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HOOPS CENTRAL: Maui Jim Maui Invitational
November 19, 2016 | Men's Basketball
LAHAINA, Hawai'i -- The Tennessee basketball program heads to Maui to face No. 16 Wisconsin in the opening game of the 2016 Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Monday at 2:30 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live from the Lahaina Civic Center on ESPN2 and streamed online via WatchESPN.
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Gameday Time & Broadcast Info
- Opponent: Wisconsin
- Date: Monday, Nov. 21
- Tipoff: 2:30 p.m. ET
- Venue: Lahaina Civic Center
- Watch Online: ESPN2 | WatchESPN
- Radio: Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio , Live Stats
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Tennessee (1-1) is making its third appearance all-time at the Maui Invitational, owning a 2-4 record at the event. The Vols placed fourth in Maui in 2004 behind a victory over Stanford. UT's only other win in the event came in 2011 when it defeated Chaminade.
Head coach Rick Barnes is making history as the first coach to take three different programs to the tournament. He led Providence to the Aloha State in 1991 and took Texas on three different occasions (2004, 2008, 2012). Barnes is 6-6, including a 2004 victory over Tennessee in the third-place game, at the Maui Invitational.
At tipoff the Vols will be six days removed from their last action, a 103-94 victory over Appalachian State in Knoxville last Tuesday. Tennessee saw six players finish in double figures in the win, led by 16 points from Robert Hubbs III and a season-best 15 points from Lamonte Turner. Jordan Bone handed out eight of UT's 26 assists -- its most since 2009 -- and Kyle Alexander paced the Vols on the glass with seven rebounds.
Wisconsin (2-1) also heads to Maui off a win. The ninth-ranked Badgers bounced back from a 79-67 loss at No. 22 Creighton on Tuesday night to earn a 69-51 victory over Chicago State on Thursday night. Senior forward Vitto Brown had 12 points while sophomore Khalil Iverson added 11 points off the bench.
Tennessee is 2-1 all-time against Wisconsin, but is facing the Badgers for the first time since 2011.
ABOUT WISCONSIN
- Wisconsin made a run to the Sweet Sixteen last season under the direction of first-year head coach Greg Gard. The Badgers finished 22-13 (12-6 B1G).
- The Badgers received a huge boost in late May when last year's leading scorer Nigel Hayes (15.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg) announced that he was returning for this, his senior year. He is the Big Ten preseason POY.
- The All-Big Ten forward is joined by consensus 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Big Ten All-Defensive Team selection Ethan Happ (12.4 ppg, 7.9 rpg). Also back for the Badgers are starting guard Zak Showalter (7.5 ppg, .346 3FG) and starting forward Vitto Brown (9.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg, .400 3FG).
- The Vols and Badgers have met just three times previously, with UT owning a 2-1 edge and a win in the series' only neutral-site clash (a 79-67 victory in the 1981 Far West Classic in Portland, Oregon).
- Tennessee is 22-33 all-time against current members of the Big Ten Conference. The Vols' last triumph over a Big Ten foe was a come-from-behind win over Iowa in the "First Four" of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
- Vols head coach Rick Barnes owns a .500 career record against Big Ten teams (28-28) and is 1-3 against Wisconsin.
LAST MEETING WITH WISCONSIN
- Tennessee had a chance to send the game against the Badgers into overtime if Thaydeus Holden's 3-pointer would have fallen. But his last-second attempt rimmed out, and the Vols fell, 65-62, at Wisconsin's Kohl Center on Dec. 29, 2001.
- UT trailed 61-53 with 4:15 to play but rallied to have two chances to tie the score.
- Vols guard Jon Higgins drove into the lane and sank a short jumper with 32 seconds to play to pull the Vols to within two, 64-62.
- Wisconsin threw the ball long over the Vols' press on the inbounds play, and UW's Freddie Owens appeared to have a clear path to the basket. But Marcus Haislip was there to block Owens' shot, and Vincent Yarbrough recovered the rebound with 23 seconds to play. UT ultimately couldn't capitalize.
- The game got away from the Vols at the free-throw line. The Badgers went to the line 26 times and made 22 of them. Tennessee was 6-of-12 at the line.
- Haislip and fellow forward Ron Slay led the Vols with 13 points apiece. Haislip added four blocks.
- Kirk Penney (16 points) and Mike Wilkinson (15 points) led the way for Wisconsin.
SCHOFIELD'S BROTHER WAS A FOOTBALL STANDOUT FOR BADGERS
- Tennessee sophomore forward Admiral Schofield is the younger brother of former Wisconsin and NFL defensive standout O'Brien Schofield.
