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SUMMITT GOES FOR WIN NUMBER 899 AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE SUNDAY
January 14, 2006 | Women's Basketball
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SUMMITT GOES FOR WIN NUMBER 899 AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE SUNDAY
THE GAME T he #1-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols (16-0, 2-0 SEC) are on the road for four consecutive games starting at Mississippi State (6-10, 1-2 SEC) in Starkville, Miss., on Jan. 15. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. CT and CSS has the telecast.LADY VOLS AT A GLANCE This is the Lady Vols' 32nd season under Head Coach Pat Summitt...She has compiled a staggering 898-172 overall record...Passed Dean Smith for most NCAA collegiate basketball wins of all-time with a 75-54 victory over Purdue on Mar. 22, 2005 ... Summitt Is just two wins away from collecting 900 career victories...Her 2004-05 squad finished third in the NCAA Final Four Championships with a 30-5 overall record and were the SEC Tournament Champions...This season, UT returned eight letterwinners, two redshirt freshmen and welcomed one newcomer ...The 2005-06 season marks the Lady Vol debut for redshirt freshmen Candace Parker and Alex Fuller who sat out last season rehabbing their left knees...True freshman, #21 Lindsey Moss, a 6-0 guard from Alpharetta, Ga., is seeing her first action this season...UT lost soph Sa'de Wiley-Gatewood when she left the squad on Dec. 19, 2005... THE 4-1-1 ON THE LADY BULLDOGS The Mississippi Lady Bulldogs (6-10, 1-2 SEC) return to the friendly confines of the Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday, Jan. 15, hosting top-ranked Tennessee at 2 p.m. CT. The game can also be seen on Comcast Sports Southeast Television. In their last outing on Jan. 12, the Lady Bulldogs had no answer for #23/21-ranked Vanderbilt's inside game as the Commodores scored 46 of their 87 points in the paint to record an 87-48 win at Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday night. VU took the opening tip and never looked back, scoring the games first 14 points. MSU did not scratch the scoreboard until the 15:10 mark of the opening half with sophomore Miayorka Johnson knocking down a pair of free throws. State got within 10 points midway through the stanza, but could not get any closer. Vanderbilt took a 46-15 advantage into the dressing room at the halftime intermission. State was back to starting four freshmen in the lineup with the absence of senior forward Blessing Chekwa. Chekwa fractured her nose in practice on Tuesday. MSU was led by freshman Heather Hollis with 21 points and Robin Porter carded 10 on the night. After losing to Arkansas at home, 66-45, to open SEC play, State upset Ole Miss in Oxford, 70-59.OUR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK... N ormalcy and a little routine greet the Lady Vols this week as they settle into the SEC Thursday-Sunday game schedule traveling to Mississippi State on Jan. 15 and #23/21 Vanderbilt on Jan. 19.LADY VOLS ON TV A record 21 Lady Vol regular season regional/national games are slated for television this season. UT is 9-0 on TV thus far.SCHEDULE UPDATE The Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt game in Knoxville on Feb. 12 has been moved to a 5:30 p.m. tip-off on ESPN2.ON THIS DAY Tennessee is 8-0 in their history when playing on Jan. 15. The Lady Vols are 5-0 at home, 3-0 on the road, and 0-0 on neutral courts. Last time out on the 15th, the Lady Vols defeated South Carolina, 86-58, in Columbia in 2004.LOOKING BACK L ast year at this time, the Lady Vols were 11-3 and had just defeated Arkansas, 72-54, in Knoxville on Jan. 13.NAISMITH LIST The University of Tennessee Lady Vol basketball team placed three athletes on the Naismith Trophy Watch List by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Senior Shanna Zolman, sophomore Alexis Hornbuckle and redshirt freshman Candace Parker are among the 50 candidates selected by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors. Parker is the only freshman on the list. Through 16 games in her rookie season, Parker averages 14.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Zolman leads the Lady Vols in minutes played (31.9 mpg), scoring (15.8 ppg), three-pointers made (39), and free throw percentage (96.0). Hornbuckle averages 10.