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LADY VOL HOOPS CENTRAL: Penn State
November 17, 2015 | Women's Basketball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The #4/5 Lady Vols (1-0) welcome Penn State (2-0) to Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, playing their first in a four-game stretch over nine days. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m., and the game will be televised on the SEC Network.
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Gameday Time & Broadcast Info
- Opponent: Penn State
- Tipoff: 8 p.m. ET
- TV: SEC Network
- Radio: Lady Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio,
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Cara Capuano (PxP), Carolyn Peck (Analyst) and Steffi Sorensen (Reporter) will describe the action on the SEC Network/WatchESPN. Fans can also listen live on their local Lady Vol Network affiliate with Mickey Dearstone calling the action.
Tickets for the game can be purchased online via UTTIX.com.
Tennessee At A Glance
- Tennessee is coming off a dominating 102-47, home victory over Central Arkansas on Sunday, in which it bolted to a 17-0 lead.
- Five players reached double figures in scoring to lead the Lady Vols in the regular-season opener at Thompson-Boling Arena before a crowd of 9,709.
- Sophomore forward Kortney Dunbar (24 pts., 13 rebs.) and redshirt sophomore center Mercedes Russell (20 pts., 13 rebs.) are averaging double-doubles after their efforts in the opener, while freshmen Te'a Cooper is UT's second-leading scorer at 22.0 points per game.
- Holly Warlick's squad also crossed the 100-point plateau in its lone exhibition game, taking care of Carson-Newman, 101-59, on Nov. 9.
- The Lady Vols are ranked #4/5 in this week's AP and USA TODAY polls.
There's No Place Like Home
- Tennessee entered the 2015-16 campaign on a 22-game home winning streak, including a school-record 18-0 home mark in 2014-15 (not including exhibition contests).
- The Lady Vols extended that run of victories to 23 Sunday with a runaway win over Central Arkansas in the opener.
- The Lady Vols have won their last 13 games in a row over non-conference foes at Thompson-Boling Arena after suffering an 86-70 loss to #2/2 Notre Dame on Jan. 20, 2014.
- UT has won 40-straight games vs. unranked foes at home, with the last loss coming on Feb. 23, 2012, when unranked Arkansas defeated the #10/9 Lady Vols, 72-71 in overtime, in Pat Summitt's final season at the helm.
- Tennessee is 403-28 (.935) all-time in Thompson-Boling Arena (1987-88 to present).
- The Big Orange women are 556-52 (.914) in all home games, beginning with the 1974-75 season.
Sizing Up The Lady Lions
- PSU enters Wednesday night's match-up 2-0 after holding off Holy Cross in overtime, 86-82, on Nov. 13, and rolling by Fordham, 75-59, on Sunday. Both games were at PSU's Bryce Jordan Center.
- Brianna Banks, a 5-9 senior guard who transferred from UConn, leads the Lady Lions in scoring at 21.0 points per contest through two games, followed by 6-3 junior forward Peyton Whitted (15.1 ppg., 11.0 rpg.) and 5-7 freshman guard Teniya Page (13.0 ppg., 6.5 apg.).
- Ninth-year vet Coquese Washington leads PSU and is 150-105 in her career, all in Happy Valley.
- A year ago, the Lady Lions were 6-24 overall and 3-15 in the Big Ten to tie for 13th place.
- Penn State returns four starters and six overall letterwinners from that squad.
- Typically, PSU is an NCAA Tournament team, making the field 25 times with the last trip coming in 2014 and the squad advancing to the regional round before bowing out.
The UT-PSU Series
- Tennessee is 8-1 all-time vs. Penn State, including 4-0 at home, winning the last four meetings.
- The Lady Vols took an 86-58 win over PSU in the 2003 Mideast Regional semifinals in Knoxville the last time these teams met. UT went on to the Final Four, where it beat Duke, 66-56, and lost to UConn, 73-68, in the title game.
- Holly Warlick had 4 pts., 7 rebs., 4 assts. and 2 steals in the 12/30/78 UT-PSU match-up.
