols are 4-3 in games decided by four points or less this season
* Vols are 33-11 (.750) in SEC play at Thompson-Boling Arena the past five seasons
Next Game
* UT plays at Auburn Saturday in 4:00 p.m. (EST) tipoff