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game and leads the team in steals (51) and assists (59) this season.HIT OVER 100,000 AGAINST GEORGIA With a good crowd (13,772) against #13/17 Georgia on Jan. 12, the Lady Vols went over the 100,000 fan mark at home. To date, 113,361 fans have been counted in eight Lady Vol home games. This marks the 12th consecutive time UT has hit at least 100,000 fans per season at home dating back to 1994-95.PARKER NAMED SEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Lady Vol Candace Parker was tabbed as the SEC Freshman of the Week (Jan. 2-8). The award is Parker's league-leading third rookie honor of the season. The Naperville, Ill., native averaged 11.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.3 apg and 1.3 spg in the three Lady Vol victories last week over Old Dominion, South Carolina and No. 7 Connecticut. Parker shot 50 percent from the field and 70 percent from the line during the three-game span to improve Tennessee to 15-0. The 6'4" redshirt freshman ranks in the top-14 in the conference in eight categories and is the top rookie in five of those. She ranks second in blocked shots (2.3 bpg), third in defensive rebounding (6.0 drpg), sixth in rebounding (8.3 rpg), seventh in scoring (14.2 ppg), 11th in steals (1.8 spg), 11th in offensive rebounding (2.3 orpg), 13th in field goal percentage (.524) and 14th in free throw percentage (.795).ON THE RADAR SCREEN - VANDERBILT The Vanderbilt Commodores (12-4, 1-1 SEC) hit the road this weekend to continue SEC league play at South Carolina. In their last outing, Vandy sophomore transfer Liz Sherwood scored a game-high 22 and junior Carla Thomas scored the 1,000th point of her career as #23/21-ranked Vanderbilt defeated Mississippi State, 87-48, in its SEC home opener Jan. 12 at Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tenn. Thomas came into the game with 999 career points and took just 21 seconds to score her first basket. She became the 26th Commodore to score 1,000 career points. Following Thomas' bucket, Vanderbilt jumped out to a 14-0 lead, holding State scoreless through the first media timeout. VU never looked back, opening up a 46-15 halftime lead. The 31-point halftime advantage was VU's largest of the season. Sherwood led four Commodores in double-figures while also grabbing a career-high nine rebounds. Junior Caroline Williams and freshman Christina Wirth poured in 14 apiece, each connecting on four three-pointers.BEST STARTS TO A SEASON Currently at 16-0 to start the 2005-06 campaign, this ties the second-best run all-time to open the season. Of the 13 perfect starts to a Lady Vol season (of at least 7 wins), the run was stopped with a loss to a BIG EAST team on four occasions (UConn three times and Rutgers once) and an SEC team (Auburn) once.
GAME REPORT 17 - MISSISSIPPI STATE Mississippi State (6-10, 1-2 SEC) head coach Sharon Fanning will be looking for career win 500 this afternoon against the Lady Vols. Fanning, a former graduate assistant to UT coach Pat Head Summitt, has tallied 499 career wins in 30 seasons. Fanning looks to become the 23rd winningest active coach to earn her 500th win. TENNESSEE-MISS STATE All-Time Series MeetingsTENNESSEE leads 24-0
MSU SERIES TIDBITS T ennessee leads the series with Miss. State, 24-0. The two teams began their series during the 1985-86 season at Starkville. The closest meeting between the two teams was the 2003 SEC match-up won by the Lady Vols, 76-75, on a Kara Lawson buzzer-beater.COACHING NOTES MSU head coach Sharon Fanning was a graduate assistant under Pat Head Summitt during the 1975-76 season. Fanning is one of over three dozen former players, graduate assistants or assistant coaches who have landed collegiate head coaching jobs after their days at Tennessee.AVERAGE SCORE T he average score of a UT-MSU game is 83.2 to 71.4. The Lady Vols average margin of victory is 11.8 points. However, in the two games between UT and MSU in 2000, the average victory margin was 74.5 to 71.0, in the 2002 season's only meeting it was a two-point affair, 80-78 in 2004 it was a 14-point game in Knoxville but a buzzer-beater in the SEC Tourney. Last season, UT won by 22 at home.CAREER STATS VS. MSU Shanna Zolman is the only Lady Vol with career double-digit success against Miss. State averaging 11.6 ppg. Soph Nicky Anosike turned in 8.0 ppg and a team leading 10.0 rpg against the Lady Bulldogs.STATE IS THE ONLY ONE Mississippi State is still the only SEC school that has never recorded a win over the Lady Vols. Entering the 1996-97 season, three SEC teams had never posted a win over the Lady Vols -- Arkansas, Florida and Mississippi State. In that 10-loss national championship season, two of the three picked off the Lady Vols -- Arkansas grabbed a 77-75 win in Fayetteville on Dec. 29, 1996 and Florida turned the trick, 71-62, on Jan. 21, 1997 in Gainesville for the first times ever.LADY VOLS VS. LADY BULLDOGS STAT COMPARISON
