University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
February 26, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 26, 2003
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Tennessee vs. Kentucky
Rupp Arena
Lexington, Ky.
Records
* Tennessee falls to 15-9 (7-6 SEC), while Kentucky improves to 23-3 (13-0 SEC)
* Vols are now 3-6 (3-4 SEC) on the road this season ... UK is 11-1 (7-0 SEC) at home
* UK extended the nation's longest winning streak to 17 games
* Tonight's loss is the Vols' third in a row (season-high)... The streak began following a six-game winning streak
* UT finishes the month of February at 5-3 in month of February
* Vols have won last five of last 8 SEC games ...UT has won 7 of its last 12
Series Notebook
* Kentucky leads the series 132-62 and hold a 78-15 advantage in Lexington
* UK has won the last three meetings in the series and last four at Rupp Arena
* UT's last win over UK was last season in Knoxville (76-74 in OT)
* UK won the season's first meeting in Knoxville 74-71
Slay Pulls Down Career-High Rebound Mark; Records Double-Double
* Scored game-high 22 points and pulled down career-high 14 rebounds (previous: 12 (twice) last vs. Georgia Tech, 12/15)
* Slay now has 1478 career points ... Ranks 14th on UT's all-time list
* Hit 8-of-14 from the field tonight and 4-of-4 at FT line
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (21.8 ppg)
* 74th career game of scoring double figures, including all 24 games this season
* 27th career game of scoring 20 or more points and 17th game this season (10 of last 11 games)
* Seventh double-double of season and 11th of UT career
Crump Perfect From Field
* Scored 13 points tonight on 5-of-5 shooting from the field
* 14th game this season in double figures and 22nd for career
* 16-of-23 (.695) from the field in last four games
* Also connected on 3-of-4 from free throw line
Vols Shoot Season-High Percentage
* UT shot a season-high 58.7 percent tonight (previous: 56.3 vs. Georgia, Feb. 8) ... Highest percentage allowed by UK this season ... UK entered game No. 1 in SEC play in FG percentage defense (.401)
* UT is now 8-2 this season when shooting 50 percent or better ... Both losses vs. Kentucky
* Vols had more field goals than UK, 27-26 ... UK outscored Vols at FT line 25-8 (UK: 25-of-28, UT 8-of-12)
Quickly
* UT is now 1-8 when holding an opponent scores 70 or more points this season ... 14-1 when holding opponent to less than 70
* Jon Higgins' three steals moves him to 127 for his career, ranking 10th on the Vols' all-time list
* UT outrebounded UK 29-21 after losing the battle of the boards 35-27 in the season's first meeting in Knoxville
* Vols committed 18 turnovers tonight ... UK scored 24 points off turnovers
* UT's 36 points at halftime is most UK has given up in the first half this season in SEC play
Next Game
* Tennessee returns home Saturday against LSU in a 7 p.m. (EST)
* Vols are 3-1 vs. SEC West teams this season
