2014-15 LADY VOL BASKETBALL » UTSPORTS.COM » @LADYVOL_HOOPS EIGHT-TIME NCAA CHAMPS 1987 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 2007 2008 34 COMBINED SEC REGULAR SEASON & TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS » 18 NCAA FINAL FOURS » 21 WBCA ALL-AMERICANS » 15 WNBA 1ST-ROUND PICKS 2014-15 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD OVERALL RECORD: 19-3 SEC 9-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-3 HOME 13-0 AWAY 6-3 NEUTRAL 0-0 THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV/WEB) TIME/RESULT NOV. 9 CARSON-NEWMAN ^ (SECN+) W, 90-57 (Exh.) NOV. 14 PENN (SECN+) W, 97-52 NOV. 17 ORAL ROBERTS (SECN+) W, 91-39 NOV. 21 WINTHROP (SECN+) W, 81-48 NOV. 24 TENNESSEE ST. (SECN+) W, 97-46 Nov. 26 at Chattanooga (SoCon Digital Network) L, 63-67 Nov. 30 at #6/9 Texas (FOX Sports 1) L, 59-72 DEC. 3 SAINT FRANCIS (SECN+) W, 111-44 Dec. 7 at Lipscomb (ESPN3) W, 85-51 Dec. 14 at #17/19 Rutgers (ESPN2) W, 55-45 DEC. 16 WICHITA STATE (SEC NETWORK) W, 54-51 DEC. 20 #7/7 STANFORD (SEC NETWORK) W, 59-40 DEC. 28 #10/12 OREGON ST. (SEC NETWORK) W, 74-63 JAN. 2 MISSOURI * (SEC NETWORK) W, 63-53 Jan. 5 at Vanderbilt * (SEC Network) W, 57-49 JAN. 8 #9/8 TEXAS A&M * (SEC NETWORK) W, 81-58 Jan. 11 at #RV/NR Arkansas * (ESPNU) W, 60-51 Jan. 15 at Auburn * (FOX SportSouth) W, 54-42 Jan. 19 at #6/7 Notre Dame (ESPN2) L, 77-88 JAN. 22 #RV/RV LSU * (SEC NETWORK) W, 75-58 JAN. 25 #22/19 GEORGIA * (SEC NETWORK) W, 59-51 Jan. 29 at #10/10 Kentucky * (SEC Network) W, 73-72 FEB. 1 #18/18 MISSISSIPPI ST. * (SEC NETWORK) W, 79-67 Feb. 8 at Florida * (ESPNU) 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at Ole Miss * (SECN+) 7 p.m. FEB. 15 #11/11 KENTUCKY * (ESPN2) 3 P.M. FEB. 19 ALABAMA * (FOX SPORTS NET) 7 P.M. Feb. 23 at #1/1 South Carolina * (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Feb. 26 at #22/21 Georgia * (SEC Network) 9 p.m. MAR. 1 VANDERBILT * (SEC NETWORK) 5 P.M. Mar. 4-8 SEC Tournament (TBA) TBA Mar. 20-23 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds (TBA) TBA Mar. 27-30 NCAA Regionals (TBA) TBA Apr. 5 & 7 NCAA Final Four (TBA) TBA ^ Exhibition Game, * SEC Game, All Times Eastern 2014-15 RECORD 19-3/9-0 SEC Preseason Rank: #4/4 2013-14 Record: 29-6 Conf. Rec./Finish: 13-3/2nd Starters Back/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 8/1 Newcomers: 5 2014-15 RECORD 11-11/3-6 SEC Preseason Rank: NR/NR 2013-14 Record: 20-13 Conf. Rec./Finish: 8-8/5th Starters Back/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 8/3 Newcomers: 5 THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE FLORIDA vs THE BASICS #6/6 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS (19-3/9-0) vs. FLORIDA GATORS (11-11/3-6) FEB. 8 » STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL CENTER » GAINESVILLE, FLA. ON THE AIR TELEVISION ESPNU Melissa Lee (play-by-play) LaChina Robinson (analyst) ONLINE WatchESPN Melissa Lee (play-by-play) LaChina Robinson (analyst) RADIO Lady Vol Network Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play) GAME 23 SET-UP #6/6 Tennessee (19-3, 9-0 SEC) hits the road for its next two games, starting with a 2 p.m. matinee vs. Florida (11-11, 3-6 SEC) at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville on Sunday. The meeting is the 51st between the schools, with UT winning the last 10 encoun- ters and holding an 18-2 mark in contests played on UF’s home court. Tennessee, victorious in its past four games and in 15 of its last 16, will put a league-best 16-game winning streak against SEC foes on the line. That spree began vs. Auburn on Feb. 20, 2014. UT is facing its first unranked opponent since meeting LSU on Jan. 22 and its first foe with a winning percentage of .500 or less since defeating Lipscomb (2-5) on Dec. 7. The Lady Vols have fashioned a 7-2 mark vs. ranked teams in 2014-15, including 4-2 vs. top-10 teams. They are 12-1 vs. unranked op- ponents, with the lone loss coming at Chat- tanooga (67-63 on Nov. 26), a team that now is ranked #23 in the AP poll. The game will be televised by the ESPNU, with Melissa Lee and LaChina Robinson on hand to call the action. The contest also can be seen online via WatchESPN. A “Watch Live” link can be found on the Lady Vol Hoops Central page on UTSports.com. Mickey Dearstone’s Lady Vol Network call can be heard on the radio on network sta- tions statewide in Tennessee and via audio stream worldwide on UTSports.com. Tennessee comes into Sunday’s game with the momentum of three-straight victo- ries over ranked foes, including a 79-67 home triumph last Sunday over #18/18 Mississippi State, the SEC’s winningest team this season with 22 “Ws” under its belt. UT’s big three, 6-2 Cierra Burdick, 6-3 Isabelle Harrison and 6-2 Bashaara Graves, averaged 20.0, 15.0 and 14.0 points per con- test in wins over #10/10 Kentucky and #18/18 Mississippi State last week. Burdick was named the SEC Player of the Week and College Sports Madness National Player of the Week for her performance last week. Both the Lady Vols and Gators had much-needed byes on Thursday, allowing the teams to catch their breath before their final seven regular season games. Florida has won only two of its last seven games, but the Gators are coming off a 67-58 road victory at Vanderbilt on Feb. 1. That win was UF’s second in three games, as Amanda Butler’s squad defeated Arkansas in Gainesville on Jan. 25, 72-58, before drop- ping a home tilt to Missouri, 68-52, on Jan. 29. STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #20 Isabelle Harrison (12.5 ppg) REBOUNDING #20 Isabelle Harrison (9.0 rpg.) ASSISTS #0 Jordan Reynolds (2.5 apg.) STEALS #14 Andraya Carter (2.6 spg.) BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (1.2 bpg.) SCORING #22 Kayla Lewis #1 Ronni Williams (9.8 ppg.) REBOUNDING #22 Kayla Lewis (7.2 rpg.) ASSISTS #13 Cassie Peoples (3.9 apg.) STEALS #13 Cassie Peoples (2.1 spg.) BLOCKS #44 Haley Lorenzen (1.0 bpg.) INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 47-3 Home: UT, 21-1 Away: UT, 18-2 Neutral: UT, 8-0 Postseason: UT, 9-0 Overtime: UT, 3-1 Streak: UT, 10 in a row Last Meeting: #11/12 Ten- nessee defeated Florida, 89-69, in Knoxville on Jan. 23, 2014. All-Time Record: 1,266-282 in 70th season @LadyVol_Hoops utsports.com STAY UPDATED www.facebook.com/ BallWithTheLadyVols
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#6/6 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS (19-3/9-0) vs. FLORIDA GATORS (11-11/3-6)FEB. 8 » STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL CENTER » GAINESVILLE, FLA.
ON THE AIR
TELEVISION
ESPNU
Melissa Lee (play-by-play) LaChina Robinson (analyst)
ONLINE
WatchESPN
Melissa Lee (play-by-play) LaChina Robinson (analyst)
RADIO
Lady Vol Network
Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play)
GAME 23 SET-UP #6/6 Tennessee (19-3, 9-0 SEC) hits the
road for its next two games, starting with a 2 p.m. matinee vs. Florida (11-11, 3-6 SEC) at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville on Sunday. The meeting is the 51st between the
schools, with UT winning the last 10 encoun-ters and holding an 18-2 mark in contests played on UF’s home court. Tennessee, victorious in its past four
games and in 15 of its last 16, will put a league-best 16-game winning streak against SEC foes on the line. That spree began vs. Auburn on Feb. 20, 2014. UT is facing its fi rst unranked opponent
since meeting LSU on Jan. 22 and its fi rst foe with a winning percentage of .500 or less since defeating Lipscomb (2-5) on Dec. 7. The Lady Vols have fashioned a 7-2 mark
vs. ranked teams in 2014-15, including 4-2 vs. top-10 teams. They are 12-1 vs. unranked op-ponents, with the lone loss coming at Chat-tanooga (67-63 on Nov. 26), a team that now is ranked #23 in the AP poll. The game will be televised by the ESPNU,
with Melissa Lee and LaChina Robinson on hand to call the action. The contest also can be seen online via
WatchESPN. A “Watch Live” link can be found on the Lady Vol Hoops Central page on UTSports.com. Mickey Dearstone’s Lady Vol Network call
can be heard on the radio on network sta-tions statewide in Tennessee and via audio stream worldwide on UTSports.com. Tennessee comes into Sunday’s game
with the momentum of three-straight victo-ries over ranked foes, including a 79-67 home triumph last Sunday over #18/18 Mississippi State, the SEC’s winningest team this season with 22 “Ws” under its belt. UT’s big three, 6-2 Cierra Burdick, 6-3
Isabelle Harrison and 6-2 Bashaara Graves, averaged 20.0, 15.0 and 14.0 points per con-test in wins over #10/10 Kentucky and #18/18 Mississippi State last week. Burdick was named the SEC Player of the
Week and College Sports Madness National Player of the Week for her performance last week. Both the Lady Vols and Gators had
much-needed byes on Thursday, allowing the teams to catch their breath before their fi nal seven regular season games. Florida has won only two of its last seven
games, but the Gators are coming off a 67-58 road victory at Vanderbilt on Feb. 1. That win was UF’s second in three games,
as Amanda Butler’s squad defeated Arkansas in Gainesville on Jan. 25, 72-58, before drop-ping a home tilt to Missouri, 68-52, on Jan. 29.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING#20 Isabelle Harrison(12.5 ppg)
REBOUNDING#20 Isabelle Harrison(9.0 rpg.)
ASSISTS#0 Jordan Reynolds(2.5 apg.)
STEALS#14 Andraya Carter(2.6 spg.)
BLOCKS#20 Isabelle Harrison(1.2 bpg.)
SCORING#22 Kayla Lewis#1 Ronni Williams(9.8 ppg.)
REBOUNDING#22 Kayla Lewis(7.2 rpg.)
ASSISTS #13 Cassie Peoples(3.9 apg.)
STEALS #13 Cassie Peoples(2.1 spg.)
BLOCKS#44 Haley Lorenzen(1.0 bpg.)
INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: UT, 47-3Home: UT, 21-1Away: UT, 18-2Neutral: UT, 8-0Postseason: UT, 9-0Overtime: UT, 3-1Streak: UT, 10 in a row
Last Meeting: #11/12 Ten-nessee defeated Florida, 89-69, in Knoxville on Jan. 23, 2014.
All-Time Record: 1,266-282 in 70th season
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MEDIA INFORMATION
COVERING PRACTICEPlease contact Eric Trainer at the
Media Relations Offi ce at least a week in advance to arrange player or coach feature interviews. If you plan to cover a scheduled open practice session, please contact UT Media Relations Offi ce check about changes in the schedule.
PLAYER AND COACH INTERVIEWSMedia wishing to interview coaches
or players are encouraged to set up interviews in advance with the UT Media Relations Offi ce. Generally, the best time to conduct an interview is during a designated day with an open portion of practice and pre-practice media opportunity. The UT Media Relations Offi ce will help with all requests.
MEDIA CREDENTIALSMedia outlets interested in obtaining
credentials to cover Lady Vol basketball home games must apply for those online via Sports Systems. To apply, please visit: http://www.sportssystems.com/seccredentials. Applications for single-game credentials should be submitted fi ve days prior to a game. Once you receive your approval letter via email, you will be provided options for credential pick-up.
PHOTOGRAPHER CREDENTIALSCredentials will be issued only to
accredited photographers or those individuals on special assignment. During regular season games, work area includes the fl oor area at both ends of the court and alongside the corners of the playing fl oor opposite the team benches. Special arrangements for strobes or catwalk access must be made through the UT Media Relations and Arena Management Offi ces no later than one week in advance of the game. UT’s arena security policy requires that all photographers placing strobes will go through a screening process and must be accompanied by a UT police offi cer or representative when placing strobes.
MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATIONLocation: Anderson Training Center, Ground LevelPhone: (865) 974-1212Fax: (865) 974-9496Mailing Address: P.O. Box 15016 Knox-ville, TN 37901Shipping Address: 1551 Lake Loudoun Blvd., Anderson Training Center, Knoxville, TN 37996-3110Thompson-Boling Arena Press Row: (865) 974-0110Arena Ticket Offi ce: (865) 656-HOOP
TENNESSEE ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School
0 Jordan Reynolds 5-11 G SO Portland, Ore./Central Catholic H.S.1 Nia Moore 6-3 C JR Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook H.S.
2 Jasmine Jones 6-2 F JR Madison, Ala./Bob Jones H.S. 4 Jannah Tucker 6-0 G R-FR Baltimore, Md./New Town H.S. 5 Ariel Massengale 5-7 PG SR Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook H.S.10 Diamond DeShields 6-1 G SO Norcross, Ga./Norcross H.S.11 Cierra Burdick 6-2 F SR Charlotte, N.C./Butler H.S.12 Bashaara Graves 6-2 F JR Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville H.S.13 Kortney Dunbar 6-2 G/F FR Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville H.S.14 Andraya Carter 5-9 G R-SO Flowery Branch, Ga./Buford H.S.20 Isabelle Harrison 6-3 C SR Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro H.S.21 Mercedes Russell 6-6 C SO Springfi eld, Ore./Springfi eld H.S.31 Jaime Nared 6-2 G/F FR Portland, Ore./West View H.S.33 Alexa Middleton 5-9 G FR Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale H.S.
COACHING STAFFHead Coach Holly Warlick Record at Tennessee (Years) 75-17Overall Record Same
Assistant Coach Kyra ElzyAssistant Coach Jolette Law Assistant Coach Dean LockwoodDirector of Basketball Operations Michael BeaumontAssistant to the Head Coach Janet McGeeVideo Coordinator Josh Boucher Strength & Conditioning Coach Lee Taylor
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BY THE NUMBERS
» Andraya Carter has zero turn-overs in the last 93 minutes and 47 seconds, covering games vs. Kentucky and Mississippi State and 25:47 vs. Georgia.
16» Dating back to the Auburn game on Feb. 20, 2014, Tennes-see has put together a 16-game winning streak against confer-ence teams.
49.0» The paint trio of Cierra Burdick (20.0), Isabelle Harrison (15.0) and Bashaara Graves (14.0) has combined to average 49.0 points over the last two games.
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THE SERIES VS. UF Tennessee holds a 47-3 all-time record vs.
Florida, dating back to Feb. 8, 1980. The Lady Vols have won 10 in a row in
the series, with the last loss coming in Gaines-ville, on Feb. 8, 2009, as #11/13 Florida topped #12/17 Tennessee by a 66-57 count. UT is 18-2 in games played in Gainesville,
winning the past three trips there and in nine of the past 10 visits. UT is 21-1 vs. UF in games played in Knox-
ville, having won fi ve in a row at Rocky Top and losing its only home meeting to the Ga-tors, 95-93 in overtime, on Feb. 26, 2006. The Big Orange women are 8-0 at neutral
sites and 3-1 in overtime contests vs Florida, including 3-0 in Gainesville in those extra-frame aff airs. A year ago, Tennessee and Florida met
for the “We Back Pat” game in Knoxville on Jan. 23, and the Lady Vols ran away with an 89-69 victory in the teams’ only encounter of 2013-14. That game proved to be the last of the
season for UT’s Ariel Massengale. She collid-ed with a UF player in pursuit of a loose ball and suff ered concussion-like symptoms that prevented her from returning to the court un-til this season. Holly Warlick’s squad won a pair of games
vs. Amanda Butler’s team in 2013, needing overtime to dispatch Florida in Gainesville, 78-75, on Jan. 13 and taming the Gators, 82-73, in the SEC quarterfi nals in Duluth, Ga., on March 8. Bashaara Graves’ free throw with 12.5
seconds remaining in regulation in Gaines-ville sent that 2013 regular-season game into overtime. Graves fi nished with 17 points and 12 re-
bounds in that contest, and she is averaging 14.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists vs. Florida during her career. Tennessee played seven players vs. Flori-
da and had six players in double fi gures in the 2013 SEC quarterfi nal contest.
UT VS. UF UT LEADS, 47-32/8/1980 5/nr H W 118-4411/28/1981 2/nr A W 85-732/1/1982 nr/nr H W 83-671/23/1983 8/nr A W 94-622/2/1983 8/nr H W 70-691/8/1984 8/nr A W 78-701/31/1984 9/nr H W 69-491/21/1985 nr/nr H W 69-612/10/1985 nr/nr 24/nr A W 83-742/2/1986 10/nr 15/nr H W 82-601/17/1987 2/nr 2/nr A W 90-722/21/1988 3/nr 3/nr H W 108-532/18/1989 3/nr 3/nr A W 85-522/17/1990 4/nr 4/nr H W 75-423/3/1990 3/nr 3/nr N51 W 81-561/16/1991 2/nr 2/nr A W 71-70 (OT)2/22/1992 2/nr 4/nr H W 90-692/21/1993 1/nr 1/nr A W 88-7512/18/1993 1/nr 1/nr H W 84-692/1/1995 2/14 2/15 A W 76-691/2/1996 4/21 4/17 H W 87-673/3/1996 5/18 5/17 N65 W 74-631/21/1997 8/19 9/nr A L 62-711/10/1998 1/12 1/14 H W 99-601/21/1999 1/21 1/19 A W 77-642/26/1999 2/nr 2/nr N65 W 92-802/13/2000 2/nr 3/nr H W 97-783/3/2000 2/nr 3/nr N65 W 91-792/11/2001 2/6 2/9 A W 103-731/3/2002 2/15 2/16 A W 88-641/31/2002 2/12 2/15 H W 86-661/19/2003 5/nr 5/nr A W 94-532/9/2003 3/nr 3/nr H W 79-402/19/2004 3/nr 3/nr H W 88-792/3/2005 5/nr 5/nr A W 91-82 (OT)2/26/2006 5/nr 5/nr H L 93-95 (OT)1/11/2007 4/nr 4/nr A W 80-582/28/2008 3/nr 3/nr H W 88-613/7/2008 3/nr 3/nr N101 W 92-612/8/2009 12/11 17/13 A L 57-663/6/2009 19/21 24/18 N107 W 71-671/14/2010 4/nr 4/nr A W 66-642/14/2010 5/nr 5/nr H W 83-441/13/2011 5/nr 6/nr A W 83-402/10/2011 4/nr 4/nr H W 61-393/4/2011 4/nr 4/nr N128 W 92-75
2/26/2012 10/nr 9/nr H W 75-591/13/2013 9/nr 9/nr A W 78-75(OT)3/8/2013 9/nr 9/nr N119 W 82-731/23/2014 11/nr 12/nr H W 89-69
ABOUT THE GATORS Florida returned three starters and
eight total letterwinners from last season’s NCAA Tournament squad that fi nished 20-13 overall and 8-8 in SEC play for a fi fth-place fi nish. Kayla Lewis was UF’s top returnee, and
the team’s lone senior currently is tied for the team lead in scoring at 9.8 points per contest along with Ronni Williams. Florida is averaging 20.5 turnovers per
contest, while its opponents are commit-ting 20.0. UF has committed 440 turnovers thus
far while recording only 279 assists. The Gators have only a +1.3 rebounding
margin over their opponents. Cassie Peoples leads the SEC in free
throw shooting at 86.8 percent. Florida is averaging 11.0 steals per
game, but the Lady Vols are allowing only 6.8 per contest. Amanda Butler is in her eighth season
as head coach at UF and sports a 151-106 re-cord there. She is 191-128 overall in her 10th year coaching and has led teams to three NCAA appearances and six WNIT berths.
THE LAST TIME WE MET On ̀ We Back Pat’ night, Tennessee took
care of business, posting a 89-69 victory over Florida on Jan. 23, 2014. Five Lady Vols scored in double fi gures,
as #11/12 Tennessee never trailed in the con-test to move to 15-4 overall and 4-2 in the SEC. Meighan Simmons knocked down fi ve 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 21 points. Bashaara Graves netted 17 to equal her
most points since the fourth game of the campaign. Jasmine Jones tallied 13, one shy of her career high. Andraya Carter tied her season best with 14 and Isabelle Harrison added 12. Tennessee had a remarkable 27 assists
on 33 baskets, led by Carter, who had a ca-reer-high eight. Cierra Burdick, handed out seven. The accomplishment is even more noteworthy, as starting point guard Ariel Massengale suff ered a facial injury in the fi rst half when she was accidentally hit in the face while going for a loose ball. Mas-sengale had four helpers in 14 minutes. The Lady Vols assisted their fi rst 18 bas-
kets of the game spanning the game’s fi rst 25 minutes. Florida was led by Kayla Lewis, who
scored 14 for the Gators (13-6, 3-3 SEC). Ronni Williams scored 12, while Jaterra Bonds and Antoinette Bannister each had 10. Up by 13 at halftime, Tennessee contin-
ued to hold a lead of at least eight points in the second half.
* - Averages are from 2013-14 # - Averages from 2013-14 season at North Carolina
A LOOK AT THE LADY VOL LINEUP(Based On Last Game)
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The SEC’s leading freshman scorer Vic-toria Vivians (14.5 ppg) continued her sen-sational season, leading the Bulldogs with 17. Breanna Richardson added 13.
UT HAS TOUGHEST SCHEDULE, #1 RPI The Lady Vols are No. 1 in this week’s RPI. Tennessee is the highest ranked SEC team
in the NCAA RPI as of Feb 5. UT’s strength of schedule, as provided by
the NCAA, also is ranked No. 1 this week. Teams it has faced have a 299-145 record. Schools Tennessee will play are 103-48. UT is 7-2 vs. ranked teams, including 4-2
vs. top-10 opponents this season.
STREAK VS. SEC FOES UT’s 16-game streak against conference
foes is the longest in the SEC. It started with 93-63 home win over Auburn last season on Feb. 20, 2014. It’s Tennessee’s longest win streak over
SEC opponents since winning 36 in a row from Jan. 24, 2010 to Jan. 12, 2012.
IMPRESSIVE WON-LOST RECORDS UT’s program has an all-time record of
1,266-282 in its 70th season. Tennessee has won 16 straight games vs.
SEC opponents, including nine this season. Holly Warlick is 75-17 overall as head
coach, including 44-5 in Knoxville and 31-12 on the road during her third season. Warlick is 906-139 in 30 years as a mem-
ber of the UT coaching staff . Tennessee’s seniors own a career record
of 102-26 overall and 48-9 in SEC regular sea-son play. Burdick, Harrison and Massengale are 5-1
vs. UF, including 3-0 in Gainesville.
COMPARING COACHING RECORDS In only her third year as a head coach,
Holly Warlick entered the season with the sixth highest active winning percentage in NCAA Division I women’s basketball at .800 (56-14). She has improved that percentage to .815
(75-17) with an 19-3 mark this season. Just for comparison’s sake, 15th-year
head coach Dawn Staley is 76-13 at South Carolina during that three-year time frame. Those two have the best SEC record dur-
ing that span, while 10th-year head coach Matthew Mitchell is 73-20 at Kentucky. Pat Summitt also was 19-3 at this point in
her third season at the helm at UT and stood 51-22 overall.
UT SENIORS TAKING CHARGE Early in the season, none of UT’s three
seniors were in the starting lineup for a va-riety of reasons. Now two are regulars in the starting fi ve, and the third is one of the SEC’s top players off the bench. The seniors are UT’s leading scorers,
paced by Isabelle Harrison at 12.5 ppg., along with a team-best 9.0 rpg. Ariel Massengale is next at 11.0 ppg. from
her reserve position, and she ranks second with 49 assists. Burdick has moved to 10.4 ppg. and is
UT’s No. 3 rebounder at 6.6 rpg. The duo combined for 43 points vs. Mis-
sissippi State, with Burdick leading the way with a career-high 24, followed by Harrison with a double-double of 11 points and 10 re-bounds and Massengale with eight points.
Florida its defi cit to eight (56-48) on seven consecutive points with 11:20 left in the game. But Tennessee retaliated with some long-range shooting, as Carter and Jasmine Jones connected on 3-pointers to regain the lead of a baker’s dozen at 66-53 with nine minutes to go.
