Postgame Notes: #4/5 UT 59, Texas 72

Nov. 30, 2014

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Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» Andraya Carter tied her career-high seven rebounds, which she previously had against Tennessee State last season.

» Both teams had 12 turnovers in the game tonight.

» Graves earned her 17th double-double of her career and fourth of the season.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

#6/9 Texas marked the first ranked opponent for the Lady Vols to see this year.
Tennessee owns a 23-13 record in the all-time series with Texas. The Longhorns win broke a five-game win streak in the series for the Lady Vols.
The game vs. the Longhorns improves Tennessee to 55-19 vs. teams from the Big 12 Conference.
The loss marked the first time Tennessee (4-2) had lost in back-to-back games since falling to Baylor and Stanford in December of 2012.

FOR STARTERS

Today's starters: Jordan Reynolds, Nia Moore, Jasmine Jones, Ariel Massengale and Bashaara Graves.
This was the fourth starting lineup for the Lady Vols.
Tennessee lost the tip for the fourth time this season.
The Lady Vols first score came from a lay-up by Bashaara Graves.
With 14:23 left in the first half, Ariel Massengale was the first Lady Vol to make a three point shot and gave UT their first lead of the game.

OFF THE BENCH

Cierra Burdick was the first Lady Vol off the bench.
Andraya Carter was the next UT player to get into action.
Jaime Nared came in off the bench early on five minutes into the game.
Alexa Middleton came into the game in the second half as they Lady Vols rallied.

LADY VOLS FOR THREE

Ariel Massengale was the first Lady Vol to hit a shot beyond the arc.
Burdick hit her first three-pointer of the season with under five minutes left in the first half. With it, she break an 0-6 streak.
Reynolds shot her second third-pointer of the season early in the second half and had two in the game.

TAKING CHARGES

Both Cierra Burdick and Jasmine Jones took charges against the Longhorns in their defensive efforts.

DOUBLE FIGURE SUCCESS

Bashaara Graves, Andraya Carter, Jordan Reynolds and Jasmine Jones led the Lady Vols in scoring, all reaching double figure scoring.
Graves earned her fourth double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds. She earned 13 of her total points in the second half.
Carter earned a season-high 13 points and tied her career-high rebounds with seven.
Reynolds and Jones tallied up 10 points each.

LADY VOLS OUTREBOUNDED

For the second time this season, Tennessee was outrebounded, 39-38. The Lady Vols had it happen first 42-37 against Tennessee State.
It happened just three times all last season, Stanford (-3), Arkansas (-7) and Maryland (-2).

AT THE HALF

The Lady Vols trailed the entire first half except for one possession. UT ended the half down by 10 with a score of 30-20.
Jasmine Jones and Ariel Massengale led UT scorers with five points apiece.
The Lady Vols were outrebounded 24-21.
UT shot the lowest they have all season at the half, 24 percent (7-29) while Texas shot 39 percent (13-33)
Both schools had nine turnovers. Texas scored 12 of its point off turnovers. UT had eight points from them.

OUT OF THE LINEUP

Isabelle Harrison sat out due to an injury sustained in the first game against Penn.

UP NEXT

Tennessee will return to Thompson-Boling Arena after a two-game road trip. They will take on Saint Francis (PA) on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+.

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