2012-13 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: 1-0 SEC 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-0 HOME 1-0 AWAY 0-0 NEUTRAL 0-0 THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV/WEB) TIME/RESULT NOV. 9 CARSON-NEWMAN ^ (SECN+) 90-57 (Exhib.) NOV. 14 PENN (SECN+) 97-52 NOV. 17 ORAL ROBERTS (SECN+) 7 P.M. NOV. 21 WINTHROP (SECN+) 7 P.M. NOV. 24 TENNESSEE ST. (SECN+) 7 P.M. Nov. 26 at Chattanooga (GoMocs.com) 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Texas (Fox Sports 1) 6:30 p.m. DEC. 3 SAINT FRANCIS (SECN+) 7 P.M. Dec. 7 at Lipscomb (ESPN3) 3 p.m. Dec. 14 at Rutgers (ESPN2) 3 p.m. DEC. 16 WICHITA STATE (SEC NETWORK) 7 P.M. DEC. 20 STANFORD (SEC NETWORK) 1 P.M. DEC. 28 OREGON ST. (SEC NETWORK) 1 P.M. JAN. 2 MISSOURI * (SEC NETWORK) 9 P.M. Jan. 5 at Vanderbilt * (SEC Network) 7 p.m. JAN. 8 TEXAS A&M * (SEC NETWORK) 7 P.M. Jan. 11 at Arkansas * (ESPNU) 3 p.m. Jan. 15 at Auburn * (Fox Sports Net) 8 p.m. Jan. 19 at Notre Dame (ESPN2) 7 p.m. JAN. 22 LSU * (SEC NETWORK) 7 P.M. JAN. 25 GEORGIA * (SEC NETWORK) 2 P.M. Jan. 29 at Kentucky * (SEC Network) 7 p.m. FEB. 1 MISSISSIPPI ST. * (SEC NETWORK) 3 P.M. Feb. 8 at Florida * (ESPNU) 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at Ole Miss * (SECN+) 7 p.m. FEB. 15 KENTUCKY * (ESPN2) 3 P.M. FEB. 19 ALABAMA * (FOX SPORTS NET) 7 P.M. Feb. 23 at South Carolina * (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Feb. 26 at 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 1-0 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 0-1 Preseason Rank: NR/NR 2013-14 Record: 9-20 Conf. Rec./Finish: 8-10/t8th Starters Back/Lost: 1/4 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 7/5 Newcomers: 7 THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE ORAL ROBERTS vs THE BASICS #4/4 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS (1-0) vs. ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (0-1) NOV. 17 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE ON THE AIR TELEVISION None ONLINE BROADCAST SEC Network + Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) Brittany Jackson (color analyst) Sami Kincaid (sideline rep.) RADIO Lady Vol Network Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play) GAME TWO SET-UP #4/4 Tennessee (1-0) returns to the court on Monday and plays host to Oral Roberts (0-1) in a 7 p.m. contest at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. The Lady Volunteers are coming off a dominating 97-52 victory over Penn in the season opener on Friday night, as the home team tipped off its 70th season of women’s hoops, as recognized by the NCAA. ORU, meanwhile, faced #8/9 Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Friday night and suffered a 101-60 setback at the hands of the Lady Bears. Monday’s game will not be televised, but the SEC Network+ broadcast will be streamed live with Courtney Lyle and former Lady Vol standout Brittany Jackson calling the action and Sami Kincaid reporting from the sideline. This will mark the third meeting between the Big Orange and the Golden Eagles, with Tennessee holding a 2-0 edge in the series. UT will have two more players ready for duty on Monday night, as senior guard Ariel Massengale and redshirt sophomore guard Andraya Carter return. Both missed the ex- hibition game and season opener due to a violation of team rules. Tennessee will attempt to open 2-0 for the second straight season and fifth time in the past six years. The contest vs. the Golden Eagles marks the second of four successive home games to open the 2014-15 campaign for Holly Warlick’s squad. WHAT’S THE PROMOTION? The matchup with Oral Roberts will be a Big Orange Ticket game. If UT wins, fans will receive a ticket for the next home game. That promotion also was in effect for the opener vs. Penn, and UT won! If UT continues to win, fans will continue to receive each subsequent game ticket until a loss. All subsequent tickets will be sent by email for printing at home. Seats for subsequent games will be al- located in the 300 level, based on availability. For more information on this and other games, please go to UTTix.com. FIND THE GAME ON SEC NETWORK+ Monday’s game vs. ORU, like all contests broadcast via SEC Network+, is not accessi- ble through a cable provider’s channel guide. It also means the game won’t be shown on an SEC Network “alternate channel.” Fans, however, can access the broadcast through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tab- lets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #1 Nia Moore (24.0 ppg) REBOUNDING #1 Nia Moore (14.0 rpg.) ASSISTS #33 Alexa Middleton (11.0 apg.) STEALS #0 Jordan Reynolds #33 Alexa Middleton (3.0 spg.) BLOCKS #1 Nia Moore (4.0 bpg.) SCORING #2 Jordan Doyle (14.0 ppg.) REBOUNDING #34 Vicky McIntyre (17.0 rpg.) ASSISTS Three players tied (2.0 apg.) STEALS Four players tied (1.0 spg.) BLOCKS #34 Vicky McIntyre (3.0 bpg.) INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 2-0 Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 1-0 Overtime: 0-0 NCAA Tourn.: 2-0 Streak: UT, two straight Last Meeting: #10/9 UT defeated ORU, 83-62, in the NCAA First Round in Knoxville on March 23, 2013. All-Time Record: 1,248-279 in 70th season @LadyVol_Hoops utsports.com STAY UPDATED www.facebook.com/ BallWithTheLadyVols
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#4/4 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS (1-0) vs. ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (0-1)NOV. 17 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE
ON THE AIR
TELEVISION
None
ONLINE BROADCAST
SEC Network +
Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) Brittany Jackson (color analyst) Sami Kincaid (sideline rep.)
RADIO
Lady Vol Network
Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play)
GAME TWO SET-UP #4/4 Tennessee (1-0) returns to the court
on Monday and plays host to Oral Roberts (0-1) in a 7 p.m. contest at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. The Lady Volunteers are coming off a
dominating 97-52 victory over Penn in the season opener on Friday night, as the home team tipped off its 70th season of women’s hoops, as recognized by the NCAA. ORU, meanwhile, faced #8/9 Baylor in
Waco, Texas, on Friday night and suff ered a 101-60 setback at the hands of the Lady Bears. Monday’s game will not be televised,
but the SEC Network+ broadcast will be streamed live with Courtney Lyle and former Lady Vol standout Brittany Jackson calling the action and Sami Kincaid reporting from the sideline. This will mark the third meeting between
the Big Orange and the Golden Eagles, with Tennessee holding a 2-0 edge in the series. UT will have two more players ready for
duty on Monday night, as senior guard Ariel Massengale and redshirt sophomore guard Andraya Carter return. Both missed the ex-hibition game and season opener due to a violation of team rules. Tennessee will attempt to open 2-0 for
the second straight season and fi fth time in the past six years. The contest vs. the Golden Eagles marks
the second of four successive home games to open the 2014-15 campaign for Holly Warlick’s squad.
WHAT’S THE PROMOTION? The matchup with Oral Roberts will be a
Big Orange Ticket game. If UT wins, fans will receive a ticket for the next home game. That promotion also was in eff ect for the
opener vs. Penn, and UT won! If UT continues to win, fans will continue
to receive each subsequent game ticket until a loss. All subsequent tickets will be sent by
email for printing at home. Seats for subsequent games will be al-
located in the 300 level, based on availability. For more information on this and other
games, please go to UTTix.com.
FIND THE GAME ON SEC NETWORK+ Monday’s game vs. ORU, like all contests
broadcast via SEC Network+, is not accessi-ble through a cable provider’s channel guide. It also means the game won’t be shown
on an SEC Network “alternate channel.” Fans, however, can access the broadcast
through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tab-lets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed
STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING#1 Nia Moore(24.0 ppg)
REBOUNDING#1 Nia Moore(14.0 rpg.)
ASSISTS#33 Alexa Middleton(11.0 apg.)
STEALS#0 Jordan Reynolds#33 Alexa Middleton(3.0 spg.)
Last Meeting: #10/9 UT defeated ORU, 83-62, in the NCAA First Round in Knoxville on March 23, 2013.
All-Time Record: 1,248-279 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) 57-14Overall 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
Eric Trainer Associate Media Relations Director Cell: 865.603.2916 Offi ce: 865.974.8173 Email: [email protected] Butler Graduate Assistant Cell: 623.399.7240 Offi ce: 865.974.1294 Email: [email protected]
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BY THE NUMBERS
» For only the second time in UT history, three freshmen debuted in the same game with double-digit point totals. (Middleton, 20; Dunbar, 15; Jaime Nared,10.