THE LAST TIME IN GAINESVILLE Tennessee scored the fi nal fi ve points
in overtime to capture a 78-75 win at the O’Connell Center on Jan. 13, 2013. Meighan Simmons (27 points) tied the game at 75 on a jumper with 1:12 left, then Kamiko Wil-liams and Bashaara Graves combined for three free throws in the fi nal 24.3 seconds to secure the win. Graves sent the game to overtime with a free throw with 12.6 sec-onds left in regulation. Kayla Lewis’ 3-point attempt at the
buzzer rimmed out for the Gators, who fell to 13-5 overall, 2-2 in the SEC. The win by three points was Tennes-
see’s fi rst by fewer than fi ve points since a 61-58 win at Ole Miss on Feb. 11, 2010. Simmons led all scorers with 27, 17 of
which came in the fi rst half. Graves notched her seventh double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds. After sitting much of the fi rst half with
foul trouble and not scoring, Isabelle Har-rison netted 10 points -- all in the second half and overtime. She also added nine re-bounds. Ariel Massengale chipped in 12 and
handed out four assists. The Gators were led by Jaterra Bonds,
who had 18. January Miller and Carlie Nee-dles each added 11.
UF’S MOST RECENT GAME Senior Kayla Lewis scored a game-high
18 points and collected 11 rebounds to lead Florida to a 67-58 win against Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium on Feb. 1. In addition to Lewis, it was the veter-
ans who guided the Gators to victory on the diffi cult court, as junior Cassie Peoples scored 11 points with fi ve assists, junior Carlie Needles scored 10 points, as did ju-nior January Miller, who converted 6-of-6 from the free throw line that included four in the fi nal three minutes. One game removed from the team’s
struggles from the free throw line when it converted just 9-of-19 from the charity stripe, the Gators stepped up and coolly nailed 18-of-19, including their fi nal 10 at-tempts that came within the last 7:41 of the game.
The Gators’ youngsters weren’t to be overlooked, though, as sophomore Ronni Williams was a power inside with nine points on 3-of-4 shooting and 3-of-3 free throws with three rebounds before fouling out with 5:28 remaining. Freshmen Haley Lorenzen and Brooke
Copeland added six and three points, re-spectively. Lorenzen hit both ends of a one-and-one free throw trip with 5:51 to play that capped a 7-0 run and gave the Gators a 52-39 lead. Copeland, who had in excess of 70 family members and friends who made the three-hour drive from Cleveland, Tenn., canned a three-pointer with 5:06 remaining in the fi rst half that ended Vanderbilt’s 7-0 run that brought the ‘Dores within three points and gave Florida a 25-18 advantage.
UT’S MOST RECENT GAME Tennessee remained perfect against
Mississippi State on Sunday. The #6 Lady Vols beat the #18 Bulldogs for the 36th consecutive time, winning 79-67 at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Lady Vols (19-3 overall) continue
their perfect mark in the SEC, moving to 9-0 in the league this season. It is the fi rst time since 2010-11 that the Lady Vols have won their fi rst nine SEC games. That year UT went a perfect 16-0. Tennessee has won all 13 games at
home this season and 17 overall in a row at home dating to Feb. 20, 2014. The Lady Vols also have won 16 consecutive games against SEC opponents dating to last year. Senior Cierra Burdick led Tennessee
with a career-high 24 points, as she made 9-of-15 from the fl oor. She also handed out a season-high six assists and grabbed eight rebounds. For the second game in a row, a
Lady Vol scored her 1,000th career point. Bashaara Graves fi red in 17 points, with the 1,000th coming on a free throw in the fi nal seconds of the game and now has 1,001 in her career. In Tennessee’s last game at Kentucky, Isabelle Harrison became the 39th Lady Vol to reach the 1,000-point plateau. Senior Ariel Massen-gale (eight points) is only nine shy of her 1,000th point. Harrison scored 11 and grabbed a
game-high 10 rebounds for her sixth dou-ble-double of the season and 30th of her career. The Lady Vols shot a season-best 56.9
from the fl oor, topping their mark of 55.6 vs. LSU on Jan. 22.
WEEK GAMES PLAYED RECORD AP/USA TODAYNov. 3-9 W vs. CARSON-NEWMAN (EXH.) ----- 4/4Nov. 10-16 W vs. PENN 1-0 4/4Nov. 17-23 W vs. ORU, W vs. WINTHROP 2-0 4/5Nov. 24-30 W vs. TENN. ST., L @Chattanooga, L @#6/9 Texas 1-2 4/5Dec. 1-7 W vs. SAINT FRANCIS, W @Lipscomb 2-0 14/14Dec. 8-14 W @#17/19 Rutgers 1-0 11/13Dec. 15-21 W vs. WICHITA ST., vs. W #7/7 STANFORD 2-0 11/12Dec. 28 W vs. #10/12 OREGON ST. 1-0 8/11Dec. 29-Jan. 4 W vs. MISSOURI 1-0 8/9Jan. 5-11 W @Vanderbilt, vs. W #9/8 TEXAS A&M, @RV/NR Arkansas 3-0 7/9Jan. 12-18 W @ Auburn 1-0 6/6Jan. 19-25 L @ #6/7 Notre Dame, W vs. #RV/RV LSU, W vs. #22/19 GEORGIA 2-1 5/7Jan. 26-Feb. 1 W @ #10/10 Kentucky, W vs. #18/18 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2-0 6/6Feb. 2-8 @ Florida ----- 6/6
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The trio combined for 42 points in the win over Kentucky, with Harrison leading with 19, followed by Burdick with 16 and Mas-sengale with seven. In two SEC road games, Tennessee’s se-
nior trio of Cierra Burdick, Isabelle Harrison and Ariel Massengale led the scoring charge. As a matter of fact, they were UT’s only
three players in double fi gures vs. #9/8 Texas A&M and Arkansas. Harrison had 21 and 13 points in those
games, while Burdick had 14 and 17, and Mas-sengale had 14 and 16, respectively, vs. A&M and Arkansas. Burdick had a 14/11 points/rebounds
double-double vs. Texas A&M, while Harrison checked in with a 13/13 eff ort vs. Arkansas. The trio combined for 34 of UT’s 42
second-half points and had 46 of the team’s 60-point total in the come-from-behind win over Arkansas. Over those two games, they scored 95
of Tennessee’s 141 points in wins over Texas A&M and Arkansas. They also combined for 38 points vs.
#6/7 Notre Dame, with Burdick scoring 14, Harrison 12 and Ariel Massengale 11. The trio cranked out 40 points vs. LSU,
with Harrison racking up 25, Burdick chip-ping in eight and Massengale getting seven. This group has forged a 102-26 record at
Tennessee during their careers.
0 TOS IN 93:47 MINUTES FOR DRAYA Andraya Carter hasn’t committed a turn-
over since the 18:47 mark of the fi rst half of the Georgia game on Jan. 25, meaning she’s gone 93 minutes, 47 seconds without a turn-over entering the Florida game. In her last two games, Carter has com-
mitted 0 turnovers over 68 minutes. Carter played 35 minutes on the road
last Thursday vs. Kentucky and 33 minutes at home vs. Mississippi State on Sunday, deal-ing with two of the league’s best and most-aggressive defenses. Against Georgia, Carter committed only
one turnover in 27 minutes of action, and it came in the game’s opening 1:13. Carter now has eight games without
a turnover this season. She also has seven games with only one miscue.
BASH FINDS GATORS TO HER LIKING Bashaara Graves has had success against
Florida during her career, including her fresh-man season. Graves scored 17 points and had 12 re-
bounds and four assists in Gainesville in 2013. She hit a free throw to send the game to overtime. She then scored 10 points and added six
rebounds vs. UF during the 2013 SEC Tourna-ment. A year ago, Graves scored 17 points and
added eight rebounds and two assists as UT won in Knoxville. Her averages vs. Florida include 14.7
points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
ARIEL SET TO JOIN 1000-POINT CLUB Ariel Massengale enters the Florida game
needing nine points to become the third Lady Vol this season and the 41st overall to reach 1,000 points. Massengale has 991 points and hopes to
follow in the footsteps of teammates Isabelle Harrison (1,027) and Bashaara Graves (1,001).
LADY VOL DOUBLE DOUBLES If Massengale accomplishes the feat vs.
Florida, it would mean UT has had a player reach 1,000 career points in three consecu-tive games. That is believed to be a program fi rst. With 10:28 remaining in the fi rst half vs.
Kentucky, Isabelle Harrison hit a layup and became the 39th Lady Vol to score 1,000 points in her career. Graves entered the Mississippi State
game needing 16 points to join the club and hit her 16th and 17th points on free throws with 15.8 seconds remaining to end the game at 1,001 points and become the 40th Lady Vol to join the 1K club. Cierra Burdick (905) also is approaching
the 1,000-point plateau in her college career. UT has had 40 players score 1,000 points
but never has had four in the same season. There have been nine occasions where
Tennessee has had three players with 1,000 points on the same team. The last trio to do that came in 2010-
11, when Angie Bjorklund (1,469), Shekinna Stricklen (1,343) and Glory Johnson (1,132) accomplished that feat.
COUNTDOWN TO 1,000 POINTS
Needs Player Currently
9 Ariel Massengale 99195 Cierra Burdick 905
Made It Player Currently Place
1/29/15 Isabelle Harrison 1,027 38th2/1/15 Bashaara Graves 1,001 40th
A-MASS EYING 500/1000 CLUB Ariel Massengale is closing in on mem-
bership in a very select group of players in Lady Vol basketball history. She could become only the third player
in program history to record 500 assists and score 1,000 points in her career at UT. Lea Henry (1,128 pts., 587 assts., 1979-83)
and Alexis Hornbuckle (1,333 pts., 503 assts., 2004-08) are the only two players to accom-plish that feat in Tennessee’s rich history. Below are the players with 400+ assists
who’ve also scored 1,000 points, with Ariel Massengale’s totals also included.
MOVING UP THE CHARTS Three Lady Vols have at least 600+ re-
bounds, including Harrison (750), Graves (670) and Burdick (667), and it takes 811 or more to break into the all-time UT leaders. On the Tennessee career double-dou-
bles list, Harrison ranks sixth with 30, while Bashaara Graves (19) and Cierra Burdick (16) stand No. 16 and No. 20, respectively. Massengale is attempting to become
only the second Lady Vol to lead the team in assists four straight seasons. Dawn Marsh (1984-88) is the only one to do it. On the career free throw pct. list, Mas-
sengale entered the year at No. 10 at .796. Massengale also has moved into the top
10 on two other lists, including three-point fi eld goals made and attempted.
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Harrison is ranked in career blocks and is No. 7 in career block average at 1.15. Graves began the year ranked No. 10 on
Tennessee’s career rebound list at 7.4 per contest.
CLIMBING CAREER LEADER LISTS Tennessee has players moving up the
career lists in assists, blocks and three-point shooting, including Ariel Massengale (as-sists, three-point fi eld goals made, three-point fi eld goals attempted) and Isabelle Harrison (blocked shots).
REL’S SEASON ENDED VS. UF IN 2014 Ariel Massengale’s season ended vs.
Florida a year ago. In game 19 on Jan. 23, 2014, Massengale
collided with a Florida player while pursuing a loose ball at Thompson-Boling Arena and left the game with concussion-like symp-toms. The symptoms took a while to fi nally
subside, so Massengale didn’t play another game in 2013-14. She fi nished with career-best scoring
and assist averages of 12.5 points and 5.8 as-sists and had 3.2 rebounds as well.
CARTER STEPPED IN, STEPPED UP When Ariel Massengale went down with
an injury last season vs. Florida, Andraya Carter had to step in and contribute. That she did. Carter fi nished with 14 points, eight as-
sists, two steals and a rebound in 30 minutes of fi ll-in duty vs. the Gators.
BURDICK HONORS It’s been a great week for senior forward
Cierra Burdick, as she received three honors on Feb. 2 and 6. First, Burdick was named the SEC Wom-
en’s Basketball Player of the Week. It was the second time this season for
Burdick and the fourth time in her career. Next, she was named the College Sports
Madness SEC and National Player of the Week. Finally, she was named to the CoSIDA
Academic All-District 3 Team for her combi-
nation of a 3.86 GPA in communication stud-ies and her performance on the court.
SEEKING ANOTHER 20-WIN SEASON Tennessee’s next win will be its 20th of
the season, marking the 39th straight season the Lady Vols have won at least that many games. It will be Holly Warlick’s third year in a
row of claiming that many victories. Pat Summitt’s teams won 20 or more
games the fi nal 36 years of her 38-season career. Warlick’s teams have won 25 or more in
her fi rst two seasons and just missed hitting 30 for the fi rst time last season. Summitt’s squads recorded 25 or more
victories on 31 occasions and won 30 or more games 20 times.
FEELIN’ IT AT THE FREE THROW LINE Two Lady Vols are perfect from the free
throw line during SEC play, combining to hit 33-of-33 attempts. Junior Bashaara Graves is 22-of-22 over
the fi rst nine SEC games. Freshman Jaime Nared is 11-of-11 during
that same time frame. Jordan Reynolds (14-15, 93.3%) and Ariel
Massengale (19-21, 90.5%) aren’t far from perfect on their shooting. They are helping Tennessee shoot an
SEC-leading 80.8% from the charity stripe during the league slate.
HOT-SHOOTING LAST WEEK Tennessee shot 52.3% (58-111) from the
fi eld, 42.9% (6-14) from the three-point line and 75% (30-40) from the free throw line last week in games vs. Kentucky and Miss. State. Bashaara Graves was 8-of-10 from the
fi eld (80%) and 12-of-12 from the line (100%). Cierra Burdick was 16-of-28 from the
fi eld (57.1%) and 7-of-10 from the free throw line (70%) to lead the Lady Vols.
SNAPPING BAD STREAKS In addition to putting together positive
win streaks this season, UT has broken down some huge ones as well. Tennessee beat Kentucky in Lexington
for the fi rst time since Feb. 7, 2011, topping the Wildcats 73-72 on Jan. 29 in a down-to-the-wire aff air. With that win over Kentucky, Tennessee
also broke an 0-14 spell vs. top-10 teams on the road. Earlier this season, the Lady Vols beat
Stanford for the fi rst time since 2010 (59-40 on Dec. 20) and stopped a three-game los-ing skid in the series.
PLAYING THE MOST RANKED TEAMS Tennessee is 4-2 vs. top-10 opponents
this season, including 3-0 at home and 1-2 on the road following a 73-72 triumph at #10/10 Kentucky on Jan. 29. The Lady Vols defeated #7/7 Stanford,
#10/12 Oregon State and #9/8 Texas A&M at home on Dec. 20 (59-40), Dec. 28 (74-63) and Jan. 8 (81-58), and #10/10 Kentucky on the road (73-72), but fell to #6/9 Texas (72-59) on Nov. 30 and #6/7 Notre Dame (88-77) on Jan. 19 on the road. UT is 7-2 vs. all ranked foes this season,
with a 55-45 win at #17/19 Rutgers on Dec. 14 and home wins vs. #22/19 Georgia (59-51) and #18/18 Mississippi State (79-67) to its credit on Jan. 25 and Feb. 1.
7 Oregon St 20-1 6228 Florida St 21-2 5529 Louisville 19-3 51210 Arizona St 20-2 49311 North Carolina 18-4 44712 Kentucky 17-5 44313 Texas A&M 17-5 38914 Stanford 17-5 38015 Duke 16-6 35416 Texas 15-5 29417 Iowa 17-4 28918 Nebraska 17-4 27319 Mississippi St 22-3 22920 Princeton 19-0 18521 Georgia 17-5 14722 Rutgers 16-5 12823 George Washington 19-2 9824 Seton Hall 20-2 8125 Syracuse 15-7 47
NATIONAL RANKINGS
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Tennessee’s nine games and seven wins vs. ranked teams as well as its six games and four wins vs. top-10 foes are the best in the SEC this season. Tennessee’s next win vs. a ranked oppo-
nent will match its total from all of last sea-son, when the Lady Vols were 8-5 vs. ranked foes.
WARLICK 22-13 VS. TOP 25 TEAMS During the Holly Warlick era, UT is 22-13
vs. ranked teams. Tennessee is 7-2 vs. ranked teams this
season, taking down #7/7 Stanford, #10/12 Oregon State, #9/8 Texas A&M, #22/19 Geor-gia and #18/18 Mississippi State at home, and #17/19 Rutgers and #10/10 Kentucky on the road, while losing at #6/9 Texas and #6/7 Notre Dame on the road.
AP Top 25: 21-13 (.618) AP Ranked 1: 0-1 (.000) AP Ranked 2: 0-2 (.000) AP Ranked 3: 0-1 (.000) AP Ranked 1-5: 1-4 (.250) AP Ranked 1-10: 6-8 (.429) AP Ranked 11-25: 15-5 (.750)
USA TODAY Top 25: 22-13 (.629) USA TODAY Ranked 1: 0-1 (.000) USA TODAY Ranked 2: 0-1 (.000) USA TODAY Ranked 3: 0-2 (.000) USA TODAY Ranked 1-5: 1-5 (.200) USA TODAY Ranked 1-10: 4-9 (.308) USA TODAY Ranked 11-25: 18-4 (.818)
UT ALL-TIME VS. TOP 25 TEAMS Overall: 462-181 (.719) AP Ranked 1-10 : 182-133 (.578) AP Ranked 11-25: 251-43 (.854) USA TODAY Ranked 1-10: 140-91 (.606) USA TODAY Ranked 11-25: 221-31 (.877)
EYE-OPENING SEC MARKS UT’s all-time mark is 506-76 vs. SEC
schools, including 353-49 in the regular season. Tennessee is 201-17 (.922) during home
SEC games since the league began (1982-83). UT is 73-8 (.901) at home, including 33-4
(.892) in SEC games at Thompson-Boling Arena, over the last fi ve seasons through the Mississippi State game. Tennessee has gone unbeaten in league
play nine times through the years. Holly Warlick’s record vs. SEC foes is 36-5
during the regular season and 40-6 overall.
UT AT HOME IN SEC PLAY (SINCE 1982-83)
Team Home
Alabama 17-0 Arkansas 12-1 Auburn 18-2 Florida 19-1 Georgia 19-4 Kentucky 17-3LSU 17-3Ole Miss 16-2Mississippi St. 16-0 Missouri 2-0 South Carolina 18-1Texas A&M 2-0 Vanderbilt 28-0
BIG THREE GETTING IT GOING Tennessee’s Big Three of Isabelle Har-
rison, Bashaara Graves and Cierra Burdick have found scoring success in the same game in three of UT’s last fi ve contests. Against #18/18 Mississippi State, Burdick
fi red in 24 points, followed by 17 from Graves
and 11 from Harrison, as the trio combined for 52 of Tennessee’s 79 poins. Against #10/10 Kentucky, Harrison had
19, Burdick had 16 and Graves had 11 for a combined total of 46 points from UT’s bigs. In those two games, the 6-2 Burdick, 6-3
Harrison and 6-2 Graves averaged 20.0, 15.0 and 14.0 points per contest, respectively. In the Notre Dame game, Graves hit for
22 points, supported by 15 from Burdick and 12 from Graves. That’s 49 points from that trio. Those instances are the only times that
all three have scored in double fi gures in the same game. With Harrison missing fi ve early season
games and Burdick and Graves feeling under the weather the past couple weeks, perhaps the trio is just now rounding into form.
WE DO DOUBLE-DOUBLES Tennessee has had 19 double-doubles
this season, led by six from Bashaara Graves and Isabelle Harrison and four from Cierra Burdick. Graves had only three all last season. UT is the only SEC team to have three
players with four or more double-doubles this season and the only school with a pair of players having six. Graves and Harirson are tied for fourth
in the SEC this season with their six double-doubles. Harrison’s 30 career double-doubles tie
her for second in the SEC among active play-ers. With her most recent double-double,
Harrison tied Daedra Charles and Sheila Frost for sixth all-time at Tennessee. The top fi ve at UT are Chamique Hold-
sclaw (57), Candace Parker (45), Glory John-son (36), Mary Ostrowski (35) and Tamika Catchings (32). Tennessee set a program record in the
opener vs Penn, with four Lady Vols record-ing double-doubles in a game for the fi rst time in school history. Nia Moore had career highs of 24 points
and 14 rebounds to card her second career double-double, Alexa Middleton had 20 points and 11 assists to open her career with a double-double, Bashaara Graves posted 16 points and 10 rebounds for the (then) 14th double-double of her career, Isabelle Harri-
2014 LADY VOL SIGNEES On national signing day on Nov. 12, third-year head coach Holly Warlick and her staff , who
already will add talented transfer Diamond DeShields into the mix next fall after a redshirt season, signed 5-foot-8 point guard Te’a (TAY-uh) Cooper of McEachern (mick-EE-churn) High School in Powder Springs, Ga., and 5-11 wing Jamasha (juh-ME-sha) “MeMe” Jackson of Blackman High in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
TE’A COOPER >> 5-8 >> PG >> POWDER SPRINGS, GA. >> MCEACHERN H.S.> Ranked No. 1 overall and No. 1 point guard by D1Spects.com> Ranked No. 3 overall and No. 1 point guard by ProspectsNation.com> Ranked No. 4 by Full Court> Ranked No. 7 by All Star Girls Report> Ranked No. 16 by Blue Star> Ranked No. 19 by espnW HoopGurlz> Rated as a fi ve-star recruit on that list> Named to the 2014 USA Basketball Women’s U17 World Championship Team but had to
withdraw due to illness during training camp> Participated in the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team Trials> McDonald’s All-American (2015)> MaxPreps Third-Team All-American (2014)> Georgia Sports Writers Association Miss Basketball (2014)> American Family Insurance USA Today All-USA Georgia First Team (2014)> Georgia Class 6A All-State First Team (2014)> Atlanta Tipoff Club Girls Metro Player of the Year (2014) & All-Metro Second Team (2013)> Marietta Daily Journal Cobb County Player of the Year (2014)> MVP of the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association’s North-South All-Star Game after scor-
ing 39 points and making eight 3-pointers> Three year-starter who led her team to Georgia 6A state titles in 2012 (33-0) & 2014 (29-2)> Averaged 19.6 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 6.0 apg., 5.0 spg. and 1.0 bpg. as a junior> Averaged 18.5 ppg., 5.0 apg., 4.3 spg. as a sophomore> Averaged 11.2 ppg., 4.7 apg., 3.0 spg. and shot 65 percent from the fi eld> Subject of the MTV reality show “True Life”
MEME JACKSON >> 5-11 >> G/F >> MURFREESBORO, TENN. >> BLACKMAN H.S.> Ranked No. 21 by Blue Star> Ranked No. 25 by All Star Girls Report> Ranked No. 35 overall & the No. 7 ranked wing in espnW HoopGurlz Top 100 Class of 2015> Rated as a fi ve-star recruit on that list> Ranked No. 37 overall and the No. 9 wing by ProspectsNation.com> Ranked No. 39 overall by D1Spects.com> Tennessee Sportswriters Association All-State Team (2014)> TSSAA State Championship All-Tournament Team (2014)> District MVP (2014)> All-District (2014)> All-Region (2014)> Led BHS to a 34-1 record in 2013-14 and a TSSSAA state championship> Her team was the No. 1-ranked team in the country by ESPN, USA Today and MaxPreps> Started all 35 games as a junior and averaged 9.4 ppg,. 4.4 rpg., 3.4 apg. and 2.3 spg. on
a team featuring fi ve NCAA Division I prospects
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Number 22. Only two players have ever had a Lady Vol game jersey with that number on it. After the jersey was retired on Feb. 18, 1980, no basketball player has had a No. 22 Tennessee jersey since then. There wasn’t supposed to be another one until Lauren Hill came along.
Hill, a freshman basketball player at Mount St. Joseph University, joins third-year UT head coach Holly Warlick (1976-80) and Joy Scruggs (1971-75) as the only basket-ball players to possess a Tennessee uniform with double deuces. Hill’s inspirational story moved Warlick, Tennes-see’s third-year head coach, and Michael Beaumont, the team’s director of operations, to fi nd a way to show Tennessee’s admiration and support for Hill in any way they could.
“We were all very touched and moved by Lauren’s story and her desire to play one more basketball game,” Warlick said. “We’ve talked a lot this preseason about being thankful for what we’ve been given and taking advantage of every day, because you never know what can happen.
“Lauren’s attitude and fi ght and spirit embody exactly what we’ve been trying to convey, so we couldn’t help but connect and relate to her immediately. She’s one of us.”
son came off the bench to round up 12 points and 10 boards.
WHAT IF? Tennessee is having a fanastic season
and doing quite well with its core of 10 play-ers who are seeing playing time. But one can’t help but wonder ‘what if” it had three of its top-10 recruits available this season and another player who has missed 15 games due to injury? UT hopes to get 6-foot-2 junior forward
Jasmine Jones back, but eff ects from a head injury are keeping her off the court. Jones was averaging a career-high 9.4
ppg. and 4.6 rpg., and was a player UT could assign to defend the best player on the op-posing team. If she’d been in the lineup, could UT have beaten Notre Dame or had an easier time in some of its close games? What if 6-foot-6 center Mercedes Russell
didn’t have to have foot surgery and miss the 2014-15 campaign? The 2013 espnW HoopGurlz No. 1 recruit
averaged 6.3 ppg. and 5.0 rpg while shoot-ing 59.6% last season as a rookie. What if 6-1 guard Diamond DeShields
had signed with UT out of high school as she intended and was in her second year as a Lady Vol instead of redshirting after trans-ferring here? The 2013 espnW HoopGurlz No. 3 recruit
averaged 18.0 ppg. and 5.4 rpg. last season at North Carolina, and she was a fi rst-team All-ACC selection and consensus national freshman of the year. What if Jannah Tucker hadn’t injured her
left knee playing for USA Basketball, missed her senior season of high school and then had to have a follow up procedure on that knee in spring 2014? Tucker was the 2013 espnW HoopGurlz
No. 8 recruit and averaged 30 ppg., 6 apg. and 4 spg. as a high school junior. Tucker is shaking off the rust and trying
to earn more playing time this season, but next season off ers great promise as these players hit the ground running.
