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Lady Vol Hoops Central: Vanderbilt
January 20, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 20, 2016
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The #18/22 Lady Vols (11-6, 2-2 SEC) will look to bounce back from a two-loss week as they return to Thompson-Boling Arena to take on Vanderbilt (13-4, 2-2 SEC) on Thursday. Tipoff is slated for 7:01 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network and available online via WatchESPN.
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Gameday Time & Broadcast Info
- Opponent: Vanderbilt
- Tipoff: 7:01 p.m. ET
- TV: SEC Network
- Radio: Lady Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio,
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Paul Sunderland (PxP) and Carolyn Peck (Analyst) will describe the action for the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game. The broadcast will be carried by the SEC Network and online via WatchESPN. Mickey Dearstone will have the call for the Lady Vol Network radio/online broadcast.
Tickets for the game can be purchased online via UTTIX.com.
UT-Vandy Meet for the 75th Time
- No. 18/22 Tennessee (11-6, 2-2 SEC) and Vanderbilt (13-4, 2-2 SEC) meet Thursday night at Thompson-Boling Arena in UT's home "We Back Pat" game. It will mark the 75th meeting between these in-state rivals.
- The Lady Vols and Commodores face off at 7:01 p.m. Eastern in a match-up televised by the SEC Network and streamed via WatchESPN.
- Tennessee enters the contest on a two-game losing skid and having dropped three of its last four contests. UT has SEC wins over #20 Missouri and Auburn, and losses to Florida and Arkansas.
- Vanderbilt, meanwhile, has won its last two (Alabama, LSU) after dropping its first two (Ole Miss, South Carolina) SEC contests.
- Under Holly Warlick, Tennessee is 57-8 at home, 30-13 in road games and 10-5 at neutral sites for a total of 97-26.
- Tennessee is 410-31 (.930) all-time in Thompson-Boling Arena (1987-88 to present).
- The Big Orange women are 563-55 (.911) in all home games, beginning with the 1974-75 season.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
- Paul Sunderland (PxP) and Carolyn Peck (Analyst) will describe the action for the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game. The broadcast will be carried by the SEC Network and online via WatchESPN.
- Mickey Dearstone will have the call for the Lady Vol Network radio/online broadcast.
"WE BACK PAT" WEEK IS HERE
- The SEC, in conjunction with its 14-member institutions, again is observing "We Back Pat" Week. The week-long initiative is focused on bringing awareness and recognition to The Pat Summitt Foundation, a fund of East Tennessee Foundation, and its fight against Alzheimer's disease.
- SEC member institutions will support The Pat Summitt Foundation during their home basketball games, January 17-25. During the women's games slated for the week, various efforts will be made to increase awareness of The Pat Summitt Foundation.
- The Pat Summitt Foundation was launched November 27, 2011 by Pat & Tyler Summitt after her diagnosis of early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type at the age of 59.
- To donate, visit www.patsummitt.org. Donations benefit The Pat Summitt Foundation, a fund of East Tennessee Foundation.
SPECIAL "WE BACK PAT" PRESENTATIONS
- Three check presentations will take place Thursday night, benefitting the Pat Summitt Foundation.
- Pregame presentations include the 2015 Taste of Turkey Creek and Forget Me Not 5K fundraisers.
- At the end of the first quarter, a check from UT Medical Center supporting the Pat Summitt Alzheimer's Clinic will be presented.
- A video message from SEC coaches will be played before the game as well.
GAME PROMOTIONS
- Lower level and upper level tickets to the UT-Vandy game are available for purchase at uttix.com or by calling 865-656-1200. Group discounted tickets are available for groups of 15 or more.
- The first 1,500 fans to enter receive a mini Pat Summitt replica banner.
- The first 5,000 fans to enter receive a We Back Pat hand fan, sponsored by the Y.
- Additionally, the baseball team will serve as greeters and hand out Beat Vandy stickers to the first 500 fans.
- At halftime, the F-M Acro Team will perform. The group was voted the No. 1 halftime show in the NBA, the F-M Acro Team has been bringing crowds to their feet since 1969 with their high flying acrobatic show. The performance includes power tumbling, synchronized mini tramping and hand balancing.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR PAT ON TWITTER
- Fans attending the game can take to social media to show their support.
- Stop by the Pat Summitt Plaza prior to entering the arena and snap a photo with the Pat Summitt statue.
- Tweet that photo using #webackpat for a chance to be featured on the video board.
THE SERIES VS. VANDERBILT
- Tennessee holds a 65-9 all-time record vs. Vanderbilt, dating back to Jan. 18, 1976.
- The Lady Vols are a perfect 30-0 in Knoxville, 25-7 vs. the Commodores in Nashville, and 10-2 at neutral sites, with the latter being all postseason contests.
- These squads have been to overtime on one occasion, with Tennessee seizing a 92-79 decision in Nashville on Jan. 19, 1997.
- Holly Warlick is 5-1 as head coach vs. Vanderbilt, including 3-0 in Knoxville and 2-1 in Nashville.
- Tennessee's senior class of Bashaara Graves and Nia Moore has a 5-1 record vs. Vanderbilt, including 3-0 in Knoxville and 2-1 in Nashville.
- UT has held Vandy to 49 points in each of the last two meetings.