4» Nia Moore, Alexa Middleton, Bashaara Graves and Isabelle Harrison had double-doubles vs. Penn, marking the first time four Lady Vols did that in one game.
11» Alexa Middleton’s 11 assists vs. Penn were the most ever by a Lady Vol freshman in her debut, topping the nine dished out by Jody Adams vs. Stetson in 1989.
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on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affi liated provider. Direct links to all online broadcasts are
always listed on the “event central” page for that particular game on UTsports.com.
A WIN WOULD... Lift the UT program’s all-time record to
1,249-279 in its 70th season. Improve Holly Warlick’s record as head
coach to 58-14 overall and 33-5 in Knoxville. She is 25-9 away from home. Raise the Tennessee seniors’ career re-
cord to 85-23. Lift UT to its 11th straight win over an un-
ranked opponent since falling at Vanderbilt, 74-63, on Jan. 12, 2014. Improve Tennessee to 3-0 vs. teams from
the Summit League.
TOUGH 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 385-28 all-time at
Thompson-Boling Arena in 28 seasons, rank-ing the venue No. 3 behind UConn’s Gampel Pavilion and Florida Gulf Coast’s Alico Arena, which only opened in 2007. In all Knoxville venues, including Alumni
Gym, Stokely Athletics Center and Thomp-son-Boling Arena, UT is a remarkable 538-52 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 27 years of exis-tence and 14 on 19 occasions. 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.
HUGE RUN PROPELS UT PAST PENN Tennessee’s 30-5 run to end the fi rst half
was the diff erence as the #4/4 Lady Vols rolled past Penn, 97-52, in the season open-er at Thompson-Boling Arena before 9,706 fans. Six players scored in double fi gures, led
by juniors Nia Moore (career-high 24 points and 14 rebounds) and Bashaara Graves (16 points and 10 rebounds). With Tennessee trailing 20-17 midway
through the fi rst half, the Lady Vols ripped off a 14-0 run keyed by a pair of 3-pointers by freshman Kortney Dunbar. Her second trey put Tennessee ahead
31-20 with 7:49 left in the fi rst half. That run continued as Tennessee outscored the Quak-ers by 25 points over the fi nal 11 minutes of the fi rst half, 30-5. Tennessee’s trio of freshmen made their col-
legiate debuts and combined for 45 points including four three-pointers. Alexa Middle-ton had 20 points, Kortney Dunbar netted 15 points and Jaime Nared added 10 points in the victory.
ON POINT IN THE OPENER The win by 45 points was the most in a
season-opener since a 50-point victory over Stetson (83-33) to open the 2005-06 season. The 97 points were the most in an opener
since a 102-72 win over Chattanooga to be-gin the 2006-07 season. UT has won 10 season openers in a row at
home, dating back to a 69-64 setback to #6 Louisiana Tech.
It marked Tennessee’s fi rst opener at home since UT toppled Pepperdine to launch the 2011-12 campaign. The Lady Vols improved to 37-4 in sea-
son openers over the past 41 years. Tennessee now has a 27-1 record at
Thompson-Boling Arena when it makes its fi rst appearance there during a season and is 38-3 in home debuts since 1974-75.
FOUR DOUBLE-DOUBLES! 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 14th double-double of her career. She ranks No. 5 for double-doubles among active SEC players. Isabelle Harrison came off the bench to
round up 12 points and 10 boards and im-prove her SEC-leading career total of dou-ble-doubles to 25. Harrison’s total ranks No. 8 all-time at
Tennessee.
FINDING NEE-MO After scoring 29 points in the exhibi-
tion contest vs. Carson-Newman on Nov. 9, junior center Nia 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 blocked shots and tied her career best with three as-sists. Moore’s points/rebounds double-double
was one of a school-record four for UT vs. Penn, and it marked the second of her career. 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 career
bests were 12 points (Ole Miss, 2/10/13), 13 rebounds (Troy, 12/14/13), three blocks (Tenn. State, 12/17/13) and three assists (Troy, 12/14/13).
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 No. 1 and 2 in 1987
Probable Starters Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OtherF 12 Bashaara Graves 6-2 Jr. Clarksville, Tenn. 16.0 10.0 55%FGF 2 Jasmine Jones 6-2 Jr. Madison, Ala. 0.0 1.0 1.0 APGC 1 Nia Moore 6-3 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 24.0 14.0 4.0 BPGG 0 Jordan Reynolds 5-11 So. Portland, Ore. 0.0 8.0 5.0 APGG 33 Alexa Middleton 5-9 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 20.0 6.0 11.0 APG
* - Averages are from 2013-14 ^ - Averages from 2013-14 high school season # - Averages from 2013-14 season at North Carolina
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Kortney Dunbar drained three in eight attempts, while Alexa Middleton was 2-of-2.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FREEBIES Tennessee hit 12 of 14 free throws vs.
Penn, including 10 of 10 in the fi rst half. UT hit better than that percentage (85.7)
at the line in only two games (Ga., 90.9; NW St., 94.4) in 2013-14.
GETTING BANGED UP Junior forward Jasmine Jones collided
with a Penn player and had to leave the game Friday night. She played only seven minutes and did not return. Jones, however, is listed as a probable
starter for Tennessee for Monday night. Isabelle Harrison suff ered a right leg in-
jury with 3:26 remaining in the game and had to be helped from the fl oor. No update has been provided on her status.
ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES. Oral Roberts has been successful in re-
cent years and has faced Tennessee twice in the NCAA Tournament (2008, 2013), falling both times to the Lady Vols. Last season was a tough one, however, as
Misti Cussen’s squad dropped to 9-22 overall after going 18-13 the year before. ORU returns only one of fi ve starters
from a year ago and has seven newcomers on the squad. Freshman guard Jordan Doyle started
and led the Golden Eagles in scoring vs. Bay-lor in the opener, tallying 14 points. A redshirt senior and transfer from
Florida, Vicky McIntyre, produced a double-double against BU on Friday night, tallying 10 points and 17 rebounds. Another rookie, Jordan Gilbert, also
started vs. Baylor and had eight points. ORU’s youth was evident, as Baylor
forced the Golden Eagles into 31 turnovers.
SERIES HISTORY VS. ORU UT has a 2-0 series record vs. ORU. Both of the previous meetings were
NCAA Tournament contests, and both oc-curred on March 23, in 2013 and in 2008. The last time these schools met was in
Knoxville on March 23, 2013, and the #10/9 Lady Vols raced to an 83-62 victory in the fi rst round of the NCAA Tournament. Junior Meighan Simmons led UT with 18
points in the triumph, while sophomores Ari-el Massengale and Cierra Burdick tossed in 13 points and freshman Bashaara Graves added 11. Sophomore Isabelle Harrison and fresh-man Jasmine Jones had seven points each. Tennessee also toppled ORU, 94-55, in
the NCAA First Round in West Lafayette, Ind., on March 23, 2008. Angie Bjorklund led fi ve Lady Vols in
double fi gures with 16 points, as UT won the fi rst of six NCAA games that season en route to the 2008 national championship in Tampa, Fla. Tennessee has outscored ORU by an av-
erage of 88.5 to 58.5 in their two games. The Lady Vols have forced the Golden
Eagles into 22.5 turnovers per contest. Oral Roberts has made an average of 6.5
three-pointers per game against UT.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. ORAL ROBERTS
3/23/2008 3/nr 3/nr N124 W 94-553/23/2013 10/nr 9/nr H W 83-62
and 1989, and became known as the “Money Players.” 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).
BALL SECURITY Tennessee committed only eight turn-
overs in its season opener vs. Penn, this de-spite its most experienced ballhandlers in Ariel Massengale and Andraya Carter miss-ing the game due to a violation of team rules. 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 freshman trio of Kortney Dunbar,
Alexa Middleton and Jaime Nared combined for ZERO turnovers in their fi rst regular sea-son game. Conversely, Middleton (11) and Nared (4)
combined for 15 assists. Junior center Nia Moore had zero mis-
cues in 31 minutes of duty. In 33 minutes, point guard Jordan Reyn-
olds committed two turnovers while dishing out fi ve assists, grabbing eight rebounds and tallying three steals. Reynolds, who had 0 points vs. Penn,
drew praise from the coaching staff for not letting her scoring production, or lack there-of, aff ect the rest of her game.
BUSY BENCH BRIGADE Despite having only three players avail-
able off the bench, Tennessee outscored Penn’s nine reserves, 37-13.