UT YOUTH PROVIDING BOOST Tennessee’s freshmen provided a huge
spark in the Jan. 25 win over Georgia, with Jaime Nared (7), Alexa Middleton (5) and Kortney Dunbar (3) combining for 15 points. All 15 points came in the fi rst half, as UT
overcame an eight-point defi cit and zoomed to a fi ve-point lead at intermission. As a matter of fact, 28 of Tennessee’s 30
points at halftime came from freshmen or sophomores. The seniors had no fi rst-half points and
junior Bashaara Graves had two at the break. Against Kentucky on Jan. 29, Nared
stepped up again, hitting a pair of critical buckets and adding three steals, two re-bounds and an assist. Nared followed up with six points vs.
Mississippi State on Feb. 1, marking her best three-game scoring run since the season’s fi rst four contests. Nared was the No. 6 ranked recruit by
espnW HoopGurlz in 2014, while Middleton was rated No. 28 and Dunbar 78.
IZZY ELEVATES HER GAME Over her last four games, Isabelle Har-
rison is averaging 16.0 points and 9.3 re-bounds. The senior is shooting 59% (23-39) from
the fi eld and 78.3% (18-23) from the free throw line during that four-game span. She had a season best and was one off
her career high in scoring vs. LSU on Jan. 22, fi ring in 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the fi eld and 7-of-7 marksmanship from the free throw line. Against #10/10 Kentucky, Harrison scored
13 of her 19 points in the second half and fi n-ished with 10 rebounds for her fi fth double-double of the season. She also went over the 1000-point scoring mark early in the game. Harrison connected on 8-of-12 fi eld goals
vs. UK and had two blocks and a steal. She was named the SEC Player of the
Week on Jan. 27. She also was honored on Dec. 29. For the season, Harrison is UT’s leading
scorer over her 17 games at 12.5 ppg., along with 9.0 rpg. She missed fi ve games after spraining her knee in the season-opener vs. Penn.
BASH MAXIMIZES TOUCHES Bashaara Graves had 11 points vs. Ken-
tucky on 3-of-4 shooting from the fi eld and 5-of-5 aim from the free throw line. That’s called maxmizing your touches. Ditto for the Mississippi State game,
when Graves was 5-for-6 from the fi eld and 7-of-7 from the free throw line for 17 points
to go along with fi ve assists, four rebounds, a block and steal in 31 minutes. While she isn’t scoring a great deal in
SEC play at 6.9 ppg., Graves is shooting a team-leading 57.1% among regulars over nine games, is grabbing 5.0 rpg., and is tied for second in assists with 24 and tied for third in steals with eight. Oh, and she’s hitting 100 percent (22-of-22) of her free throw tries.
FREE THROW WORK PAYING OFF Tennessee players have spent extra time
outside practice working on their free throws, and it is paying off . In fact, their profi ciency helped them win vs. Georgia on Jan. 25. The Lady Vols hit 20-of-21 charity tosses
to fi nish at 95.2%, which tied for the seventh highest percentage in UT history. Had UT hit its fi nal free throw, it would
have tied the SEC record with four other occurances of 100 percent shooting with 15 or more attempts, and it would have been the highest number of free throw makes in league history without a miss. As it was, the eff ort was the best by a
Lady Vol team since UT hit 10-of-10 tries in a 70-61 home win over LSU on Feb. 22, 2010. For the season, Tennessee is hitting at a
75.6% clip, which is just off the school record percentage of 75.9% forged by the 2012-13 squad. That ranks No. 1 in the SEC and No. 17 nationally. Last week, UT connected on 30-of-40 at-
tempts in two games for 75%, with Bashaara Graves going 12-of-12 and Jaime Nared and Ariel Massengale going 2-of-2. In the last four games, UT is hitting 84.1%
(69-82), led by Graves at 14-of-14 and Nared and Jordan Reynolds at 9-of-9.
CARTER IS HITTING SHOTS Over her last fi ve games, Andraya Cart-
er is shooting very well. The sophomore is connnecting on 59.3% (16-27) from the fi eld and 62.5% (5-8) from the three-point line to average 7.6 points per contest. Carter also has 9 assists to 5 turnovers
during that time and 10 steals. For the season, Carter is averaging 7.5
ppg. and shooting 39.1% from the fi eld (61-156) and 34.1% on threes (15-44).
JORDAN IS FINDING HER GROOVE Sophomore Jordan Reynolds has been
rock steady for Tennessee at point guard this season.She was one of UT’s underclass performers
making an impact in the win over Georgia, scoring 11 points in the fi rst half en route to a career-high 15 for the game. Reynolds has scored in double fi gures
fi ve times this season, with three of those ef-forts equalling or bettering her career best. Reynolds improved her scoring average
to a season-high 6.8 through 21 games and stands at 6.7 after 22 contests. She had eight points, three assists, three
rebounds, two steals and a last-second block of a game-winning-shot attempt vs. Ken-tucky. She has fi ve games with 0 turnovers and
10 others with only one miscue. She is one of only two Lady Vols to start
every game this season.
PLAYING FROM BEHIND Tennessee has trailed in seven of its nine
SEC games thus far.
SUPPORTING LAUREN HILL
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Mississippi State was the latest team to jump on top of Tennessee, leading by three in the fi rst half. Kentucky carried a six-point lead into the
locker room at the half and again led by six in the second half before UT rallied to win. The Lady Vols were down nine twice in
the second half to Arkansas before bouncing back for a 60-51 win in Fayetteville on Jan. 11. Georgia led Tennessee by eight in the
fi rst half and fi ve in the second half before losing by eight, 59-51, on Jan. 25. Missouri had a seven-point advantage
over the Lady Vols in the fi rst half before UT prevailed, 63-53, on Jan. 2. Texas A&M and LSU are the only SEC
games where UT posted wire-to-wire wins.
GREAT STARTS UT is 9-0 in SEC play for the fi rst time in
the Holly Warlick era and for the fi rst time since 2010-11 (fi nished 16-0). The 9-0 league start this season leaves
the Big Orange women with South Carolina (10-0) as the only remaining unbeaten teams in conference play. Every other team has at least three loss-
es. The Lady Vols were off to an 8-0 league
start in 2012-13 before being upset on the road by Missouri, 80-63, on Feb. 3. Before losing to Notre Dame on Jan. 19,
UT, at 15-2, was off to its best start in a sea-son since 2010-11, when the Lady Vols were 34-2 before losing in the NCAA Regional fi -nal to Notre Dame, 73-59, on March 28.
A LOT OF SUCCESS TO SELL During the Holly Warlick era, Tennessee
is 75-17, has made two NCAA appearances, won an SEC regular season title (2013) and an SEC tournament title (2014). The program maintains a 100 percent
graduation rate for players who fi nish their eligibility at Tennessee. Warlick has sent two players to the
WNBA over the last two seasons and the program has had 15 all-time fi rst round picks and 38 players in the league. UT had the SEC Player of the Year in 2013
and 2014, the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2013, the SEC Tournament MVP in 2014 and the SEC Coach of the Year in 2013. Tennessee has won eight NCAA Cham-
pionships, claiming titles in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008. The Lady Vols have appeared in 22 Final
Fours, including 18 NCAA and 4 AIAW. UT has played in 13 NCAA title games. Tennessee is the only school to appear in
all 33 NCAA Tournaments and has won more tourney games than any other school (142). The Lady Vols have won a combined 34
SEC titles, including 17 regular season and 17 tournament championships. UT has had 21 players honored as WBCA
All-Americans. Ten with UT ties have been inducted into
the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Seven women are recognized with ban-
ners of honor at Thompson-Boling Arena, including Holly Warlick, Bridgette Gordon, Daedra Charles, Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings, Pat Summitt and Candace Parker.
PROTECTING OUR HOUSE The Lady Vols are 13-0 this season at
Thompson-Boling Arena and have won 17 in a row at home, beginning with a Feb. 20, 2014, win over Auburn in Knoxville. UT last won 17-straight at home when it
had a 45-game streak from Feb. 22, 2009, (W, Mississippi State) to Feb. 2, 2012 (L, South Carolina). The Tennessee women’s (10-0) and
men’s teams (7-0) combined for a 17-0 start at home this season before the guys fell to Alabama on Jan. 10, 56-38.
TOUGHEST PLACE TO PLAY Thompson-Boling Arena and Knoxville
have long had a reputation as a diffi cult place for visitors to win. The Lady Vols are 397-28 all-time at
Thompson-Boling Arena in 28 years, ranking the venue No. 3 behind UConn’s Gampel Pa-vilion and Florida Gulf Coast’s Alico Arena, which opened in 2007, in win pct. In Knoxville venues, including Alumni
Gym, Stokely Athletics Center and Thomp-son-Boling Arena, UT is a remarkable 550-52 over the past 41 years (since 1974-75). That ranks Knoxville as the toughest city
in the nation to get an NCAA Division I wom-en’s basketball victory. UT has won 12 or more games in the
arena in each of its previous 28 years of exis-tence and 15 on 20 occasions after doing so again in 2014-15. Tennessee has posted 11 seasons with no
losses in the facility. The Big Orange women are 42-0 at
Thompson-Boling Arena during NCAA play, including 14-0 in the First Round, 22-0 in the
Second Round, 3-0 in the Sweet 16 and 3-0 in the Elite 8.
COMFORTS OF HOME Tennessee is averaging 78.5 points in its
13 home games, all victories, and allowing only 51.5 ppg. By contrast, the Lady Vols have scored
64.8 ppg. on the road and allowed 59.7. The UT women are hitting 45.3% from
the fi eld in games played at Thompson-Bol-ing Arena and 38.9% in road contests. UT is hitting 76.7% of its free throws at
home and 73.8% away. Most importantly, UT is 13-0 at home in
2014-15. The Lady Vols are 6-3 on the road.
NO. 2 IN ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW Tennessee is averaging 10,456 per game
in home attendance to rank second nation-ally behind South Carolina (11,852). UT has had six crowds in excess of
10,000, including Georgia (13,428), Stan-ford (13,056), LSU (11,612), Mississippi State (11,507), Oregon State (11,123) and Texas A&M (10,507). In 2013-14, UT led the NCAA in atten-
dance for the 11th straight year and the 17th time in the past 18 seasons.
SINCE THE TEXAS GAME... During UT’s 11-game win streak, the Lady
Vols allowed only one team (#10/12 Oregon St., 63) to score more than 58 pts. in a game. That ended when #6/7 Notre Dame up-
ended the Lady Vols on the road, 88-77, on Jan. 19 and scored the most points all season vs. UT. It was the highest mark by an op-ponent since Vandy had 93 on Feb. 19, 2012. The Lady Vols had been allowing 49.7
points per contest and scoring 68.5 per game for an +18.7 margin until that 11-point loss. Even with that setback, UT still has an
18.0 scoring margin and is still only allowing 55.2 points over its last 15 games. UT has a +9.3 rebound margin in its last
16 games. Tennessee has been forcing its foes into
15.9 turnovers per game since the Texas game.
GETTING A JUMP ON OPPONENTS Tennessee is 16-6 on opening tips. UT is 14-2 when it wins the tip and is 5-1
when it loses. UT lost the opening tip vs. Penn, ORU,
Off ensive Opportunities Tennessee shooting from the fi eld (all games):20%FG: @RUT (.275)30%FG: WIN (.397), STAN (.383), @UTC (.377), @VAN (.362), @TEX (.350), @ARK (.347), UGA (.340), MIZ (.313)40%FG: ORU (.494), TSU (.493), @UK (.483), PENN (.482), @LIP (.446), OSU (.441), @
Dee -- FenseOpponents shooting from the fi eld (all games):10%FG: None20%FG: SFU (.224), ORU (.250), STAN (.255)30%FG: @RUT (.311), @ARK (.317), TSU (.321), @AUB (.322), PENN (.328), @VAN (.333). WIN & @LIP (.345), WSU (.364), UGA (.368), MIZ (.385), @UK (.386)40%FG: OSU & A&M (.424), LSU (.460), MSU (.467), ND @TEX (.492)50%FG: @UTC (.533), @ND (.582),
Leading at the Break (15): SFU (+32), @LIP (+24), PENN (+22), ORU (+27), A&M (+16), WIN (+15), TSU (+17), STAN (+12), @VAN, @AUB & LSU (+8), UGA & MSU (+5), WSU (+3), OSU (+1)Tied at the Break (0): NoneTrailing at the Break (7): @UTC (-16), @TEX (-10), @UK (-6), MIZ (-4), @RUT, @ARK & @ND (-3)
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lost the tip vs. Auburn, but after Isabelle Har-rison’s tap went out of bounds. Harrison returned to the starting lineup
vs. Rutgers on Dec. 14 and is 12-2 on open-ing tips. UT is 11-1 when Harrison wins the tip and
2-0 when she doesn’t (Rutgers, Auburn).
IT ALL CAME TOGETHER VS. A&M Tennessee played well in defeating #7/7
Stanford and #10/12 Oregon State, but its best all-around game of the season came on Jan. 8 vs. #9/8 Texas A&M. That 81-58 win enabled Tennessee to
beat three top-10 teams in a single season for the fi rst time since the 2007-08 season, when UT defeated eight. UT shot its best fi eld percentage of any
half (at that point) at 58.8 in the opening 20 minutes and fi nished at a (then) season-high 52.4%. Those marks were later topped vs. Mississippi (60% second half/56.9% game). Tennessee did that against a team ranked
No. 1 in the nation in fi eld goal percentage defense at 32.3% and allowing only 54.9 points per contest. The Lady Vols matched their season low
for turnovers with only eight. They had their second-highest assist
mark of the year at 24. UT shot 84.6% from the free throw line. Isabelle Harrison broke out of a mini-
slump with a season-high 21 points. Cierra Burdick had her fourth double-
double of the campaign. Ariel Massengale scored in double fi g-
ures for the fi fth straight game, marking the fi rst time she has done that. The win was the 500th by Tennessee vs.
current members of the SEC.
IT’S NOT PERSONAL; IT’S BUSINESS Against former Lady Vols as head coach-
es, Warlick is 6-1, including 4-1 vs. Nikki Caldwell (LSU), 1-0 vs. Tonya Edwards (Al-corn State) and 1-0 vs. Jody Adams (Wichita State). Against teams with former UT staff
members coaching, Warlick is 10-3, including 2-2 vs. Kentucky (Matthew Mitchell), 2-0 vs. Lipscomb (Greg Brown), 4-1 vs. LSU (Nikki Caldwell, Tasha Butts), 2-0 vs. North Carolina (Sylvia Hatchell). Against teams with former Lady Vols on
the staff , Warlick is 11-3, including 4-1 vs. LSU (Nikki Caldwell, Tasha Butts), 2-0 vs. South Carolina (Nikki McCray), 1-0 vs. Middle Ten-nessee (Dustin Edwards, Alex Fuller), 1-0 vs. Ole Miss (Alex Fuller Simmons), 1-0 vs. Al-corn State (Tonya Edwards), 1-0 vs. Wichita State (Jody Adams, Bridgette Gordon) and 1-2 vs. Kentucky (Shalon Pillow). Against teams with former Lady Vol play-
ers and/or staff ers, Warlick is 16-3, including 1-0 vs. Alcorn State (Tonya Edwards), 2-2 vs. Kentucky (Matthew Mitchell, Shalon Pillow), 2-0 vs. Lipscomb (Greg Brown), 4-1 vs. LSU (Nikki Caldwell, Tasha Butts), 1-0 vs. Middle Tennessee (Alex Fuller), 2-0 vs. North Caro-lina (Sylvia Hatchell), 1-0 vs. Ole Miss (Alex Fuller Simmons), 2-0 vs. South Carolina (Nik-ki McCray) and 1-0 vs. Wichita State (Jody Adams, Bridgette Gordon).
SENIOR CLASS CANDIDATE Isabelle Harrison was one of 30 student-
athletes named on Jan. 23 as candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classifi ed as an NCAA Divi-sion I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, class-room, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and
Achievement for Staying in School, the Se-nior CLASS Award focuses on the total stu-dent-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The Senior CLASS Award winners will be
announced during the 2015 Final Four.
TEAM BONDING Holly Warlick, her players and outside
observers have commented on how close this Lady Vol team is. Doing things together has been a com-
mon theme, and the team enjoyed yet an-other team-bonding activity on Feb. 4, as UT star and Canadian Football League Hall of Famer Condredge Holloway spoke to the team. Holloway, a former Vols quarterback and
current UT Athletics administrator, was fea-tured in the 2011 Kenny Chesney-produced SEC Storied fi lm “The Color Orange” as the fi rst African-American starting quarterback in the Southeastern Conference. On Jan. 12, the team attended the movie
“Selma” together that afternoon in Knoxville. The team has done community service
activities together, and former Vanderbilt football player Brad Gaines, one of the sub-jects of the SEC Storied fi lm “It’s Time” spoke to the team and has remained in contact throughout the season, attending the team’s games at Lipscomb and Vanderbilt.
POINT GUARD COLLEGE GRADS During the summer, sophomores Andra-
ya Carter and Jordan Reynolds each attend-ed Point Guard College Basketball camps in their home areas of Atlanta and Portland, respsectively. PGC Basketball provides an intense, no-
nonsense basketball education for male and female players, as well as coaches. Courses are designed to teach players of all posi-tions to play smart basketball, to be coaches on the court, and to be leaders in practices, games, and in everyday life. The organization vows to teach campers
how to play smart, tough, intelligent basket-ball, communicate effi ciently, develop the DNA of a champion and lead their team ef-fectively. Carter and Reynolds seem to have ben-
efi tted greatly from the camps, as they both have emerged as effi cient off ensive players with tallies of 46 assists and 24 turnovers, and 54 assists and 29 turnovers, respectively. They also lead UT on defense with 54
and 34 steals, respectively. Carter is known as Tennessee’s best de-
fensive player, while Reynolds is appreciated greatly for pushing tempo on off ense and taking care of the ball while doing so.
SUMMITT DISCIPLE There’s no question Holly Warlick em-
ploys some of the same principles learned from her friend, mentor, co-worker and coach, Pat Summitt. A favorite Summitt saying was “Off ense
sells tickets, defense wins games and re-bounding wins championships.” It’s easy to see the apple didn’t fall far
from the tree when listening to Warlick talk about how her team let its off ense aff ect its defense in a game in which it allowed only 42 points to Auburn. Much of her point in the displeasure with
her team in that game pertained to defensive rebounding, with UT allowing 18 off ensive re-bounds to the Tigers and the Lady Vols los-ing the overall battle on the boards, 39-33.
GRAVES GOES OFF ON IRISH Bashaara Graves had her best scoring
performance of the season, going off for 22 points vs. #6 Notre Dame on Jan. 19. The 6-foot-2 forward connected on 10-
of-20 shots from the fi eld, grabbed eight rebounds and added three assists in 34 min-utes. Graves, who hadn’t scored in double fi g-
ures in six games since dropping in 10 in a win over Stanford on Dec. 20, already had 14 vs. Notre Dame by halftime The 22-point total was her second best
behind her career-high 23 vs. Georgia Tech on Nov. 17, 2013. After quiet games vs. LSU and #22/19
Georgia, Graves produced 11 points vs. #10/10 Kentucky and 17 vs. #18/18 Mississippi State.
IT STARTS WITH DEFENSE Holly Warlick wants her teams to em-
brace playing defense with great energy and eff ort, and it appears the 2014-15 Lady Vols have bought in since losing back-to-back games vs. Chattanooga and Texas. UT ranks No. 3 in the SEC and No. 17
nationally in scoring defense, allowing 54.9 points per contest, and the Lady Vols are No. 2 in scoring defense in SEC play at 55.7. During Tennessee’s 11-game winning
streak, the Lady Vols allowed only 49.7 points per contest and 33.5% fi eld goal per-centage by their opponents. UT has allowed only four opponents
(#10/12 Oregon State-63, #6/7 Notre Dame-88, #10/10 Kentucky-72, #18/18 Miss. State-67) to score more than 58 points in a game since Nov. 30. In 22 games, Tennessee has allowed only
eight teams to score more than 53 points, in-cluding Chattanooga (L, 67-63), #6/9 Texas (L, 72-59), #10/12 Oregon State (W, 74-63), #9/8 Texas A&M (W, 81-58), #6/7 Notre Dame (88-78), LSU (75-58), #10/10 Kentucky (73-72) and #18/18 Mississippi State (79-67). Only fi ve teams have scored more than
63 vs. UT this season (Chatt., Texas, N.D., Ky., Miss. State). The Lady Vols held Vanderbilt to 49
points on Jan. 5, marking the lowest point total the Commodores have scored at home in the 73-game series since having 27 in 1976. UT limited #7/7 Stanford to 40 points in
the Lady Vols’ 59-40 win in Knoxville to stop a three-game losing skid to the Cardinal.
BALL SECURITY Tennessee stands No. 38 nationally and
fourth in the SEC in turnover margin at 4.2. The Lady Vols are 47th nationally and 3rd
in the SEC with 14.0 turnovers per game. UT stands second in assist-to-turnover
ratio (1.1) in the SEC and is 47th nationally. The Lady Vols have committed 308
turnovers through 22 games and have two games of single-digit turnovers while just missing doing it a couple more times with 10 vs. Missouri and Notre Dame.
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UT surrendered a season low of eight turnovers vs. Penn in the opener and matched that on Jan. 8 vs. #9/8 Texas A&M. UT had 10 vs. Mizzou in the SEC opener. Only one time all last season did Ten-
nessee have a single-digit turnover total in a game, and that came on March 2, 2014, in a home win over South Carolina (73-61) when UT had only seven on senior day. UT’s freshmen, Kortney Dunbar, Alexa
Middleton and Jaime Nared, combined for 0 turnovers in their fi rst regular season game. Jordan Reynolds has a 1.9 assist-to-turn-
over ratio (54 assts./29 TOs) and has com-mitted 0 turnovers fi ve times and one gaff e on 10 other occasions. Andraya Carter is at 1.9 (46 assts./24 TOs) as well in assist-to-turnover ratio. Carter has eight games with 0 turnovers and seven others with only one miscue.
SHARING THE ROCK Through 23 games, UT has 327 assists
compared to only 237 for its opponents. Jordan Reynolds (2.5), Cierra Burdick
(2.5), Ariel Massengale (2.3) and Andraya Carter (2.2) are pacing the Big Orange in as-sists averages. Tennessee has had seven games of 20 or
more assists this season, including its 24-as-sist eff ort vs. Texas A&M on Jan. 8. That 24-assist performance vs. the Ag-
gies ranks second-best this year behind the 27 registered vs. Penn in the season opener. UT had at least 20 assists in each of its
fi rst four games of the year, marking the fi rst time the Lady Vols had put together that many in a row since the 1987-88 season, when the Lady Vols had a streak of six from Jan. 11 to Jan. 27. They also had a run of fi ve from Dec. 13 to Jan. 3 that season. UT’s streak of three in a row 20+ assist
games was the fi rst since the team had three straight 20-assist games vs. George Wash-ington (23, 11/26/02), Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (27, 11/29/02) and Army (21, 11/30/02). There were two other instances of four or
more straight 20-assist games for the Lady Vols, and those were fi ve-game runs from Dec. 9, 1985, to Jan. 4, 1986, and Feb. 6, 1981, to Feb. 21, 1981. Middleton recorded 11 assists in her fi rst
game, the most ever by a Lady Vol in her freshman debut.
STARTING LINEUP IN PLACE In 23 games thus far, Holly Warlick has
sent eight diff erent lineups out to the center circle for the opening tip. The last 11 games and 12 of the last 13
contests, however, have featured the same starting fi ve. That starting group of Bashaara Graves,
Cierra Burdick, Isabelle Harrison, Jordan Reynolds and Andraya Carter has produced a 11-1 record with its only blemish coming against #6/7 Notre Dame. Bashaara Graves and Jordan Reynolds
are the only players to start all 22 games for Tennessee this season. From the Saint Francis through the Stan-
ford games, though, Warlick sent fi ve diff er-ent new starting lineups onto the court be-fore she used a repeat of the Wichita State fi ve (Graves/Burdick/Harrison/Reynolds/Carter) vs. Oregon State. That same unit started vs. Missouri and Vandy. The lineup changes were due to injuries
to players and because of early-season play-
er punishments for team class attendance policy violations during the off season. Through the Mississippi State game,
six Lady Vols combined to miss 34 games, and fi nally all 12 active Lady Vols played in a game when Jannah Tucker made her debut vs. Stanford. The missed games breakdown includes
Jasmine Jones (15), Jannah Tucker (10), Isa-belle Harrison (5), Cierra Burdick (2), Andra-ya Carter (1) and Ariel Massengale (1). Tennessee defeated Lipscomb, #17/19
Rutgers, Wichita State and #7/7 Stanford in consecutive games with four diff erent start-ing lineups. The Rutgers game was Harrison’s fi rst
start of the season and fourth game overall after suff ering a sprained right knee in the opener vs. Penn. Harrison responded with her second
double-double of the season and 26th of her career, carding 11 points and 13 rebounds to help propel the Lady Vols to victory vs. the Scarlet Knights for the 10th straight time overall and third consecutive time in N.J.