- The first of those games came last season at Memorial Gym in Nashville, as the #7/9 Lady Vols held off Vanderbilt, 57-49, on Jan. 5, 2015.
- That 49-point total by Vandy was the lowest scored by the Commodores in Nashville in the UT series since VU tallied 27 in a 96-27 loss on Jan. 18, 1976.
- UT's victorious 57-point sum in that meeting, meanwhile, was the lowest ever by the Lady Vols in the series.
- Tennessee later scored 79 at home on March 3 in the 2015 regular season finale and once again held Vandy to only 49 points.
- That contest was Senior Day for Cierra Burdick, Isabelle Harrison and Ariel Massengale, and it featured a special, final-second return to the court by the injured Harrison, who was lost for the season due to a torn ACL in her knee vs. Kentucky.
- In the last 10 meetings in Nashville, Tennessee is 7-3 vs. Vandy, but UT is only 3-2 in its last five visits to Memorial Gymnasium.
- Warlick had a hand as a player in the #4 Lady Vols' 77-53 road victory over Vanderbilt on Nov. 21, 1979.
- The senior point guard dished out a game-high 10 assists and added four points and a rebound with only one turnover in 27 minutes of action in her only career contest vs. the Commodores.
THE LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET
- Seniors Ariel Massengale and Cierra Burdick shined their brightest in their regular-season farewell to the fans at Thompson-Boling Arena, combining for 38 points on March 1, 2015, to lead No. 6 Tennessee to a 79-49 victory over Vanderbilt.
- Tennessee clinched the SEC regular-season title with the win and South Carolina's 67-56 loss to Kentucky. It marked Tennessee's 18th regular-season conference title.
- Tennessee (25-4, 15-1 SEC) made a season-high 12 3-pointers in the win, marking its most treys since hitting a program-record 16 against Kentucky on March 6, 2011.
- Massengale was hot from 3-point range, going 8-of-11 to tie Meighan Simmons' single-game record of eight treys (vs. Virginia, Nov. 28, 2013 and vs. Lamar, Dec. 1, 2010). The eight threes also tied for the most by an SEC player last season (Gracie Frizzell, Ole Miss).
- Massengale finished with a season-high 26 points, shooting 9-of-12 from the floor and also had three rebounds and two assists.
- Burdick had 12 points, six rebounds and a season-high seven assists in her final Tennessee regular-season home game. Jaime Nared added 13 points and five rebounds and Andraya Carter tallied 12 points, four boards and five assists.
- Seniors Burdick, Massengale and Isabelle Harrison were honored before the game with a special Senior Day ceremony. Big Orange Nation gave each a raucous round of applause in appreciation for their four-year contributions to the Lady Vol Basketball program.
- Paris Kea led Vanderbilt with 18 points and three assists.
COMMODORES AT A GLANCE
- Vanderbilt started the season 1-2, reeled off 10 wins in a row, dropped a pair and then won the last two to stand 13-4, 2-2 in SEC play.
- Finishing 15-16 a year ago, VU already is just two wins shy of its 2014-15 victory total.
- The Commodores feature nine players scoring at least four points per game and only one (Christa Reed, 11.5 ppg.) scoring more than 10 per contest.
- Three of VU's losses are to perennial NCAA Tournament teams, including Green Bay, Dayton and South Carolina.
- The ‘Dores lost by only 10 to the Gamecocks in Nashville.
- Traditionally tough on defense, Vandy is a allowing only 51.1 points per contest in 17 games, with only Dayton (81) and South Carolina (71) scoring more than 70.
- Offensively, VU is averaging 66.3 points per game, scoring fewer than 60 points on seven occasions, including four of its last five.
- Vanderbilt is coming off a 58-42 home win over LSU on Jan. 14, with the Commodores riding a 23-5 points-off-turnovers advantage via 16 LSU miscues.
- Melanie Balcomb is in her 14th season at Vanderbilt, owning a 305-139 record with the ‘Dores and a 468-243 slate overall.
LADY VOLS AT A GLANCE
- Tennessee returns to Thompson-Boling Arena striving to get back on the right track.
- The Lady Vols have lost back-to-back games at Arkansas (64-59) and No. 3/3 Notre Dame (79-66) and seek to avoid the first three-game skid of the Holly Warlick era.
- UT had won four of its last five games before stumbling in its last two.
- Holly Warlick has been starting three sophomores, a junior and a senior in the past five games.
- Tennessee is led in scoring by redshirt sophomore guard Diamond DeShields, who is averaging 15.4 points per game.
- Senior forward Bashaara Graves and redshirt sophomore center Mercedes Russell also hit for 10 or more points per game at 10.9 and 10.8, respectively.
- Graves (8.7) and Russell (8.5) are Tennessee's top rebounders, followed by DeShields at 5.5.
- Defensively, Tennessee is allowing only 58.8 points per contest, which would rank as the 10th-best effort in school history.
- Offensively, however, the Lady Vols are putting up only 66.6 points per game, which would replace 69.3 (1983-84) as the lowest in UT annals.
- After facing Vanderbilt, UT goes back on the road for a pair of games against top-10 ranked foes.
- The Lady Vols play on Jan. 25 at #9/9 Kentucky and on Jan. 28 at #10/10 Mississippi State.
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