Kortney Dunbar (15), Isabelle Harrison (12) and Jaime Nared (10) combined for that total, with Harrison adding 10 rebounds for her 25th career double-double. Tennessee was without Cierra Burdick,
Andraya Carter, Ariel Massengale and Jan-nah Tucker vs. Penn and Carson-Newman (exhibition) due to violations of team rules that head coach Holly Warlick announced on Weds., Nov. 5 and clarifi ed postgame of the exhibition vs. C-N on Nov. 9. Carter and Massengale will return to
action vs. Oral Roberts on Monday, but Burdick will miss the ORU game and con-clude her two-game hiatus. Tucker, who is working her way back
from an off season procedure on her left knee, will miss two contests at the time she has been cleared medically to return to competition in games. Diamond DeShields and Mercedes Rus-
sell are redshirting this season, leaving Hol-ly Warlick with eight active players vs. Penn.
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, as (then) head coach Pat Sum-mitt 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 score 14 points and haul down eight rebounds in UT’s opening-night set-back at Chattanooga.
HITTING THE BOARDS Tennessee outrebounded Penn, 60-30,
Friday night and had a 27-12 advantage on the off ensive glass. Tennessee only had three games all last
season (Ga. Tech, 65; Troy, 74; Lipscomb, 61) where it had 60 or more boards. The Lady Vols hauled down 27 off en-
sive caroms vs. the Quakers, a total that was eclipsed only twice a year ago (Ga. Tech, 33; Troy, 32).
LET THEM FLY, FRESHMEN With Meighan Simmons graduating and
taking with her a gift for three-point shoot-ing, UT relied on rookies to hit long balls vs. Penn.
WEEK GAMES PLAYED RECORD AP/ESPNNov. 3-9 W vs. CARSON-NEWMAN (EXH.) ----- 4/4Nov. 10-16 W vs. PENN 1-0 4/4Nov. 17-23 vs. ORU, vs. WINTHROP ----- 4/4
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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.
FIRST FOUR GAMES ARE AT HOME After hosting one exhibition game, Ten-
nesee is in the midst of playing its fi rst four regular season games at Thompson-Boling Arena. This marks the fi rst time since 2003-04
and only the second occasion since 1974-75 that the Lady Vols have played their fi rst four games at home to open a season. UT started the regular season vs. Penn
(W, 97-52 on Nov. 14) and follows with Oral Roberts (Nov. 17), Winthrop (Nov. 21) and Tennessee State (Nov. 24), all 7 p.m. ET tips streamed on SEC Network+. UT won’t hit the road until Nov. 26, as
the Lady Vols play at Chattanooga and then travel again for a Nov. 30 contest at Texas.
TOUGH SCHEDULE AWAITS 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. Ranked foes in the AP poll include No.
2 South Carolina, No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 6 Stanford, No. 9 Texas, No. 11 Kentucky, No. 20 Oregon State and No. 24 Rutgers. UT’s ranked USA Today Coaches Poll op-
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 ENTERS AT NO. 4 IN RANKINGS Tennessee entered the season ranked No.
4 in both the Associated Press and USA To-day 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
LADY VOL DOUBLE DOUBLES 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. 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
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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 forward Cierra Burdick (8.7 ppg., 7.3 rpg.) and 5-6 senior point guard Ariel Mas-sengale (12.5 ppg., 5.8 apg.). Massengale started the fi rst 19 games
until a facial injury suff ered 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. Graves was SEC Freshman of the Year and All-SEC First Team in 2012-13. Jasmine Jones (4.8 ppg., 3.5 rpg.), a 6-2
junior forward returns as UT’s top defender and most athletic player, while 5-11 sopho-more Jordan Reynolds (3.8 ppg., 1.9 rpg.) and 6-3 junior Nia Moore (2.3 ppg., 2.1 rpg.) off er experience at the guard and center po-sitions.
ESPN “NEED TO KNOW” PLAYER Isabelle Harrison had a breakout junior
season, earning All-SEC First Team and SEC Tournament MVP accolades as well as third-team Full Court All-America kudos and hon-orable mention All-America 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-dou-bles (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 pre-vious 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. 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 hon-
ors after leading UT to its 17th postseason league title, averaging 19.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in the tourney.
LOOK WHO’S MOVING UP THE CHARTS Tennessee will have several players ca-
pable of joining the 38-member Lady Vol 1,000-point club this season. The group includes Isabelle Harrison
(827), Bashaara Graves (803), Ariel Massen-gale (759) and Cierra Burdick (698). Three Lady Vols have 500 or more re-
bounds, including Harrison (607), Burdick (536) and Graves (529), and it takes 811 or more to break into the school’s all-time lead-ers list.
On the UT career double-doubles list, Harrison ranks eighth with 25, while Bashaara Graves (14) and Cierra Burdick (12) stand No. 22 and No. 25, respectively. Massengale ranks ninth on UT’s career
assists list with 430 through three seasons and has the No. 2 career assist average at 4.9 entering her senior season. Massengale’s 5.8 apg. average in 2013-14
was fourth-best in school history. 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 percentage list,
Massengale ranks No. 10 at .796. Harrison is ranked 10th in career blocks
with 107 and is No. 7 on the career block av-erage chart at 1.15. Graves ranks No. 10 on UT’s career re-
bound average list at 7.4 per contest.
FOUR SEEK 1,000-POINT MILESTONE Isabelle Harrison (827), Bashaara Graves
(803), Ariel Massengale (759) and Cier-ra Burdick (698) are trying to reach the 1,000-point plateau in their college careeers. Tennessee has had 38 players score 1,000
points, but it has never before had four do so 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.
RUSSELL SITS, SIMMONS GRADUATES Of Tennessee’s nine returning letterwin-
ners this season, one of them won’t be play-ing in 2014-15 as she redshirts to completely recover from off -season foot surgeries. Mercedes Russell (6.3 ppg., 5.0 rpg.), a
6-6 sophomore center, will sit out, leaving UT with eight active returning letterwinners but allowing the Oregonian three more years of eligibility at Tennessee. The Lady Vols lost only one player to
graduation, but it was a key one in Meighan “Speedy” Simmons. Simmons concluded her career as Ten-
nessee’s No. 5 all-time scorer with 2,064 points in 143 games. She is only the fi fth player in school his-
tory to reach the 2,000-point plateau, join-ing Chamique Holdsclaw (3,025, 1995-99), Bridgette Gordon (2,462, 1985-89), Candace Parker (2,137, 2005-08) and Tamika Catch-ings (2,113, 1997-2001). Simmons continued the program’s
100-percent graduation rate when she earned a B.A. in psychology in August 2014. Simmons averaged 16.5 points per game
as a senior to rank No. 5 in the SEC. The 5-9 guard was named AP SEC Play-
er of the Year and All-SEC First Team, and earned Full Court All-America Second Team as well as AP and WBCA Honorable Mention All-America distinction. Known for her three-point shooting
prowess, Simmons fi nished with 255 threes in her career to rank No. 4 at UT and her 72 treys in 2013-14 stacked up No. 7.
TUCKER EYES RETURN TO ACTION Big Orange Nation is excited, but no one
5 Texas A&M 27-9 6306 Stanford 33-4 6087 Duke 28-7 5668 Maryland 28-7 5439 Baylor 32-5 53110 Kentucky 26-9 48411 Louisville 33-5 47412 Texas 22-12 45813 North Carolina 27-10 40714 California 22-10 36615 Michigan St 23-10 34316 Nebraska 26-7 30517 West Virginia 30-5 27418 Depaul 29-7 24619 Iowa 27-9 21720 Oklahoma St 25-9 16421 Oregon St 24-11 12322 Dayton 23-8 11723 UCLA 13-18 11624 LSU 21-13 6525 Syracuse 23-10 55
NATIONAL RANKINGS
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year than 6-0 redshirt freshman guard Jan-nah Tucker. 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 an injury to her left
knee while playing on the USA U18 squad at the 2012 FIBA Americas Championship. She sat out her senior year of high school rehab-bing from that misfortune. 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 is progressing toward a return to the court in 2014-15.
SIXTH-RANKED FRESHMAN CLASS No. 6-rated Jaime Nared, a 6-2 guard/
forward from Portland, Ore./Westview H.S. is UT’s top-ranked signee and averaged 30.0 ppg. as a senior there. In-state product Alexa Middleton, ranked
No. 28 by espnW HoopGurlz, is a 5-9 guard who led her Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale H.S. squad to a pair of state titles. Three-point marksman Kortney Dunbar
joins UT as the No. 78 signee. She drained 57 treys and averaged 16.8 ppg. and 9.7 rpg. as a senior at Edwardsville (Ill.) H.S. Nared and Middleton were 2014 McDon-
ald’s High School All-Americans, with Nared leading the West to victory with 15 points. Middleton won the Powerade Jam Fest
skills competition and three-point shootout in conjunction with the McDonald’s Game. She became the fi rst McDonald’s All-
American to win two contests at the Pow-erade Jam Fest.