BIG LINEUP WORKS, TOO The Lady Vol skipper went with her
biggest lineup of the season vs. Stanford, penciling in 6-2 Bashaara Graves, 6-2 Jas-mine Jones, 6-3 Isabelle Harrison, 6-2 Cierra Burdick and 5-11 Jordan Reynolds. The lineup was problematic for Stanford,
which struggled to 15 points on 23.8% shoot-ing in the fi rst half and fi nished with a sea-son-low 40 points on 25.5% accuracy. Stanford’s high-scoring guard tandem
of Amber Orrange and Lili Thompson were stymied, combining for only 17 points on 6 of 24 shooting.
A VERY DEEP TENNESSEE TEAM Tennessee has 10 of 12 players averaging
4.5 or more points per game, providing Holly Warlick with a lot of options. The Lady Vol reserves have outscored
their opponents in 17 of 22 games, with Van-dy becoming the fi rst team this season to out-point UT’s bench (38-12 on Jan. 5), while Arkansas (20-18), Kentucky (24-11) and Mis-sissippi State (17-16) also came out on top. Georgia matched UT (25-25) on Jan. 25. The UT women have outscored oppos-
ing benches, 566 to 300 (an average of 25.7-13.6). Tennessee has had nine diff erent play-
ers lead the team in scoring this season, with Jordan Reynolds (11 vs. Auburn) the most re-cent to join the club. Tennessee didn’t have its full comple-
ment of players on the roster (12) available until Jannah Tucker (who worked her way back from an off season procedure on her left knee) played vs. Stanford on Dec. 20. When Izzy Harrison returned from an
injury layoff vs. Saint Francis, UT had six re-serves for the fi rst time in 2014-15. That group (all of them played) produced its best eff ort of the season, outscoring the Red Flash 65-2. Diamond DeShields and Mercedes Rus-
sell are redshirting, leaving Holly Warlick with a roster of 12 when all are healthy.
UT GUARDS HAVE STEPPED UP With defenses focusing their eff orts on
swarming Isabelle Harrison and Bashaara Graves in the paint, Holly Warlick needed her guards to step up their point production. They did just that, with the trio of Andra-
ya Carter (13.7 ppg.), Ariel Massengale (13.3) and Jordan Reynolds (9.3) leading the team in scoring during the fi rst three games of the SEC schedule. Through nine SEC games, Massengale
leads the guards in scoring at 10.3 ppg., Reynolds is at 9.3, while Carter is at 9.2. The trio scored 40 of UT’s 63 points vs.
Missouri on Jan. 2 and contributed 42 of UT’s 57 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 5. The scoring was down to 27 vs. Texas
A&M, but the trio combined for 13 assists vs. the Aggies. Carter enjoyed the best back-to-back
games of her career, tying her career high of 14 vs. Missouri and then breaking it with 19 at Vanderbilt. Reynolds scored 10 vs. Missouri and then
matched her (then) career best with 11 vs. Vanderbilt, marking the fi rst back-to-back double-fi gure points eff orts of her career and only the second and third double-digit scoring totals of the season for her. Reynolds then moved her career best to
15 points, hitting that mark vs. Georgia with 11 of those coming in the fi rst half. Massengale has come off the bench to
hit double fi gures 12 times this year, doing so in eight of the last 12 games with 18, 11, 14, 12, 14, 16, 11 and 10 vs. Stanford, Oregon State, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Notre Dame and Georgia.
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It marked the fi rst time in Massengale’s career she had scored in double fi gures in more than fi ve straight games, when she put together six in a row from 12/20/14 (Stan-ford) to 1/11/15 (Arkansas.
GOING TO THE BOARDS Tennessee stands No. 3 in the SEC in re-
bounds per game at 42.6 and is second in rebounding margin in the SEC at 8.5 and No. 19 nationally. UT is No. 4 in the SEC and No. 26 nation-
ally in off ensive rebounds at 17.0 per game. The Lady Vols had a +6.7 rebounding
margin in the season’s fi rst six games but have a +9.3 gap (42.1 to 32.8) over the last 16 contests, 15 of them wins. Isabelle Harrison (9.0), Bashaara Graves
(6.9) and Cierra Burdick (6.6) rank No. 3, 11 and 16 in the SEC in rebounds per game. Bashaara Graves is third in the SEC in of-
fensive rebounds per game at 3.5. Tennessee has out-rebounded 16 of 22
opponents, and the Big Orange women have an 8.5 rebounding margin, holding a 42.6 to 34.0 advantage on the glass. #6/9 Texas (39-38), Tennessee State
(42-37), Arkansas (42-38), Auburn (39-33), #6/7 Notre Dame (36-34) and #10/10 Ken-tucky (39-38) outworked the Lady Vols on the glass this season. Two of those games occurred before Isabelle Harrison returned to the lineup. The Lady Vols have had the upper hand
in second chance points in every game this season, except vs. Arkansas (7-15), LSU (8-11) and Mississippi State (9-15). UT leads in that category, 320-188 (14.5-8.5) and has allowed only 127 second-chance points over the last 16 games while scoring 197 of its own. Tennessee recorded 71 rebounds vs. Saint
Francis, tying for the fourth-most in school history and highest total since UT posted 74 last season vs. Troy.
POINTS IN THE PAINT Tennessee is winning the points in the
paint battle 746 to 536 over the fi rst 22 games, despite 6-3 Isabelle Harrison miss-ing fi ve games with an injury, 6-6 Mercedes Russell redshirting this season and Jasmine Jones out since the Stanford game due to an injury this season. Texas, Oregon State, Missouri, Auburn,
Notre Dame and Georgia are the only teams to out-point UT in the paint, with the Long-horns winning that battle, 38-26, the Bea-vers (36-32), Tigers (22-14), Auburn (28-24), Notre Dame (46-36) and Georgia (28-24). Rutgers tied UT (22). The 14 paint points vs. Mizzou were the
fewest of the season for Tennessee.
STEALS = POINTS Tennessee is averaging 10.2 steals per
game through the fi rst 22 contests, thanks to totals of 21 swipes against Oral Roberts, 19 vs. Winthrop and 21 vs. Tennessee State. That average ranks No. 8 in the SEC but
No. 54 in the nation. Only four other times since 2000 had the
Lady Vols registered 21 or more steals. UT had 23 vs. George Wash. (11/27/01),
22 vs. La. Tech (11/28/06) and Alcorn State (11/25/12), and 21 vs. Chattanooga (11/11/07). UT had six steals vs. Texas A&M and a
20-8 points-off -turnovers advantage. UT has nine games with double-digit
steal totals this season after registering 12 vs. Auburn. Andraya Carter is averaging 2.6 steals
(54 total) per contest to lead the SEC and rank No. 40 nationally. Tennessee has a 224 to 149 advantage
on steals against its opponents, leading to a 450-222 margin on points off turnovers. Many of those points are of the fast break
variety, with Tennessee leading its fi rst 22 opponents, 188-118, in that category.
MAKE ‘EM TURN IT OVER Tennessee has forced 401 turnovers in its
fi rst 22 games, causing opponents to aver-age 18.2 miscues per contest. The Lady Vols posted a program fi rst on
Nov. 24 vs. Tennessee State, causing their third consecutive opponent to commit 30 or more turnovers. The TSU Lady Tigers fi nished with 38
turnovers, following a 34-turnover eff ort by Winthrop and 30 miscues by Oral Roberts. With the back-to-back 30s from ORU
and Winthrop, it marked the fi rst time since 2006-07 Tennessee had forced 30 or more turnovers in back-to-back games. UT last accomplished consecutive games
of forcing 30 turnovers vs. Alabama (30) on Jan. 28, 2007, and South Carolina (34) on Feb. 1, 2007. UT harrassed Saint Francis, Lipscomb
and Stanford into 21, 24 and 20 miscues on Dec. 3, Dec. 7 and Dec. 20, marking the fourth, fi fth and sixth times this season an opponent had more than 20 TOs. Oregon State and Kentucky just missed with 19.
IMPROVED FROM LONG RANGE The nine three-pointers vs. Missouri were
the most since the Florida game (10) on Jan. 23, 2014, and the 24 attempts were the most since 26 vs. Virginia on Nov. 28, 2013. Prior to the SEC slate beginning, the
Lady Vols had hit only seven total in four games vs. Rutgers (1-10), Wichita State (1-7), Stanford (5-17) and Oregon State (0-3). against Arkansas and three vs. Notre Dame. Massengale ranks fi rst in the SEC and No.
55 nationally in three-point FG% at 39.1 She had a season-best of six vs. Win-
throp (including fi ve straight at one point) and also four vs. Stanford. Before this nine-game spree of threes
started, UT was 0-for-3 on treys vs. Oregon State, marking the fi rst time since March 7, 2014, vs. LSU in the SEC tourney that the Lady Vols didn’t hit at least one three. Massengale has at least one three-point-
er in 20 of 22 games, has 14 games of two or more treys and has knocked down four or more on three occasions. The Lady Vols are 98 of 290 (33.8%) on
treys through 22 games this season, with eight diff erent players hitting at least one from long range.
IZZY IS UT’S GO-TO PLAYER Tennessee’s preseason All-American and
team leader Isabelle Harrison suff ered a right leg injury with 3:26 remaining in the season opener vs. Penn and had to be helped from the fl oor. She was diagnosed with a sprained medial collateral ligament in her right knee and missed fi ve games before returning to action vs. Saint Francis on Dec. 3. Her 20 points, 12 rebounds and fi ve
blocks in a career-best-tying 35 minutes vs. #10/12 Oregon State on Dec. 28 signaled a return to health and Harrison rounding into All-America form. It came in her fourth start of the season,
and Harrison was named SEC Player of the Week vs. Oregon State for her eff ort, mark-ing the fi rst time in her career she had earned that distinction. After a couple of foul-plagued games
to open the SEC slate, Harrison delivered a season-best 21 points and added eight re-bounds, a block, steal and assist in 32 min-utes vs. Texas A&M. After a rough shooting game vs. Notre
Dame, Harrison bounced back with a season-high 25 points and eight rebounds vs. LSU. Harrison’s 19-point, 10-rebound double-
double helped UT toppled #10/10 Kentucky in Lexington, with the center tallying six of UT’s fi nal eight points. Harrison added another double-double
vs. Mississippi State with 11 points and 10 re-bounds on Feb. 1. She now has scored in double fi gures in
12 of 17 games this year. Her tallies also include six double-dou-
bles this season, bringing her career total of double-doubles to 30. That number is No. 2 among active players in the SEC. Harrison came off the bench and played
13 minutes vs. Saint Francis on Dec. 3, scor-ing fi ve points, grabbing seven rebounds and adding a steal in her fi rst game back. In addition to her productivity, her return
provided Tennessee with a huge lift from an emotional and leadership standpoint. In game two back in the lineup, Harrison
was UT’s co-leader in points with 16 on 6-of-10 shooting vs. Lipscomb, with six boards and two blocks in 22 minutes off the bench. Harrison resumed double-double status
in her third game back from injury, scoring 11 points and grabbing 13 rebounds in 23 min-utes as the Lady Vols knocked off #17/19 Rut-gers on the road. Saddled by foul trouble, Harrison only
played fi ve fi rst-half minutes vs. Rutgers and had 0 points and three rebounds at the break. She had 11 points and 10 rebounds in the second half, however, to spur UT’s come-from-behind win and 16-2 surge over the fi -nal seven minutes of the game. In 16 games back since her injury, Har-
rison has started the last 14 and she has 12 games scoring in double fi gures this season.
ESPN “NEED TO KNOW” PLAYER Isabelle Harrison had a breakout junior
year, earning All-SEC First Team and SEC Tournament MVP honors as well as third-team Full Court All-America and honorable mention A-A from AP and the WBCA. For those and a few other reason, ESPN
tabbed Harrison as one of its “Need To Know” players this season. Harrison ranked fi rst in the SEC in fi eld
goal percentage (57.7%) and double-doubles (18), second in rebound average (9.3) and 18th in scoring average (13.6). She set a Tennessee junior record with
those 18 double-doubles, passing the previ-ous record holder, Chamique Holdsclaw, who had 16 in 1997-98. Only Candace Parker had more double-
doubles in a season for UT, tallying 21 as a sophomore in 2006-07.
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come a three-point defi cit to Penn with 11 minutes to go in the fi rst half and win the game, 97-52. UT began the Oral Roberts game with
a 10-0 run and added two more 10-0 blitz-kriegs and another 9-0 spree. Leading 10-7 vs. Winthrop, Tennessee’s
17-0 run broke the game open, thanks to Ar-iel Massengale’s trio of three-pointers during that outburst.
LEADS, DEFICITS, COMEBACKS Tennessee has fi ve wire-to-wire wins
(ORU, SFU, Stanford, Texas A&M, LSU and has trailed in 17 of its 22 games this season. UT has led at halftime 15 times with its
largest margin being 32 (53-21) over SFU and the least being one vs. Oregon State (35-34). The Lady Vols have trailed at the half
seven times (UTC, TEX, RUT, MIZ, ARK, ND, KY), with the largest halftime defi cit being 16 vs. UTC. UT’s largest fi rst-half defi cit of the year
was 17 vs. Chattanooga, and the Lady Vols erased that entire defi cit (4:31/2nd/57-all) and tied it three times before falling 63-67. The largest second-half defi cit was 16 to
Chattanooga, and the Lady Vols lost after ty-ing the game four times. Tennessee’s biggest come-from-behind
win this season came at Arkansas, where the Lady Vols were down by nine twice in the second half before rallying to win, 60-51. The Lady Vols have trailed at the half
by double-digits twice and single digits fi ve times. The biggest defi cit (23) and halftime
defi cit (20) ever overcome for a victory by UT were vs. Rutgers (55-51) on Jan. 3, 2009. The biggest defi cit overcome for a win-
during the Holly Warlick era was 15 in the fi rst half vs. both Alabama (Feb. 2, 2014) and LSU (March 7, 2014) during the 2013-14 season. The biggest halftime defi cit overcome
(12) during the Warlick era was against Mid-dle Tennessee on Nov. 8, 2013. The largest second-half defi cit overcome
with Warlick as coach was at Auburn on Jan. 17, 2013, when UT was down 12 with 14:29 re-maining in the game. The largest positive turnaround (31
points) of the Warlick era occured when Ala-bama led Tennessee by 15 in the fi rst half and then trailed UT by as many as 16 in the sec-ond half en route to a 10-point UT win. The largest negative turnaround game
under Warlick occurred vs. #2/2 Notre Dame on Jan. 20, 2014 (29), when UT led by 12 in the fi rst half and trailed by as many as 17 in the second half on its way to a 16-point loss. Tennessee’s largest margin of victory
under Holly Warlick was 68 (110-42) vs. Lip-scomb on Dec. 29, 2013. UT’s highest point total scored was 111
vs. Saint Francis on Dec. 3, 2014, and that 67-point margin of victory is second most. Tennessee’s largest margin of defeat
during the Warlick era was 23 at #3/3 Bay-lor (53-76) on Dec. 18, 2012. That game also produced the worst halftime defi cit in school history (25) and the lowest point total under Warlick (53).
#ONETENNESSEE SUPPORT Via Twitter, the Lady Vols invited the
men’s basketball team and the TaxSlayer Bowl-bound football team to the big game vs. #7/7 Stanford on Dec. 20. Both accepted and had a huge presence.
doubles in six games thus far and just missed another with nine points and rebounds vs. Oregon State. That total of six surpasses her tally of
three for her sophomore season in 2013-14. Graves had 10 double-doubles her fi rst
season at UT en route to SEC Freshman of the Year and fi rst-team All-SEC honors. Her career total now equals 19, ranking
her 16th all-time at UT though she’s a junior. Graves posted exactly 10 rebounds vs.
fi ve opponents and scored 16, 12, 15, 15 and 10, respectively, vs. Penn, ORU, Winthrop, Texas and Stanford. She had rebound season highs of 11 vs.
Missouri and Saint Francis. Graves produced a season-high and No.
2 career scoring total of 22 points (along with eight rebounds) vs. #6/7 Notre Dame on Jan. 19. Currently, Graves is UT’s fourth-leading
scorer (9.7) and No. 2 rebounder (6.9).
BASH, IZZY ON THREE WATCH LISTS Senior center Isabelle Harrison and junior
forward Bashaara Graves have been named to preseason watch lists for national awards and Harrison has been announced on one midseason team. On Nov. 24, Harrison and Graves were
named to the John R. Wooden Award Pre-season Top 30. On Jan. 21, Harrison was an-nounced as one of 20 on the midseason list. On Nov. 25, both players were named to
the “Wade Watch” list for the Wade Trophy. On Dec. 10, both were included in the
Naismith Trophy Women’s 50 Watch List. Graves was on all three lists last season,
while Harrison is a fi rst-time member.
HERE COMES THE RUN Tennessee’s ball pressure, up-tempo
pace and three-point shooting abilities have sparked runs that break open games. In 22 games, the Lady Vols have made 23
runs of 10-0 or longer this season, including unchecked sprees of 26, 22, 19, and 17 points. In a strange turn of events, UT had a 14-0
run late in the fi rst half vs. Georgia to over-come an eight-point defi cit and take a fi ve-point lead at the half. To open the second half, UGA went on a 10-0 run, but UT coun-tered with a 12-0 spree of its own to take control for good. UT trailed Missouri, 25-18, with :28 re-
maining in the fi rst stanza before going on a defense-fueled 14-0 spree that bridged the half and sent UT to a 32-25 advantage with 17:51 left in the game. After Texas A&M cut a 16-point lead to
nine with 9:59 to go in the game, Isabelle Har-rison responded with a baseline jumper that ignited a 12-0 run that staved off a comeback and sent UT on its way to a 23-point win. The Lady Vols trailed Lipscomb, 3-2, with
17:21 remaining in the opening half before bursting to a 26-0 spree that put them up 28-3 with 8:09 to go in the half. The Lady Vols trailed 43-39 with 7:13 to
go in the game vs. Rutgers, when UT scored 10 straight points and fi nished the game on a 16-2 run to close out a 55-45 road victory. Tennessee trailed by eight points
(15:44/1st) to Tennessee State before reeling off 22-straight points to fl ip the script. All told, the Lady Vols had runs of 22-0,
19-0, 11-0 and 10-0 vs. the Lady Tigers. UT had a 14-0 blast, a pair 10-0 sprees
and smaller runs in the opener vs. Penn. The 14-0 run helped the Lady Vols over-
From Dec. 14, 2014 to Jan. 9, 2014, Har-rison posted seven-straight games with double-doubles, setting a Lady Vol program record for consecutive double-doubles. She scored in double fi gures in 31 of 35
contests, including 20 games in a row from Nov. 29-Feb. 20. She racked up 20 contests with 10 or
more rebounds. Earned SEC Tournament MVP honors af-
ter leading UT to its 17th postseason league title, averaging 19.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in the tourney.
ARIEL DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES After missing the exhibition game and
season opener due to a team rule violation (missed a class), and sitting out the fi nal 16 games of the 2013-14 season due to a head injury, senior Ariel Massengale picked up right where she left off last season. Rather than starting, though, as she has
done 74 times in her career, Massengale has settled into a key role coming off the bench for Tennessee this season. Holly Warlick likes what Massengale
brings off the bench, and the senior says she is happy to help the team any way she can. Massengale took that to another level in
the second half vs. Oregon State, grabbing a quick-dry mop from the baseline and blot-ting up some moisture on the fl oor to pre-vent her teammate Isabelle Harrison from slipping and getting hurt. She has scored in double fi gures in eight
of the last 12 games and in nine of the last 14. Massengale had never scored in double
fi gures in fi ve straight games until doing so against A&M. Massengale moved past Kellie Jolly (452)
into sixth place in career assists at UT with 454 total after dishing three vs. Mizzou, moved to 455 vs. Vandy and vaulted past Kara Lawson (456), who was in attendance, with three vs. Texas A&M to run her total to 458. She now is in fi fth place with 479. Despite coming off the bench, Massen-
gale is tied for second on the squad in games of double-fi gure scoring this season with 12. She ranks second on the team in scoring
at 11.0 per game and is UT’s leading three-point threat. Massengale has a 39.6 fi eld goal pct. (74-
187), including 43 of 110 on threes (39.1%). Massengale hit eight of 12 shots from the
fi eld and was 4-of-4 from the free throw line to pace UT with 21 points vs. Oral Roberts. She also added three rebounds, two assists and a steal in 23 minutes. She followed that by hitting a career-high
six threes, including fi ve in quick succession, and fi nishing with 20 points vs. Winthrop. She now has two 20-plus point eff orts
this season and fi ve for her career. Massengale came off the bench to lead
UT in scoring vs. #17/19 Rutgers and #7/7 Stanford, charting 13 and grabbing fi ve re-bounds vs. Rutgers and scoring 18 points and adding three boards and assists vs. Stanford. Over the fi rst 19 games last year, Mas-
sengale averaged 12.5 points and 5.8 assists per game and had three games of scoring 20 or more points, making the all-tournament team at the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas.
THE BEAST IS BACK! Bashaara Graves, nicknamed “beast” by
her teammates as a freshman for her tough play, has recorded points/rebounds double-
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While the men’s basketball team threw out shirts during a media timeout and formed a tunnel for the Lady Vol starters to run through during the pregame, the football team was honored at halftime for making it to a bowl game this season. After the game, many former Vols and
Lady Vols, including Meighan Simmons and Candace Parker, sent notes of congratula-tions via Twitter.
ABC’S ROBIN ROBERTS AT RU GAME ABC’s Good Morning America co-host
Robin Roberts made the trip to Piscataway to watch Tennessee play Rutgers on Dec. 14. While Roberts has had a previous media
presence and interest in women’s basketball, her attendance this time was personal. Roberts and several Good Morning
America staff ers and interns made the trip to Piscataway to see UT’s Cierra Burdick (a 2014 GMA summer intern) play, and they sat in the UT section behind the team bench. Roberts made a point to stay afterward
and congratulate Burdick on UT’s victory.
LADY VOL 20-20 CLUB Nia Moore is in some good company with
her back-to-back 20+ point scoring eff orts to open the campaign. Moore had 24 vs. Penn and 20 vs. Oral
Roberts, becoming just the sixth Lady Vol to accomplish 20-point games in the fi rst two games of the season. Only two Lady Vols have ever had more
than two 20+ games to open a campaign, and they were Lady Vol legends Candace Parker (4) and Chamique Holdsclaw (3). Ariel Massengale notched back-to-back
20-point games after sitting out the fi rst game of the season.
20-POINT UT FRESHMEN Alexa Middleton (20 vs. Penn) and Jai-
me Nared (20 vs. Saint Francis) each have had 20-point games this season, marking the fi rst time UT had has a pair of 20-point freshmen scorers in the same season since 2008-09 when Shekinna Stricklen (4 times) and Glory Johnson (once) met or surpassed that point total. Middleton and Nared are the only the
third rookie duo at UT since 2000 and sixth duo or trio since 1981-82 to net 20 points in a single game. Besides Johnson and Stricklen in 2008-09, Shyra Ely (three times) and Brit-tany Jackson (once) accomplished that feat in 2001-02. Others tandems since 1981-82 include Se-
meka Randall (12 times) and Tamika Catchings (18 times) in 1997-98; Peggy Evans (once) and Nikki Caldwell (once) in 1990-91; and Sheila Frost (2 times), Bridgette Gordon (9 times) and Melissa McCray (once) in 1985-86. Kortney Dunbar, UT’s third active rookie
this season has a 15-point game to her credit and could eventually help her class become the second rookie trio to boast 20-point games along with the 1985-86 unit of Frost, Gordon and McCray.
Middleton and Nared also are among only 12 Tennessee rookies since 1999-2000 to score 20 in their fi rst season. The club also includes Bashaara Graves (2012-13, twice), Meighan Simmons (2010-11, 5 times), Glory Johnson (2008-09, once), Shekinna Stricklen (2008-09, 4 times), Angie Bjorklund (2007-08, 3 times), Candace Parker (2005-06, 10 times), Shanna Zolman (2002-03, once), Brittany Jackson (2001-02, once), Shyra Ely (2001-02, 3 times) and Kara Lawson (1999-2000, 6 times).
J.J. PLAYED WELL UNTIL INJURY Jasmine Jones suff ered a mild concus-
sion in the fi rst half of the opener vs. Penn and played only seven minutes. After missing the next three games, Jones returned to ac-tion off the bench vs. Chattanooga and pro-pelled a furious second-half UT comeback. The 6-2 junior forward connected for a
career-high 19 points, with 16 of them com-ing in the second half as UT erased a 16-point halftime defi cit before falling, 67-63. Jones had seven boards in 28 minutes. She followed that eff ort with 10 points
and three boards in 25 minutes vs. Texas, marking the fi rst time in her career she hit double fi gures in back-to-back games. She made it three double-digit scoring
eff orts in a row, hitting for 16 points and add-ing eight rebounds vs. Saint Francis. Jones hit double digits in points for the
fourth time in 2014-15 with 12 and added six boards in the win over Rutgers before col-liding with another player and missing the Wichita State game due to a head injury. She hit her head again vs. Stanford and has not played since then. The junior is averaging a career-best 9.4
points per contest through her seven games.
