University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
March 01, 2003 | Men's Basketball
March 1, 2003
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Tennessee vs. LSU
March. 1, 2003
Thompson-Boling Arena
Knoxville, Tenn.
Records
* Tennessee falls to 15-10 (7-7 SEC), while LSU improves to 17-9 (6-8 SEC)
* Vols are now 11-4 (4-3 SEC) at home this season ... LSU is 1-6 (1-6 SEC) on the road
* UT is now 3-2 vs. SEC West teams this season .... Vols are 3-0 on the road (UM, AU, ARK) and 0-2 at home (UA, LSU)
* Tonight's loss is the Vols' fourth in a row (season-high)... The streak began following a six-game winning streak
Series Notebook
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 53-39
* UT leads 27-14 against the Tigers in Knoxville
* Tonight win, ends UT's eight-game winning streak over the Tigers
* Prior to tonight, LSU's last win in the series came in 1995, a 56-52 decision in Knoxville
* UT's eight-game winning streak over LSU was it second-longest in the series (UT won 11 straight from 1964-69)
Slay Scores 19
* Scored 19 points tonight ... Slay now has 1497 career points ... Ranks 14th on UT's all-time list
* Pulled down 9 rebounds
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (21.9 ppg)
* 75th career game of scoring double figures, including all 25 games this season
Higgins Back on Track
* Scored 18 points tonight on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and 4-of-7 from behind 3-point arc
* Hit buzzer-beating three-pointer to end first half, pulling the Vols to within 47-33... his third of the season (Ga. Tech & at UGA)
* First time to reach double-figures since scoring 17 at Georgia Jan. 22
* 9th game this season in double figures and 31st for career
LSU Sets Arena Records For Three-Pointers
* The Tigers' 17 three-pointers are the most ever in Thompson-Boling Arena
(Previous vs. UT: 14 by Kentucky, Feb. 14, 2001) ... (Previous Arena-best: 15 by Purdue vs. Kansas, 1994 NCAA Regional)
* LSU's 17 three-point field goals are the most for an opponent this season (previous: 12 at Texas A&M)
* LSU hit 17-of-27 from three-point distance (.630--season high vs. UT), just missing the TBA record .667 by Fordham, UK
* LSU's 47 points are the most given up by the Vols this season in the first half ... UT had given up 39 points in the first half in four previous games this year (Gardner-Webb, at Texas A&M, Alabama and at Kentucky--Vols were 1-3 in those games)
Quickly
* LSU is 38-0 when scoring more than 80 points under head coach John Brady
* LSU's 88 points are the most given up by the Vols this season (previous: 83 at Texas A&M)
* UT is now 1-9 when holding an opponent scores 70 or more points this season ... 14-1 when holding opponent to less than 70
Next Game
* Tennessee plays host to Mississippi State Wednesday on Senior Night (7:30 p.m.-EST)