DESHIELDS TRANSFERS TO UT After previously announcing her depar-
ture from North Carolina, Diamond DeShields shared her decision to transfer to UT from UNC on June 12, 2014, and enrolled here for the second session of summer school. DeShields, a 6-0 sophomore guard from
Norcross, Ga., will sit out this season at UT, per NCAA transfer rules. DeShields expressed interest in Tennes-
see coming out of high school but opted for UNC on signing day. The consensus national freshman of the
year for the Tar Heels, DeShields averaged a team-leading 18.0 ppg., 5.4 rpg., 2.6 apg. and 1.7 spg. in 2013-14. She earned honorable mention All-Amer-
ica honors from AP and Full Court and was both All-ACC First Team and All-Freshman. She set four ACC freshman marks, includ-
ing points (648), fi eld goals (248), fi eld goals attempted (582) and double-fi gure scoring games (32). DeShields’ mother, Tisha (Milligan)
DeShields, was a track & fi eld All-American at Tennessee (heptathlon) in 1991.
UT’S RECRUITING RANKINGS UT signed the No. 1 espnW HoopGurlz
recruiting class in 2011, No. 5 in 2012, No. 3 in
2013-14 CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (35 GAMES)
TOTAL 3-PT REBOUNDS
Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2013 and No. 6 in 2014. The top-ranked 2011 group, this year’s se-
niors, included No. 3 Cierra Burdick, No. 4 Ar-iel Massengale and No. 29 Isabelle Harrison. The 2013 class included No. 1 Mercedes
Russell, No. 8 Jannah Tucker and No. 42 Jor-dan Reynolds, but they now can add that year’s No. 3 recruit, Diamond DeShields. The top signees from 2012 and 2014 are
Bashaara Graves (No. 5) and Jaime Nared (No. 6), respectively.
EIGHT MCDONALD’S A-AS ON ROSTER Tennessee has eight McDonald’s All-
Americans on its roster, and six of those players are expected to be on the fl oor this season. The eight players are Cierra Burdick,
Diamond DeShields, Bashaara Graves, Ariel Massengale, Alexa Middleton, Jaime Nared, Jordan Reynolds and Mercedes Russell. DeShields and Russell are redshirting this
season. Russell was the 2013 McDonald’s Game
MVP, leading the West to a win with 16 points. Nared led the West to a win in 2014 with
15 points but came up short in MVP voting. Tennessee now has had 26 McDonald’s
All-Americans through the years.
LADY VOLS A POPULAR DRAW The Lady Vols will have 21 of 30 games,
including 15 of 16 league tilts, scheduled for television this season. Tennessee will be featured 12 times on TV
via the SEC Network, four times on ESPN2, twice each on ESPNU and Fox Sports Net, and once on Fox Sports 1. Twenty of those 21 contests also will
be available via WatchESPN, with the Fox Sports 1 telecast being the only exception. Fifteen of 16 Big Orange SEC contests
will be televised, with the Feb. 12 game at Ole Miss being the exception. The nine non-televised games will be
broadcast online. Seven of those events will be carried by SEC Network +, and the others will be on GoMocs.com (Nov. 26 at Chatta-nooga) and on ESPN3 (Dec. 7 at Lipscomb).
MORE GOLD FOR BURDICK Lady Vol senior Cierra Burdick earned
her fourth gold medal with USA Basketball over the summer. Burdick joined Sara Hammond (Louis-
ville), Jewell Loyd (Notre Dame) and Tiff any Mitchell (South Carolina) to capture the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championship in Moscow, Russia.
The USA quartet qualifi ed for the world tourney in May by winning at the 2014 USA Basketball Women’s 3x3 National Champion-ship in Colorado Springs. Burdick also struck gold at the 2011 U19
World Championship, 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
WE GO TO CLASS & GRADUATE Go to class, be on time and sit in the front
three rows are three rules that are Tennessee staples. While some might consider those stan-
dards incredibly high, it certainly contributes to the Lady Vols having a 100 percent gradu-ation rate for players who complete their eli-gibility at UT. It also helps explain why seven of 11 play-
ers on last year’s squad were members of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE Tennessee has the No. 1-ranked facebook
page among women’s basketball programs with more than 75,000 Likes. The Lady Vols also rank No. 1 in Twitter
among women’s hoops teams, with more than 24,000 followers. After two seasons as head coach at Ten-
nessee Holly Warlick (@HollyWarlick) checks in number fi ve among women’s college bas-ketball coaches with more than 18,000 fol-lowers, ranking behind former TV analyst Jimmy Dykes of Arkansas (42,000+), Tyler Summitt of La. Tech (39,000+), Kentucky’s Matthew Mitchell (25,000+) and South Caro-lina’s Dawn Staley (18,000+).
IT’S NOT PERSONAL; IT’S BUSINESS Against former Lady Vols as head coach-
es, Warlick is 4-1, including 3-1 vs. Nikki Caldwell (LSU) and 1-0 vs. Tonya Edwards (Alcorn State). Against teams with former UT staff
members coaching, Warlick is 7-3, including 1-2 vs. Kentucky (Matthew Mitchell), 1-0 vs. Lipscomb (Greg Brown), 3-1 vs. LSU (Nikki Caldwell, Tasha Butts) and 2-0 vs. North Car-olina (Sylvia Hatchell). Against teams with former Lady Vols
on the staff , Warlick is 9-3, including 1-0 vs. Alcorn State (Tonya Edwards), 1-2 vs. Kentucky (Shalon Pillow), 3-1 vs. LSU (Nikki Caldwell, Tasha Butts), 1-0 vs. Middle Tennes-see (Dustin Edwards, Alex Fuller), 1-0 vs. Ole Miss (Alex Fuller Simmons) and 2-0 vs. South Carolina (Nikki McCray). Against teams with former Lady Vol play-
ers and/or staff ers, Warlick is 12-3, including
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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.”
1-0 vs. Alcorn State (Tonya Edwards), 1-2 vs. Kentucky (Matthew Mitchell, Shalon Pillow), 1-0 vs. Lipscomb (Greg Brown), 3-1 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) and 2-0 vs. South Carolina (Nikki McCray).
WARLICK 15-10 VS. TOP 25 TEAMS During the Holly Warlick era, the Lady
Vols are 15-11 vs. ranked teams, including 8-5 in 2013-14. AP Top 25: 14-11 (.560) 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: 2-6 (.333) AP Ranked 11-25: 12-5 (.706)
USA TODAY Top 25: 15-11 (.577) 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: 1-7 (.125) USA TODAY Ranked 11-25: 14-4 (.778)
UT ALL-TIME VS. TOP 25 TEAMS Overall: 455-179 (.718) AP Ranked 1-10 : 178-131 (.576) AP Ranked 11-25: 248-43 (.852) USA TODAY Ranked 1-10: 137-89 (.606) USA TODAY Ranked 11-25: 217-31 (.875)
TENNESSEE VS. THE SEC Last season, Tennessee boosted its re-
cord to 497-76 all-time vs. schools who are current members of the Southeastern Con-ference. In 2013-14, UT also pushed its all-time
SEC regular season record to 344-49 and its regular-season league ledger under Holly Warlick to 27-5 during her fi rst two seasons at the helm. In 2013-14, the Lady Vols improved to 193-
LADY VOLS HAVE WON 34 TITLES Tennessee upped its total of combined
SEC Championships to 34 in 2013-14, win-ning its 17th all-time SEC Tournament title in Duluth, Ga., 71-70, over Kentucky. The Lady Vols came from 10-down or
more to win all three games during the 2013-14 league tourney. That postseason tournament victory
came on the heels of Tennessee’s SEC regu-lar-season title in 2012-13. The Lady Vols have won 17 SEC regular-
season championships, including three in the past fi ve seasons. UT has 17 league tournament titles to its
credit, including three straight from 2010-12. Since 1985, there have been only fi ve
seasons where Tennessee didn’t win at least a regular season or tournament title. Those were 1986, 1987, 1991, 1997 and 2009. The Lady Vols have swept SEC regular-
season and tournament championships on eight occasions. Those years were 1980, 1985, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010 and 2011. Tennessee stands fi rst in regular season
and tournament titles in conference history with Georgia ranking second with seven reg-ular season trophies and Vanderbilt standing sixth in tourney hardware with six pieces.
17TH SEC POSTSEASON CROWN Sixth-ranked Tennessee captured its re-
cord 17th SEC Tournament title with a 71-70 victory over No. 12 Kentucky in Duluth, Ga., on March 9.