OUR LAST MEETING VERSUS MISSISSIPPI STATE Senior Shyra Ely scored a game-high 27 points as the fifth-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols closed out their regular-season home slate with a 78-56 victory against Mississippi State on Feb. 24, 2005 -- Senior Night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Ely's impressive performance marked the second consecutive game in which she had posted a stellar offensive effort, as she came up just short of tying her career high with 30 points in the win at Arkansas. The triumph over MSU extended UT's regular season SEC home court winning streak to 61 contests. While it was Mississippi State that got on the board first with a bucket by Doceide Warren, the Big Orange answered with a 9-0 run to take an early lead. The Lady Bulldogs cut the margin to just two moments later, however, 13-11, before UT answered the challenge with a 7-0 spurt, capped by a Tye'sha Fluker putback, to go ahead by nine points. With 4:46 remaining in the opening half, MSU drew within one point again, 26-25, but the Orange and White scored the stanza's final six points to take a 32-25 lead into the locker room. Following the intermission, Mississippi State scored two quick buckets to narrow the advantage to just four, but Tennessee responded with a 7-0 run, capped by an Ely layup off an assist by Loree Moore, to take its first double-digit lead of the game, 39-28. While the Lady Bulldogs charged back with a 10-2 run to cut the margin to just three with 13:52 showing, UT put the game away with a pivotal 19-4 run to go ahead by 20 points, 68-48. MSU would get no closer than 16 points the rest of the way as the Lady Vols sealed the 22-point victory. In addition to Ely, UT got strong performances from Fluker and Shanna Zolman, who scored 13 and 12 points, respectively. Additionally, Nicky Anosike nearly totaled a double-double with a 10-rebound, eight-point performance.SUMMITT TO BE ON SEC TELECONFERENCE ON TUES. JAN. 17 Coach Pat Summitt will be available on the SEC Teleconference on Tuesday, January 17 from 12:24 -12:31 p.m. ET, during which she will discuss the January 19th game at Vanderbilt. Summitt will also take part in her weekly teleconference on Friday, January 20 from 11:20 - 11:50 a.m. ET. She will discuss the January 23rd game against Duke. Call the UT Media Relations Office for the access numbers for both conference calls.OUR LAST MEETING IN STARKVILLE Despite a fierce rally late in the second half in which Mississippi State cut the #5 Tennessee Lady Vols' 19-point lead to just four with less than a minute to play, UT held off MSU for a 61-53 victory on Jan. 11, 2004 in Starkville, Miss. UT improved its record to 12-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play. Additionally, the Big Orange now holds a 22-0 advantage in the all-time series against the Lady Bulldogs. The contest began with both teams struggling to find their shot, as Pat Summitt's club connected on just one of its first nine shots, slightly worse than Mississippi State's 1-for-7 start. Trailing 6-2 at the first media timeout, Tennessee responded with an 8-2 run that included three consecutive buckets by senior Ashley Robinson to take a 10-8 lead at the 11:48 mark. After some sloppy play by both teams, the Lady Vols closed the half on a 12-2 run to take a 27-16 lead at the break - in large part to MSU's 19 percent shooting (6-32). The 16 points were the second-fewest allowed by UT in the first half this season. The Lady Bulldogs struck first in the second frame as Tan White hit a 3-pointer, but Tennessee went on a 9-0 run to push the lead to 17 points, 36-19, following a jumper by junior Loree Moore with 15:31 remaining in regulation. After keeping the advantage seemingly safe - ahead by 15 points with just 5:21 left - Mississippi State utilized a number of UT's season-high 25 turnovers to close the gap to just four, 53-49, with 1:04 on the clock. However, the Lady Vols were steady from the charity stripe, hitting 8-of-8 (6-of-6 by sophomore Shanna Zolman) to keep their perfect SEC record intact. Zolman was the Orange and White's only double-digit point scorer (17), while Moore, and classmates Shyra Ely and Brittany Jackson each chipped in with seven points. Ely led the squad in rebounding with 10 and Moore snatched eight. On the afternoon, the Lady Vols hit just 40 percent of their shots but held the opposition to 33 percent shooting. Tennessee also controlled the boards, 43-38.DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT HAS BEEN 3,321 DAYS Georgia was the last to do it. Happened 3,321 days ago. Really! 