MOORE, MOORE, MOORE After averaging 2.3 points per game last
season as a sophomore, Nia Moore had a great start to the 2014-15 season fi lling in for the injured Isabelle Harrison. Moore scored in double fi gures in the fi rst
four games for UT and has scored 119 points this season in 22 games, which surpassed her previous two-year combined total of 103 from her freshman and sophomore seasons. After scoring 29 points in the exhibi-
tion contest vs. Carson-Newman on Nov. 9, Moore appeared to be out to prove a point that her eff ort was no fl uke. The 6-3 post connected on 12 of 18 shots
to card a career- and game-high 24 points for the Lady Vols vs. Penn. Just for good measure, she rounded up
career highs of 14 rebounds and four blocks and tied her career best with three assists. Moore’s points/rebounds double-double
was one of a school-best four for UT vs. Penn. It also was the fi rst time she led the
squad in scoring in a regular season game and third time she paced UT on the boards. Moore’s previous regular season bests
were 12 pts. (Ole Miss, 2/10/13), 13 rebs. (Troy, 12/14/13), three blocks (Tenn. State, 12/17/13) and three assts. (Troy, 12/14/13). Moore followed that Penn eff ort with 20
points, nine rebounds, four blocks and two steals in 29 minutes vs. Oral Roberts. Moore had more fi eld goals (27) in the
fi rst two games than she did in either her entire freshman or sophomore seasons when she had 19 each.
After tossing in 14 points vs. Winthrop, Moore posted a career-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to secure her second double-double of the season vs. Tenn. St.
WE’LL LEARN FROM IT Prior to dropping consecutive games vs.
Chattanooga and #6/9 Texas, the Lady Vols had lost back-to-back games in a season only once during the Holly Warlick era, including setbacks to #3/3 Baylor on the road (76-53) on Dec. 18, 2012, and vs. #1/1 Stanford (73-60) in Knoxville on Dec. 22, 2012. After beating LSU on Jan. 22 (after losing
at Notre Dame the game before), Tennessee is 15-2 coming off losses under Holly Warlick, and is 2-0 coming off back-to-back defeats. Consecutive losses also occurred un-
der Pat Summitt during the 2011-12 season (once), 2008-09 (twice), 2005-06 (once), 1996-97 (three times), 1995-96 (once), 1989-90 (once), 1985-86 (once-three games in a row), 1984-85 (three times-one of them was three in a row), 1983-84 (twice), 1982-83 (once), 1981-82 (twice), 1980-81 (once), 1979-80 (once), 1978-79 (twice), 1977-78 (once) and 1976-77 (four times).
SENSATIONAL ROOKIE DEBUTS For only the second time in school histo-
ry, three Lady Vol freshmen scored in double fi gures in the same game during their regular season debuts. Alexa Middleton tossed in 20 points,
Kortney Dunbar scored 15 and Jaime Nared added 10 to accomplish the feat. The fi rst trio to do it made it happen
vs. East Carolina on Nov. 24, 1985, as Sheila Frost (16), Bridgette Gordon (13) and Melissa McCray (10) spurred #9/11 UT to a 74-56 vic-tory in Knoxville. Frost, Gordon and McCray went on to
lead UT to NCAA titles in 1987 and 1989. Middleton also posted a single-game
best for most assists in a Lady Vol debut, dishing out 11 to surpass the nine Jody Ad-ams had as #1/1 Tennessee beat Stetson on Nov. 26, 1989, 112-39. That assist total ties for the second most
ever by a freshman in any game. Ariel Mas-sengale holds the record with 12 vs. Vander-bilt on Jan. 15, 2012. Massengale also had 11 vs. Alabama on Jan. 26, 2012, while Meighan Simmons had 11 vs. Alabama on Jan. 6, 2011. Middleton’s 20 points were the most in a
rookie debut since Meighan Simmons came off the bench to score 22 for #4/4 Tennessee in a 63-50 win at Louisville on Nov. 12, 2012. Middleton is only the fi fth Lady Vol rook-
ie to score 20 or more points in her debut. With her points/assists double-double,
Middleton became the seventh Lady Vol freshman and fi rst rookie guard to post a double-double in her fi rst game. The previous rookie debut double-dou-
ble was Glory Johnson’s 17/12 eff ort vs. San Francisco in 2008. In addition to Middleton and Johnson,
the other freshman debut double-doubles, all of them of the points/rebounds variety, were by Mary Ostrowski (15/10 vs. Alabama in 1980), Lisa Harrison (13/12 vs. Stetson in 1989), Tiff any Johnson (18/17 vs. La. Tech in 1994), Chamique Holdsclaw (13/10 vs. Vir-ginia in 1995) and Candace Parker (19/10 vs. Stetson in 2005).
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The media, which picks only a fi ve-player preseason All-SEC Team, included Harrison in their all-star quintet.
THE LOGO REMAINS THE SAME UT announced a branding restructure on
Nov. 10, and the decision will allow the Lady Volunteers to continue using their highly-recognizable and successful brand. The restructure won’t take place un-
til July 1, 2015, but the university and all other athletics teams at Tennessee, except for women’s basketball, will then utilize the “Power T” logo. The women’s basketball program was
excluded from the transition because of the accomplishments and legacy of the champi-onship program built by Coach Pat Summitt and her former players. “#OneTennessee has united all the ath-
letic programs here at the University of Tennessee,” said head women’s basket-ball coach Holly Warlick. “The value of this bonding enriches the support we can off er to all student-athletes. We now have unlim-ited access to our tremendous facilities and programs that not only benefi t our current athletes while also promoting our pursuit of excellence to future prospects.“The advantage of a state-of-the-art train-
ing facility, our Smokey’s Grill dining facility, where athletes from every sport can eat to-gether, and the modernized future athletic housing are just a few examples of how the One Tennessee premise confi rms our high ideals.“The Lady Vol logo, however, has long been
the monogram of excellence and a tradi-tion among our loyal basketball fans. This is a symbol that is recognized and linked with a superior standard of women’s basketball worldwide. In the 38 years of Coach Sum-mitt’s storied career, she established a tradi-tion unlike any other in women’s basketball, and she did so under the banner of the Lady Vol logo. It is with deep respect for Coach Summitt and this great tradition that we will continue to wear the Lady Vol logo with great pride.”
NINE LETTERWINNERS RETURN Tennessee returns nine letterwinners,
(eight active) including four starters, from last year’s team that went 29-6 overall and 13-3 in the Southeastern Conference, won an SEC tournament championship and made the NCAA Sweet 16. Isabelle Harrison, a 6-foot-3 senior cen-
ter, is Tennessee’s top returning player and All-America candidate, having averaged 13.6 points and 9.3 rebounds as a junior with an SEC-leading 18 double-doubles. Also back are 6-2 junior forward Bashaara
Graves (9.3 ppg., 6.8 rpg.), 6-2 senior for-ward Cierra Burdick (8.7 ppg., 7.3 rpg.) and 5-6 senior point guard Ariel Massengale (12.5 ppg., 5.8 apg.). Massengale started the fi rst 19 games un-
til a facial injury vs. Florida ended her season. Andraya Carter, now a 5-9 redshirt soph-
omore, stepped in for Massengale and aver-aged 6.9 points and 2.3 assists per contest while starting 21 contests. Carter made the SEC All-Freshman Team
last season, while Burdick was named to the 2014 SEC All-Tournament Team.
CHALLENGING SCHEDULE FOR UT Tennessee will face eight teams this sea-
son that were ranked in the AP Preseason Poll, including fi ve in the top 10. UT also will face eight in the USA Today
Coaches Poll, including fi ve in the top 10. Foes ranked by AP include No. 2 South
ponents include No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 6 Stan-ford, No. 10 Kentucky, No. 12 Texas, No. 21 Oregon State and No. 24 LSU. The Lady Vols also meet fi ve teams re-
ceiving votes from AP: LSU, Georgia, Vander-bilt, Arkansas and Mississippi State. UT is lined up to face four squads gar-
nering votes in the preseason coaches poll: Rutgers, Georgia, Vanderbilt and Arkansas. Twenty-two of 29 teams on Tennessee’s
regular season schedule saw post-season ac-tion in 2013-14. Notre Dame and Stanford were 2014 Fi-
nal Four teams.
UT BEGAN AT NO. 4 IN RANKINGS UT entered the year ranked No. 4 in both
the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls, which came out on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4, respectively. A year ago, UT also entered the cam-
paign ranked fourth by AP and the coaches. Tennessee fi nished the 2013-14 campaign
ranked fourth by AP and third by USA Today.
OTHER PRESEASON PREDICTIONS The Lady Vols were ranked fi fth in the
espnW.com preseason poll. UT was fi fth in Lindy’s Sports Annuals
Preseason Top 25. Graham Hays of espnW.com has the Big
Orange at seventh. Athlon had Tennessee at No. 7, while The
Sporting News ranked the Lady Vols No. 8.
KUDOS FOR HARRISON, GRAVES The fi ve-player AP preseason All-Amer-
ica team was released on Nov. 4. While Isa-belle Harrison wasn’t one of those fi ve, she was among 12 other players who garnered votes for the team. espnW.com ranked its top 25 players in
advance of the 2014-15 season, and Isabelle Harrison is the No. 9 ranked player. Harrison was an espnW preseason All-
America second team choice. Bashaara Graves was the No. 23 ranked
player, according to espnW.com.
TENNESSEE NO. 2 IN SEC POLLS Tennessee was picked by both the me-
dia (Oct. 21) and coaches (Nov. 5) to fi nish second in the Southeastern Conference race behind South Carolina. USC won the SEC regular season trophy,
and UT claimed the tourney title a year ago. Tennessee won the regular season fi nale
over the Gamecocks last season in Knoxville, 73-61, on March 2. Texas A&M and Kentucky rounded out
the top four in both preseason SEC polls.
PRESEASON SEC HONORS FOR TWO League coaches named senior center Is-
abelle Harrison and junior forward Bashaara Graves to the preseason All-SEC First Team.
ROOKIE FIRST-GAME STARTS Alexa Middleton became the 18th fresh-
man to start her fi rst game as a Lady Vol. She did quite nicely, fi nishing with a
double-double of 20 points and 11 assists to go along with six rebounds, three steals and zero turnovers in 32 minutes. Andraya Carter was the last rookie to
draw a starting nod, reporting for the open-ing tip at Chattanooga in 2012. Senior Ariel Massengale also started her
fi rst game in 2011-12, as (then) head coach Pat Summitt predicted before Massengale arrived on campus. Massengale made her debut vs. Pepper-
dine in Knoxville in 2011, tallying two points, three rebounds, fi ve assists and two steals. A year ago, Mercedes Russell had 11
points, seven rebounds, an assist, three blocks and a steal in UT’s opening-game win at Middle Tennessee. In 2012 Bashaara Graves came off the
bench to tally 14 points and eight rebounds in UT’s opening-night loss at Chattanooga.
TUCKER MAKES DEBUT Redshirt freshman Jannah Tucker en-
tered the Stanford game to a big ovation from Lady Vol fans with two minutes re-maining and saw her fi rst action since Aug. 16, 2012, when she injured her left knee in a Group A preliminary round game vs. Argen-tina while playing alongside (then) future UT teammate Bashaara Graves at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Tucker was the No. 8 ranked recruit in
the 2013 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100, but her journey to playing at Tennessee was side-tracked by two unfortunate situations. First she suff ered the previously men-
tioned knee injury and sat out her senior year of high school rehabbing. Expected to begin attending school at
UT during summer 2013, Tucker didn’t arrive on campus until Jan. 2014. It was later learned her delay in coming
to UT was the result of her being the victim of domestic violence. Tucker quickly fi t in with her teammates
and was an encourager on the bench for the squad in 2013-14. A procedure to clean up the knee oc-
curred during summer 2014, and Tucker now will continue to work on returning to the form she displayed at New Town High School in Maryland.
NUMBERS GAME This marks the 70th season of Lady Vol
basketball, as recognized by the NCAA. Minus departed senior guard Meighan
Simmons and redshirting sophomore cen-ter Mercedes Russell, UT returns 70.7% of its points, 83.2% of its rebounds, 81.7% of its as-sists, 79.5% of its steals, 68.9% of its blocks and 76.2% of its turnovers from last season. Tennessee has 14 players on its roster,
marking the most since having 15 in 2004-05. Twelve are active this season. UT has 10 players on its roster who stand
6-0 or taller, the most in school history. Eight of those six-footers are active this year. There are eight Lady Vols 6-2 or taller
on the roster, also the most in school history. Seven of those players are active this season.
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tory in 1977. She had no trouble adjusting her enthusiasm and knowledge of the game into the coaching role. In 19 of the past 33 years Warlick has been affi liated with UT, she has found herself at the Final Four as a player (1977, 1979, 1980) or as a coach (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008). Her best Final Four showing as a player was national championship runner-up in her senior season. As a coach, she has helped the Lady Vols win all eight times (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008). A three-time All-American while playing for Summitt from 1976-80, Warlick previously held UT records for most assists in a game (14), most steals in a contest (nine), most assists in a season (225) and most games in a career (142). She continues to hold the Lady Vol single-season steals record with 141 in 1978-79. Warlick possesses vast international experience as well. A member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic basketball team, Warlick also participated in the Jones C up, Pan American Games and World Championship competition. In addition, she was a WPBL All-Star, leading the Nebraska Wranglers to the championship of the Women’s Professional Basket-ball League in 1981. She has served as a player representa-tive on the USA BASKETBALL council and was a member of the USOC Advisory Council for Basketball. In recognition of being a former Olympian, Warlick earned the distinct honor of running the Olympic torch through Knoxville as it made its way to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. Prior to joining the Tennessee staff for the 1985-86 season, Warlick gained experience at two other stops on the coaching circuit. She was an assistant at Virginia Tech from 1981-83 and an assistant from 1983-85 at Nebraska. A native of Knoxville, Warlick earned her B.S. in mar-keting from Tennessee in 1981 and her master’s degree in athletic administration from Virginia Tech in 1983. Warlick added “biker” to her vitae in 2001. To commemorate her induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, a number of Warlick’s friends got together and presented her with a Harley-Davidson “Sportster” motorcycle. Just six years later, Warlick already was using her love of the bike towards a greater cause, establishing the Champions For A Cause Foundation with Caldwell.
WARLICK’S CAREER
HEAD COACH HOLLY WARLICK
THE WARLICK FILE
Born: June 11, 1958Education:
Bearden High School (Knoxville, Tenn.),‘76 B.S., Tennessee, ‘81 M.S., Virginia Tech, ‘83Playing Career:
University of Tennessee (1976-80): three-time All-American, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, 1980 Olympic Team, fi rst player at UT to have her jersey (#22) retired
For more than three decades, Holly Warlick has been instrumental in the phenomenal success story that is Ten-nessee Lady Vols basketball. Her impact on the program stretches from her ground-breaking days as a three-time All-America point guard at UT (1976-80), to her 27 highly-productive years as a loyal assistant for Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, to her ascension to the head coaching posi-tion at UT. Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart named Warlick head coach of the Lady Vols on April 18, 2012, as Summitt stepped into the role of head coach emeritus. In a touching and symbolic gesture the following day at a press conference announcing the changes, Sum-mitt presented her coaching whistle to her long-time aide and former fl oor general. Warlick proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that she was up to the task with her debut eff ort in 2012-13. Despite having a young, inexperienced team that was picked to fi nish as low as fi fth in the SEC and 20th nationally, the fi rst-year head coach impressively directed her troops to a 27-8 overall record and a 14-2 mark in league play. That ef-fort earned Tennessee its 17th all-time SEC regular season title, and it enabled a team that saw injuries force players to miss a combined total of 53 games to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight for the 26th time in school history. Improvement demonstrated by players not only translated into wins on the court, it also resulted in post-season attention. Meighan Simmons was named a third-team AP All-American, SEC Co-Player of the Year and fi rst-team All-SEC. Bashaara Graves was chosen a Full Court Freshman All-American, SEC Freshman of the Year and fi rst-team All-SEC. Kamiko Williams, meanwhile, was taken in the second round of the WNBA Draft by the New York Liberty. Warlick also was singled out for her performance, which included scoring a top-three recruiting class com-plete with the nation’s No. 1-ranked player in 6-foot-6 Mer-cedes Russell. The members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association named her the Spalding Maggie Dix-on Division I Rookie Coach of the Year. She was selected by AP and league coaches as the SEC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year, and members of the Tennessee Sports Writers Association also chose her as TSWA Women’s Bas-ketball Coach of the Year. In year two, Warlick directed the team to a 29-6 re-cord and the program’s second SEC trophy in as many years with the capturing of the 2014 SEC Tournament. Among her top players were AP SEC Player of the Year Meighan Simmons, who was a third-round WNBA Draft pick of the New York Liberty, and Isabelle Harrison, a fi rst-team All-SEC choice and the SEC tourney’s MVP. Warlick and her staff also continued building for the future, landing the nation’s number six signing class in 2014. Anchoring that group are McDonald’s All-Americans Jaime Nared and Alexa Middleton, the nation’s No. 6 and No. 28 ranked players. After Warlick helped shape the direction of Lady Vol basketball as an assistant on Summitt’s staff for more than a quarter of a century, the pupil took on greater responsi-bility and oversaw daily supervision of the basketball of-fi ce during the 2011-12 season. She also handled a large measure of the media obligations after Summitt’s Aug.
23, 2011, announcement regarding the diagnosis of early-onset dementia, “Alzheimer’s type.” Providing an excellent example of how people rally around each other, the Tennessee staff members pulled together remarkably in the face of that adversity. The end result was a 27-9 overall record, a league-best 16th SEC Tournament Championship and advancement to the NCAA Regional Final. It’s worth noting that Warlick was by Summitt’s side, either as a player or an assistant, for 949 of the coach’s NCAA-record 1,098 wins and all eight NCAA National Championships. Her value to the program has been evi-dent for some time, as she had held the role of associate head coach since the 2005-06 campaign. The WBCA also had recognized Warlick’s contribu-tions to Tennessee’s success through the years, naming Warlick the nation’s top assistant coach after she helped lead UT to its seventh national title in 2007. The NCAA Division I women’s basketball coaches also recognized Warlick as one of the nation’s top assistants in 1998, rank-ing her prominently in The Women’s Basketball Journal poll. In addition to the NCAA title and coaching honor in 2007, Warlick also teamed up for the fi rst time with former fellow Lady Vol player and assistant Nikki Caldwell, the current head coach at LSU, to pursue her other passion. That pursuit is riding a motorcycle and raising money for the fi ght against breast cancer. Warlick and Caldwell created the Champions For A Cause Foundation, a long haul motorcycle ride dedicated to raising funds and awareness for a cure for breast cancer. The charitable organization has raised and donated more than $150,000. Past trips include the inaugural ride from San Francisco to Knoxville as well as trips from the Bad-lands to Las Vegas and from Knoxville to Key West, Fla., New Orleans, Niagara Falls and, most recently in 2013 and 2014, Panama City, Fla. With all of her accomplishments in coaching and in her charitable endeavors it might be easy to overlook the fact that Warlick left just as powerful a mark on women’s hoops as a player at UT. It doesn’t seem that long ago that the charismatic Knoxville native was fl ying up and down the court as an All-America Lady Vol point guard. For more than three decades, Warlick has been con-sidered the fi nest point guard ever to play for the Lady Vols. In addition to being selected to the CONVERSE/Lady Vol Team of the Decade for the 1980s in January of 1994, fi ve diff erent halls of fame opened their doors to her. On Feb. 27, 2004, she was inducted into the Tennes-see Sports Hall of Fame. In October 2002, she became a member of the University of Tennessee Lady Vol Hall of Fame in the second class of inductees. In June 2001, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame selected Warlick as one of 10 inductees enshrined into the Hall for the Class of 2001. For the hometown girl, who grew up in the Rocky Hill section of Knoxville and graduated from Bearden High School, it was a dream-come-true. In the summer of 1994, Warlick gained admission to her fi rst hall of fame. She was honored as one of the City of Knoxville’s fi nest all-time athletes with her inclusion in the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. Including the 2013-14 season, Warlick has invested 33 years in the program, having helped shape UT into a national powerhouse with tenure as both a player and a coach. Warlick’s expertise and major contributions to the team as an assistant came from her work with the guards. In 2010-11, Simmons was the SEC Rookie of the Year, and guard Shekinna Stricklen was the 20th Lady Vol named to the WBCA/State Farm All-America Team. Additionally, Warlick has been a highly-successful re-cruiter for the backcourt, attracting some of the nation’s fi nest players to UT to continue the excellence she helped establish as a player. The Lady Vols welcomed another top fl ight guard to the Orange and White for 2010-11 when she landed McDonald’s All-American Ariel Massengale. As a rookie in 2011-12, Massengale lived up to her billing, earning Full Court Freshman All-America and SEC All-Freshman Team honors. The point guard posted a UT freshman record of 162 assists, ranking second in the SEC in that category, and leading the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.1. Warlick’s tutelage also helped to strengthen the game of four-time All-SEC selection Angie Bjorklund, Kodak All-American and four-time Lady Vol All-SEC performer Kara Lawson and three-time All-SEC selection Shanna Zolman. That trio accounts for the school records for most of UT’s three-point marks. Warlick’s association with the Lady Vols started in 1976 when she joined the program as a scholarship 400-meter track athlete who ended up walking on to the basketball team. Soon, she would become the most pro-lifi c player in the history of Tennessee Lady Vol basketball. Warlick was the fi rst player in Tennessee athletics (men or women) to have her jersey retired (number 22) at the end of her career in 1980. Bearden, her prep alma ma-ter in Knoxville, retired Warlick’s high school jersey (also No. 22) prior to a home football game on Oct. 26, 2012. Known as a play-making wiz during her four years as UT’s point guard, Warlick was once tabbed the “best player in the South.” As a rookie, Warlick helped lead the Lady Vols to their fi rst Final Four appearance in school his-
SCHOOL YEARS RECORDat Tennessee 1976-77 28-5(player) 1977-78 27-4 1978-79 30-9 1979-80 33-5Totals 4 years 118-23
at Virginia Tech 1981-82 16-12(assistant) 1982-83 13-12Totals 2 years 29-24
at Nebraska 1983-84 16-12(assistant) 1984-85 10-18Totals 2 years 26-30
Career Totals 38 years 1079-216 (.833)Overall record as a head coach: 75-17 (.815)Overall record as an assistant coach: 886-176 (.834) Overall record as a player: 118-23
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CIERRA BURDICK, F• CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 (2/5/15)• SEC Player of the Week (2/2/15)• College Sports Madness SEC & National Player of
the Week (2/2/15)• SEC Co-Player of the Week (1/12/15)
BASHAARA GRAVES, F• Naismith Trophy Women’s 50 Watch List• Wade Trophy Watch List• John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top-30 List• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team• College Sports Madness Preseason All-SEC Fourth
Team• No. 23 ranked player in 2014 espnW Top 25.
ISABELLE HARRISON, C• SEC Player of the Week (1/26/15)• Senior CLASS Award Candidate• John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top-20 List• SEC Player of the Week (12/29/14)• College Sports Madness SEC POTW (12/29/14)• Naismith Trophy Women’s 50 Watch List• Wade Trophy Watch List• John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top-30 List• espnW Preseason All-America Second Team• College Sports Madness Preseason All-America
First Team• Media Preseason All-SEC First Team• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team• College Sports Madness Preseason All-SEC First
Team• No. 9 ranked player in 2014 espnW Top 25.