UT had dropped a 75-71 decision to UK in Knoxville during the regular season and ended a two-game Wildcat winning streak in the series. During the SEC tourney fi nal, senior
Meighan Simmons became the fi fth Lady Vol to score 2,000 points in her career, tallying a team-high 17 to boost her past 2K. Junior center Isabelle Harrison added 16
points, and freshman guard Jordan Reyn-olds, who was clutch down the stretch, fi n-ished with 11 points to help UT prevail. Harrison was named SEC Tournament
MVP, while Cierra Burdick added 10 boards in the fi nal and joined her teammate on the all-tourney team. The No. 2 seed Lady Vols have won four
of the last six SEC Tournament titles and sev-en of the past 10. For the ninth time, Tennessee fi nished
the regular season in second place, and for the ninth time, the Lady Vols went on to win the SEC Tournament. Tennessee now is 17-5 in SEC Tournament
championship games, winning seven consec-utive title games it has played in dating back to 2005. The Lady Vols are 73-18 all-time in the
SEC Tournament over its 35 years of exis-tence, including an 18-2 mark since 2008. SIMMONS FINISHES FIFTH IN SCORING Meighan Simmons wrapped up her pro-
lifi c Lady Vol career on March 30, 2014, scor-ing 31 points vs. Maryland in her collegiate fi nale. That tally pushed her career total to
2,064, ranking her fi fth in UT women’s bas-ketball history. Simmons joined Chamique Holdsclaw
(3,025), Bridgette Gordon (2,462), Candace Parker (2,137) and Tamika Catchings (2,113) as the only Tennessee women to eclipse the 2,000-point plateau in their college careers. Simmons started 127 of her 143 games as
a Lady Vol, averaging 14.4 points per contest from 2010-14 to rank ninth in UT annals. She is tied for fourth among all Lady Vols
in career games played and fi fth in games started. A noted long-range bomber, Simmons
tied her own UT record for most three-point-ers in a game with eight vs. Virginia on Nov. 28, 2013. Simmons fi nished fourth in career threes
with 255 and her total of 72 last season was the seventh-most by a Lady Vol in a single campaign, following the 69 (No. 8) she drained as a junior. Her career fi eld goal attempts (740) rank
No. 1 in Big Orange history. In total fi eld goals made, Simmons ranks
No. 6 (746) in Tennessee history and is No. 3 (1,834) in fi eld goals attempted. Simmons scored in double fi gures 30
times as a senior and did so on 109 occasions in her career. In her tenure, Simmons scored 20 or
more points on 30 occasions and 30 or more four times. She had 10 20-point eff orts and three
30-point performances in 2013-14.
MASSENGALE AMONG UT’S ELITE In an injury-curtailed season, Ariel Mas-
sengale averaged 5.8 assists per game in 2013-14, a rate that was fourth-best in school history.
SUPPORTING LAUREN HILL
LOOKING BACK TO 2013-14
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She ranks No. 2 in career apg. at 4.9 and her 430 career assists rank her No. 9 at UT. Massengale is seeking to become only
the second player in school history to lead UT in assists all four years. Dawn Marsh is the other.
THOMAS, UMD END UT’S SEASON No. 1 seed Tennessee’s season came to an
abrupt halt with a 73-62 loss to fourth-seed-ed Maryland on March 30, 2014, in the Sweet 16 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. The Lady Vols fi nished 2013-14 with a
29-6 record, including a 13-3 SEC mark that left them second in the SEC regular season race. Senior Meighan Simmons tallied 31 points
in her fi nal college game, while Jasmine Jones chipped in 11 as the only other Lady Vol in double fi gures. Bashaara Graves corralled 14 rebounds,
and Isabelle Harrison grabbed 10 boards to pace UT on the glass. Maryland’s Alyssa Thomas fi red in a ca-
reer-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Terps on to the Elite Eight. Lexie Brown added 14 points, while Laurin Mincy tossed in 11. It marked Tennessee’s 32nd visit to the
Sweet 16, and UMD prevented the Lady Vols from making their 27th Elite Eight appear-ance. Simmons was named to the NCAA All-
Louisville Regional Team.
LADY VOLS WIN JUNKANOO JAM Ariel Massengale paced No. 3/4 Tennes-
see with 16 points, and the Lady Vols used a big second half to crush SMU, 87-47, on Nov. 29 and win the Lucaya Division cham-pionship of the 11th-annual Junkanoo Jam in Freeport, Bahamas. The win marked UT’s fi rst holiday tourna-
ment title since winning the 2005 Paradise Jam during Thanksgiving break in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It also was UT’s fi rst-ever countable regu-
lar season victory in a true foreign country. The Lady Vols advanced to Friday’s ti-
tle game after defeating Virginia, 76-67, on Thursday. Tennessee shot 46.6 percent vs. SMU, in-
cluding 55.9 percent in the second half (19-of-34). UT outscored the Mustangs, 48-20, after
halftime and enjoyed a 54-31 rebounding ad-vantage for the game. Meighan Simmons paced UT past UVa in
the fi rst round game, fi ring in a season-best 32 points and nailing a career-high-tying eight three-pointers. Simmons was named the tourney’s MVP,
while Massengale joined her on the all-tour-nament team.
SIMMONS TAKEN IN THIRD ROUND The New York Liberty snagged Tennes-
see’s Meighan Simmons with the the 26th overall selection of the WNBA Draft. Simmons, who lasted until the second
pick of the third round, continued Tennes-see’s rich history in the WNBA Draft, becom-ing the 38th player to join the league. She also became the second Lady Vol of
the Holly Warlick era to have her name called on draft night, following in the footsteps of last year’s second-round pick, Kamiko Wil-liams, who also was taken by New York.
SIMMONS WAS AP PLAYER OF THE YR. Meighan Simmons was named the 2014
Associated Press SEC Player of the Year. Simmons and Isabelle Harrison were se-
lected to the Associated Press & Coaches All-Southeastern Conference First Team. Redshirt freshman point guard Andraya
Carter was selected to the Coaches SEC All-Freshman Team. Simmons was the coaches choice for SEC
Co-Player of the Year in 2012-13, but 2013-14 was her fi rst AP SEC Player of the Year honor. It marked the third all-league honor from
the coaches and AP for Simmons, including fi rst-team kudos for the second year in a row. Harrison and Carter garnered SEC honors
for the fi rst time in their careers. For her good work around town, junior
forward Cierra Burdick was named to the SEC Community Service Team.
HARRISON 2014 SEC TOURNEY MVP Junior center Isabelle Harrison was
named to the SEC All-Tournament Team and SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player after averaging 19.0 points and 10.0 points and shooting 59.1% in UT’s three games. Harrison had double-doubles of 21/12
and 20/13 vs. LSU and Texas A&M in tourney play and tallied 16 points and fi ve rebounds vs. Kentucky in the fi nal. She hit 10 of 15 shots vs. LSU, nine of 17
vs. Texas A&M and seven of 12 vs. Kentucky. Tennessee has had 15 SEC Tournament
MVPs through the years, with a Lady Vol win-ning four of the last fi ve awards. Glory Johnson (2012), Shekinna Stricklen
(2011) and Alyssia Brewer (2010) were the past three SEC Tournament MVPs from Ten-nessee prior to Harrison. Junior forward Cierra Burdick was cho-
sen for the SEC All-Tournament Team, as well, after averaging 10.3 rebounds and 8.3 points over three games for the Lady Vols.
LADY VOL ACADEMIC ACCLAIM Seven of 11 players on the 2013-14 Lady
Vol roster were recognized for their work in the classroom last season. Tennessee put fi ve players on the 2014
SEC Academic Honor Roll, including Cierra Burdick, Bashaara Graves, Isabelle Harrison, Ariel Massengale and Andraya Carter. Jordan Reynolds and Mercedes Russell
were named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. As of August 2014, Meighan Simmons
and Isabelle Harrison completed their under-graduate degrees at Tennessee, becoming the 123rd and 124th Lady Vols to keep alive a 100-percent graduate rate among play-ers who completed (or are in the process of completing) their eligibility at Tennessee.
ATTENDANCE LEADER ONCE AGAIN Tennessee led the nation in women’s bas-
ketball attendance with an average crowd of 11,038 per game in 2013-14. The Lady Vols have paced the NCAA in
women’s attendance for 11 straight years, 19 times overall and in 17 of the past 18 seasons. UT passed the fi ve-million mark in home
attendance on Jan. 5 vs. Ole Miss. The Big Orange women eclipsed the
nine-million mark in all-sites attendance on Feb. 16 vs. Kentucky.
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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.
