Postgame Notes: UT 81, WINTHROP 48

Nov. 21, 2014

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Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» Bashaara Graves has earned three consecutive double-doubles. She earned her 16th career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

» The number of players that scored in double-digits.

» Ariel Massengale shot and made a career-high six three-point shots.

130

» The win margin over the first three games of the season is +130.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

The teams met for the first time since March 9, 1974.
The Lady Vols are 3-1 in the all-time series with the Eagles.
The contest marked the third of four successive home games to open the 2014-15 campaign.

IN THE FIRST THREE GAMES

The Lady Vols have outscored its first three opponents by an average score of 89.7-46.3 with a +130 point margin.
Tennessee has shot and made at least five three-point shots in each of their first three games. Kortney Dunbar has made at least one each game.
Jordan Reynolds has had at least five assists in each game.
Nia Moore has scored in double digits each game. It's the first time in her career that she has done so consecutively.
The Lady Vols have had at least three players score in double digits in each game.

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 and they are currently 2-0 with the five. Nared joined the starting line up against Oral Roberts.
Prior to this game, this lineup had 74 game starts with Graves owning 66 of those.
Tennessee won the tip for the first time this season.
The Lady Vols first score came off a lay-up from Nia Moore after an under the basket pass from Bashaara Graves.

OFF THE BENCH

Ariel Massengale and Andraya Carter were the first two off the bench in for Alexa Middleton and Jaime Nared.
After serving her three game suspension, Cierra Burdick entered for the first time this season and took the spot of Nia Moore.
Kortney Dunbar made her appearance with 7:32 left in the first half.
The Lady Vols bench outscored Winthrop's 32-12.

TURNOVERS TO POINTS

With 34 turnovers against Winthrop, the Lady Vols have forced at least 30 turnovers to back-to-back games for the first time since the 2006-07 season against Alabama (30, Jan. 28) and South Carolina (34, Feb. 1).
The Lady Vols forced the most turnovers since Alcorn St. had 34 on Nov. 25, 2012.
In the first half, the Lady Vols had scored 16 points off of turnovers. Winthrop scored two points on just five Lady Vol turnovers.
The Lady Vols defense led to their first forced 10-second call. Andraya Carter and Jordan Reynolds were responsible for the pressure. They forced another 10-second call in the second half.
In a span of 59 seconds in the second half, Tennessee forced five turnovers.

THREE CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Bashaara Graves was the second Lady Vol to double digits but was the first to earn a double-double. With 15 points and 10 rebounds, Graves earned her third back-to-back double-double. It is the 16th of her career.

SELFLESS PLAY

In each of the first three games, Jordan Reynolds has tallied up at least five assists. She had 5 against Penn, 7 vs. Oral Roberts and 7 tonight against Winthrop.

SENIOR LEADERSHIP

In her second game back, Ariel Massengale started off her scoring with five back to back three-point shots. She earned a new career high three-point shots with six. Her previous high was five, which she had against Ole Miss on Jan. 9, 2014.
With 20 points, Massengale picked up her second game with 20+ points and fifth of her career. Her six three-point shots earned her a new career-high.
Cierra Burdick accumulated 10 rebounds to match the team-high with Bashaara Graves. She added four assists. She also took a charge in the second half.

AT THE HALF

Tennessee led 40-25 at the halfway point.
Ariel Massengale shot five consecutive three-point shots and led all scorers with 15 points.
UT shot 42.1 percent (16-38) compared to Winthrop's 35.7 percent (10-28) in the first 20 minutes of action.
The Lady Vols outscored Winthrop in the paint 20-10 in the first half.

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