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@LadyVol_Hoops Central: Vanderbilt
February 10, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2016
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The #25/RV Lady Vols (14-9, 5-5 SEC) go in search of a road victory Thursday night, as they face in-state rival Vanderbilt (15-8, 4-6 SEC) in Nashville at Memorial Gymnasium in the 76th meeting between these programs. Tip-off is slated for 8 p.m. CT/9 p.m. ET.
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- Opponent: Vanderbilt
- Tipoff:8 p.m. CT/9 p.m. ET
- TV: SEC Network
- Radio: Lady Vol Network
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Cara Capuano (PxP) and Steffi Sorensen (Analyst) will describe the action for the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game. The contest will be televised by the SEC Network and available online via WatchESPN. Mickey Dearstone will have the call for the Lady Vol Network radio/online broadcast.
How They Stack Up
- The Lady Vols are in seventh place, and the Commodores stand in 11th in the league standings through Monday night's games.
- After winning a pair of league tilts at home, the Big Orange women enter Thursday night's contest on the heels of a 76-71 overtime loss at Texas A&M on Sunday.
- That setback dropped UT to 1-4 in SEC road games and extended the team's overall away losing streak to five games.
- The last three of those losses have been heartbreaking finishes for the Lady Vols, including a one-point setback at Kentucky on Jan. 25, a two-point OT loss at Mississippi State on Jan. 28 and the OT disappointment at A&M on Sunday.
- Vanderbilt knows a little something about heartbreak. The Commodores lost on a buzzer-beater at Arkansas on Monday night, 57-56, dropping their third straight game.
- VU (4-6) and UT (3-6) have struggled in road games, but the Commodores have a 10-2 record in games played at Memorial Gym. The only losses were to #2/2 South Carolina (71-61) on Jan. 7 and to Georgia (64-58) on Jan. 31.
Historically Speaking
- Under Holly Warlick, Tennessee is 30-16 in road games, 60-8 at home and 10-5 at neutral sites for a total of 100-29.
- The Big Orange women stayed in the AP poll this week at No. 25, making it 564 weeks in a row that the Lady Vols have remained in the top 25. UT dropped out of the USA TODAY Coaches Poll for the first time since the final poll of 2008-09 and for only the second time ever.
UT Trio Back In The Mid-State
- Three Tennessee players who hail from the mid-state will make their return to Middle Tennessee this week.
- Senior forward Bashaara Graves (Clarksville/Clarksville H.S.) will make her final trip to Memorial Gymnasium as a Lady Vol. UT is 2-1 in Nashville during her Tennessee career and 6-1 vs. Vanderbilt.
- Graves has three double-figure scoring efforts and one double-figure rebounding total vs. Vanderbilt, but she hasn't had one since 2013-14.
- Graves had 16/8 and 13/7 efforts as a freshman, and she posted 13/5 and 6/10 efforts in her sophomore season. She has had three or more assists in her last three games vs. the `Dores.
- Sophomore guard Alexa Middleton (Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale H.S.) will make her second visit to Vandy as a Lady Vol, and is 1-0 in Memorial Gym and 3-0 overall.
- Freshman Meme Jackson (Murfreesboro, Tenn./Blackman H.S.) will head to Vandy for the first time as a Lady Vol and is 1-0 overall vs. the `Dores.
A Look At The Lady Vols
- The Lady Vols have played a brutal slate this season, facing what the NCAA ranks as the toughest strength of schedule in the nation.
- Because of that, Tennessee remains at No. 15 in this week's RPI and at No. 25 in the AP poll despite a 14-9 record.
- Diamond DeShields is Tennessee's leading scorer at 13.7 per game, but five different Lady Vol underclassmen have combined to pace UT over the past three games.
- Jordan Reynolds had 16 vs. Texas A&M, Mercedes Russell and DeShields scored 15 vs. Arkansas and Jaime Nared and Te'a Cooper produced 17 each vs. Alabama.
- Russell is UT's only other player scoring in double figures at 10.9 per game.
- On the boards, Russell averages 8.8 rebounds per contest to pace UT, and she has led the team with 13, 11 and 9 boards vs. Alabama, Arkansas and Texas A&M, respectively, over the last three games.
- Holly Warlick is in her fourth season as Tennessee's head coach, and she possesses an impressive 100-29 record during that time. She is only the 17th women's basketball coach to reach 100 wins in her first four seasons at the NCAA Division I level.
A Look At The Commodores
- Vanderbilt is led by guard Christa Reed, who is the team's only player averaging in double figures at 11.0 per contest.
- Reed hits 44.8% from the field, 45.2% from the three-point arc and 79.5% from the charity stripe.
- Marqu'es Webb is Vandy's leader on the boards, grabbing 5.4 per contest.
- The Commodores erased a 22-point second half deficit vs. Arkansas on Monday night with a 22-8 fourth quarter, but the Razorbacks' Malica Monk came up with a loose ball and converted a game-winning layup as the final buzzer sounded.
- Rachel Bell scored 12 points to lead the Commodores (15-8, 4-6), who trailed 47-25 late in the third quarter before roaring back with a 24-2 run and eventually taking a one-point lead on two occasions in the final two minutes.
- Melanie Balcomb is in her 14th season as the head coach of Vanderbilt, producing a 307-142 record during that time and a 470-246 mark in her 23rd year overall.
The Series Vs. Vanderbilt
- Tennessee holds a 66-9 all-time record vs. Vanderbilt, dating back to Jan. 18, 1976.
- The Lady Vols are a perfect 31-0 in Knoxville, 25-7 vs. the Commodores in Nashville, and 10-2 at neutral sites, with the latter being all postseason contests.
- In the last 10 meetings in Nashville, Tennessee has a 7-3 record vs. Vandy, but UT is only 3-2 in its last five visits to Memorial Gymnasium.
- 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 6-1 as head coach vs. Vanderbilt, including 4-0 in Knoxville and 2-1 in Nashville.
- Tennessee's senior class of Bashaara Graves and Nia Moore has a 6-1 record vs. Vanderbilt, including 4-0 in Knoxville and 2-1 in Nashville.
- Strangely enough, UT has held Vandy to 49 points in each of the past three 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 in the first meeting on Jan. 18, 1976.
- UT's victorious 57-point sum in last year's meeting in Nashville, 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, Nashville native 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.
- The third straight 49-point effort by VU came on Jan. 21 this season, as the Lady Vols prevailed, 58-49 in Knoxville.
- 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.
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