A YEAR-BY-YEAR LOOKAT 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 1061-213 (.833)Overall record as a head coach: 57-14 (.803)Overall record as an assistant coach: 886-176 (.834) Overall record as a player: 118-23
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BASHAARA GRAVES, F• 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• 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 .......................................Feb. 27, 2014 at LSU, Meighan Simmons, 5, (UT 72, LSU 67)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. 29, 2013 vs. Lipscomb (UT 110, LU 42)Scored 90 points ............................................................................................. Nov. 14, 2014 vs. Penn (UT 97, UP 52)Scored 60 points or less .......................................................................... Feb. 23, 2014 at Missouri (UT 56, MU 50)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. 10, 2014 vs. Vanderbilt, .582 (32-55), (UT 81, VU 53)Shot 40 percent FG or lower ..................................March 30, 2014 vs. Maryland, .358 (19-53), (UM 73, UT 62)Shot 30 percent FG or lower ........................................... Dec. 18, 2012 at Baylor, .293 (22-75), (BU 76, UT 53)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..........................................................................Nov. 8, 2013-Dec. 17, 2013 10-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 ........................................................Jan. 12, 1997-Nov. 14, 1999, 40-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 ............................................................................. Nov. 14, 2014 vs. Penn (UT 97, UP 52)Gave up 50 points or less ......................................... March 22, 2014 vs. Northwestern State (UT 70, NSU 46)Gave up 40 points or less ...................................................................... Jan. 10, 2013 vs. Missouri (UT 84, MU 39)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 ...................................March 2, 2014 vs. #4/5 South Carolina (UT 73, SC 61)Defeated Top 10 Team On The Road ............................................Jan. 28, 2008 at #9/10 Duke (UT 67, DU 64)Lost To An Unranked Team ...................................................................Jan. 12, 2014 at Vanderbilt (VU 74, UT 63)
LAST TIME AN OPPOSING PLAYER...Scored 30 points...............................................March 30, 2014, Alyssa Thomas, Maryland, 33, (UM 73, UT 62)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, 10, (UT 86, TAMU 77)Had 15 assists ................................................................................................................................................................NeverMade 5+ three-pointers ........................................... Feb. 10, 2014, Christina Foggie, Vanderbilt, 5, (UT 81, VU 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 ......................................................... Feb. 9, 2012, Vanderbilt, .557 (39-70), (VU 93, UT 79)Shot 50 percent FG .......................................... Jan. 20, 2014 vs. Notre Dame, .500 (34-68), (UND 86, UT 70)Shot 40 percent FG or lower ............................................. Nov. 14, 2014 vs. Penn, .328 (20-61), (UT 97, UP 52)Shot 30 percent FG or lower ........................................ Feb. 23, 2014 at Missouri, .292 (19-65), (UT 56, MU 50)Shot 20 percent FG or lower ............................Dec. 17, 2013 vs. Tennessee State, .189 (14-74), (UT 94, TSU 43)
IN-SEASON HONORS
PRESEASON HONORS
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Jump Balls ControlledTennessee 0Opponents 1
Scored UT’s First PointsBashaara Graves 1
How Scored First PointsLay-up 1Free Throw -Jump Shot -Free Throw (Technical) -3-Pointer -
First Off UT Bench^Jaime Nared 1^ includes multiple subs
Points Leader* Nia Moore 1
3-Points Leader*Kortney Dunbar 1
Reb. Leader* Nia Moore 1
Assists Leader* Alexa Middleton 1
Steals Leader* Alexa Middleton 1Jordan Reynolds 1
Blocks Leader* Nia Moore 1
10+ Points Nia Moore 1Bashaara Graves 1Isabelle Harrison 1Alexa Middleton 1Kortney Dunbar 1Jaime Nared 1
15+ PointsNia Moore 1Bashaara Graves 1Alexa Middleton 1Kortney Dunbar 1
20+ Points Nia Moore 1Alexa Middleton 1
30+ Points
10+ Rebounds Nia Moore 1Isabelle Harrison 1Bashaara Graves 1
10+ Assists Alexa Middleton 1
5+ Assists Jordan Reynolds 1
5+ Steals
3+ 3-PointersKortney Dunbar 1
Double-Doubles Nia Moore 1Bashaara Graves 1Isabelle Harrison 1Alexa Middleton 1
Charges Drawn
Free Throws inFinal Four Minutes^ Alexa Middleton 2-0
Forced 10-Second Call 0
Wire-to-Wire Wins 0
Technical Fouls 0 * Includes all ties^ Also includes all of OT
2014-15 SUPERLATIVES
Starting Lineups (listed in order of positions, 1-5)
W-L 1-0 Graves, Jones, Moore, Middleton, Reynolds Margin of Victory/Defeat
Leading at halftime .................................................... 1-0Trailing at halftime ....................................................0-0Tied at halftime ..........................................................0-0
Leading with 10:00 remaining ................................ 1-0Trailing with 10:00 remaining ................................0-0Tied with 10:00 remaining ......................................0-0
Leading with 5:00 remaining .................................. 1-0Trailing with 5:00 remaining ..................................0-0Tied with 5:00 remaining ........................................0-0
In Overtime ..................................................................0-0
Tennessee out-rebounds opponent...................... 1-0Tennessee is out-rebounded .................................0-0Same amount of rebounds .....................................0-0
Tennessee commits more turnovers ...................0-0Opponent commits more turnovers ..................... 1-0Same amount of turnovers .....................................0-0
Tennessee shoots 50 percent or better .............0-0Opponent shoots 50 percent or better ..............0-0
Tennessee shoots 50 percent or less ................... 1-0Opponent shoots 50 percent or less .................... 1-0
Tennessee shoots better than opponent ............ 1-0Opponent shoots better than Tennessee...........0-0Same shooting percentage ....................................0-0
Tennessee has more free-throw attempts.......... 1-0Opponent has more free-throw attempts .........0-0Same amount of free-throw attempts ................. 1-0
Tennessee bench outscores opponent bench ..... 1-0Opponent bench outscores Tennessee bench ...0-0Benches score the same ..........................................0-0
Tennessee scores less than 50 ..............................0-0Tennessee scores between 50-59 ........................0-0Tennessee scores between 60-69 .......................0-0Tennessee scores between 70-79 ........................0-0Tennessee scores between 80-89........................0-0Tennessee scores between 90-99 ........................ 1-0Tennessee scores 100 or more ..............................0-0
Opponent scores less than 50 ...............................0-0Opponent scores between 50-59 ......................... 1-0Opponent scores between 60-69 ........................0-0Opponent scores between 70-79 .........................0-0Opponent scores between 80-89 ........................0-0Opponent scores between 90-99 ........................0-0Opponent scores 100 or more ...............................0-0
In November ................................................................ 1-0In December ................................................................0-0In January ....................................................................0-0In February ..................................................................0-0In March ........................................................................0-0In April...........................................................................0-0
CAREER HONORS• 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)
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS• Named to SEC All-Tournament Team, averaging 8.3
points and 10.3 rebounds per game in Duluth, Ga.• Grabbed 10 or more rebounds in fi ve of the last eight
games of the season and did so nine total times • During NCAA play, she averaged 10.3 points and 8.0 re-
bounds per game. Her scoring average was second-best on the squad, and she was third in rebounding.
• Notched 13 double-fi gure scoring outings in 2013-14, including three 20-plus point showings (Alabama, 21; LSU, 22; St. John’s, 21).
• Started a career-high 25 games and played in all 35 con-tests for the Lady Vols, posting career-best scoring (8.7) and rebounding averages (7.3).
AT TENNESSEE• Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member.• Averaged 8.4 points and 6.6 rebounds in 2012-13, play-
ing 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.
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
*Indicates most recent high
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Had a Double-Double -- 12Scored 10+ Points -- 29Scored 20+ Points -- 3Led UT in Scoring -- 4Led UT in 3-pt Made -- 7Led UT in Rebounding -- 19Led UT in Steals -- 5Made 3+ 3-pt -- 2Had 3+ Steals -- 4
• Had fi ve double-doubles and scored in double fi gures 11 times.
• Missed eight games after fracturing the fourth metacarpal in her shooting hand on Dec. 31.
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.
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 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
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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• Led the Lady Vols to another key early-season road vic-tory in 2012-13, going 4-5 from the arc and 4-4 from the free throw line for a career-high 16 points in 28 minutes at No. 23/23 Miami.
• Made SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as a freshman.
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. • Follow @DrayaNichole on Twitter and @drayanichole 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 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Sitting out the 2014-15 season after transferring to UT from
North Carolina.
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 scoring games (32).
• Averaged 21.3 points per contest during the ACC Tourna-ment for North Carolina, earning all-tourney accolades.
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
• 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.
• Scored 19 points as UNC ousted top-seed South Carolina from the 2014 NCAA tourney.
USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Led Team USA to the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Un-
der-17 World Championships and was named MVP.• Also won gold at the 2012 USA 3x3 U18 World Champi-
onships, 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
2014-15 LADY VOL BASKETBALL » UTSPORTS.COM » @LADYVOL_HOOPS
1313KORTNEY DUNBARFreshman • 6-2 • Guard/ForwardEdwardsville, Ill. • Edwardsville H.S.
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Made her Lady Vol debut with 15 points, including three
treys, one rebound and steal.• Racked up seven points, six rebounds and a steal against
Carson-Newman (exh.).
