University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes: Vols 76, Lincoln Memorial 67
November 07, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 7, 2011
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Postgame Notes - Lincoln Memorial
Numbers of Interest
13.0: Jeronne Maymon's rebounding average in two exhibition games.
19: Unanswered points UT scored in the first half to take a 21-3 lead with 12:28 left in the opening stanza.
22: Trae Golden's scoring total, a team-high that would've counted as a career best.
31: Number of three-pointers Tennessee attempted in each exhbition game. The Vols converted 22 total (35.5 percent).
15,424:Tonight's attendance at Thompson-Boling Arena.
To Note
The Series
• Tonight's game marked Tennessee's second with head coach Cuonzo Martin on the bench. Martin is UT's 18th men's basketball coach.
• The Volunteers are now 64-18 all-time in exhibition games, including a 13-1 record in Thompson-Boling Arena.
For Starters
• Tonight's starters: senior Cameron Tatum, juniors Kenny Hall and Jeronne Maymon and sophomores Trae Golden and Jordan McRae.
• Tonight's attendance: 15,424
• Tatum was UT's lone returning starter from last season. One of two seniors on the roster (Renaldo Woolridge), Tatum is also UT's leading returning scorer with 8.8 points averaged over 34 games in 2010-11.
• Kenny Hall scored Tennessee's first points, a layup off of his first of three offensive rebounds for the game.
• Former Vol Tobias Harris (2010-11) was in attendance for the second consecutive exhbition game. Harris was UT's eighth all-time first-round NBA draft pick in June, when the Charlotte Bobcats drafted him 19th overall and traded his rights to the Milwaukee Bucks.
• Former Vol Damon Johnson (1994-96) was also in the stands. Johnson, an assistant coach at King College, averaged 9.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in two seasons for Tennessee.
Double-Digit Shutout Runs
• Trailing 3-2 early, Tennessee used a 19-0 run in 3:34 to take a commanding 21-3 lead by the 12:28 mark of the first half. The spurt, which was the most unanswered points UT scored in its two exhbition games, was led by four three-pointers and four steals.
• The Railsplitters came as close as 29-21, before the Vols used a 10-0 run to match their largest lead of the first half of 18 (39-21).
Golden Age
•Sophomore Trae Golden scored a team-high 22 points, which would have been a career-high. His highest scoring game last season was 8, which he accomplished four times. Golden had an overall "career night," in the exhibition as his numbers for points (22), rebounds (4), assists (8), field goals made (6), 3-pointers made (4), free throws made (6), free throw attempts (7) would have all set new career-highs, if Monday's game was a regular-season tilt.
•Golden's three-pointer with 6:46 remaining in the game stopped a 26-11 run after the Railsplitters cut their deficit to four (64-60). On the ensuing LMU possession Golden took a deflected pass and led the fast break, finding Cameron Tatum for an easy dunk.
Hall-ing Them Down
•Junior Kenny Hall corralled 10 rebounds to give him 16 in the two exhibition games. Last season, he averaged 1.8 boards per game.
• Hall's career-high in rebounds is 11, set vs. South Carolina (2/6/10).
• Hall also chipped in 8 points.
Free Throw Success
•After shooting just 68.4 percent from the foul line last season, the Vols shot a stellar 83.3 percent tonight. The Vols were 20-of-24) from the charity stripe against Lincoln-Memorial.
McBee For Three
• Junior guard Skylar McBee drained 3-of-4 three-pointers., finishing with 11 points. Last season, he hit at least three shots beyong the arc three times. He's connected on 47 in his career. In UT's two exhbition games, McBee hit five from downtown.
Threeeeeeeeeee!!!
•Tennessee made 12 three-pointers tonight to give them 22 in its pair of exhibition games. Last season, the Vols game-high for three points was 12, set against Memphis (1/5/11).
• The Vols attempted 31 shots from downtown in each preseason game for a total of 62, and made 35.5 percent.
Mayday Maymon
• After posting 10 points and 15 rebounds in the exhbition opener vs. Carson-Newman, junior forward Jeronne Maymon notched his second consecutive double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds tonight vs. LMU.
•In his two preseason games, Maymon averaged 10.5 points and 13 rebounds, after averaging 4.0 points and 4.2 rebounds as a sophomore.
Up Next
• The Vols officially open the 2011-12 season Friday, Nov. 11, at Thompson-Boling Arena as UT hosts UNC Greensboro for a 7 p.m. ET tip-off.
• Friday's game is a part of the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational as an opening game. The contest will be televised on FOX Sports South.