ARIEL MASSENGALE, G• College Sports Madness Preseason All-SEC Third
Team
THE LAST TIME
LAST TIME A TENNESSEE PLAYER...Scored 30 points ...................................March 30, 2014 vs. Maryland, Meighan Simmons, 31, (UM 73, UT 62)Scored 40 points ................................................Mar. 3, 1985 vs. Mississippi, Shelia Collins, 40, (UT 79, UM 71) Scored 50 points .......................................... Nov. 13, 1976 vs. Kentucky, Patricia Roberts, 51, (UT 107, UK 53)Had 20 rebounds ................................................... Mar. 19, 2012 vs. DePaul, Glory Johnson, 21, (UT 63, DU 48)Had 25 rebounds .........................................................................................................................................................NeverHad 10 assists .............................................................Nov. 14, 2014 vs. Penn, Alexa Middleton, 11, (UT 97, UP 52)Had 15 assists .............................................................. Mar. 6, 1988 vs. Georgia, Dawn Marsh, 18, (UT 82, UG 76)Made 5+ three-pointers ..............................Nov. 21, 2014 vs. Winthrop, Ariel Massengale, 6, (UT 81, WIN 48)Made 8 three-pointers ................................Nov. 28, 2013 vs. Virginia, Meighan Simmons, 8, (UT 76, UVa 67)Made 10 three-pointers ..............................................................................................................................................NeverNo Lady Vol scored in double fi gures ..............................Mar. 29, 2002 vs. Connecticut (UCONN 79, UT 56)
LAST TIME TENNESSEE...Scored 100 points ............................................................................Dec. 3, 2014 vs. Saint Francis (UT 111, SFU 44)Scored 90 points .............................................................................Dec. 3, 2014 vs. Saint Francis (UT 111, SFU 44)Scored 60 points or less .......................................................... Jan. 26, 2015 vs. #22/19 Georgia (UT 59, UGA 51)Scored 50 points or less ...................................................................Jan. 23, 2012 at Notre Dame (ND 72, UT 44)Scored 40 points or less ......................................................Feb. 19, 1972 at UNC Greensboro (UNCG 51, UT 36)Shot 60 percent FG ................................................ Jan. 30, 2014 vs. Arkansas, .622 (28-45), (UT 70, ARK 60)Shot 55 percent FG ........................................................ Feb. 1, 2015 vs. Miss. St., .569 (29-51), (UT 79, MSU 67)Shot 40 percent FG or lower ........................ Jan. 26, 2015 vs. #22/19 Georgia, .340 (18-53), (UT 59, UGA 51)Shot 30 percent FG or lower ..........................................Dec. 14 2014 vs. Rutgers, .275 (19-69), (UT 55, RU 45)Shot 25 percent FG or lower ...........................................Dec. 14, 2010 at Baylor, .250 (18-72), (BU 65, UT 54)Won 20 games in a row .......................................................................Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakWon 15 games in a row ........................................................................Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakWon 10 games in a row...........................................................................Dec. 3, 2014-Jan. 15, 2015 11-game streakLost 3 games in a row ............................................................................Feb. 5, 1986-Feb. 10, 1986, 3-game streakLost 5 games in a row ........................................................................... Jan. 28, 1970-Jan. 22, 1971, 5-game streakWon 60 home games in a row ............................................................ Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streakWon 50 home games in a row ............................................................ Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streakWon 40 home games in a row ....................................................... Feb. 22, 2009-Feb. 2, 2012, 45-game streakWon 10 road games in a row .......................................................... Jan. 2, 2008-Dec. 14, 2008, 19-game streak Won 15 road games in a row .........................................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakWon 20 road games in a row........................................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakWon 25 road games in a row ........................................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakLost 3 road games in a row ...................................................................Jan. 24 1986-Feb. 5, 1986, 3-game streakLost 5 road games in a row ............................................................ Jan. 25, 2009-Feb. 26, 2009, 5-game streakLost consecutive SEC games Dec. 8, 1996 vs. UGA (UGA 94, UT 93, OT) & Dec. 29, 1996 at AR (AR 77, UT 75) Gave up 100 points ................................................................................... Mar. 6, 1987 vs. Auburn (AU 102, UT 96)Gave up 90 points ................................................................................. Feb. 9, 2012 vs. Vanderbilt (VU 93, UT 79)Gave up 60 points or less ....................................................... Jan. 26, 2015 vs. #22/19 Georgia, (UT 59, UGA 51)Gave up 50 points or less .......................................................................... Jan. 15, 2015 at Auburn, (UT 54, AU 42)Gave up 40 points or less .....................................................................Dec. 20, 2014 vs. Stanford, (UT 59, SU 40)Defeated Top 5 Team At Home .....................................March 2, 2014 vs. #4/5 South Carolina (UT 73, SC 61)Defeated Top 5 Team On The Road .............................................. Jan. 6, 2007, at #5/5 UConn (UT 70, UC 64)Defeated Top 10 Team At Home ............................... Dec. 28, 2014 vs. # 10/12 Oregon State, (UT 74, OSU 63)Defeated Top 10 Team On The Road ....................................Jan. 29, 2015 at #10/10 Kentucky (UT 73, UK 72)Lost To An Unranked Team ...........................................................Nov. 27, 2014 vs. Chattanooga (UTC 67, UT 63)
LAST TIME AN OPPOSING PLAYER...Scored 30 points........................................... Jan. 19, 2015, Jewell Loyd, #6/7 Notre Dame, 34 (ND 88, UT 77)Scored 40 points ..............................................Dec. 20, 2011, Nneka Ogwumike, Stanford, 42, (SU 97, UT 80) Scored 50 points .........................................................................................................................................................NeverHad 20 rebounds ..............................................Dec. 21, 2013, Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford, 20, (SU 76, UT 70)Had 25 rebounds .........................................................................................................................................................NeverHad 10 assists ...................................................March 8, 2014, Jordan Jones, Texas A&M, 10, (UT 86, TAMU 77)Had 15 assists ................................................................................................................................................................NeverMade 5+ three-pointers ......................................................... Jan. 2, 2014, Morgan Eye, Missouri, 5, (UT 63, MU 53)Made 8 three-pointers ......................................Dec. 21, 1992, Molly Goodenbour, Stanford, 9, (UT 84, SU 79)Made 10 three-pointers ..............................................................................................................................................NeverNo opposing player scored in double fi gures ................................... Jan. 9, 2014 vs. Ole Miss (UT 94, UM 70)
LAST TIME AN OPPONENT...Shot 60 percent FG ............................................................. Nov. 25, 2004, Texas, .604 (29-48), (TX 74, UT 59)Shot 55 percent FG ........................................... Jan. 19, 2015, #6/7 Notre Dame, .582 (32-55), (ND 88, UT 77)Shot 50 percent FG ........................................... Jan. 19, 2015, #6/7 Notre Dame, .582 (32-55), (ND 88, UT 77)Shot 40 percent FG or lower .........................Jan. 29, 2015 vs. #10/10 Kentucky, .386 (27-70), (UT 73, UK 72) Shot 30 percent FG or lower ......................................................Dec. 20, 2014 vs. Stanford, .255 (UT 59, SU 40)Shot 20 percent FG or lower ............................Dec. 17, 2013 vs. Tennessee State, .189 (14-74), (UT 94, TSU 43)
PRESEASON HONORS
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Jump Balls ControlledTennessee 16Opponents 6
Scored UT’s First PointsBashaara Graves 6Isabelle Harrison 4Cierra Burdick 3Jordan Reynolds 3Nia Moore 2Jasmine Jones 2Andraya Carter 2
How Scored First PointsLay-up 13Jump Shot 83-Pointer 1Free Throw -Free Throw (Technical) -
First Off UT Bench^Ariel Massengale 17Jaime Nared 4Cierra Burdick 4Alexa Middleton 3Andraya Carter 3Isabelle Harrison 2Nia Moore 2^ includes multiple subs
Points Leader* Isabelle Harrison 5Ariel Massengale 4Andraya Carter 3Cierra Burdick 3Nia Moore 2Jordan Reynolds 2Bashaara Graves 2Jasmine Jones 1Jaime Nared 1
Leading at halftime .................................................. 15-0Trailing at halftime .....................................................4-3Tied at halftime ..........................................................0-0
Leading with 10:00 remaining ..............................16-0Trailing with 10:00 remaining .................................3-3Tied with 10:00 remaining ......................................0-0
Leading with 5:00 remaining ................................ 18-0Trailing with 5:00 remaining ....................................1-3Tied with 5:00 remaining ........................................0-0
In Overtime ..................................................................0-0
Tennessee out-rebounds opponent..................... 15-1Tennessee is out-rebounded ..................................4-2Same amount of rebounds .....................................0-0
Tennessee commits more turnovers ................... 6-0Opponent commits more turnovers ................... 13-2Same amount of turnovers ...................................... 0-1
Tennessee shoots 50 percent or better ............. 4-0Opponent shoots 50 percent or better .............. 0-2
Tennessee shoots 50 percent or less ................. 16-3Opponent shoots 50 percent or less ................... 18-1
Tennessee shoots better than opponent ..........16-0Opponent shoots better than Tennessee............3-3Same shooting percentage ....................................0-0
Tennessee has more free-throw attempts......... 15-1Opponent has more free-throw attempts ......... 0-2Same amount of free-throw attempts ................ 4-0
Tennessee bench outscores opponent bench ... 14-3Opponent bench outscores Tennessee bench ... 4-0Benches score the same ........................................... 1-0
Tennessee scores less than 50 ..............................0-0Tennessee scores between 50-59 ..........................6-1Tennessee scores between 60-69 .........................2-1Tennessee scores between 70-79 ..........................4-1Tennessee scores between 80-89........................ 3-0Tennessee scores between 90-99 ....................... 3-0Tennessee scores 100 or more ............................... 1-0
Opponent scores less than 50 ............................... 8-0Opponent scores between 50-59 ........................ 8-0Opponent scores between 60-69 ..........................2-1Opponent scores between 70-79 ............................1-1Opponent scores between 80-89 ......................... 0-1Opponent scores between 90-99 ........................0-0Opponent scores 100 or more ...............................0-0
In November ................................................................4-2In December ................................................................ 6-0In January ......................................................................8-1In February ................................................................... 1-0In March ........................................................................0-0In April...........................................................................0-0
CAREER HONORS• CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 (2/5/15)• SEC Player of the Week (2/2/15)• College Sports Madness SEC & National Player of the
Week (2/2/15)• SEC Co-Player of the Week (1/12/15)• All-State, WBCA Good Works Team Nominee -- 2014• SEC All-Tournament Team - 2014• SEC Community Service Team - 2014• SEC Player of the Week (3/4/13)• SEC Player of the Week (2/3/14) • SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014• SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2013• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll - 2012• SEC Freshman of the Week (2/20/12)
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Had a career night vs. #18/18 Mississippi St., reaching a
career-high 24 points, three steals and a season-high six assists in 35 minutes played.
• Produced 16 points, her 11th game scoring in double dig-its, four rebounds and an assist in the win over #10/10 Kentucky.
• Grabbed six rebounds and scored four points in the win over #22/19 Georgia.
• Dished out six assists to tie her season high and added eight points, three rebounds and a steal vs. LSU.
• Earned her fi fth consecutive double-digit scoring game for the fi rst time in her career, producing 15 points, four rebounds and three assists vs. #6/7 Notre Dame.
• Contributed 10 points, three rebounds, three assists and a block and steal in the win over Auburn.
Points: 21 // St. John’s, 3/24/14Rebounds: 11 // St. John’s, 3/24/14Assists: 3 // Northwestern St., 3/22/14Steals: 2 // Oklahoma, 3/31/13Blocks: 2 // DePaul, 3/19/12Field Goals: 10 // St. John’s, 3/24/143-Pointers: 1 // St. John’s, 3/24/14*Free Throws: 5 // Oklahoma, 3/31/13Minutes: 34 // St. John’s, 3/24/14
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Had a Double-Double 4 16Scored 10+ Points 12 40Scored 20+ Points 1 3Led UT in Scoring 3 7Led UT in 3-pt Made -- 7Led UT in Rebounding 5 24Led UT in Steals 4 9Made 3+ 3-pt -- 2Had 3+ Steals 2 6
• Grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to go with 14 points for her fourth double-double this season in the win over #9/8 Texas A&M.
• Notched a career-high 17 rebounds and scored 10 points for her third double-double of the season in her third start against Wichita State.
AT TENNESSEE• Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member.• Named to SEC All-Tournament Team in 2013-14, averaging
8.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in Duluth, Ga.• Averaged 8.4 points and 6.6 rebounds in 2012-13, playing in
27 games and starting 16 of them.• Was a presence on the boards, leading Tennessee in re-
bounding on nine occasions and hitting double fi gures six times as a sophomore.
PERSONAL• Earned an internship with ABC’s Good Morning America for
summer 2014.• Created a community outreach program called “DREAM”
Team with other UT student-athletes.• Had open heart surgery (ASD repair) when she was two
years old.• Her great grandfather, Lloyd Burdick, played tackle for the
NFL’s Chicago Bears with Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski in 1931-32.
• Cierra is majoring in communications and would like to pur-sue a career in broadcast journalism.
• Follow @C_Burdick11 on Twitter and @c_burdick11 on Insta-gram.
CAREER HONORS• SEC All-Freshman Team - 2014• SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll - 2013
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Has gone 93:47 since committing last turnover, surren-
dering her last miscue 1:13 into the Georgia game. Had none vs. Kentucky and Mississippi State.
• Produced six points, two assists, a rebound and a steal in the win over #18/18 Mississippi St.
• Recorded the fi nal block preventing the winning shot against #10/10 Kentucky. Accumulated eight points, three rebounds, three assists and a steal with 0 turn-overs in 35 minutes.
• Accumulated two points, a rebound and steal vs. #22/19 Georgia.
• Had a near-perfect shooting night (5-for-6) and hit a personal SEC and season high with three treys to score 13 points. Also grabbed three rebounds, three steals and an assist vs. LSU.
• Contributed nine points, four steals, three rebounds, three assists and a block vs. #6/7 Notre Dame.
• Played a team-high 35 minutes vs. Auburn and co-led the team with 11 points, four assists, four steals and a rebound.
• Racked up a career-high three blocks against Arkansas. Also added three rebounds, an assist and steal in the win.
• Followed up her last two scoring performances with six points, four assists, two steals and a block in the win
Points: 7 // St. John’s, 3/24/14*Rebounds: 2 // St. John’s, 3/24/14*Assists: 3 // Maryland, 3/30/14*Steals: 4 // St. John’s, 3/24/14Blocks: 1 // St. John’s ,3/24/14Field Goals: 3 // Northwestern St., 3/22/143-Pointers: 1 // Northwestern St., 3/22/14Free Throws: 3 // St. John’s, 3/24/14Minutes: 39 // St. John’s, 3/24/14
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Had a Double-Double -- --Scored 10+ Points 6 17Scored 20+ Points -- --Led UT in Scoring 3 3Led UT in 3-pt Made 5 14Led UT in Rebounding -- 1Led UT in Steals 10 21Made 3+ 3-pt 3 5Had 3+ Steals 9 15
over #9/8 Texas A&M. Her one block tied a career high.• Had career-best back-to-back scoring games with a new
career-high 19 points scored vs. Vanderbilt. She added four rebounds, two steals and an assist.
• Played a key part in the win of the SEC opener vs. Missouri playing the most minutes (35), tying a career high with 16 points, posting a career-high seven rebounds and an SEC high in fi eld goals (6) and three pointers (3).
• Produced four points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals in the win over #10/12 Oregon State.
AT TENNESSEE• After taking over the point guard reins during the Florida
game on Jan. 23, she piloted Tennessee to a 14-2 record over the fi nal 16 games.
• Ranked second on the team in assists, dishing out 2.3 per game during the 2013-14 season.
• Started the fi rst fi ve games and played in seven contests as rookie before redshirting due to injury.
• Had surgery on that shoulder on Dec. 13, 2012, to repair a labral tear and missed remainder of the year.
• Became the 17th freshman to start her fi rst career game as a Lady Vol against Chattanooga.
PERSONAL• Born on Nov. 12, 1993, in Decatur, Ga., and signed with UT
on her 18th birthday.• Has a pet snake named Nothing.• Majoring in communication studies. • Is learning sign language this year.
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Sitting out the 2014-15 season after transferring to UT from
North Carolina.• Chosen as one of three SEC student-athletes to represent
the league on proposed governance rule changes under the NCAA’s Div. I autonomy process.
CAREER HONORS (UNC)• USBWA National Freshman of the Year -- 2014 • espnW National Freshman of the Year -- 2014 • Full Court National Freshman of the Year -- 2014•Full Court Freshman All-America First Team -- 2014 • Full Court All-America Honorable Mention -- 2014• AP All-America Honorable Mention Team -- 2014• ACC Rookie of the Year -- 2014 • All-ACC First Team -- 2014• ACC All-Freshman Team -- 2014 • All-ACC Tournament -- 2014• Three-time ACC Rookie of the Week -- 2014 • ACC Player of the Week -- 2013-14 (Feb. 11)• NCAA.com Nat’l. Player of the Week -- 2013-14 (Feb. 11)• USBWA and espnW National Player of the Week -- 2013-14
(Feb. 17 & 18) • John R. Wooden Top-15 List -- 2014• Naismith Award Midseason Top-30 List --2014• Preseason All-ACC -- 2013-14• ACC Newcomer Preseason Watch List -- 2013-14
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS (UNC)• Only fi rst-year player on 2014 John R. Wooden Top-15 List.• Averaged 18.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7
steals per game as a freshman at UNC in 2013-14.• Set four ACC freshman marks, including points (648), fi eld
goals (248), fi eld goals attempted (582) and double fi gure
Had a Double-Double N/A 0Scored 10+ Points N/A 28Scored 20+ Points N/A 14Led UT in Scoring N/A N/ALed UT in 3-pt Made N/A N/ALed UT in Rebounding N/A N/ALed UT in Steals N/A N/AMade 3+ 3-pt N/A 5Had 3+ Steals N/A 8
scoring games (32).• Averaged 21.3 points per contest during the ACC Tour-
nament for North Carolina, earning all-tourney honors.• In ACC play, she averaged 19.8 points per contest to lead
all freshmen.• Named espnW National Player of the Week on Feb. 16
after her 38-point eff ort (the highest single-game eff ort ever by a UNC freshman) keyed the Tar Heels to an 89-82 win at NC State.
USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Led Team USA to the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Un-
der-17 World Championships and was named MVP.• Won gold at the 2012 USA 3x3 U18 World Champion-
ships, as the youngest member of the 2011 U19 World Championship Team and with the 2010 U18 Champion-ship Team.
• Played for the Georgia Pistols (2007 AAU national champions), Georgia Elite (2008 AAU national runners-up) and Georgia Ice (2009 AAU national champs).
PERSONAL• Full name is Diamond Danae-Aziza DeShields.• Announced decision to transfer to UT from UNC on June
12, 2014, and enrolled in school in July for the second semester of summer school.
• Mother was an All-America track & fi eld athlete (hep-tathlon, 1991) at Tennessee.
• Father played 13 years of Major League Baseball with stints in Montreal, L.A. (Dodgers), St. Louis, Baltimore and Chicago (Cubs).
• Majoring in journalism and electronic media.• Follow @DDeShields23 on Twitter and @dddeshields on
Instagram.
2014-15 GAME-BY-GAME STATSOPPONENT DATE MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OR DR TR PF-FO A TO BLK STL PTSvs. Penn 11/14/14 DNPvs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14 DNPvs. Winthrop 11/21/14 DNPvs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14 DNPat Chattanooga 11/26/14 DNPat Texas 11/30/14 DNPvs. St. Francis 12/3/14 DNPat Lipscomb 12/7/14 DNPat Rutgers 12/14/14 DNPvs. Wichita St. 12/16/14 DNPvs. Stanford 12/20/14 DNPvs. Oregon St. 12/28/14 DNPvs. Missouri 1/2/15 DNPat Vanderbilt 1/5/14 DNPvs. Texas A&M 1/8/14 DNPat Arkansas 1/11/14 DNPat Auburn 1/15/14 DNPat Notre Dame 1/19/14 DNPvs. LSU 1/22/14 DNPvs. Georgia 1/25/14 DNPat Kentucky 1/29/14 DNPvs. Miss. St. 2/1/14 DNPat Florida 2/8/14 DNPat Ole Miss 2/12/14 DNPvs. Kentucky 2/15/14 DNPvs. Alabama 2/19/14 DNPat S Carolina 2/23/14 DNPat Georgia 2/26/14 DNPvs. Vanderbilt 3/1/14 DNP
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1313KORTNEY DUNBARFreshman • 6-2 • Guard/ForwardEdwardsville, Ill. • Edwardsville H.S.
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Fired in her fi rst points since the Lipscomb game, hitting
for three points from beyond the arc vs. #22/19 Georgia.• Has seen action in seven SEC games thus far and got into
the scoring column for the fi rst time with a timely three vs. UGA.
• Scored three points with a rebound and block vs. Lip-scomb.
• Played for the fi rst time since Tennessee State and racked up six points, fi ve rebounds and a block in 12 minutes vs Saint Francis.
• Produced eight points in 11 minutes against Tennessee State.
• Tallied three points and a rebound, block and steal against Winthrop.
• Shot 2-for-2 from beyond the arc and contributed 10 points, six rebounds, an assist and steal vs. ORU.
• Made her Lady Vol debut with 15 points, including three treys, one rebound and steal vs. Penn.
HIGH SCHOOL• Ranked No. 78 in 2014 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100.• Rated as a four-star recruit on that list and the No.
22-ranked wing player.• All-Star Girls Report ranked her the No. 65 player in the
country.• Blue Star ranked her the No. 74 player in the nation.• SchollyMe All-World Game participant (2014).• McDonald’s All-American nominee (2014).• Associated Press Class 4A All-State First Team (2014) and
Second Team (2013).• Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Class 4A
All-State First Team (2014) and Second Team (2013).
Had a Double-Double -- --Scored 10+ Points 2 2Scored 20+ Points -- --Led UT in Scoring -- --Led UT in 3-pt Made 2 2Led UT in Rebounding -- --Led UT in Steals -- --Made 3+ 3-pt 1 1Had 3+ Steals -- --
• Selected to play in IBCA All-Star Game (2014).• Champaign News-Gazette All-State First Team (2014).• Chicago Tribune All-State Girls Basketball Second Team
(2014).• Edwardsville Intelligencer Girls Basketball MVP (2014).• Southwestern Conference All-Conference First Team
USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Played for Midwest Elite-Platinum AAU team.• Participated in 2013 USA 3-on-3 U18 Team Trials.
PERSONAL• Full name is Kortney Nicole Dunbar.• Nicknames include Kort and KD.• Born on July 3, 1996, in Florissant, Mo.• Parents are Mark and Christine Dunbar.• Has an older sister, Kirstin.• Majoring in recreation and sport management.• Follow @Kortney_Dunbar1 on Twitter and @kdunbar13
CAREER HONORS• Naismith Trophy Women’s 50 Watch List - 2014• John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top-30 List - 2014• Wade Trophy Watch List - 2014• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team - 2014• SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014• Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List - 2013• Coaches SEC Freshman of the Year - 2013• Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 - 2013• AP SEC Newcomer of the Year - 2013• “Wade Watch” List - 2013• Coaches All-SEC First Team - 2013• Media & Coaches Preseason All-SEC - 2013• Associated Press All-SEC Second Team - 2013• Full Court National Freshman of the Year - 2013• Coaches SEC All-Freshman Team - 2013• Full Court First-Team Freshman All-American - 2013• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll - 2013
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Became the 40th Lady Vol to score 1,000 points, do-
ing so vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. Accumulated 17 points, including a season-best 7-for-7 from the charity stripe, and tied her career-high in assists (5).
• Produced 11 points, was 5-for-5 from the charity stripe, and had seven rebounds, two assists and a career-high-tying two blocks vs. #10/10 Kentucky.
• Tallied four points, six rebounds with an assist and steal in the win over #22/19 Georgia.
• Dished out a season-high four assists vs. LSU and added two points, both from the free throw line, and fi ve re-bounds.
• Made a career-high 10 fi eld goals to score a season-high
Had a Double-Double 6 19Scored 10+ Points 10 54Scored 20+ Points 1 5Led UT in Scoring 1 14Led UT in 3-pt Made -- --Led UT in Rebounding 6 29Led UT in Steals 2 12Made 3+ 3-pt -- --Had 3+ Steals 1 10
22 points vs. #6/7 Notre Dame. Carded eight rebounds, three assists and a steal as well.
• Scored eight points for the third time in the last fi ve games, grabbing fi ve rebounds and tallying two assists and two steals in the win over Auburn.
• Produced a season-high-tying three assists, two points and a rebound and steal at Arkansas.
• Carded her sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds, adding two steals and an assist vs. #7 Stanford.
AT TENNESSEE• Became the 40th Lady Vol to reach the 1,000 point club
on Feb. 1, 2015 vs. Mississippi St.• Set a school record with 14 off ensive rebounds against
Georgia Tech. Recorded 18 total rebounds, the most by a Lady Vol since Glory Johnson on March 19, 2012.
• Was the Lady Vols’ No. 1 rebounder (8.0) and No. 2 scor-er (13.2) as a rookie in 2012-13, ranking seventh and 11th overall (No. 1 in both among freshmen), respectively, in the SEC in those categories in 2012-13.
• In UT history, only Chamique Holdsclaw (16) and Sheila Frost (11) had more double-doubles as freshmen than Graves, who tied Candace Parker with 10 and was one ahead of Tamika Catchings (9).
PERSONAL• Full name is Bashaara Keyana Graves• Majoring in sociology.• Admires Clarksville native and U.S. Olympian Wilma Ru-
dolph.• Follow @BASH931 on Twitter and @bash931 on Insta-
CAREER HONORS• espnW Midseason No. 1 WNBA Draft Pick - 2015• SEC Player of the Week - (1/26/15)• Senior CLASS Award Candidate - 2015• John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top-20 List - 2015• SEC Player of the Week - (12/29/14)• Naismith Trophy Women’s 50 Watch List - 2014• John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top-30 List - 2014• Wade Trophy Watch List - 2014• espnW Preseason All-America Second Team - 2014• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team - 2014 • Media Preseason All-SEC First Team - 2014• Full Court Third-Team All-American - 2014 • SEC Tournament MVP - 2014• AP Honorable Mention All-American - 2014 • SEC All-Tournament Team - 2014• WBCA Honorable Mention All-American - 2014 • SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014• WBCA All-Region 3 Team - 2014 • SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2013• AP & Coaches All-SEC First Team - 2014 • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll - 2012
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Collected her sixth double-double of the season and 30th
of her career with 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. #18 Missis-sippi State. Totaled three blocks and two steals as well.
• Became the 39th Lady Vol to reach 1,000 career points after producing 19 points vs. Kentucky. Earned her fi fth double-double of the season adding 10 rebounds. Also had two blocks and an assist.
• Stands in ninth place on the UT career blocks list (126).