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).• 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).• Belleville News-Democrat Class 3A-4A Player of the Year
(2014).• St. Louis All-Metro First Team (2013) and Second Team
(2014).• Southwestern Conference All-Conference First Team
Had a Double-Double - -Scored 10+ Points 1 1Scored 20+ Points - -Led UT in Scoring - -Led UT in 3-pt Made 1 1Led UT in Rebounding - -Led UT in Steals - -Made 3+ 3-pt 1 1Had 3+ Steals - -
as a senior.• Also had 59 assists, 44 blocks and 36 steals in 2013-14.• Finished her career with 1,205 points and 546 rebounds,
both ranking sixth in EHS history.• Had single-game prep career highs of 28 points and 23
rebounds, both as a senior.• Also recorded 64 steals, 57 assists and 31 blocks in 2012-
13.
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
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 25 6-12 .500 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 2 1 15vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
CAREER HONORS• 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• Produced a double-double with 16 points and 10 re-
bounds against Penn. • Started in the exhibition against Carson-Newman and
had a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds to go along with three steals and two assists.
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS• Led the team in rebounding on eight occasions in 2013-
14 while notching six games with 10 or more boards.• Averaged 10.0 rebounds per contest in NCAA play to
lead Tennessee.• Notched back-to-back double-digit outings in the SEC
Tournament with 14 points vs. LSU and 14 points against Texas A&M while grabbing nine boards in both games.
• Set a school record with 14 off ensive rebounds against Georgia Tech. Recorded 18 total rebounds, the most by a
Had a Double-Double 1 14Scored 10+ Points 1 45Scored 20+ Points - 4Led UT in Scoring - 13Led UT in 3-pt Made - -Led UT in Rebounding - 23Led UT in Steals - 10Made 3+ 3-pt - -Had 3+ Steals - 9
Lady Vol since Glory Johnson on March 19, 2012.
AT TENNESSEE• 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.
• Led Tennessee and was fourth in the SEC in double-doubles as a freshman, posting 10 such performances.
• Among those were double-doubles vs. Stanford (15 pts., 12 rebs.), Notre Dame (19/13) and Louisville (11/10).
• 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).
• Scored in double fi gures 29 times in 35 games, including the fi rst eight contests of the 2012-13 season.
USA BASKETBALL• Four-time gold medalist with USA Basketball.• Played on the USA U19 squad that captured gold at the
2013 U19 Championships in Lithuania, starting all nine contests as the Americans went undefeated.
• She averaged 8.4 points and 6.2 rebounds and led the team with a .592 fi eld goal percentage.
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-
gram.
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 27 6-11 .545 0-0 .000 4-4 1.00 8 2 10 1-0 0 2 0 2 16vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
CAREER HONORS• 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• Came off the bench for her 25th career double-double
with 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Penn, but injured her right leg late in the game.
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS• Finished her junior campaign 10th on UT’s all-time career
blocks chart with 105, surpassing Abby Conklin (102). • Recorded her 18th double-double with 10 points and 11 re-
bounds in UT’s NCAA Second Round victory over No. 8 seed St. John’s.
• Scored in double fi gures in 31 of 35 contests, including 20 games in a row from Nov. 29-Feb. 20.
• 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.
Had a Double-Double 1 25Scored 10+ Points 1 49Scored 20+ Points - 6Led UT in Scoring - 11Led UT in Steals - 7Led UT in Rebounding - 29Led UT in Blocks - 41Made 3+ Steals - 4Had 3+ Blocks - 13
• 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.
• Only Candace Parker has more double-doubles in a season with 21 as a sophomore in 2006-07.
• Had a break-out junior season that earned her All-SEC First Team accolades among other honors.
AT TENNESSEE• Averaged 9.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks as a
sophomore, playing in 25 games and starting 17.• Posted double-doubles in two of her fi rst three games as
a sophomore, establishing herself as a consistent inside scoring and rebounding threat for Tennessee.
• Ended up posting six double-doubles on the season 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
Tennessee.• Her father, Dennis, played in the NFL for 10 seasons with
the Philadelphia Eagles, the then-Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons.
• Earned a degree in communication studies in three years and is pursuing a graduate degree in agricultural leader-ship, education and communications.
• Follow @OMG_itsizzyb on Twitter and @omg_itsizzyb 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 19 4-13 .308 0-0 .000 4-5 .800 4 6 10 2-0 3 4 2 2 12vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
Had a Double-Double - -Scored 10+ Points - 9Scored 20+ Points - -Led UT in Scoring - -Led UT in 3-pt Made - 1Led UT in Rebounding - 4Led UT in Steals - 10Made 3+ 3-pt - -Had 3+ Steals - 5
• 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.
PERSONAL• Mother is Latrish Jones, a former standout player at
Alabama.• Has an iguana named Caesar.• Majoring in sociology.• Follow @dai_jones02 on Twitter and @dai_jones02
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 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 1 1 1-0 1 0 0 0 0vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
2014-15 LADY VOL BASKETBALL » UTSPORTS.COM » @LADYVOL_HOOPS
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
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS• Missed 16 games after suff ering a facial injury in the fi rst
half vs. UF on Jan. 23.• With her two assists against Florida, surpassed Kristen
“Ace” Clement (429) on UT’s all-time career assists chart, moving into ninth with 430 career assists.
• Recorded back-to-back 20+ point outings for the fi rst time in her career as she notched 23 points against Ole Miss after a personal-high 28 points at Georgia. Against UGA, 23 of her 28 points she scored in the second half while also going a perfect 10-for-10 in free throws.
• Earned her second double-double on the year, dishing out 12 assists with 10 points against LSU.
• Dished out fi ve or more assists in 14 of 19 games as a ju-nior.
AT TENNESSEE• 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.
Had a Double-Double - 3Scored 10+ Points - 36Scored 20+ Points - 3Led UT in Scoring - 10Led UT in 3-pt Made - 27Led UT in Rebounding - -Led UT in Steals - 19Made 3+ 3-pt - 8Had 3+ Steals - 11
USA BASKETBALL• Four-time gold medalist with USA Basketball.• Massengale was a member of the 2013 USA World Univer-
sity Games team, averaging 4.0 points and 2.5 assists for a team that went 6-0 and struck gold in Kazan, Russia, over the summer.
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.
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 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Became the 18th Lady Vol to start as a freshman in her
debut. One of four players to earn a double-double with 20 points and 11 assists. Co-led the team in steals with three.
• Middleton’s 11 assists are the second most ever for a Lady Vol freshman.
• Started in the Carson-Newman exhibition, racking up 15 points, fi ve steals and four assists in 32 minutes played.
USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Played for the Tennessee Flight AAU team.
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 min-
utes 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 contests
at the Powerade Jam Fest.• USA TODAY All-American - Third Team (2014).• Class AAA Miss Basketball (2014) and Miss Basketball fi -
nalist (2013).• Tennessean Mid-State Player of the Year (2013).
Had a Double-Double 1 1Scored 10+ Points 1 1Scored 20+ Points 1 1Led UT in Scoring - -Led UT in 3-pt Made - -Led UT in Rebounding - -Led UT in Steals 1 1Made 3+ 3-pt - -Had 3+ Steals 1 1
• Played on back-to-back state championship teams in 2012 and 2013.
• Four-time Class AAA all-state honoree.• Four-time all-district and all-region selection.• Avg. 17.8 ppg., 4.2 rpg., 3.4 apg. and 2.8 spg. as a senior.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.• Follow @AMidd33 on Twitter and @alexacm33 on Insta-
gram.
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 32 8-11 .730 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.00 2 4 6 0-0 11 0 0 3 20vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS • 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). Moore led in both points and rebounds and earned her second career double-double.
• Started in the Carson-Newman exhibition and scored a team and career-high 29 points in 35 minutes. She tallied fi ve rebounds and four blocks with one steal in the win.
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS • Recorded one steal and contributed two points against the
Lady Demons in UT’s NCAA First Round against North-western State.
• Led the team in blocked shots on six occasions as a sopho-more, including a three-block outing against Tennessee State.
• Recorded her second double-fi gure scoring outing of the year with a season-high 11 points against Lipscomb.
• Produced two double-fi gure scoring games.• Led the team in rebounding in one contest.
AT TENNESSEE• Saw action in 20 games as a freshman and was in the start-
ing lineup vs. Davidson.• Wore No. 21 during her fi rst year at UT before switching to
No. 1 after her rookie season.• Scored in double fi gures in a pair of games for the Lady
Vols.• Tossed in a career-high 12 points vs. Ole Miss, connecting
on four-of-fi ve shots from the fi eld and four-of-four from the free throw line.
