UT-Arkansas Game Notes

Tennessee		Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	APG
F	1 Tyler Smith	6-7	215	So.	13.4	6.2	3.7
F	4 Wayne Chism	6-9	242	So.	8.7	6.0	1.0
G	5 Chris Lofton	6-2	200	Sr.	15.7	3.2	1.9
G	2 JaJuan Smith	6-2	195	Sr.	14.2	3.2	2.5
G	12 Ramar Smith	6-2	200	So.	8.1	2.3	3.4
Arkansas		Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	APG
F	13 Sonny Weems	6-6	203	Sr.	14.9	4.8	2.8
F	15 Michael Washington	6-10	224	So.	5.7	4.8	0.6
G	51 Steven Hill	7-0	245	Sr.	5.1	3.2	0.3
G	21 Patrick Beverley	6-1	180	So.	12.2	7.1	2.5
G	14 Stefan Welsh	6-2	185	So.	4.8	1.6	2.7

JaJuan Smith Needs 8 Points for 1200

Tennessee will meet a SEC Western Division opponent for the fourth time in five games when the Volunteers play host to the Arkansas Razorbacks at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Thompson-Boling Arena.
JaJuan Smith stole the ball from LSU???s Marcus Thornton and drove in for an uncontested layup with 11 seconds left to give the Vols a 47-45 win over LSU Saturday afternoon in Baton Rouge. Chris Lofton led the Vols with 15 points while Tyler Smith added 12. The 47 points are the second-lowest of the Bruce Pearl era at Tennessee and the fewest in a UT win since a 47-48 victory at Kentucky on Jan. 12, 1999.
UT???s 21-2 start is the best 23-game start in school history. Tennessee reached the 20-win milestone faster than any previous team in school history.
Arkansas is one of just two schools that has recorded a win against the Vols in Thompson-Boling Arena since the start of the 2005-06 season. The Razorbacks ended UT???s 15-game homecourt winning streak with an upset of the 10th-ranked Vols 69-73 Feb. 25, 2006.
Chris Lofton broke the SEC record for career 3-pointers at Kentucky (1/22/08) and ranks seventh in NCAA history with 392 career triples. The Maysville, Ky., native has heated up as of late, making 47.9 percent (35-of-73) of his long-range shots in SEC play.
UT leads the SEC in scoring (83.7 ppg), assists (19.22 apg), steals (10.70 spg), turnover margin (+7.30), assist-turnover ratio (1.49), 3-point field goals made (9.57 3pg) and 3-point field goal defense (.286).
Leading the SEC in scoring is nothing new for the Vols under head coach Bruce Pearl. Pearl???s teams have led their league in scoring 15 of his 16 years as a head coach, including each of his first two at UT.
Chris Lofton is leading a balanced Tennessee attack. Lofton???s 15.7 points lead three Vols in double figure scoring. JaJuan Smith is second on the team with 14.2 points while Tyler Smith adds 13.4.
Tennessee has outrebounded each of its last five opponents and owns a +6.1 rebounding advantage during those games. The Vols are averaging 17.8 offensive rebounds during the five-game stretch.