Had a Double-Double 6 30Scored 10+ Points 12 60Scored 20+ Points 3 9Led UT in Scoring 6 17Led UT in Steals -- 7Led UT in Rebounding 7 36Led UT in Blocks 7 48Made 3+ Steals -- 4Had 3+ Blocks 1 14
• Scored nine points and had nine rebounds with an assist vs. #22/19 Georgia, capping three games for which she earned SEC Player of the Week the second time in 2014-15.
• Fired in a season-high 25 points, including a season-high seven points from the free throw line vs LSU. Also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.
• Produced 13 points and 13 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Also addd two blocks vs. Arkansas.
• Scored a season-high 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked a season-best fi ve shots in a career-high-tying 35 minutes vs. #10/12 Oregon State to earn SEC Player of the Week honors.
AT TENNESSEE• Became the 39th Lady Vol to reach 1,000 career points at
Tennessee on Jan. 29, 2015.• From Dec. 14, 2014 to Jan. 9, 2014, posted seven-straight
games with double-doubles, setting a Lady Vol program record for consecutive double-doubles.
• Set a Tennessee junior season record with 18 double-doubles, passing the previous record holder, Chamique Holdsclaw, who had 16 in 1997-98. That is the second-best season total in school history.
• Ended up posting six double-doubles as a sophomore and notched double-digit scoring performances on 14 occa-sions and rebounding eff orts 10 times.
PERSONAL• Full name is Isabelle Hannah “Izzy” Harrison.• Has 11 siblings, including DeeDee, who played volleyball at UT.• Her father, Dennis, played in the NFL for 10 seasons with
the Philadelphia Eagles, the then-Los Angeles Rams, San
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JASMINE JONESJunior • 6-2 • ForwardMadison, Ala. • Bob Jones H.S. 22
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Has not played since Dec. 20 vs. Stanford due to lingering
concussion symptoms. • Added another start to her career along with two points
and two rebounds in 15 minutes vs. #7/7 Stanford.• Missed last fi ve games due to concussion-like symptons.• Produced 12 points, six rebounds, a season-high two
steals and a block in the win over #17/19 Rutgers.• Against Lipscomb, accumulated a career-high four assists.
Added seven points, a block and steal.• Tallied a double-digit score for the third consecutive game
for the fi rst time in her career. She fi lled the stat sheet with 16 points, eight rebounds and a steal in the win over Saint Francis.
• Scored 10 points and added three rebounds in her second start of the season at #6/9 Texas. She has had back-to-back double-fi gure scoring outputs for the fi rst time in her career.
• Tallied a career-high 19 points in the game vs. UTC and added eight rebounds, two assists and a steal.
• Added a rebound and assist in seven minutes against Penn before sitting out the rest of the game and next three contests due to a mild concussion.
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS• Recorded four outings with 10 or more points.• Against Maryland in the Sweet 16, put up 11 points, going
4-of-6 in fi eld goals and 3-of-4 from the free throw line, while also grabbing two rebounds and one steal in 17 min-utes.
Had a Double-Double -- --Scored 10+ Points 4 13Scored 20+ Points -- --Led UT in Scoring 1 1Led UT in 3-pt Made - 1Led UT in Rebounding 1 5Led UT in Steals - 10Made 3+ 3-pt -- --Had 3+ Steals -- 5
• Contributed six points and four boards while dishing out two assists in the Lady Vols’ SEC Tournament title victory over Kentucky.
• Pulled down a team-best six rebounds and tied her season high in scoring with 13 points against Vander-bilt while adding a block and a steal.
• Led the team in rebounding on two occasions.• Tallied three games with a team-best steals total, in-
cluding two contests with three or more swipes.
AT TENNESSEE• Was Tennessee’s fi rst player off the bench in 18 of 35
games as a freshman, and she played in all 35 con-tests.
• Perhaps the most athletic player on the roster, she hit double fi gures in scoring on fi ve occasions and in rebounding once.
• Averaging 4.7 points and 3.9 rebounds for the entire season, she elevated her numbers to 6.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in NCAA tournament play.
• Scored a career-high 14 points and added eight points, four blocks an assist and a steal vs. Alabama, which happens to be her mom’s alma mater.
• Grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds in only her sec-ond college game, also contributing six points and an assist as Tennessee bounced back from a season-opening loss with a big road victory over No. 16/20 Georgia Tech.
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ARIEL MASSENGALESenior • 5-7 • Point GuardBolingbrook, Ill. • Bolingbrook H.S. 55CAREER HONORS• SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014• Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List - 2014• SEC Player of the Week (11/11/13-11/18/13)• NCAA Women’s Basketball Player of the Week (11/11/13-
11/18/13)• Junkanoo Jam All-Tournament Team (11/29/13)•Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List - 2014
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Just nine points away from scoring 1,000 at Tennessee.• Has 479 assists to rank No. 5 on UT’s career list and stands
just behind Alexis Hornbuckle (503).• Needs nine points and 21 assists to become only the third
Lady Vol with 1,000 points and 500 assists. The others are Lea Henry (1,128/587 - 1979-83) and Alexis Hornbuckle (1,333/503 - 2004-08).
• Totaled eight points, fi ve rebounds and four assists vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. Has dished out four-plus rebounds fi ve times this season.
• Produced seven points, fi ve rebounds, four assists and a steal vs. #10/10 Kentucky.
• One of two Lady Vols to score double-digit points vs. #22/19 Georgia. Tallied 10 along with a season-high six rebounds.
• One of four LVs to earn double digits vs. #6/7 Notre Dame with 11 points. Added four assists, a rebound and steal.
• Produced her sixth consecutive game with double digits with 16 points, including 4-for-4 from the free throw line. Also grabbed three rebounds and had four assists and a steal vs. Arkansas.
• Collected her fi fth consecutive game with double digits for the fi rst time in her career. Produced 14 points, four
Had a Double-Double -- 3Scored 10+ Points 10 46Scored 20+ Points 2 5Led UT in Scoring 4 14Led UT in 3-pt Made 10 37Led UT in Rebounding -- --Led UT in Steals 2 21Made 3+ 3-pt 6 14Had 3+ Steals -- 11
rebounds and three assists over Texas A&M.• Led UT vs. Stanford with 18 points, including 4-for-8 from
the three-point line. Added three rebounds and assists.• Against Winthrop, she made a career-high six treys and
led UT in scoring with 20 points while adding three steals.• Massengale returned to the court for the fi rst time since
Jan. 23, 2014. She produced 21 points to lead the team and added three rebounds, two assists and a steal.
AT TENNESSEE• Dished out fi ve or more assts. in 14 of 19 games as a junior.• Scored in double fi gures 13 times and led the team in
three-pointers on 10 occasions while averaging 7.9 points and 4.5 assists per contest as a sophomore in 2012-13.
• Recorded 162 assists as a rookie, the most-ever by a UT freshman and the eighth-best total in school history and followed that up with 158 as a sophomore.
PERSONAL•Ariel is majoring in recreation and sport management.• Played on the same high school squad with Lady Vol
teammate Nia Moore and Moore’s twin sister, Annaya, a manager on the team.
• Her brother Avery played college football, as did her dad.• Other relatives with collegiate careers include Wayne
Buckingham (basketball), Barry Stewart (basketball) and Lendel Massengale (football).
• Follow @Aye_Mass05 on Twitter and @aye_mass5 on Ins-tagram.
Had a Double-Double 1 1Scored 10+ Points 5 5Scored 20+ Points 1 1Led UT in Scoring -- --Led UT in 3-pt Made -- --Led UT in Rebounding -- --Led UT in Steals 3 3Made 3+ 3-pt -- --Had 3+ Steals 3 3
HIGH SCHOOL• Ranked No. 28 in 2014 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100.• Rated as a fi ve-star recruit on that list and the No.
4-ranked guard.• Blue Star rated her as the No. 22 player in the country.• Full Court ranked her the No. 32 player in the nation.• All-Star Girls Report had her 46th.• WBCA All-American (2014).• McDonald’s All-American (2014).• Had three points, fi ve assists and four rebounds in 20
minutes in the 2014 McDonald’s All-American Game.• Won Powerade Jam Fest skills competition and three-
point shootout in conjunction with the McDonald’s Game.
• Became fi rst McDonald’s All-American to win two con-tests at the Powerade Jam Fest.
• USA TODAY All-American - Third Team (2014).
PERSONAL• Full name is Alexa C. Middleton.• Born on Oct. 31, 1995, in Nashville, Tenn.• Parents are Michael and Celeste Middleton.• Celeste played basketball at Murfreesboro Oakland High
School and at Lipscomb University.• Has an older brother, Killen.• Majoring in business administration.
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS • Produced two rebounds, an assist and a steal in the win
over #22/19 Georgia. • Grabbed three rebounds and recorded a block in nine min-
utes vs. LSU. • In eight minutes vs. #6/7 Notre Dame, managed to post
four points and grab four rebounds and an assist. • Scored her most points since getting 25 vs. Tennessee St.,
notching nine points against #9/8 Texas A&M. She was 4-for-4 on fi eld goals and added a personal-SEC-high fi ve rebounds in the win.
• Managed to grab two defensive rebounds in three minutes vs. Vanderbilt.
• Tallied two points and two rebounds in the win over #7/7 Stanford.
• One of only six players in UT history to record back-to-back 20-point games to open a season.
• Lassoed eight points, four rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal vs. Lipscomb. She shot 3-for-3 from the fi eld and 2-for-2 from the line.
• Produced a career-high 25 points and three steals and added 11 rebounds vs. Tennessee State for her second double-double of the season.
• Had her third double-digit scoring game of the season and added four rebounds and a block and steal vs. Winthrop.
• Accumulated 20 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and two steals in her third career start against Oral Roberts.
• Made her second career start and earned new career highs in points (24), rebounds (14), blocks (4), fi eld goals made (12) and minutes played (31) vs. Penn. Moore led in both points and rebounds and had her second career double-double.
Had a Double-Double 2 3Scored 10+ Points 4 78Scored 20+ Points 3 3Led UT in Scoring 2 2Led UT in Blocks 3 11Led UT in Rebounding 2 4Led UT in Steals -- 2Made 3+ Blocks 3 4Had 3+ Steals 1 1
AT TENNESSEE• Led the team in blocked shots on six occasions as a sopho-
more, including a three-block outing against Tennessee State.
• Saw action in 20 games as a freshman and was in the start-ing lineup vs. Davidson.
• First double-fi gure scoring game came vs. Alcorn State, when she rang up 10 points and added a career-best seven boards in a career-high 18 minutes of action.
• Had the highest free throw percentage on the team at .944, hitting four-of-four charity tries vs. North Carolina, Missis-sippi State and Ole Miss.
• Originally signed with Illinois, but asked for, and was grant-ed, a release.
PERSONAL• Twin sister, Annaya, is a manager for the Lady Vol basketball
team.• Played with Annaya and Lady Vol teammate Ariel Massen-
gale at Bolingbrook (Ill.) High School.• Majoring in psychology.• Follow @niamoore1 on Instagram.
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Produced six points, including going 2-for-2 from the char-
ity stripe, in 12 minutes of play vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. • Had 12 minutes of gritty play and tallied four points, an SEC
personal-high three steals, two rebounds and an assist vs. Kentucky.
• Tied her career high in blocks with two against #22/19 Georgia. Added a personal SEC-high seven points, includ-ing going 5-for-5 from the charity stripe.
• Fired in her fi rst points since Texas A&M against LSU. Pro-duced four points, three rebounds, an assist and a steal.
• Added two points, two rebounds and an assist in the win over #9/8 Texas A&M. Was 2-for-2 from the free throw line.
• In her fi rst SEC game vs. Missouri, managed to grab four rebounds and score fi ve points.
• Accumulated three points, three rebounds and a steal in 12 minutes vs. #7/7 Stanford.
• Played 10 minutes, but snared six rebounds (5 off .), scored two points and dished out two assists in win over Rutgers.
• Racked up a career-high 20 points to become the second freshman to do so this season. She added six rebounds and four steals with an assist vs. Saint Francis.
• Scored a career-high 11 points and had six rebounds and a personal-best three steals vs. Tennessee State.
• Tallied nine points, six rebounds and four assists in her fi rst career start vs. ORU.
USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Participated in 2012 USA U17 World Championship Team
Trials along with current Lady Vols Alexa Middleton, Mer-cedes Russell and Jannah Tucker.
Had a Double-Double -- --Scored 10+ Points 4 4Scored 20+ Points 1 1Led UT in Scoring 1 1Led UT in 3-pt Made -- --Led UT in Rebounding -- --Led UT in Steals 3 3Made 3+ 3-pt -- --Had 3+ Steals 3 3
• Played for Team Concept AAU team with current Lady Vol teammates and fellow Oregonians Russell and Jordan Reynolds.
HIGH SCHOOL• Ranked No. 6 in 2014 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100.• Rated as a fi ve-star recruit on that list and the No. 1 wing.• Full Court ranks her the No. 9 player in the nation.• The All-Star Girls Report had her at No. 25 in the country.• McDonald’s All-American (2014).• Tallied a team-leading 15 points, four rebounds and two
steals in 17 minutes to help the West to victory in the 2014 McDonald’s All-American Game.
• Gatorade Oregon Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2014).
• Featured in New York Times, Good Morning America and CNN in 2008 as a 12-year-old for being banned from a boys basketball league for being too good.
PERSONAL• Jaime Nicole Nared was born Sept. 14, 1995, in Portland,
Ore.• Parents are Reiko Williams and Greg Nared.• Father played basketball at Maryland from 1985-89.• Has two sisters, Jackie Nared and Eboni Clay.• Jackie signed to play basketball at Maryland, transferred
and fi nished her career in 2013-14 at St. Mary’s College in California.
• Majoring in communication studies.• Follow @jaimenaredd on Twitter and @jaimenared on In-
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JORDAN REYNOLDSSophomore• 5-11 • GuardPortland, Ore. • Central Catholic H.S.00CAREER HONORS• SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Totaled fi ve points, including a trey, and a rebound in 13
minutes vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. • Got her second block of the season, and with two sec-
onds left in the game, to prevent #10/10 Kentucky from a winning shot. Tallied eight points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals in her most minutes played (34).
• Had a career night with a high of 15 points, including 5-for-5 from the charity line. Produced four rebounds, two steals and an assist.
• Was 4-for-4 from the free throw line to contribute nine points vs. LSU. Added a rebound and assist.
• Tied her career high with 11 points vs. Auburn. Grabbed fi ve rebounds and added two assists and a personal SEC-high three steals.
• In a personal SEC high of 33 minutes played, Reynolds grabbed another SEC high of six rebounds and added eight points in the win over Arkansas.
• Produced a personal SEC high six assists in the win over #9/8 Texas A&M. Tallied seven points and added a steal in an SEC-high 31 minutes played.
• With 11 points vs. Vandy, Reynolds earned her fi rst back-to-back double-fi gure scoring games of her career. Went 4-for-4 from the free throw line and added a rebound and assist.
• Notched a season-high 10 points along with four re-bounds and three assists in the SEC opener vs. Missouri.
• Added seven points, four rebounds, three steals and an assist vs. #10/12 Oregon State.
Had a Double-Double -- --Scored 10+ Points 5 6Scored 20+ Points -- --Led UT in Scoring 2 2Led UT in 3-pt Made -- 3Led UT in Rebounding -- --Led UT in Steals 6 10Made 3+ 3-pt -- --Had 3+ Steals 5 8
• Notched three assists and four points in the win over Wich-ita State.
• Produced six points, two rebounds and an assist in the win over #17/19 Rutgers.
AT TENNESSEE• In 34 games, she posted 62 assists compared to only 34
turnovers during her fi rst college season.• That diff erential resulted in a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio,
which ranked her second on the team behind Ariel Massen-gale.
• Was nationally trending on Twitter following her career-high outing against Kentucky in the SEC Tournament champion-ship game.
• Connected on 18-of-23 free throw attempts, making her fi nal 14 shots of the season to fi nish at 78.3 percent for the year.
• Led the team in steals on four occasions, including three outings with three or more swipes.
PERSONAL• Parents are Kimberly James and Gary Thomas, and her step-
father is Mark James.• Her mom played at San Diego State, and her aunt, Deborah
Lange, played at Oregon.• Reynolds’ sister, Ariel, is a 6-2 forward at the University of
Utah.• Majoring in business administration • Follow @kobeereynolds on Twitter and @j0rdanreyn0lds on
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2121MERCEDES RUSSELLSophomore • 6-6 • CenterSpringfi eld, Ore. • Springfi eld H.S.CAREER HONORS• SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014 • SEC Freshman of the Week (12/23-12/30)
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Redshirting after having surgery on both feet during the off season.
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS• Notched nine double-digit scoring outings as a freshman.
• Shot a team-leading 59.6 percent from the fi eld (93-156) for the season.
• Led the team in blocks on 17 occasions while re-cording fi ve games with three or more blocks.
• Her 1.1 blocks per game led all Lady Vols for the 2013-14 season.
• In NCAA games, averaged 5.3 points and 5.3 re-bounds.
• Shot 77.8 precent from the fi eld (7-for-9) in NCAA postseason action.
• Had a team-best 12 points against Northwestern State, going 5-for-6 from the fi eld and a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line. It was the fi rst time in her career that she led the team in scor-ing.
• Instrumental in UT’s SEC Semifi nal win vs. Texas A&M scoring 11 points, going a perfect 4-for-4 in
Had a Double-Double N/A --Scored 10+ Points N/A 9Scored 20+ Points N/A --Led UT in Scoring N/A 1Led UT in Blocks N/A 17Led UT in Rebounding N/A 3Led UT in Steals N/A 2Made 3+ Blocks N/A 5Had 3+ Steals N/A --
FGs and 3-for-3 from the FT line; also grabbed six rebounds.
• Tied her career high in rebounds with 11 at Missouri, leading the team in boards for the third time this season.
• Picked up SEC Freshman of the Week honors (Dec. 30) after scoring 12 points with seven rebounds and fi ve blocks against Lipscomb.
• Produced two double-fi gure rebounding games and led UT in boards in three contests.
USA BASKETBALL• Has won two gold medals in international play with USA Basketball, playing for former Lady Vol Jill Rankin-Schneider on both occasions.
PERSONAL• Shoots right-handed but writes with her left hand.• Lists Candace Parker as a role model.• Joins Kelley Cain and Vonda Ward as the three tall-est players in UT history at 6-6.
• Majoring in communication studies.• Follow @MerSladezz on Twitter and @mersladezz on Instagram.
2014-15 GAME-BY-GAME STATSOPPONENT DATE MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OR DR TR PF-FO A TO BLK STL PTSvs. Penn 11/14/14 DNPvs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14 DNPvs. Winthrop 11/21/14 DNPvs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14 DNPat Chattanooga 11/26/14 DNPat Texas 11/30/14 DNPvs. St. Francis 12/3/14 DNPat Lipscomb 12/7/14 DNPat Rutgers 12/14/14 DNPvs. Wichita St. 12/16/14 DNPvs. Stanford 12/20/14 DNPvs. Oregon St. 12/28/14 DNPvs. Missouri 1/2/15 DNPat Vanderbilt 1/5/14 DNPvs. Texas A&M 1/8/14 DNPat Arkansas 1/11/14 DNPat Auburn 1/15/14 DNPat Notre Dame 1/19/14 DNPvs. LSU 1/22/14 DNPvs. Georgia 1/25/14 DNPat Kentucky 1/29/14 DNPvs. Miss. St. 2/1/14 DNPat Florida 2/8/14 DNPat Ole Miss 2/12/14 DNPvs. Kentucky 2/15/14 DNPvs. Alabama 2/19/14 DNPat S Carolina 2/23/14 DNPat Georgia 2/26/14 DNPvs. Vanderbilt 3/1/14 DNP* indicates game started
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44JANNAH TUCKERRedshirt Freshman • 6-0 • GuardBaltimore, Md. • New Town H.S.
2014-15 AT TENNESSEE• Has seen brief action in two games this season.• Made her Lady Vol debut at the end of the game vs. #7/7 Stanford. Tucker produced her fi rst career rebound.
2013-14 AT TENNESSEE• Redshirted the 2013-14 season.• Enrolled at UT in January 2014 after signing in No-vember 2012.
• Attended fi rst offi cial practice as a Lady Vol on Dec. 27, 2013, and participated in fi rst workout on Dec. 28, 2013.
USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Part of gold-medal-winning USA U18 unit at the FIBA Americas Championship in August 2012.
• Teamed with UT teammate Bashaara Graves on that squad before suff ering an ACL tear to her left knee.
• Played two games, starting one, before being in-jured and averaged 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds.
• Also won a gold medal in Merida, Mexico, with the
Had a Double-Double -- --Scored 10+ Points -- --Scored 20+ Points -- --Scored 30+ Points -- --Led UT in Scoring -- --Led UT in 3-pt Made -- --Led UT in Steals -- --Made 3+ 3-pt -- --Had 3+ Steals -- --
USA U16 team at the FIBA Americas Champion-ship in June 2011, playing with Lady Vol classmate Mercedes Russell.
• Started all fi ve games and averaged 9.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.6 assists for the American squad.
• Played for former Lady Vol Jill Rankin Schneider on that team.
• Played AAU ball for the Philly Belles.
PERSONAL• Full name is Jannah Sabree Tucker.• Nickname is “JT.”• Born on May 17, 1995, in Baltimore, Md.• Parents are Robert and Cynthia Tucker.• Siblings include Robbie, Amirah, Mayah and Kho-ri.
• Father played basketball at the University of Richmond and Loyola College; sister, Amirah, plays basketball at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; uncle, Jason Tucker, played basketball at Nichols State; and aunt, Alisha Johnson, played basketball at Lincoln University.