3,321 days...Almost 10 years. The Tennessee Lady Vols have rattled off 62 consecutive SEC home wins in Thompson-Boling Arena since Dec. 8, 1996, when Georgia was the last team to hang an SEC home loss on the Lady Vols. The Lady Bulldogs prevailed 94-93 in overtime and the 62-game win streak began with a "w" over Kentucky, 84-61, on Jan. 12, 1997, in the very next home SEC game.UT'S OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER In all games, this is how Tennessee has shot from the field: 50%FG: Princeton (.597), Georgia1 (.565), Texas (.549), ODU (.520), Temple (.509); 40%FG: Chattanooga (.477), LaTech (.466), GWU (.462), Mich. St. (.460), South Carolina (.455), Stetson (.446), Maryland (.415), Stanford (.413), Gonzaga (.406), 30%FG: UConn (.397), Notre Dame (.328)DEEE ----- FENSE In all games, this is how the opposition has shot from the field: 50%FG: none, 40%FG: UConn (.491), Stanford (.481), ODU (.459), Texas (.448), Georgia1 (.446), Maryland (.434), Gonzaga (.426), 30%FG: LaTech (.385), South Carolina (.365), GWU (.348), Temple and Mich. St. (.333), Chattanooga (.322), Notre Dame (.306), 20%FG: Princeton (.293), Stetson (.283)2005-06 WON-LOSS DIFFERENTIAL Fourteen out of 16 Lady Vol wins in 2005-06 have different margins of victory ranging from 68 points (Princeton) to five points (Maryland). UT's overall margin of victory is 23.8 ppg. Wins: +68 (1), +50 (1), +42 (1), +41 (1), +28 (1), +25 (1), +24 (1), +16 (2), +15 (1), +14 (1), +11 (1), +9 (2), +7 (1), +5 (1)TOP SPOT - IN BOTH POLLS The Tennessee Lady Vols remained in the No.1 spot in the Associated Press poll on Jan. 9. The poll of Dec. 26 marked the 100th time in Head Coach Pat Summitt's career that the Lady Vols were ranked number one. The Lady Vols are off to a perfect 15-0 start. In the Dec. 5 AP poll, the Lady Vols were voted #1. It marked the first time since the second poll of the 2004-05 season that Tennessee has held the top spot in women's college hoops. The AP poll, now in its 30th year, celebrated poll number 500 in the first week of this season. Tennessee is on a run of 367 consecutive appearances in the poll. The 13th week of the 1984-85 season marked the last time a Summitt squad was not ranked. The Lady Vols have been unranked only 14 times in 508 polls. Summitt has guided the program to a poll-best 368 top-five appearances. Louisiana Tech, with 279 weeks in the top-five, ranks second. In the Nov. 28 poll, Duke led by seven points even though Tennessee had a 22-21 edge in first-place votes.THE ESPN/USA TODAY POLLING PLACE In the first USA TODAY/ESPN poll of the year on Nov. 1, the Lady Vols began the 2005-06 season as the number one ranked team in the country. It marks the 25th time in 30 years that UT has started the season in the top five in the nation.LAST LOSS TO AN UNRANKED TEAM? When is the last time Tennessee lost to an unranked team? That would have been to LSU on Mar. 2, 2002 at the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. LSU had been in and out of the Top 25 polls in late January and February. Prior to that, UT's last loss to an unranked team was five years previous (to the day) losing to Auburn on Mar. 2, 1997 at the SEC Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn.495 GAMES VERSUS RANKED TEAMS Tennessee's game versus #13/17 Georgia on Jan. 12, 2006 was the Lady Vols' 495th all-time versus a ranked team since the inception of the polls in 1976. UT is an amazing 353-142 (.703) versus ranked teams. This year, Tennessee is 8-0 versus ranked teams. In 2004-05, the Lady Vols were 10-5 vs. ranked teams.UT'S RANKED RECORD WHEN #1 The Lady Vols have played 90 ranked opponents while they were the nation's number one ranked team. UT holds a 70-20 advantage in those games.SEC STANDINGS