Tennessee Trends

Tennessee has started with an 8-1 record in league play for the second time in three years. The Vols opened SEC play with a 10-1 record in 2005-06.
Tennessee???s 21 wins this season are tied for the seventh-most in school history. Another win would tie the Vols for the third-most ever.
Bruce Pearl???s 67 wins in his first three years at Tennessee are tied with Jerry Green (67-25 from 1997-2000) for most in their first three seasons as UT???s head coach.
UT has won nine games away from home this season. That is the most regular season wins away from home since the 2000-01 squad posted a 9-6 away from Thompson-Boling Arena.
Chris Lofton saw his streak of five consecutive games with 20 or more points come to an end at LSU (2/9/08) when he finished with 15 points. It was the second-longest streak of his career (six in 2006-07).
JaJuan Smith needs eight points to reach the 1,200 career point milestone. He has scored 1,192 points in 112 career games.
Chris Lofton broke Pat Bradley???s (Arkansas 1996-99) SEC career record of 915 shots from behind the arc. Lofton has made an SEC-record 392 of his 916 3-point attempts.
Chris Lofton is shooting 50.8 percent (34-of-67) from 3-point range in his last seven games.
Tennessee???s last nine opponents have combined to shoot 41-of-170 (24.1 percent) from 3-point range. Vanderbilt entered its Jan. 17 game against the Vols as the SEC???s top 3-point shooting team but made just 3-of-21 and Ohio State went 2-of-20 behind the arc.
Only one Vol has fouled out of Tennessee???s first 23 games despite having a player record their fourth foul 35 times.
UT???s schedule is ranked as the second-most difficult in the nation by kenpom.com.
Tennessee is averaging 24.0 points per game off turnovers this season (553 points in 23 games).
Tennessee is the only team in the SEC that does not have a player ranked among the league???s top 30 in minutes played. UT has eight players averaging at least 17 minutes per game.
Tennessee has forced an average of 20.2 turnovers off an SEC-best 10.7 steals per game this year.
UT is leading the SEC with 19.2 assists per game.
Five different players have led the Vols in scoring this season.
UT???s home attendance has grown for the third consecutive year. The Vols are averaging 20,022 fans per game, up from 19,661 last season.
Tennessee is 41-2 at Thompson-Boling Arena since the start of the 2005-06 season.
UT has a 28-game homecourt winning streak. The Vols??? last home loss was a 78-80 decision to Kentucky in the final home game of the 2005-06 season.
The Vols are 23-0 in non-conference home games under Bruce Pearl.
Bruce Pearl is 14-6 against ranked teams while at Tennessee.
The Vols have made at least one 3-pointer in 342 consecutive games.
Under Bruce Pearl, UT is 60-5 when leading or tied with five minutes left in the game.
UT is 45-4 when scoring 80 or more points under the direction of Bruce Pearl.
UT is 36-14 (.720) when playing before crowds of 20,000 or larger at Thompson-Boling Arena. In 2007-08 the Vols are 6-0 playing in front of 20,000 fans at home.
UT???s 80-56 win at South Carolina (1/12/08) is the Vols??? largest SEC road win since an 87-63 win at Mississippi State (2/17/98). It is tied for the seventh largest SEC road win in school history.
UT???s 69-point (109-40) win over Middle Tennessee (11/20/07) is the second-largest margin of victory in school history.
The Vols tied a school record with 16 3-pointers against Middle Tennessee (11/20/07). Their 30 assists were one dime shy of tying a school record.
Tennessee has an all-time record of 1,412-905-2 in its 99th season of basketball.
UT???s 628 regular season SEC victories rank third all-time in the SEC. Only Kentucky and Alabama have won more league games.
Tennessee is 241-86 in its 21st season in Thompson-Boling Arena. The Vols have winning home records in 18 of their 20 seasons in the facility.
Tennessee is the only Division I school ever to rank in the top five nationally in attendance for football, men???s basketball and women???s basketball in the same season. The Vols turned the trick for the fourth time in 2006-07.

Lofton Breaks SEC 3-Point Record; Ranks 7th In NCAA History

Chris Lofton became the Southeastern Conference???s all-time 3-point leader against Kentucky (1/22/08), passing Arkansas??? Pat Bradley ... Lofton???s 392 career treys rank first in SEC history and are seventh alltime in the NCAA record books ... He needs eight 3-pointers become just the seventh player in NCAA history with 400 career triples ... The senior has made 79 3-pointers this season ... He holds Tennessee career records for 3-pointers made (392), attempted (916) and percentage (.428).

He ranks second in the SEC with an .859 free throw percentage.
Second in the SEC with 3.43 3-pointers per game.
His 79 3-pointers this year are ninth on UT???s single-season lists. He holds four of the top 10 single season marks in school history.
Is shooting 47.9 percent from 3-point range in SEC games.
Last seven games is shooting 50.7 percent (34-of-67) from 3-point range.
Broke the SEC record for career 3-point attempts at LSU (2/9/08). Has 916 career 3-point attempts.

Crashing The Boards

Tennessee has hit the boards in its last four games ... The Vols held a -1.5 rebounding margin through their first 19 games but have outrebounded their last three opponents by an average of +7.0 (165-137) rebounds per game ... Nearly 48 percent (78-of-165) of UT???s boards during the four-game stretch have come at the offensive end.

Turning Up The Heat

Tennessee is forcing its opponents to turn the ball over an average of 20.2 times per game which ranks as the third-most in the nation (as of Feb. 10) ... The Vols are averaging 24.0 points per game off turnovers this season (553 points in 23 games) ... UT???s turnover margin of +7.30 easily leads the SEC.

