University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
January 04, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 4, 2003
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Tennessee vs. New Mexico
Thompson-Boling Arena
Knoxville, Tenn.
Series Notebook
* Tennessee now leads the series 2-1 ... UT leads 2-0 in Knoxville
* UT defeated New Mexico in the series' first meeting in overtime, 96-85 at Thompson-Boling Arena (Dec. 5, 1989)
* Lobos won the last meeting 83-80 Dec. 20, 1990 at The Pit in Albuquerque
* Vols are now 8-4 vs. current members of the Mountain West Conference
Slay Scores Career-Best 38 Points
* 38 points tonight are a career-high (previous: 31 vs. Gardner Webb 11/22/02)
* Slay's 38 points are the most for a UT player since Allan Houston had 43 vs. LSU(2/10/90)
* Slay's 38 points equals the most in the SEC this season ... Auburn's Marques Daniels had 38 vs. Troy State
* Scored 81 the last three games (27.0 ppg/game)
* Hit a career-best 5 three-point field goals tonight (previous; 3, three times); last: vs. Georgia Tech 12/15/2002)
* Tallied 15 of his points at the free throw line (15-of-19) ... 15 FTs are a career-high at the FT line
* Recorded fifth double-double of the season (38 pts, 11 rebounds) and ninth of career
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (20.6 ppg), just ahead of Auburn's Marquis Daniels (19.9 ppg)
* 59th career game of scoring double figures, including all 9 games this season
* 15th career game of scoring 20 or more points and sixth this season
Stribling Scores Career-High
* Scored career-high 11 points tonight (4-of-9 FGs) .... Previous: (8, twice; last: vs. West Virginia, 12/21/2002)
* Made third consecutive start tonight and third of the season (5th of career)
* Logged career-high 25 minutes in tonight's game (previous: 19 vs. Tenn. Tech 11/16/01)
Homecourt Advantage
* Vols are 71-11 (.865) at Thompson-Boling Arena since the 1997-98 season
* UT is 6-0 at home this season
* UT has a 46-1 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....
* New Mexico canned 23-of-28 from the free throw line tonight (.821)
* Vols scored last nine points of the game after trailing 64-62 inside the 3-minute mark
* Vols equaled their season-low with 12 turnovers (also had 12 vs. Texas A&M)
* After hitting just 7-of-12 FTs in the first half (.583), Vols hit 77 percent (13-of-17) in second half
Next Game
* UT hosts nationally-ranked Kentucky Wednesday (8 p.m.) to open Southeastern Conference play
* The Vols and Wildcats split the season season series a year ago, with each team winning on their home court