THE SEC REGULAR SEASON STORY UT's last SEC win at home: Georgia, 94-85, 1-12-06UT's last SEC win away: South Carolina, 66-51, 1-4-06 UT's last SEC loss at home: Georgia, 94-93 OT, 12-8-96 UT's last SEC loss away: LSU, 68-58, 2-10-05 AGAINST THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Tennessee owns a 352-54 record all-time record vs. 12 teams from the Southeastern Conference. The Lady Vols maintain a winning record against every team in the SEC.UT IS AMAZING AT HOME VERSUS THE SEC Since Tennessee began contesting games with Southeastern Conference opponents, the Lady Vols have produced a 146-9 record in all games played at home. Only four SEC teams have ever managed a victory over the Lady Vols in Knoxville - Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky and Ole Miss. Georgia has won three games on UT's turf while Auburn, Kentucky and Ole Miss have registered two wins each. Georgia is the only team to defeat UT at home in the 1990s - the Lady Bulldogs turned the trick in 1991 and 1996. No SEC team has defeated UT at home in the 21st century.WOW--12 SEASONS OF AT LEAST 10 SEC VICTORIES In the win over South Carolina on Feb. 17, 2005, Tennessee claimed its 10th SEC victory of the year. The Lady Vols have now registered double-digit victories in conference play an incredible 12 times. Since the 1991-92 season when SEC play expanded, the Lady Vols have won at least 10 games in the following years: 1992-10 games, 1993-11 games, 1994-11 games, 1995-11 games, 1998-14 games, 1999-13 games, 2000-13 games, 2001- 14 games, 2002- 13 games, 2003- 14 games, 2004-14 games and 2005- 13 games.SNAPPED AT 42 -- CONSECUTIVE SEC WINS With the loss to LSU on Feb. 10, 2005, the Lady Vols 42-game consecutive regular season SEC win streak was halted. Until the loss to LSU, the Lady Vols had not lost an SEC regular season game since at Vanderbilt on Feb. 2, 2002, 76-59.62 CONSECUTIVE SEC HOME WINS With the victory over Georgia on Jan. 12, 2006, the Lady Vols have won 62 consecutive SEC home games. The last SEC loss at home was to Georgia on Dec. 8, 1996, 94-93 (OT).SEC LEAGUE PLAY UT owns a league best record of 230-30 against all SEC teams dating back to 1983.THIS IS AMAZING From 1980-1997, the Lady Vols claimed a total of six SEC regular season titles in 17 years. From 1998-2004, Tennessee captured seven consecutive SEC regular season crowns producing an amazing 109-4 record. UT's only league losses were to Vandy, Georgia and LSU (twice) during this stretch.THE COUNTDOWN GETS CLOSER Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt is now just TWO wins away from the incredible uncharted plateau of 900 career victories. Summitt started the season with 882 wins and now has 898. Tennessee's next two opponents include: at Mississippi State and at Vanderbilt.CROWDED HOUSE The attendance at the Tennessee versus Connecticut game in Knoxville on Jan. 7, 2006, set a new record for Thompson-Boling Arena with 24,653. The Lady Vols also own the record for the most spectators at a regular season collegiate women's basketball game with that tally. It's the fifth largest crowd to ever watch the Tennessee Lady Vols play behind Final Four "dome" crowds of 29,619 (vs. UConn, San Antonio, Texas, Mar. 29, 2002), 28,937 (vs. Michigan State, Indianapolis, Ind., April 3, 2005), 28,210 (vs. UConn, Atlanta, Ga., April 8, 2003) and 28,210 (vs. Duke, Atlanta, Ga., April 6, 2003).DUKE ANNOUNCES A SELL-OUT The Duke University Athletics Ticket Office announced that the Jan. 23 game between the Blue Devils and Tennessee at Cameron Indoor Stadium is sold out. It marks the third time in Duke's history that a women's basketball game has sold out in advance for the 9,314-seat Stadium. Duke had its first two capacity crowds in back-to-back years hosting UConn on Feb. 1, 2003 and UT on Jan. 24, 2004. The Lady Vols are 15-0 and ranked #1 in the nation. The Blue Devils are ranked second in the nation.LET'S GO SEE THE CIRCUS Lady Vol basketball has that "circus charm" to it again this season. Already, George Washington, Stanford, Temple, Notre Dame and South Carolina (UT's five road games) have posted new attendance records or season high attendance records. Duke announced an advance sell-out for the Jan. 23 game when UT comes to town. The coffers have fared well - ticket prices when UT came to town almost doubled the price of a normal ducat at many venues. Notre Dame was an advance sell-out, too.SPEAKING OF ECONOMIC IMPACT The UT Women's Athletics Department has released the dollar figures on the income generated from the Tennessee versus Connecticut game in Knoxville on Jan. 7. A total of $332,683 was added to the coffers. It broke down into the