Postgame Notes: #4/5 UT 97, TSU 46

Nov. 24, 2014

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Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» The number of double-doubles that Nia Moore has. She earned her second tonight with 25 points and 11 rebounds.

» Tennessee combined for 21 steals and 21 assists in the win.

» The Lady Vols forced 38 turnovers, the most since the 1998-99 season.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

This marks the fourth meeting between the Lady Tigers and the Lady Vols with all meetings being in Knoxville.
The Lady Vols are 4-0 in the all-time series with the Lady Tigers.
The contest marked the final of four successive home games to open the 2014-15 campaign.

FOR STARTERS

Today's starters: Jordan Reynolds, Nia Moore, Cierra Burdick, Bashaara Graves and Andraya Carter.
This is the third starting lineup for the Lady Vols. They've added Burdick and Carter.
Tennessee lost the tip for the third time this season.
The Lady Vols first score came off a lay-up from Nia Moore.
Tennessee State started with a 6-0 run.

OFF THE BENCH

Ariel Massengale was the first one off the bench for the Lady Vols, coming in for Jordan Reynolds.
Alexa Middleton came in next to help with production.
Jaime Nared also came in during the first half.
Kortney Dunbar entered the game with 4:21 left in the half.

MOORE BRINGS IT

With 14 minutes left to play in the first half, Nia Moore had seven of the nine Lady Vol points while trailing to TSU 15-9.
Moore was the first Lady Vol to score in double digits. She has done so in four straight games.
It was her third game with 20-plus points. She also earned her second double-double of the season and third of her career with 25 points and 11 rebounds.
Moore's 25 points earned her a new career-high.

LADY VOL RUNS

The Lady Vols had their eighth run of 10-0 or more with a 22-0 run over 6:11.
Forcing turnovers was Tennessee's biggest change of play after trailing 6-0 and by eight points to begin the game.
In the second half, the Lady Vols went on a 19-0 run before finishing on a 30-4 run over 8:52.

BURDICK GETS IN THE GROOVE

After being scoreless in her first game, Cierra Burdick scored eight in the first half. She also tallied two rebounds and steals.
Burdick was the second Lady Vol in double digits with a total of 10.

POINTS FOR EVERYONE

Every Lady Vol that entered the game earned at least three points.
Four Lady Vols earned double digit scores, Nia Moore, Bashaara Graves, Jaime Nared and Cierra Burdick.

BALL SECURITY

It is the first time in Lady Vol history that UT has forced 30-plus turnovers in three consecutive games. They did so against Oral Roberts (30), Winthrop (34) and Tennessee St. (38).
In the first half, the Lady Vols committed just four turnovers as a team. The Lady Tigers had 16 in comparison. UT scored 18 points off of turnovers in the first 20 minutes.
UT forced 38 turnovers, the most of the season, and most since Memphis had 46 on Feb. 16, 1999.
The Lady Vols have committed only 50 turnovers through four games.
They have 90 assists compared to 50 turnovers.

LADY VOLS OUTREBOUNDED

For the first time this season, the Lady Vols were outrebounded 42-37. It happened just three times all last season, Stanford (-3), Arkansas (-7) and Maryland (-2).

AT THE HALF

The Lady Vols didn't have their first lead of the game until 9:35 left in the half after a three-pointer from Ariel Massengale to make it 23-20.
Tennessee led 44-27 at the halfway mark.
Nia Moore led all scorers with 15 points.
UT shot 47.1 percent (16-34) compared to Tennessee State's 33.3 percent (9-27).
The Lady Vols outscored Tennessee St. in the paint 30-6 in the first half.

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