Postgame Notes: #4/4 UT 91, ORU 39

Nov. 17, 2014

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Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» Bashaara Graves earned her 15th career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

» Nia Moore once against scored at least 20 points. She scored 24 points against Penn in the season opener.

» The number of steals that the Lady Vols forced against Oral Roberts and the number of points senior Ariel Massengale scored.

» The win margin over the Golden Eagles.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

This marked the third meeting between the Big Orange and the Golden Eagles. Tennessee now holds a record of 3-0 against Oral Roberts.
Tennessee has now opened the season 2-0 for the second straight season and fifth time in the past six years.
In its prior two games, the Lady Vols have forced an average of 22.5 turnovers per contest. Tonight they forced 21.
The contest marked the second of four successive home games to open the 2014-15 campaign.

IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES

The largest win margins over the first two games in the regular season occurred in 1989-99 (+99) and 2005-06 (+92).
With 188 points in their first two games, the Lady Vols have their most points in the first two games since the 2001-02 season, when they had 203 in the first two games.
In their first game against Penn, the Lady Vols won by a margin of +45. Tonight, they won by +52.

FOR STARTERS

Today's starters: Jordan Reynolds, Nia Moore, Jaime Nared, Bashaara Graves and Alexa Middleton.
This is the second starting lineup for the Lady Vols. Nared joined the line up and made her starting debut.
It is the first time that the Lady Vols started two true freshmen since a 90-37 win over Alcorn St. on Nov. 25, 2012.
This is the first time that the Lady Vols have started two players from the state of Oregon, Jordan Reynolds and Jaime Nared. Both are from the city of Portland.
Prior to this game, this lineup had 69 game starts with Graves owning 65 of those.
Tennessee lost the tip for the second consecutive game. Last season, the Lady Vols had only lost the tip four times.
The Lady Vols first score came off a three-pointer from Reynolds, her first points of the season. They went on to start with a 10-0 run.

OFF THE BENCH

With the addition of Ariel Massengale and Andraya Carter, they were the first Lady Vols off the bench, in for Jaime Nared and Bashaara Graves.
It was Massengale's first time back on the court since Jan. 23, 2014 when she sustained an injury against Florida.
Freshman Kortney Dunbar was the next off the bench coming in for Alexa Middleton.

UPPERCLASSMEN RETURNS

Senior Ariel Massengale made her return for the first time since Jan. 23, 2014. In her season debut, she contributed a team-high 21 points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal. It was just the fourth time in her career that she has scored 20 or more points.
Redshirt sophomore Andraya Carter scored eight points and had six steals and four rebounds and assists.

NIA WANTS MORE

Nia Moore scored 20 points and added nine rebounds, four blocks and two steals.
It was Moore's first time scoring 20-plus points in consecutive games.
In Moore's second career start against Penn, she produced 24 points going 12-for-18 and had 14 rebounds, four blocks and three assists.
In the first two games, Moore has a .636 shooting percentage and is averaging 22 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game.

STIFLING DEFENSE

In the first half, the Lady Vols limited Oral Roberts to a 20.6 shooting percentage. By the end of the game, Tennessee had limited the Golden Eagles to 25 percent on 15-of-60 shots.
The Lady Vols forced 30 turnovers, which is the most since Alcorn St. who had 34 on Nov. 25, 2012.
As a team, the Lady Vols racked up 21 steals. Jordan Reynolds led the group in steals with seven. The record for sophomore steals in a game is eight and is fourth overall for all classes.
Nia Moore led in blocked shots once again with four.

ROOKIE PRODUCTION

In her first career start, Jaime Nared score nine points and had six rebounds and four assists.
Kortney Dunbar was 2-for-2 from beyond the arc and added 10 points along with an improved six rebounds.
Alexa Middleton tallied six points, two rebounds, two assists and recorded a steal.

ANOTHER DOUBLE-DOUBLE

Junior Bashaara Graves earned her second double-double of the season and 15th of her career with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

AT THE HALF

Tennessee led 46-17 at the halfway point.
This was the largest halftime lead, with 29 points, since the Lady Vols led Lipscomb, 62-29, on Dec. 29, 2013.
Oral Roberts' 17 points are the eighth fewest points allowed in a first half by the Lady Vols.
UT began the game on a 10-0 run.
The Lady Vols were 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the first half.
UT shot 48.7 percent (19-39) compared to Oral Roberts 20.6 percent (7-34) in the first 20 minutes of action.
Nia Moore led all scorers with 12 points.

OUT OF THE LINEUP

Both Isabelle Harrison and Jasmine Jones sat out due to injuries sustained in the first game against Penn.
Ciera Burdick sat out her final game from team violations. She will make her season debut on Nov. 21 against Winthrop.

UP NEXT

Tennessee returns to action against Winthrop on Nov. 21 and against Tennessee State on Nov. 24, all at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+ in Thompson-Boling Arena.

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