following amounts: Ticket Sales ($218,782), Concessions ($72,590), Souvenirs ($28,781) and Parking ($12,530).LADY VOL STREAKS The last time the Lady Vols lost at home was against Duke, 59-57 on Dec. 2, 2004 -- since then, UT has won 20 home games. The last time UT lost on the road was on Feb. 10, 2005 at #1 LSU, since then, UT has won seven road games. The last time the Lady Vols lost on a neutral court was against Michigan State, 64-68, in the NCAA semifinal game on April 3, 2005 Since then, UT has won three games on a neutral court.100 POINT GAMES Since 1974, the Lady Vols have gone over the century mark 71 times. This season, UT has eclipsed 100 points in two games - Princeton 107 and #16/18 Texas, 102. Noteworthy: Tennessee went over 100 points in an NCAA playoff game for the first time ever in 1993-94 with the win over North Carolina A&T, 111-37. The 1987-88 team hit triple digits in seven games leading the NCAA.IN OVERTIME The Lady Vols are 24-12 all-time in overtime games. The most OT games in a year was tied in 2003-04 with four as the Lady Vols went 3-1 in overtime losing to Georgia, 68-66, and defeating Auburn, 68-61, DePaul, 96-89, and Stanford, 70-66. It tied the mark set in 1996-97, when the Lady Vols were 3-1 in overtime contests losing to Georgia, 94-93, and defeating Texas, 68-65, Vanderbilt, 92-79 and LSU, 100-99. UT's 22 points in the OT against Florida (2-3-05), was the most ever scored by the Lady Vols in a single overtime.AN OT STORY Before the Lady Vols piled up four overtime games in the 2003-04 season, OT contests were few and far-in-between. The Jan. 4, 2003, overtime contest with Connecticut, was the first time Tennessee was involved in an extra stanza game since the 1996-97 season when the Lady Vols played a then-record four overtime affairs.PECK'S THE ONLY ONE The roll call goes like this: Sylvia Hatchell, Sharon Fanning, Jane Albright, Lea Henry, Nancy Darsch, Trish Roberts, and now Mickie DeMoss. etc., UT coach Pat Summitt has faced many former players and assistant coaches in a variety of games thru the years but Carolyn Peck, currently at Florida, is the only one to record a victory over her former boss. While at Purdue, Peck handed Summitt a 78-68 loss on Nov.15, 1998 in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic in West Lafayette, Ind. The defeat snapped UT's 46-game consecutive winning streak (that was second only to Louisiana Tech's all-time 54-game winning streak).ALL TV, ALL THE TIME There's no excuse not to catch the Lady Vols over the next 13 games. Only one contest will not be televised at Ole Miss (Feb. 2). All remaining games will be televised.100TH NUMBER ONE RANKING The Associated Press poll of Dec. 26, 2005, marked the 100th #1 ranking all-time for the Lady Vols. UT has produced a 70-20 record when ranked number-one. When ranked #1, the Lady Vols are 33-16 against the top 10 teams and 37-4 against teams ranked in the 11-25 spots in the AP poll.JANUARY SUCCESS The Lady Vols have enjoyed a great deal of success in the month of January over the years. UT has produced a 249-45 all-time record during the first month of the year. The Lady Vols are 133-12 at home, 111-31 away and 5-2 at neutral sites.QUICK HITTERS
HOW MANY TIMES HAS TENNESSEE GIVEN UP OVER 80 POINTS? Fortunately, not too often. The Tennessee Lady Vols have had a very uncharacteristic week in back-to-back wins over Connecticut and Georgia at home. It marks the first time, maybe ever, that Tennessee has surrendered 80 points in consecutive games and won. UConn tagged UT for 80 points in the Lady Vols 89-80 victory on Jan. 7, 2006. In the very next game, Georgia rung up 85 points as Tennessee won 94-85 on Jan. 12, 2006. In 2004-05, two opponents managed over 80 points against UT - Florida in overtime, 82 - and Alabama with 81 in regulation - both Tennessee victories. DePaul's 89 points tallied on Dec. 17, 2003, was the highest point total scored on the Tennessee Lady Vols since Mar. 1, 1997, when UT and LSU were in a basket-for-basket shoot-out in the SEC Tournament semifinals as the Lady Vols won 100-99 in overtime. Since 1999, the Lady Vols have been tagged for 80+ points by the opposition 14 times. Connecticut leads the scoring fest with six games in the 80s, while Florida has tallied two and DePaul, Vanderbilt, LSU, Georgia, Alabama and Xavier have turned in one 80+ game each. In these games, UT was 9-5 when the opposition scored 80+ points.
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