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LADY VOL HOOPS CENTRAL: UAlbany
November 25, 2015 | Women's Basketball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The #4/5 Lady Vols (4-0) begin a stretch of three games in six days, when UAlbany (4-0) visits Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday. Tipoff is slated for noon, and the game will be broadcast online on SECN+.
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- Opponent: Albany
- Tipoff: 12 p.m. ET
- TV: SECN+
- Radio: Lady Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio,
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Courtney Lyle (PxP) and VFL Steve Hamer (Analyst) will describe the action on the SECN+/WatchESPN online broadcast. Fans can hear the Lady Vol Network broadcast on stations across the state as well as via a live stream worldwide with Mickey Dearstone calling the action.
Tickets for the game can be purchased online via UTTIX.com.
Lady Vols Host Black Friday Matinee
- The #4/5 Lady Vols (4-0) host their fifth of eight-consecutive home games to open the season, as NR/RV UAlbany (4-0) visits Thompson-Boling Arena at noon on Friday for a Black Friday matinee.
- UTTix.com is having a special Black Friday ticket promotion, with all seats available for $7.
- A busy week for Tennessee continues, as Holly Warlick's squad hosts its second of three games (Chattanooga, UAlbany, Texas) in this calendar week.
- With Friday's game vs. UAlbany, combined with a Sunday contest vs. Texas and a Dec. 2 tilt with ETSU, the Lady Vols will have three games in a span of six days.
- UT is averaging 9,506 in attendance over the first four home games, with a season-best crowd of 10,007 cheering the team to a 57-55 victory over Syracuse on Nov. 20.
About UAlbany
- UAlbany comes to Knoxville with a 4-0 record after winning at Rhode Island, 67-58, on Sunday in the title game of the URI Tip-Off Championship.
- The Great Danes led 28-26 at halftime, but rode a 22-13 third-quarter outburst to victory.
- Shereesha Richards, the school's all-time leading scorer, was the difference for UAlbany, connecting on 13 of 19 field goal attempts and five of five free throw tries for 31 points. The 6-foot-1 forward also added eight rebounds and three steals.
- Forward Tiana-Jo Carter came off the bench to score 16 points, and guard Imani Tate contributed 14 in the road win.
- Tate (22.8 ppg.) and Richards (20.5), both preseason All-America East Conference selections, give the Great Danes a pair of prolific scorers.
- UAlbany also has victories over Toledo, Boston U. and Pepperdine, and is receiving votes in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll.
- The squad started the season at No. 14 in the College Insider Women's Mid-Major Poll.
- The Great Danes are the four-time defending America East Conference champions.
- A year ago, #13 seed UAlbany nearly took down #4 seed Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the NCAA Tournament First Round, falling 54-52 on March 21, 2015, after leading by four with 1:30 remaining.
- Great Danes coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (Iowa, `90) is 122-42 in her sixth season at the school and is 217-103 overall in her 11th year. She was previously at Missouri State (95-61, 2002-07).
Catching Up With The Lady Vols
- After a 102-47 rout of Central Arkansas to open the campaign, Tennessee has had to work for its last three victories.
- Facing three quality opponents, UT held off Penn State (74-66), #25/RV Syracuse (57-55) and NR/RV Chattanooga (59-57) in Knoxville.
- Tennessee improved to 4-0 on the season Monday night, taking a 23-point second-quarter lead over Chattanooga before the Mocs rallied and cut the final margin to two.
- Redshirt sophomore guard Diamond DeShields played her best game of the season, tallying a team-leading 17 points, grabbing six rebounds and adding four steals, two assists and a pair of blocks in 21 minutes.
- Mercedes Russell (13 pts.) and Bashaara Graves (10 pts., 11 rebs.) also provided key contributions in the victory.
- Tennessee, which leads the series 27-8, hasn't lost to Chattanooga in Knoxville since 1973. UTC, however, had defeated the Lady Vols in McKenzie Arena in 2012 and 2014, so a Mocs upset would have made it a three-out-of-four all-games run. The home team, fortunately, was able to stave off the potential shocker.
- Eleven Lady Vols played vs. Chattanooga, and sopohomore Jaime Nared remains sidelined while trying to heal from a broken left hand sustained during preseason practice.
- Following Friday's game, Tennessee will have a tight turnaround, as No. 8/8 Texas comes to Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday for a nationally-televised game on ESPN. Tip is 2:30 p.m. ET.
Series Info.
- This marks the first meeting between these schools./li>
- Tennessee is 4-0 vs. schools from the America East Conference./li>
- The Lady Vols are 2-0 vs. Maine and Vermont of the AEC./li>
- UT most recently played Vermont, defeating the Catamounts on Nov. 24, 1996 (87-58) and on Nov. 25, 1997 (92-52)./li>
- UAlbany is 0-2 vs. SEC schools, most recently falling to Mississippi State, 62-57, on Dec. 27, 2000.