Looking At Arkansas

Arkansas enters Wednesday???s game with a 17-5 overall record and is a half game behind SEC Western Division leader Mississippi State with a 6-2 conference mark ... The Razorbacks have won their last four games with three of those contests against teams that were either ranked or receiving votes in the Associated Press poll ... The average margin of victory during the four-game winning streak is 15.3 points ... Saturday was their closest game, a 75-69 victory over Ole Miss in Fayetteville ... Senior forward Sonny Weems leads the Razorbacks with 14.9 points ... Patrick Beverley, a 6-foot-1 sophomore guard, adds 12.2 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game ... Beverley is one of three SEC players averaging a double-double in league games with 11.9 points and a conference-best 11.0 rebounds ... Arkansas is one of the top defensive teams in the SEC, allowing the second-fewest points (63.9 ppg), second-lowest 3-point field goal percentage (.301) and third-lowest field goal percentage (.401) ... The Razorbacks lead the league in rebounding margin (+6.4) ... Eight players average at least 15 minutes of action and four of their top six scorers come off the bench ... Arkansas??? bench averages 27.9 points per game (37.7 percent of total points scored) ... The Hogs have made a 3-pointer in 633 consecutive games ... Arkansas was the media???s preseason choice to win the SEC???s Western Division title ... Former Kentucky standout and Florida assistant coach John Pelphrey is 17-5 in his first season at Arkansas and 97-72 in his sixth season as a head coach.

Vols Riding 28-Game Home Win Streak

Tennessee???s 28-game home winning streak is the Vols??? longest in Thompson-Boling Arena history and more than three decades ... It is tied for the second longest in school history ... The last team to leave Knoxville with a win was Kentucky after an 80-78 decision on March 1, 2006 ... The Vols were 16-0 at home in 2006-07 ... In his third season at UT, Bruce Pearl is 41-2 in Thompson-Boling Arena ... As of Feb. 10, Tennessee???s 28-game streak was the fourth longest in NCAA Division I.

Balanced Offense

Tennessee is one of the top scoring teams in the Southeastern Conference but does not list a single player among the top 10 scorers in the league ... UT leads the SEC with 83.7 points per game but leading scorer Chris Lofton ranks 13th in the league individually with 15.7 points ... Tennessee also leads the SEC and the nation with 19.2 assists per game but UT leader Tyler Smith ranks 10th with 3.7 assists per game.

The Vols have had four or more players reach double figure scoring in a game 12 times this year. Five or more players scored at least 10 points four times.

Vols Lead The Nation in Assists

UT is prominently listed among the national leaders according to the Feb. 7 NCAA statistics.

Assists per game: 19.8 apg / 1st
Assist-Turnover Ratio: 1.55 / 2nd
Steals per game: 10.6 spg / 2nd
Scoring offense: 85.4 ppg / 4th
3-pointers per game: 9.8 3pg / 6th
Scoring margin: 15.4 / 7th

It Doesn???t Rain 3s, It Pours Them

The 3-point shot has been a key part of Tennessee???s repertoire under Bruce Pearl ... The Vols are averaging 26.3 3-point shots per game this season ... 41.1 percent (606 of 1,475) of the Vols??? shots have been from 3-point range ... UT leads the SEC with 9.57 3-pointers made per game on the year ... 13 different Vols have made a 3-pointer this season.

Tennessee???s 50 3-point attempts against North Carolina A&T (11/27/07) shattered the school record of 37 and are the third-most in SEC history. The Vols??? 37 3-point attempts at UT-Chattanooga (12/4/07) are tied for the second-most in school history.
The Vols have tied the school record for 3-pointers made in a game with 16 two times this season. They performed the feat less than a week between games, doing it against Middle Tennessee State (11/20/07) and then against Texas (11/24/07).
Chris Lofton is the SEC???s career leader with 392 3-pointers.
Lofton broke his own single-game record for attempts by going 8-of-20 from 3-point range against North Carolina A&T (11/27/07). It tied for the third highest number of attempts in SEC history.
Lofton???s eight 3-pointers against North Carolina A&T are tied for second-most in school history. Lofton already holds the school record with nine triples in a game against Georgia his sophomore season.
JaJuan Smith???s seven 3-pointers against Middle Tennessee (11/20/07) rank in a tie for fourth on UT???s single-game lists.

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