University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
February 08, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 8, 2003
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Tennessee vs. Georgia
Thompson-Boling Arena
Knoxville, Tenn.
Records
* Tennessee improves to 13-6 (5-3 SEC), while Georgia falls to 13-6 (5-3 SEC)
* Vols are 10-2 (3-1 SEC) at home this season ... UGA is 2-5 (1-3 SEC) on the road
* UT's first win over a ranked opponent this season (1-4)
* Today's win is the Vols fourth in a row... Vols have won last three SEC games ... ... UT has won 5 of last 7
* Vols are 73-13 at Thompson-Boling Arena since the 1997-98 season
Series Notebook
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 78-50
* UT leads 47-13 vs. Georgia in Knoxville
* Vols have won 7 of last 12 meetings in the series ... Three of the last seven meetings have been decided in OT
* UGA won the season's first meeting 81-76 in OT at Athens (Jan. 22)
* 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 Scores SEC Career-Best 33; Moves Up Vols' All-Time Scoring List
* 33 points today is Slay's career-high in an SEC game (previous: 29 vs. Georgia, 1/28/2003)
* With 33 points, moved past Mike Edwards (1343) for No. 16 on UT's all-time scoring list ... Slay now has 1367 points
* In two games against Georgia this season, Slay scored 62 points (31.0 ppg) and hit 24-of-42 (.571) from the field
* Connected on 12-of-18 from the field today, including 4-of-5 from three-point distance
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (21.2 ppg)
* 68th career game of scoring double figures, including all 19 games this season
* 21th career game of scoring 20 or more points and 12th game this season (5 of last 6 games)
Crump Equals Career-High
* 16 points today equals career scoring high and is most ever in an SEC game
* Connected on 7-of-10 from field
* Crump has now scored 16 points in three games in his career ... Also had 16 vs. UT-Martin earlier this season
* Now has 11 double-figure scoring games this season and 19 for his career
Holden Clutch Down Stretch
* Canned 6-of-6 from FT line in final 32 seconds
* Hit 3-of-7 from three-point distance today
* Connected on 17-of-27 three-point field goals last 8 games (.629)
* 6th game this season scoring double-figures ... 15th of his career
* 15 points today is second-most this season
Hot Shooting First Half
* Vols shot 54 percent (14-of-26) from the field, including 44 percent (4-of-9) from three-point range in first half
* 11th game this season UT has hit at least 50 percent FGs in first half ... Vols are 10-1 in those games
* Fifth consecutive game Vols have hit at least half their shots from the field
* UT led 35-31 at halftime
Quickly
* Vols hit a season-high 56 percent from the field today (27-of-48) ... UT hit 59 percent in second half
* Jon Higgins hit a three-pointer at the buzzer before halftime to give UT a 35-31 halftime advantage
* UGA hit 11 of its first 17 FG attempts to start the second half
* UGA won the battle of the boards 38-25, including a 19-7 advantage on the offensive glass
* UT recorded a season-low 10 turnovers
Next Game
* UT travels to Arkansas Wednesday to take on the Razorbacks ... Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. (EST)
* UT was 2-0 vs. the Razorbacks last season, winning 63-54 in Knoxville and 68-61 at Atlanta in the SEC Tournament
