University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
February 01, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 1, 2003
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Tennessee vs. Auburn
Feb. 1, 2003
Beard-Eaves Coliseum
Auburn, Ala.
Records
* Tennessee improves to 11-6 (4-3 SEC), while Auburn falls to 15-5 (4-3 SEC)
* Vols are 2-4 (2-2 SEC) on the road this season ... Auburn is 10-2 (2-1 SEC) at home
* Vols' first back-to-back SEC victories this season
* UT's win today ends Auburn's four-game home win streak and is the Tigers' first SEC home loss of the season
Series Notebook
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 64-33
* Auburn holds a 23-21 advantage in the series on its home court
* Vols have won the past five meetings, including the last two at Auburn
* Today's victory gives UT its first back-to-back wins at Auburn since the 1983-84 seasons ... UT won here 96-88 2OT in 2001
* Auburn's last win in the series was a 90-62 decision Jan. 2, 1999 at Auburn
Slay Scores 21; Moves Up Vols' All-Time Scoring List
* With 21 points, moved past Isiah Victor (1304) for No. 18 on UT's all-time scoring list ... Slay now has 1313 points
* Scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half ... Put Vols up by four, 60-56, with 32 seconds remaining on offensive rebound
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (21.2 ppg)
* 66th career game of scoring double figures, including all 17 games this season
* 19th career game of scoring 20 or more points and 10th game this season
Hot Shooting First Half
* Vols shot 54 percent (13-of-24) from the field, including 50 percent (4-of-8) from three-point range in first half
* Ninth game this season UT has hit at least 50 percent FGs in first half ... Vols are 8-1 in those games
* UT led 32-25 at halftime
Quickly
* Auburn connected on just 2-of-16 (.125) from three-point range, tying an opponent low for season (VMI also hit .125)
* Vols held Auburn to just 38 percent from the field in first half ... Tigers hit 56 percent in second half
* Thaydeus Holden has hit 11 of his last 16 three-point attempts (.643) the last 6 games (2-of-2 today)
* Vols are 5-3 in games decided by four points or less this season
Next Game
* UT plays its final non-conference game of the season Wednesday against Massachusetts (7:30 p.m.-EST)
* Vols are 8-2 at home this season