Had a Double-Double 1 2Scored 10+ Points 1 5Scored 20+ Points 1 1Led UT in Scoring 1 1Led UT in Blocks 1 9Led UT in Rebounding 1 3Led UT in Steals - 2Made 3+ Blocks 1 2Had 3+ Steals - -
• 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 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 31 12-18 .667 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 6 8 14 2-0 3 0 4 0 24vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Came off the bench to earn 10 points, fi ve rebounds and
four assists in 26 minutes of play. • Contributed eight points, fi ve rebounds and three assists in
the Carson-Newman exhibition.
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.
• Participated in the 2011 USA U16 Team Trials.• 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.• Blue Star rates her No. 19 nationally.• 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.
• Parade All-American (2014).• USA TODAY All-American - Second Team (2014).• Max Preps All-American - Second Team (2014).• Gatorade Oregon Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2014).• Oregon 6A Player of the Year (2014).• The Oregonian Player of the Year (2014).
Had a Double-Double - -Scored 10+ Points 1 1Scored 20+ Points - -Led UT in Scoring - -Led UT in 3-pt Made - -Led UT in Rebounding - -Led UT in Steals - -Made 3+ 3-pt - -Had 3+ Steals - -
• Three-time recipient of 6A OSAA All-State accolades (2012, 2013, 2014).
• Three-time Metro League Player of the Year (2012, 2013, 2014).
• Four-time All-Metro League First Team (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014).
• Carded 30 points and 13 rebounds vs. Beaverton in 2014 6A third-place game.
• Helped WHS fi nish second in state as a sophomore and fourth as a junior.
• Averaged 28.2 ppg., 14.0 rpg., 4.1 spg. and 3.0 apg. in 2014.
• Posted 23.7 ppg., 9.6 rpg., 4.7 spg., 2.5 apg. and 1.0 bpg. during junior season.
• 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-
stagram.
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 26 4-12 .333 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2 3 5 1-0 4 0 1 0 10vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
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JORDAN REYNOLDSSophomore• 5-11 • GuardPortland, Ore. • Central Catholic H.S.00CAREER HONORS• SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2014
2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS• Made her fi rst career start and carded a career-high eight
rebounds and team-high three steals against Penn.• Started in the exhibition game against Carson-Newman
and turned in fi ve points alongside a team-high 11 re-bounds and six assists.
2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS• Stepped up as a key reserve point guard for the Lady
Vols the last half of the season.• 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 Mas-sengale.
• Driving force in the Lady Vols’ 17th SEC Tournament title, scoring a career-best 11 points, going 4-of-6 from the fi eld and a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line vs. Kentucky.
• Was nationally trending on Twitter following her career-high outing against Kentucky in the SEC Tournament championship game.
• Instrumental in the Lady Vols’ win at Ole Miss, stepping up as fl oor commander and contributing seven points, three rebounds and one steal.
• 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
Had a Double-Double - -Scored 10+ Points - 1Scored 20+ Points - -Led UT in Scoring - -Led UT in 3-pt Made - 3Led UT in Rebounding - -Led UT in Steals 1 5Made 3+ 3-pt - -Had 3+ Steals 1 4
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
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 33 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 7 8 3-0 5 2 0 3 0vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
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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.
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 USA U16 team at the FIBA Americas Championship in June 2011, playing with Lady Vol classmate Mer-cedes Russell.
• Started all fi ve games and averaged 9.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.6 assists for the Ameri-can squad.
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 - -
• 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• Father introduced her to the sport of boxing to improve her quickness and agility.
• Follow @jtucker_4 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 11/14/14vs. Oral Roberts 11/17/14vs. Winthrop 11/21/14vs. Tennessee St. 11/24/14at Chattanooga 11/26/14at Texas 11/30/14vs. St. Francis 12/3/14at Lipscomb 12/7/14at Rutgers 12/14/14vs. Wichita St. 12/16/14vs. Stanford 12/20/14vs. Oregon St. 12/28/14vs. Missouri 1/2/15at Vanderbilt 1/5/14vs. Texas A&M 1/8/14at Arkansas 1/11/14at Auburn 1/15/14at Notre Dame 1/19/14vs. LSU 1/22/14vs. Georgia 1/25/14at Kentucky 1/29/14vs. Miss. St. 2/1/14at 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
Season GP-GS MIN/MPG FGs FG Pct 3FGs 3FG Pct FTs FT Pct O-R-Reb RPG PF-FO Asst TO Blk Stl Pts PPG14-15 Totals
CAREER STATS
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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
BROADCAST MEDIA SHEET (probable starters noted with orange numbers)
• Carded a career-high eight rebounds in her fi rst career start vs. Penn. She added fi ve assists, three steals• Scored fi ve points in the exhibition game against Carson-Newman and racked up 11 rebounds and six assists • Instrumental in UT’s SEC Tournament run, averaging 8.7 ppg., 2.0 rpg., and shooting 10-16 from the fi eld• Dished out 62 assists compared to only 34 turnovers as a freshman in 34 games
NIA MOORE Jr. • C • 6-3 • Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook H.S.
• Made her second career start and set career highs in points (24), rebounds (14), blocks (4) and steals (3). She led the team in points, rebounds and blocks.• Scored a career-high 29 points in the exhibition game and added fi ve rebounds and four blocks• Played with her twin sister, Annaya (now a Lady Vol manager), and UT teammate Ariel Massengale at Boling-
brook High School
• Started against Penn and contributed a rebound and assist in seven minutes before being injured• UT’s most athletic player and a defensive standout, she can guard any position on the fl oor • Against Maryland in the 2014 NCAA Sweet 16, she put up 11 points, going 4-of-6 in fi eld goals and
3-of-4 from the free throw line• Her mom, Latrish Jones, is a former standout player at Alabama
• Returns after missing the last 15 games of 2013-14 after suff ering a facial injury vs. Florida on Jan. 23• With her two assists against UF, she surpassed Kristen “Ace” Clement (429) on UT’s all-time assists chart with 430 career assists to sit in ninth place• Finished her junior season as UT’s third-leading scorer, averaging 12.5 points, and leading the way with 5.8 assists per contest and a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio
• Recorded a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds against Penn. One of four LVs to do so• Ranked No. 3 in the SEC in off ensive rebounds per contest at 3.2 last season• Set a Lady Vol record with 14 off ensive rebounds against Georgia Tech, as well as tallying career
highs of 18 total rebounds, 23 points and fi ve assists in 2013-14• 2013 SEC Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, 2013 Coaches All-SEC First Team
• Named to the SEC All-Freshmen Team for her performance as UT’s point guard • Started 21 of 35 games as a redshirt freshman, guiding the team to a 14-2 record over the fi nal 16
games after the team’s starting point guard, Ariel Massengale, was lost to injury• Stepped in to start for Massengale against Texas A&M, playing all 40 minutes and scoring 10 points• Has a pet snake named Nothing
• Made her season debut against Penn and earned her 25th career double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds in only 19 minutes
• Earned 2013-14 Full Court Third-Team All-American, AP & WBCA H.M. All-American honors• Named SEC Tournament MVP and to the SEC All-Tourn. Team after averaging 19.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg• Broke into top 10 on UT’s all-time career blocks chart with 105, surpassing Abby Conklin (102)
• Tallied 10 points, fi ve boards, four assists and a block in career debut vs. Penn• Ranked No. 6 in 2014 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100, fi ve-star recruit and No. 1-ranked wing• Father played basketball at Maryland from 1985-89.• Featured in New York Times, Good Morning America and CNN in 2008 as a 12-year-old banned from
a boys basketball league for being too good.• Led the West in scoring with 15 points at the 2014 McDonald’s All-America GameName Pronounced: JAY-mee NARD
JANNAH TUCKER RS-Fr. • G • 6-0 • Baltimore, Md./New Town H.S.
4 • Redshirted last season and is expected to eventually return to competition this season after an off -season procedure to clean up a previous knee injury• 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
GP/GS PPG RPG SPG BPG FG% FT%14-15 - - - - - - -
Career Highs Pts: - Reb: - Blk: - Stl: - Min: -
•Was Tennessee’s second-leading rebounder and No. 11 in the SEC at 7.3 rpg.• Averaged a team-leading 10.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in NCAA action last season• Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team, averaging 8.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game• Participated in a summer internship at Good Morning America, working with Robin Roberts• Created “DREAM” team, “Daring to Role Model Excellence as an Athletic Mentor,” a community out-
reach program with other UT student-athletes committed to being alcohol, drug, and violence free
13 • Made her regular season debut vs. Penn and scored 15 points and was 3-for-8 on treys • Ranked No. 78 in 2014 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100• McDonald’s All-American nominee• Participated in 2013 USA 3-on-3 U18 Team Trials• Averaged 16.8 ppg and 9.7 rpg., and hit 57 three-pointers as a senior at Edwardsville High School
33 • Earned a double-double in her LV debut with 20 points and 11 assists. Became the 19th freshman to debut in the starting lineup for an opener
• 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, taking the skills