- O'Brien Schofield played college football at Wisconsin and then played seven years as a defensive end in the NFL. He was drafted by Arizona in 2010 and most recently played for Atlanta last season. He also was a member of Seattle's 2014 Super Bowl XLVII championship team.
- As a senior at Wisconsin in 2009, O'Brien Schofield was a midseason semifinalist for the Bednarik Award, and he was selected by Scout.com as a second-team All-American. He finished his college career with 17 sacks and 33 tackles for loss.
- Admiral Schofield also has another connection to the Badgers, as he is a longtime opponent of Wisconsin redshirt freshman Brevin Pritzl. The two played against one another in AAU basketball from eighth grade through high school.
VOLS, BADGERS AMONG FEW PROGRAMS WITH FEMALE DOBOs
- Tennessee and Wisconsin are two of only three schools in "power five" conferences (or the Big East) to employ a female director of operations in its men's basketball program.
- Mary-Carter Kniffen is in her second season as DOBO for the Vols, while Kat Vosters is in her third year in the same role at Wisconsin.
- Washington is the other Power Five program with a female director of basketball ops (Tiffani Lambie).
MADISON NATIVE BIG FOR VOLS IN MAUI
- The last time Tennessee played in Maui, a Vol from Madison, Wisconsin, made national headlines.
- In UT's double-overtime loss to No. 8 Memphis in on Nov. 22, 2011, Vols sophomore forward Jeronne Maymon (pronounced: juhr-ON) exploded for 32 points and a tournament-record 20 rebounds; it was just the sixth 30-20 game in UT history.
- Maymon is UT's only all-time letterman from the state of Wisconsin.
VOLS JUNIOR MOSTELLA HAS HOOPED IN HAWAI'I BEFORE
- Vols junior Detrick Mostella is making his second trip to Hawaii this week. He previously traveled to Honolulu with La Lumiere School (La Porte, Indiana) to compete in the 2012 `Iolani Prep Classic Championship. La Lumiere lost in the title game to Findlay Prep, but Mostella was selected as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
- Mostella also won the event's dunk contest. Check out the highlight's here.
- Mostella initially signed with Maui participant Oklahoma State and then-head coach Travis Ford in November 2012 prior to his senior season of high school. He was later granted a release from that Oklahoma State NLI, and he spent the 2013-14 academic year at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, before signing with the Vols on May 8, 2014.
BOWDEN'S BIG DAY
- In just his second college game, Vols freshman wing Jordan Bowden earned a spot in the starting lineup when UT hosted Appalachian State last Tuesday.
- In front of his hometown crowd, the Knoxville native and graduate of Carter High School wasted no time heating up. Just four seconds after the opening tip, he drilled a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer from the left corner. That was the first of four triples for Bowden in the first half.
- In 22 total minutes vs. the Mountaineers, he totaled 14 points, one rebound and a pair of assists.
WILLIAMS STARTS BIG ON THE BOARDS
- With a team-high 10 rebounds in the opener vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 11, freshman forward Grant Williams became the first Vol to log double-digit rebounds in his Tennessee debut since graduate transfer John Fields had 10--also against Chattanooga--on Nov. 12, 2010.
- Prior to Friday, the last Vol freshman to record 10 or more rebounds in his Tennessee debut was C.J. Black on Nov. 24, 1996, vs. Morehead State.
BONE'S FRESHMAN DEBUT RANKS AMONG TENNESSEE'S BEST
- Freshman point guard Jordan Bone's 21-point effort vs. Chattanooga (Nov. 11) ranks sixth among offensive outputs by a Vol in his freshman debut.
| Rank | Points | Player | Opponent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | Bernard King | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Nov. 30, 1974 |
| 2 | 29 | Ed Gray | UT-Martin | Nov. 26, 1993 |
| 3 | 28 | Ernie Grunfeld | North Texas State | Nov. 30, 1973 |
| 4 | 24 | Dan Federman | Rollins | Nov. 29, 1980 |
| 5 | 23 | Cornelius Jackson | Morehead State | Nov. 24, 1996 |
| 6 | 21 | Jordan Bone | Chattanooga | Nov. 11, 2016 |
YOUNGEST UT TEAM IN 20 YEARS
- In terms of under- and upperclassmen, this is the youngest Tennessee team in 20 years.
- Kevin O'Neill's 1996-97 Vols had only three upperclassmen, just like this current UT squad.
UP NEXT
- Tennessee will play its second game in Maui on Tuesday and will face either Georgetown or No. 4 Oregon.
- A win over Wisconsin would pit the Vols against either the Hoyas or Ducks at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday. A loss would mean UT faces the loser of Georgetown-Oregon on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. ET.
- The Maui Invitational comes to a close on Wednesday. Tennessee's opponent and game time on that day will be determined following the results of Monday and Tuesday's contests.
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