Jan. 19, 2014

TENNESSEE vs. ARKANSAS

Jan. 22, 2014 | 8 p.m. ET

Thompson-Boling Arena | Knoxville, Tenn.

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ITEMS OF NOTE

In league play, Tennessee boasts the best scoring defense in the conference, holding SEC opponents to just 62.0 points per game.
UT also owns the best rebounding defense (26.8 rapg) and rebounding margin (+12.5) in SEC play.
These programs met just four times before Arkansas joined the SEC for the 1991-92 season. The Vols won just one of those first four meetings (all were played away from Knoxville).
Arkansas has just two wins over the Vols in Knoxville. The fifth-ranked Hogs posted an 83-81 victory on Feb. 5, 1992. The second win was a 73-69 triumph on Feb. 25, 2006.
Hogs head coach Mike Anderson was an assistant and associate head coach at Arkansas under Nolan Richardson for 17 years from 1985-2002. Tennessee was 7-6 against those Arkansas teams.

As a visiting coach (head/assistant), Anderson is 1-6 vs. the Vols at Thompson-Boling Arena.
The last time Arkansas played in Knoxville (2/15/12), the Vols had a six players score in double-figures, led by Jordan McRae, who had 14 off the bench. All five starters scored in double-figures for UT: Trae Golden (13), Jeronne Maymon (12), Skylar McBee (12), Cameron Tatum (11) and Jarnell Stokes (10). The Vols shot 56 percent from the floor.
Vols junior Jarnell Stokes ranks sixth nationally in offensive rebounding, with 4.24 orpg.
On Saturday in Lexington, no Kentucky player totaled more than four rebounds.

LAST TIME vs. ARKANSAS...

The Arkansas bench outscored the Vols reserves, 46-9, as the Razorbacks handed Tennessee a 73-60 defeat Feb. 2, 2013, at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Hogs outscored the Vols 12-0 in fastbreak points and turned the ball over just eight times, compared to 20 for UT.
Jarnell Stokes led the Vols with 18 points and 10 rebounds. It was his seventh double-double of the year and third in a row.
Vols senior Kenny Hall had his best game in SEC play with 14 points and five boards. Josh Richardson chipped in with 11 points and nine boards. Derek Reese snagged a then-career-high eight rebounds.

Senior guard Skylar McBee's 3-pointer with 3:12 left brought the Vols within nine at 65-56. The Vols' defense then forced a shot-clock violation, and Jordan McRae made a free throw with 2:25 left for an eight-point deficit. Another stop of Arkansas' offense led to a free throw by Stokes with 1:47 left, making it 65-58.
But a B.J. Young jumper with 1:15 left ended any hope for the Vols. He added a pair of free throws to regain the double-figure lead at 69-58 with 59.7 seconds left.
Up by 10 at the half, Arkansas scored the first six points of the second half to build a 16-point lead at 41-25 with 2:25 elapsed.
Arkansas was led by Young, who tallied 25 off the bench. Marshawn Powell added 12.

STOKES RIDING HOME FT STREAK

Jarnell Stokes has made 12 consecutive free-throw attempts at Thompson-Boling Arena this season.
He missed his 14th and final free throw against Virginia (12/30/13), and then his current streak began vs. Tusculum College (1/4/14), as Stokes went 4-for-4.
Stokes went 2-for-2 at the line vs. Texas A&M (1/11/14) and 6-for-6 against Auburn (1/15/14).
Including the Virginia game, Stokes has made 24 of his last 26 foul shots at home (.923).

CLUTCH AT THE LINE IN CRUNCH TIME

In the final four minutes of UT's games this season, seniors Jordan McRae and Antonio Barton have delivered at the free-throw line.
McRae is 26-for-29 (.897) at the line in the final four minutes of games. His 29 attempts are far and away the most on the team in that scenario.
And despite being a .576 foul shooter overall this season, Barton is 7-for-8 (.875) at the stripe in the final four minutes.

Vol Hoops Central: Arkansas

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