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TENNESSEE at VANDERBILT

Feb. 13, 2013 | 8 p.m. ET

Memorial Gym | Nashville, Tenn.

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LAST GAME vs. VANDERBILT

Tennessee staved off Vanderbilt's last-minute rally to earn a 58-57 victory Jan. 29 at Thompson-Boling Arena in front of a crowd of 16,391.
Jarnell Stokes led the way with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
The final minute of the game came down to the wire between the in-state rivals. Skylar McBee hit the first of two free throws to give the Vols a 58-54 lead with 52 seconds left when Vanderbilt launched its final comeback attempt.
James Siakam tipped in a shot to cut the Vols' lead to 58-57 with 28.2 seconds remaining. Vandy then regained possession off a missed UT free throw and ran down the clock to five seconds. Kedren Johnson then drove for a final layup down the left side but missed. Kevin Bright missed on a putback attempt that bounced off the rim just before time expired.

Walk-on guard Brandon Lopez contributed down the stretch after Trae Golden left the game with a right hamstring injury. Lopez played 10 minutes and had three assists and two rebounds.
Vanderbilt went scoreless for the first 6:47 of the game, as Tennessee built a 12-0 lead. During that stretch, Stokes scored seven points to lead the Vols. Vanderbilt, meanwhile, committed four turnovers and was 0-for-4 shooting.
Tennessee led 27-23 at halftime. The Vols looked to be pulling away early in the second half, but Vanderbilt mustered a 9-0 run to tie the game at 52-52 on a 3-pointer by Sheldon Jeter at the 6:00 mark.
Johnson led Vanderbilt with 14 points, and Josh Henderson added 13.

STOKES ON A ROLL

Sophomore power forward Jarnell Stokes is the reigning SEC Player of the Week.
The Memphis, Tenn., native is riding a streak of five straight double-doubles, and he has a double-double in six of UT's last seven games (nine total this year).

Stokes is the reigning SEC Player of the Week.
No SEC player has more than Stokes' nine double-doubles this season (Murphy Holloway of Ole Miss and Johnny O'Bryant III of LSU also have nine).

VANDY'S JOHNSON HAS BIG ORANGE BLOODLINES

Vanderbilt sophomore guard Kedren Johnson's father, Curtis Johnson, played baseball at Tennessee.
Curtis Johnson lettered as an outfielder for the Vols in 1982 and 1983.

Curtis Johnson was UT teammates with eventual big-leaguers Alan Cockrell, Rich DeLucia and Rich Rodriguez.

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