University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
March 08, 2003 | Men's Basketball
March 8, 2003
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Memorial Gym
Nashville, Tenn.
Records
* Tennessee improves to 17-10 (9-7 SEC), while Vanderbilt falls to 10-17 (3-13 SEC)
* UT's 9-7 SEC mark is the Vols' best since winning the league title in 2000 with a 12-4 mark
* The Vols' 9-7 SEC slate is the fourth-best record in the SEC this season
* Vols are now 4-6 (4-4 SEC) on the road this season ... VU is 10-6 (3-6 SEC) at home
* UT's 4-4 road mark in league play is the best for the Vols since going 5-3 in the 2000 SEC title season
* UT has won 8 of its last 12 games heading into this week's SEC Tournament in New Orleans
Series Notebook
* Tennessee leads the all-time series 101-62
* VU leads 42-30 at Nashville
* Vols have won four of their last five games over Vanderbilt at Memorial Gym
* UT sweeps the season series over the Commodores for the first time since 2001
* UT won the season's first meeting 71-66 in Knoxville
Slay Leads Vols With 22
* Scored 22 points tonight, connecting on 9-of-18 from the field (2-of-5 treys) and 2-of-2 from FT line
* Slay now has 1536 career points to rank No. 14 on Vols' all-time scoring list
* Entered game as the SEC's leading scorer (21.6 ppg)
* 77th career game of scoring double figures, including all 27 games this season
* 28th career game of scoring 20 or more points and 18th game this season
Crump Equals Career-High; Records Double-Double
* Scored 18 points and pulled down game-high 11 rebounds
* 11 rebounds equals career-high set earlier this season at Texas A&M
* Second career double-double ... Also scored 14 points and had 11 rebounds at Texas A&M this season
* First career double-double in SEC play
* Connected on 6-of-7 at FT line
* Vols are 6-0 this season when Crump scores 15 points or more
Quickly
* UT hit season-high 92.3 percent (12-of-13) from FT line ... Vols outscored VU at FT line 12-6 (VU: 6-of-11)
* VU led by as many as 14 points (22-8) in the first half and built an 11-point lead (50-39) in the second half
* Vols are 11-5 this season when Crump and Slay both score in double-figures
* Freshman guard dished out 6 assists tonight ... Entered game as SEC's leader in assists (5.62) and is gunning to become the first rookie to lead the SEC in assists since Ole Miss' Sean Touhy (6.2) in 1979
* Jon Higgins' six points tonight moves him to 898 career points
Next Game
* UT is the No. 4 seed in next week's SEC Tournament in New Orleans ... Vols play at 1 p.m. (EST) in each game in tourney
* Vols will play Ole Miss at 1 p.m.-EST on Thursday, March 13
* UT won the season's first meeting over the Rebels 66-64 at Oxford
* Ole Miss has a 6-4 advantage over the Vols in SEC Tournament play and have won 5 of 6 since the event was renewed in 1979
