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HOOPS CENTRAL: Vols vs. #13 Oregon
November 21, 2016 | Men's Basketball
LAHAINA, Hawai'i -- The Tennessee basketball program will face a ranked opponent for the second straight day when it meets No. 16 Oregon on Tuesday -- Day Two of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. Tip off at the Lahaina Civic Center is set for 1:30 p.m. ET and will be televised live on ESPN2.
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Gameday Time & Broadcast Info
- Opponent: Oregon
- Date: Tuesday, Nov. 22
- Tipoff: 1:30 p.m. ET
- Venue: Lahaina Civic Center
- Watch Online: ESPN2 | WatchESPN
- Radio: Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio , Live Stats
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Tennessee (1-2) dropped a 74-62 decision to No. 16 Wisconsin in the tournament opener on Monday. The Vols trailed by as many as 17 in the first half, but the Vols erased that deficit behind 12 first-half points from Detrick Mostella and eventually took the lead early in the second half. But the Badgers' experienced lineup weathered the storm and used a late run to pull past the Vols and into the tournament's second round.
Shembari Phillips led Tennessee with 16 points, including 10 in the second half. Phillips buried a trio of three-pointers, one shy of tying his career best. Robert Hubbs III had 12 points and converted a couple late baskets to keep the Vols within reach down the stretch.
No. 13 Oregon enters Tuesday's game off a 65-61 defeat at the hands of Georgetown. Payton Pritchard scored 18 points off the bench to lead the Ducks and Chris Boucher had seven points and a game-high 13 boards.
QUICK HITTERS
- After starting Tennessee's first two games this season, true freshman point guard Jordan Bone played just seven minutes off the bench Monday vs. Wisconsin due to a left foot injury. Bone's current status is day-to-day.
- Vols sophomore Shembari Phillips is shooting 71 percent (5-for-7) from 3-point range.
- Tuesday marks the first time UT has faced ranked opponents back-to-back since January 2012 (at. #20 Miss. State, vs. #2 Kentucky).
- A win would give Tennessee its first win over an AP top-15 opponent since defeating 15th-ranked Butler on Dec. 14, 2014, in Knoxville.
THE OREGON SERIES
- Overall: Tennessee leads, 1-0
- In Knoxville: No meetings
- In Eugene: No meetings
- Neutral Sites: UT leads, 1-0
- Current Streak: Tennessee has won one
- Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 70-63, in Portland, 12/29/64
- Barnes vs. Oregon: 1-1
- Barnes vs. Altman: No meetings
- Tennessee is 18-10 all-time against current members of the Pac 12 Conference.
- The Vols have not faced a current Pac 12 team since Dec. 21, 2010, when USC posted a 65-64 win in Knoxville.
- Rick Barnes is 30-21 in his career against current members of the Pac 12. Seventeen of those games came against former Big 12 member Colorado (13-4) when Barnes was at Texas.
TENNESSEE-OREGON CONNECTIONS
- Tennessee sophomore Kyle Alexander (Milton, Ontario) and Oregon junior Dillon Brooks (Missauga, Ontario) are both from Canada and have played together. They were AAU teammates with the CIA Bounce program, and they both also played on Team Canada at the prestigious 2014 Adidas Nations event in Los Angeles.
- Tennessee has never had a letterman from the state of Oregon. But three current Lady Vols basketball players hail from Oregon: Jaime Nared (Portland), Jordan Reynolds (Portland) and Mercedes Russell (Springfield). And on Nov. 10, Lady Vols head coach Holly Warlick signed Salem, Oregon, native Evina Westbrook, a guard who is rated by scouting services as the first- or second-best women's hoops prospect in the country.
LAST MEETING VS. OREGON
- Tennessee, under the direction of legendary head coach Ray Mears, defeated Oregon by a
- Only seven Vols played in the game. Starting forwards A.W. Davis (team captain) and Ron Widby each logged a double-double, as Davis tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds and Widby posted 13 points and 14 boards.
- Guard Larry McIntosh scored 16 points for Tennessee, and center Austin "Red" Robbins added 16.
- Oregon, which held a 37-35 lead at halftime, was led by forward Bill Jennings (17 points) and guard Nick Jones (15 points).
- Tennessee went on to finish second in the SEC with a 12-4 league record. UT's final
- Three Vols who played in the game went on to be named first-team All-Americans: Davis (1965, Helms, USBWA), Robbins (1966, Helms) and Widby (1967, Helms).
- Widby went on to win play in two Super Bowls.