• Majoring in psychology
2014-15 GAME-BY-GAME STATSOPPONENT DATE MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OR DR TR PF-FO A TO BLK STL PTSvs. Penn 11/14/14 DNPvs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14 DNPvs. Winthrop 11/21/14 DNPvs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14 DNPat Chattanooga 11/26/14 DNPat Texas 11/30/14 DNPvs. St. Francis 12/3/14 DNPat Lipscomb 12/7/14 DNPat Rutgers 12/14/14 DNPvs. Wichita St. 12/16/14 DNPvs. Stanford 12/20/14 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14 DNPvs. Missouri 1/2/15 DNPat Vanderbilt 1/5/14 DNPvs. Texas A&M 1/8/14 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0at Arkansas 1/11/14 DNPat Auburn 1/15/14 DNPat Notre Dame 1/19/14 DNPvs. LSU 1/22/14 DNPvs. Georgia 1/25/14 DNPat Kentucky 1/29/14 DNPvs. Miss. St. 2/1/14 DNPat Florida 2/8/14at Ole Miss 2/12/14vs. Kentucky 2/15/14vs. Alabama 2/19/14at S Carolina 2/23/14at Georgia 2/26/14vs. Vanderbilt 3/1/14* indicates game started
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPPSCORING 1604 1207 Points per game 72.9 54.9 Scoring margin +18.0 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 584-1365 467-1257 Field goal pct . 4 2 8 . 3 7 23 POINT FG-ATT 98-290 99-327 3-point FG pct . 3 3 8 . 3 0 3 3-pt FG made per game 4.5 4.5FREE THROWS-ATT 338-447 174-273 Free throw pct . 7 5 6 . 6 3 7 F-Throws made per game 15.4 7.9REBOUNDS 937 749 Rebounds per game 42.6 34.0 Rebounding margin +8.5 -ASSISTS 327 237 Assists per game 14.9 10.8TURNOVERS 308 401 Turnovers per game 14.0 18.2 Turnover margin +4.2 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.6STEALS 224 149 Steals per game 10.2 6.8BLOCKS 86 76 Blocks per game 3.9 3.5ATTENDANCE 135926 44147 Home games-Avg/Game 13-10456 9-4905 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsTennessee 720 884 1604Opponents 560 647 1207
Date Opponent Score Att.11/14/14 PENN W 97-52 970611/17/14 ORAL ROBERTS W 91-39 886111/21/14 WINTHROP W 81-48 926711/24/14 TENNESSEE STATE W 97-46 913711/26/14 at Chattanooga L 63-67 416011/30/14 at Texas L 59-72 419812/03/14 SAINT FRANCIS W 111-44 912612/07/14 at Lipscomb W 85-51 274212/14/14 at Rutgers W 55-45 434512/16/14 WICHITA STATE W 54-51 902612/20/14 STANFORD W 59-40 1305612/28/14 OREGON STATE W 74-63 11123
* 01/02/15 MISSOURI W 63-53 9570* 01/05/15 at Vanderbilt W 57-49 7212* 01/08/15 TEXAS A&M W 81-58 10507* 01/11/15 at Arkansas W 60-51 2344* 01/15/15 at Auburn W 54-42 2590
01/19/15 at Notre Dame L 77-88 9149* 01/22/15 LSU W 75-58 11612* 01/25/15 GEORGIA W 59-51 13428* 01/29/15 at #10/10 Kentucky W 73-72 7407* 02/01/15 MISSISSIPPI STATE W 79-67 11507
* = Conference game
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2014-15 SEC STATISTICS
2014-15 Tenn. Women's BasketballTennessee Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 01, 2015)
Conference games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 9-0 5-0 4-0 0-0CONFERENCE 9-0 5-0 4-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPPSCORING 601 501 Points per game 66.8 55.7 Scoring margin +11.1 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 211-487 199-518 Field goal pct . 4 3 3 . 3 8 43 POINT FG-ATT 44-119 38-127 3-point FG pct . 3 7 0 . 2 9 9 3-pt FG made per game 4.9 4.2FREE THROWS-ATT 135-167 65-107 Free throw pct . 8 0 8 . 6 0 7 F-Throws made per game 15.0 7.2REBOUNDS 342 293 Rebounds per game 38.0 32.6 Rebounding margin +5.4 -ASSISTS 127 110 Assists per game 14.1 12.2TURNOVERS 132 128 Turnovers per game 14.7 14.2 Turnover margin -0.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 0.9STEALS 65 65 Steals per game 7.2 7.2BLOCKS 29 26 Blocks per game 3.2 2.9ATTENDANCE 56624 19553 Home games-Avg/Game 5-11325 4-4888 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsTennessee 260 341 601Opponents 223 278 501
Date Opponent Score Att.* 01/02/15 MISSOURI W 63-53 9570* 01/05/15 at Vanderbilt W 57-49 7212* 01/08/15 TEXAS A&M W 81-58 10507* 01/11/15 at Arkansas W 60-51 2344* 01/15/15 at Auburn W 54-42 2590* 01/22/15 LSU W 75-58 11612* 01/25/15 GEORGIA W 59-51 13428* 01/29/15 at #10/10 Kentucky W 73-72 7407* 02/01/15 MISSISSIPPI STATE W 79-67 11507
* = Conference game
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POINTS, REBOUNDS, ASSISTS
2014-15 Tenn. Women's BasketballTennessee Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Feb 02, 2015)
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HIGHS & LOWS
TENNESSEE INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
POINTS 25 Harrison, Isabelle vs LSU (01/22/15) 25 Moore, Nia vs Tennessee State (11/24/14)FIELD GOALS MADE 12 Moore, Nia vs Penn (11/14/14)FIELD GOAL ATT. 20 GRAVES, BASHAARA AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15) 20 HARRISON, ISABELLE VS TEXAS A&M (01/08/15)FG PCT (MIN 5 MADE) .833 (5-6) GRAVES, BASHAARA VS MISSISSIPPI STATE (02/01/15) .833 (5-6) CARTER, ANDRAYA VS LSU (01/22/15) .833 (5-6) REYNOLDS, JORDAN AT AUBURN (01/15/15) .833 (5-6) MIDDLETON, ALEXA VS OREGON STATE (12/28/14)3-POINT FG MADE 6 MASSENGALE, ARIEL VS WINTHROP (11/21/14)3-POINT FG ATT. 10 MASSENGALE, ARIEL VS WINTHROP (11/21/14)3-PT FG PCT (MIN 2 MADE) 1.000 (3-3) CARTER, ANDRAYA VS LSU (01/22/15) 1.000 (2-2) REYNOLDS, JORDAN AT TEXAS (11/30/14)
1.000 (2-2) DUNBAR, KORTNEY VS ORAL ROBERTS (11/17/14) 1.000 (2-2) MIDDLETON, ALEXA VS PENN (11/14/14)FREE THROWS MADE 10 BURDICK, CIERRA AT ARKANSAS (01/11/15)FREE THROW ATT. 11 BURDICK, CIERRA AT ARKANSAS (01/11/15) 11 HARRISON, ISABELLE VS OREGON STATE (12/28/14) FT PCT (MIN 3 MADE) 1.000 (9-9) BURDICK, CIERRA VS SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14) 1.000 (7-7) GRAVES, BASHAARA VS MISSISSIPPI STATE (02/01/15) 1.000 (7-7) HARRISON, ISABELLE VS LSU (01/22/15)
1.000 (6-6) MASSENGALE, ARIEL AT VANDERBILT (01/05/15) 1.000 (5-5) GRAVES, BASHAARA AT #10/10 KENTUCKY (01/29/15) 1.000 (5-5) REYNOLDS, JORDAN VS GEORGIA (01/25/15) 1.000 (5-5) NARED, JAIME VS GEORGIA (01/25/15) 1.000 (5-5) NARED, JAIME VS SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14) 1.000 (4-4) REYNOLDS, JORDAN VS LSU (01/22/15) 1.000 (4-4) MASSENGALE, ARIEL AT ARKANSAS (01/11/15) 1.000 (4-4) GRAVES, BASHAARA VS TEXAS A&M (01/08/15)
1.000 (4-4) REYNOLDS, JORDAN AT VANDERBILT (01/05/15) 1.000 (4-4) GRAVES, BASHAARA VS MISSOURI (01/02/15) 1.000 (4-4) BURDICK, CIERRA VS STANFORD (12/20/14) 1.000 (4-4) MASSENGALE, ARIEL VS STANFORD (12/20/14) 1.000 (4-4) MASSENGALE, ARIEL AT RUTGERS (12/14/14) 1.000 (4-4) GRAVES, BASHAARA AT LIPSCOMB (12/07/14)
1.000 (4-4) GRAVES, BASHAARA AT CHATTANOOGA (11/26/14)1.000 (4-4) GRAVES, BASHAARA VS TENNESSEE STATE (11/24/14)
1.000 (4-4) MASSENGALE, ARIEL VS ORAL ROBERTS (11/17/14) 1.000 (4-4) GRAVES, BASHAARA VS PENN (11/14/14) 1.000 (3-3) MIDDLETON, ALEXA VS GEORGIA (01/25/15)
1.000 (3-3) HARRISON, ISABELLE VS SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/1REBOUNDS 17 BURDICK, CIERRA VS WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)ASSISTS 11 Middleton, Alexa vs Penn (11/14/14)STEALS 7 Reynolds, Jordan vs Oral Roberts (11/17/14)BLOCKED SHOTS 5 HARRISON, ISABELLE VS OREGON STATE (12/28/14)TURNOVERS 6 JONES, JASMINE AT RUTGERS (12/14/14) 6 HARRISON, ISABELLE VS SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)
TENNESSEE TEAM GAME HIGHS
POINTS 111 SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)FIELD GOALS MADE 40 PENN (11/14/14)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 83 PENN (11/14/14)FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .569 (29-51) MISSISSIPPI STATE (02/01/15)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 9 MISSOURI (01/02/15)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 24 MISSOURI (01/02/15) 24 WINTHROP (11/21/14)3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .667 (4-6) MISSISSIPPI STATE (02/01/15)FREE THROWS MADE 28 SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 38 SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .952 (20-21) GEORGIA (01/25/15)REBOUNDS 71 SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)ASSISTS 27 PENN (11/14/14)STEALS 21 TENNESSEE STATE (11/24/14) 21 ORAL ROBERTS (11/17/14)BLOCKED SHOTS 9 at ARKANSAS (01/11/15) 9 at Lipscomb (12/07/14) 9 PENN (11/14/14)TURNOVERS 22 at #10/10 Kentucky (01/29/15)FOULS 21 at Chattanooga (11/26/14)
TENNESSEE TEAM GAME LOWS
POINTS 54 WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)FIELD GOALS MADE 17 at Vanderbilt (01/05/15)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 45 LSU (01/22/15)
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .275 (19-69) at Rutgers (12/14/14)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 0 OREGON STATE (12/28/14)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 3 OREGON STATE (12/28/14)3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .000 (0-3) OREGON STATE (12/28/14)FREE THROWS MADE 5 at Auburn (01/15/15)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 6 at Auburn (01/15/15)FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .520 (13-25) at Texas (11/30/14)REBOUNDS 29 LSU (01/22/15)ASSISTS 3 at Texas (11/30/14)STEALS 4 MISSOURI (01/02/15)BLOCKED SHOTS 0 STANFORD (12/20/14)TURNOVERS 8 PENN (11/14/14)FOULS 9 WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
POINTS 34 JEWELL LOYD AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15)FIELD GOALS MADE 13 JEWELL LOYD AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15)FIELD GOAL ATT. 24 WALKER, COURTNEY VS TEXAS A&M (01/08/15) FG PCT (MIN 5 MADE) 1.000 (5-5) TAYLOR, BRIANNA AT TEXAS (11/30/14) .727 (8-11) LANG, KELSEY AT TEXAS (11/30/14)3-POINT FG MADE 6 HAYWARD, ALEXA VS SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)3-POINT FG ATT. 19 HAYWARD, ALEXA VS SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)3-PT FG PCT (MIN 2 MADE) 1.000 (3-3) EPPS, MAKAYLA AT #10/10 KENTUCKY (01/29/15) 1.000 (2-2) MICHAELA MABREY AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15) 1.000 (2-2) JACOBS, KELSEY VS WICHITA STATE (12/16/14) 1.000 (2-2) SMITH, KELLI AT LIPSCOMB (12/07/14)FREE THROWS MADE 6 JEWELL LOYD AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15)FREE THROW ATT. 9 JEWELL LOYD AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15)FT PCT (MIN 3 MADE) 1.000 (5-5) LINDSAY ALLEN AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15) 1.000 (4-4) MADISON CABLE AT NOTRE DAME (01/19/15) 1.000 (4-4) WIESE, SYDNEY VS OREGON STATE (12/28/14) 1.000 (4-4) HAYWARD, ALEXA VS SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14) 1.000 (3-3) DOYLE, JORDAN VS ORAL ROBERTS (11/17/14)REBOUNDS 15 NUNN, SCHAQUILLA VS WINTHROP (11/21/14)ASSISTS 8 JONES, JORDAN VS TEXAS A&M (01/08/15)STEALS 7 HARDEN, ALEX VS WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)BLOCKED SHOTS 6 Stipanovich, Sydney vs Penn (11/14/14)TURNOVERS 10 Doyle, Jordan vs Oral Roberts (11/17/14)
OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
POINTS 88 at Notre Dame (01/19/15FIELD GOALS MADE 32 at Notre Dame (01/19/15)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 70 at #10/10 Kentucky (01/29/15)FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .582 (32-55) at Notre Dame (01/19/15)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 9 WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 34 SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .571 (4-7) WINTHROP (11/21/14)FREE THROWS MADE 20 at Notre Dame (01/19/15)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 27 at Notre Dame (01/19/15)FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1.000 (2-2) WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)REBOUNDS 44 WINTHROP (11/21/14)ASSISTS 18 at Notre Dame (01/19/15)STEALS 13 WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)BLOCKED SHOTS 9 PENN (11/14/14)TURNOVERS 38 TENNESSEE STATE (11/24/14)FOULS 28 OREGON STATE (12/28/14) 28 TENNESSEE STATE (11/24/14)
OPPONENT TEAM GAME LOWS
POINTS 39 ORAL ROBERTS (11/17/14)FIELD GOALS MADE 13 STANFORD (12/20/14)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 45 at Chattanooga (11/26/14)FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .224 (15-67) SAINT FRANCIS (12/03/14)3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 0 TEXAS A&M (01/08/15)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 3 TEXAS A&M (01/08/15)3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .000 (0-3) TEXAS A&M (01/08/15)FREE THROWS MADE 2 WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 2 WICHITA STATE (12/16/14FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .333 (2-6) at Auburn (01/15/15)REBOUNDS 24 WICHITA STATE (12/16/14)ASSISTS 2 STANFORD (12/20/14)STEALS 2 PENN (11/14/14)BLOCKED SHOTS 1 WINTHROP (11/21/14)TURNOVERS 10 at ARKANSAS (01/11/15)FOULS 7 at Auburn (01/15/15)
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2014-15 BOX SCORES
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsPenn vs Tennessee11/14/14 7:03 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Roy Gulbeyan, Troy Winders, Charlie HustTechnical fouls: Penn-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 9706
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalPenn 25 27 52Tennessee 47 50 97
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchPENN 20 7 9 2 13UT 56 23 28 14 37
Last FG - PENN 2nd-02:52, UT 2nd-00:06.Largest lead - PENN by 3 1st-11:05, UT by 45 2nd-00:06.PENN led for 03:33. UT led for 35:19. Game was tied for 01:08.
Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 9 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsOral Roberts vs Tennessee11/17/14 7:03 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Dee Kantner, Cameron Inouye, Eric KochTechnical fouls: Winthrop-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 9267
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalWinthrop 25 23 48Tennessee 40 41 81
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchWU 24 7 16 4 12UT 42 36 20 8 32
Last FG - WU 2nd-01:42, UT 2nd-01:14.Largest lead - WU by 1 1st-19:08, UT by 34 2nd-03:49.WU led for 02:13. UT led for 37:15. Game was tied for 00:32.
Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 2 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee State vs Tennessee11/24/14 7:02 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Billy Smith, Wesley Dean, Kim TheboTechnical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 9137
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee State 27 19 46Tennessee 44 53 97
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchTSU 16 7 14 8 17UT 54 45 18 20 33
Last FG - TSU 2nd-01:13, UT 2nd-00:18.Largest lead - TSU by 8 1st-15:44, UT by 51 2nd-01:35.TSU led for 07:32. UT led for 29:36. Game was tied for 02:52.
Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 1 time.
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2014-15 BOX SCORES
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Chattanooga11/26/14 7:00 P.M. at Chattanooga, Tenn. (The McKenzie Arena)
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 21 42 63Chattanooga 37 30 67
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 42 13 26 6 33UTC 32 11 11 2 24
Last FG - UT 2nd-02:41, UTC 2nd-02:18.Largest lead - UT by 2 1st-18:58, UTC by 17 1st-01:00.UT led for 00:30. UTC led for 37:09. Game was tied for 02:21.
Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 1 time.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Texas11/30/14 5:40 P.M. at Austin, TX (Erwin Center)
Officials: Tina Napier, Lisa Mattingly, Bryan EnterlineTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Texas-None.Attendance: 4198
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 20 39 59Texas 30 42 72
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 26 10 13 2 18TEXAS 38 15 7 12 14
Last FG - UT 2nd-00:06, TEXAS 2nd-02:50.Largest lead - UT by 2 1st-14:25, TEXAS by 15 2nd-12:51.UT led for 00:14. TEXAS led for 37:19. Game was tied for 02:20.
Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 2 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSaint Francis vs Tennessee12/03/14 7:02 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Joe Cunningham, Ed Novak, Erica BradleyTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Lipscomb-None.Attendance: 2742
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 39 46 85Lipscomb 15 36 51
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 34 36 16 4 58LIP 18 4 5 7 19
Last FG - UT 2nd-00:36, LIP 2nd-01:18.Largest lead - UT by 36 2nd-00:36, LIP by 1 1st-17:21.UT led for 37:13. LIP led for 00:28. Game was tied for 02:19.
Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 2 times.
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Rutgers12/14/14 3:00 pm at The RAC - Piscataway, N.J.
Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Dee Kantner, Denise BrooksTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Rutgers-None.Attendance: 4345
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 20 35 55Rutgers 23 22 45
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 22 11 11 4 21RU 22 11 3 12 3
Last FG - UT 2nd-00:33, RU 2nd-01:27.Largest lead - UT by 10 2nd-00:13, RU by 6 1st-08:39.UT led for 12:41. RU led for 20:04. Game was tied for 07:02.
Score tied - 7 times.Lead changed - 11 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsWichita State vs Tennessee12/16/14 7:03 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Laura Morris, Billy Smith, Pualani SpurlockTechnical fouls: Wichita State-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 9026
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalWichita State 28 23 51Tennessee 31 23 54
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchWICH 22 9 8 9 2UT 24 16 11 10 15
Last FG - WICH 2nd-00:25, UT 2nd-00:38.Largest lead - WICH by 4 1st-11:45, UT by 10 2nd-13:05.WICH led for 06:21. UT led for 31:11. Game was tied for 02:28.
Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 6 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsStanford vs Tennessee12/20/14 1:03 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Tina Napier, Mark ZentzTechnical fouls: Stanford-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 13056
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalStanford 15 25 40Tennessee 27 32 59
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchSTAN 10 17 4 2 17UT 24 17 10 6 27
Last FG - STAN 2nd-01:35, UT 2nd-02:48.Largest lead - STAN None, UT by 24 2nd-05:01.STAN led for 00:00. UT led for 39:36. Game was tied for 00:16.
Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsOregon State vs Tennessee12/28/14 1:02 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Bruce Morris, Kim TheboTechnical fouls: Oregon State-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 11123
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalOregon State 34 29 63Tennessee 35 39 74
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchOSU 36 6 11 4 12UT 32 26 15 10 23
Last FG - OSU 2nd-03:37, UT 2nd-02:39.Largest lead - OSU by 5 1st-01:34, UT by 11 2nd-00:35.OSU led for 16:31. UT led for 19:34. Game was tied for 03:54.
Score tied - 10 times.Lead changed - 7 times.
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMissouri vs Tennessee01/02/15 9:08 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Officials: Bryan Enterline, Gina Cross, Eric KochTechnical fouls: Missouri-Robinson, Juanita. Tennessee-Harrison, Isabelle;Moore, Nia.Attendance: 9570Offsetting Flagrant-2 Technical Fouls resulted in ejection for Harrison (UT)and Robinson (MU). Moore (UT) was ejected for leaving bench.
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalMissouri 25 28 53Tennessee 21 42 63
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMU-W 22 16 10 6 5UT 14 22 13 6 23
Last FG - MU-W 2nd-00:03, UT 2nd-01:34.Largest lead - MU-W by 7 1st-02:56, UT by 13 2nd-00:56.MU-W led for 13:18. UT led for 22:31. Game was tied for 04:11.
Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 6 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Vanderbilt01/05/15 6 p.m. at Nashville, Tenn. (Memorial Gym)
Officials: Dee Kantner, Bob Trammell, Felicia GrinterTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Vanderbilt-None.Attendance: 7212
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 25 32 57Vanderbilt 17 32 49
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 18 17 12 2 12VANDY 16 16 4 4 38
Last FG - UT 2nd-05:49, VANDY 2nd-00:16.Largest lead - UT by 15 2nd-14:40, VANDY by 1 1st-18:20.UT led for 37:27. VANDY led for 00:16. Game was tied for 02:09.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 2 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTexas A&M vs Tennessee01/08/15 7:02 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Texas A&M 58 • 14-3, 2-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds
## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min35 Ade, Achiri f 3-7 0-0 2-3 3 7 10 2 8 0 0 1 0 3612 Terry, Jada c 4-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 4 8 0 6 0 1 3401 Williams, Courtney g 4-14 0-2 3-5 0 6 6 3 11 0 2 0 0 2924 Jones, Jordan g 1-5 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 2 4 8 2 0 0 3033 Walker, Courtney g 12-24 0-0 1-3 1 4 5 1 25 1 0 0 1 4011 Knox, Curtyce 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1013 Jennings, Chelsea 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 Scott, Tori 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1123 Mitchell, Rachel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 432 Scott-Williams, T. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Officials: Bob Trammell, Sue Blauch, Gina CrossTechnical fouls: Georgia-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 13428
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalGeorgia 25 26 51Tennessee 30 29 59
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUGA 28 13 2 6 25UT 24 20 10 6 25
Last FG - UGA 2nd-00:37, UT 2nd-02:49.Largest lead - UGA by 8 1st-05:59, UT by 11 2nd-00:46.UGA led for 13:40. UT led for 21:11. Game was tied for 04:45.
Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 6 times.
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs #10/10 Kentucky01/29/15 7:02 pm at Lexington, KY (Memorial Coliseum)
Officials: Mark Zentz, Roy Gulbeyan, Troy WindersTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. #10/10 Kentucky-None.Attendance: 7407
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 25 48 73#10/10 Kentucky 31 41 72
In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 46 12 14 4 11UK 34 14 12 4 24
Last FG - UT 2nd-01:24, UK 2nd-01:16.Largest lead - UT by 5 1st-04:59, UK by 6 1st-00:52.UT led for 16:49. UK led for 19:29. Game was tied for 02:37.
Score tied - 7 times.Lead changed - 12 times.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississippi State vs Tennessee02/01/15 3:06 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Mississippi State 67 • 22-3, 7-3 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds
JORDAN REYNOLDS So. • G • 5-11 • Portland, Ore./Central Catholic H.S.
0
BASHAARA GRAVES Jr. • F • 6-2 • Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville H.S.
12
ISABELLE HARRISON Sr. • C • 6-3 • Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro H.S.
20
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• Totaled fi ve points, including a trey, and a rebound in 13 minutes vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. • Posted her second block of the season, and with two seconds left in the game, to prevent #10/10 Kentucky from a
game-winning shot. Tallied eight points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals in her most minutes played (34).• Had a career night with a high of 15 points, including 5-for-5 from the charity line. Also produced four
rebounds, two steals and an assist vs. #22/19 Georgia.
NIA MOORE Jr. • C • 6-3 • Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook H.S.
• Scored most points since having 25 vs. Tenn. St. with nine points against #9/8 Texas A&M. She was 4-for-4 in fi eld goals and added fi ve rebounds in the win, which was a personal SEC high.
• Her total of 119 points this season surpasses the 103 she scored in her fi rst two seasons combined.• One of only six players in UT history to record back-to-back 20-point games to open a season.• Played with twin Annaya ( Lady Vol manager) & UT teammate Ariel Massengale at Bolingbrook High School.
• Has not played since the Stanford game due to concussion-like symptoms.• Tallied 12 points, six rebounds, a season-high two steals and a block in the win over #17/19 Rutgers.• Scored 19, 10 and 16 points in consecutive games vs. Chattanooga, Texas and Saint Francis, marking
the fi rst time in her career she scored in double fi gures in back-to-back and three-straight contests.• Her mom, Latrish Jones, is a former standout player at Alabama.
• Just nine points away from scoring 1,000 at Tennessee.• Her 479 assists rank her No. 5 on UT’s career list, and she now pursues fourth-place Alexis Hornbuckle (503) .• Totaled eight points, fi ve rebounds and four assists vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. Has dished out four-plus
assists fi ve times this season.• Produced seven points, fi ve rebounds, four assists and a steal vs. #10/10 Kentucky.
• Became the 40th LV to earn 1,000 points, doing so vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. Accumulated 17 points, including a season-best 7-for-7 from the charity stripe, and tied her career high in assists (5).
• Produced 11 points and had seven rebounds, two assists and tied her career high in blocks (2) vs. #10/10 Kentucky.
• Dished out a season-high four assists vs. LSU and added two points and fi ve rebounds.• Made a career-high 10 fi eld goals to score a season-high 22 points vs. #6/7 Notre Dame.
• Has gone 93:47 without committing a turnover, dating back to the opening 1:13 vs. Georgia. • Recorded the fi nal block preventing the winning shot against #10/10 Kentucky. Accumulated eight
points, three rebounds, three assists and a steal.• Had a near-perfect shooting night (5-for-6) and made a personal SEC and season-high three treys to
score 13 points vs. LSU. Also grabbed three rebounds, three steals and an assist.
• Notched back-to-back double-doubles with 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. #18/18 Mississippi St., fol-lowing eff ort vs. Kentucky.
• Became the 39th Lady Vol to reach 1,000 career points after producing 19 points vs. Kentucky. Earned her fi fth double-double of the season adding 10 rebounds. Also had two blocks and an assist.
• Recorded nine points and nine rebounds with an assist vs. #22/19 Georgia and averaged 15.3 ppg. and 8.7 rpg. in three games to earn SEC Player of the Week honors for the second time this season on Jan. 26.
• Produced six points, including going 2-for-2 from the charity stripe, in 12 minutes of play vs. #18/18 Mississippi St. • Had 12 minutes of gritty play with four points, a personal SEC-high three steals, two rebounds and an
assist vs. Kentucky. •Tied her career high in blocks the game before with two against #22/19 Georgia. Added a personal SEC-
high seven points, including going 5-for-5 from the free throw line.Name Pronounced: JAY-mee NARD
JANNAH TUCKER RS-Fr. • G • 6-0 • Baltimore, Md./New Town H.S.
4 • Made her Lady Vol debut and made her fi rst appearance on the court for the fi rst time in two years at the end of the game vs. #7/7 Stanford. She grabbed one rebound.• Part of gold-medal-winning USA U18 unit at the FIBA Americas Championship in August 2012.• Was ranked the No. 8 player nationally in 2013 by HoopGurlz/espnW.• Her father taught her the sport of boxing to help increase her speed and shooting.
• Had a career night vs. #18/18 Mississippi St., reaching a career-high 24 points, three steals and a season-high six assists in 35 minutes played. Earned her second SEC Player of the Week honor.
• Rang up 16 points, her 11th game scoring in double digits, four rebounds and an assist in the win over #10/10 Kentucky.
• Dished out six assists to tie her season high and added eight points, three rebounds and a steal vs. LSU.
13 • Has seen action in seven SEC games thus far. Scored her fi rst points since the Lipscomb game with three in the win over #22/19 Georgia. Her timely three-pointer gave UT a boost.
• Made her regular season debut vs. Penn and scored 15 points and was 3-for-8 on treys.• Also scored in double fi gures vs. Oral Roberts, hitting for 10 points and grabbing six rebounds.• McDonald’s All-American nominee and participated in 2013 USA 3-on-3 U18 Team Trials.
33 • Has played in every game this season, starting three times.• Tallied fi ve points, three rebounds and an assist vs. #22/19 Georgia. Was 3-for-3 from the charity stripe.• Fired in her fi rst points since the Mizzou game vs. LSU, hitting seven points with two rebounds and two assists.• Middleton’s 11 assists vs. Penn were the second highest ever tallied by a Lady Vol freshman.• Ranked No. 28 in 2014 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100 fi ve-star recruit and No. 4-ranked guard.• Became fi rst McDonald’s All-American to win two contests at the Powerade Jam Fest.