Postgame Notes: UT 59, UGA 51

Jan. 25, 2015

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Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» Isabelle Harrison needs just three points to reach the 1,000 career points milestone.

» The Tennessee freshmen combined for 15 points, all of which came in the first half.

» The Lady Vols outrebounded Georgia by a margin of +16, 45-29.

100

» The trio of seniors have won 100 games and now have a 100-26 records.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

This marked the 62nd meeting between the schools.
UT now holds a 47-15 record in the series, including 20-4 in Knoxville.
Tennessee has won 13 games in a row vs. the Lady Bulldogs.
Holly Warlick is 3-0 vs. the Lady Bulldogs.
This is the 15th straight game in Thompson-Boling Arena that the Lady Vols have been victorious, including 12 this season.
UT has won 13 straight games vs. SEC opponents.
Tennessee is 204-17 during home SEC games since the league began in 1982-83.

AGAINST RANKED TEAMS

#WEBACKPAT

The game vs. Georgia marked Tennessee's third game during "We Back Pat" week, which runs from Jan. 18-26.
Thursday night's game vs. LSU was the offiical "We Back Pat" game.

UT-UGA CONNECTIONS

Tennessee freshman Alexa Middleton and Georgia junior Shacobia Barbee are both alums of Murfreesboro Riverdale HS.
UGA junior guar Marjorie Butler is from Knoxville and hails from Webb HS, which is where former Lady Vol Glory Johnson attended.

SEASON-HIGH ATTENDANCE

Today's attendance was: 13,428.
It was the largest crowd of the season and the most in attendance since the March 2, 2014 game vs. South Carolina when 14,072 Lady Vol fans filled Thompson-Boling Arena.

FOR STARTERS

Today's starters: Bashaara Graves, Cierra Burdick, Isabelle Harrison, Andraya Carter, Jordan Reynolds.
Graves and Reynolds are the only two that have started every game this season.
This is the ninth straight game that the Lady Vols have used this line-up. They are now 9-1 with the group.
The jump ball was controlled by Tennessee for the 14th time this season.
The first points were scored by Jordan Reynolds with a lay-up.

OFF THE BENCH

Ariel Massengale was the first off the bench for the 15th time this season.
Jaime Nared and Nia Moore were next in for the Lady Vols. They entered the game with 15:47 left in the first half.
Alexa Middleton came in with under 15 minutes left in the first half.
Kortney Dunbar entered the game with 10:04 left in the first half.She shot her first points since the game vs. Lipscomb on Dec. 7 with a trey.

FRESHMEN IMPACT

In the first half, Alexa Middleton, Jaime Nared and Kortney Dunbar combined for 15 of the Lady Vols 30 points.
Nared earned her most points since scoring 20 vs. Saint Francis on Dec. 3, 2014. She finished with seven points and was perfect from the line going 5-for-5. She grabbed a rebound and had two blocks.
Middleton had her second consecutive scoring game with five points. She was 3-for-3 from the charity stripe and added three rebounds and an assist.
Dunbar earned her first points since the game vs. Lipscomb on Dec. 7, 2014 with a trey.

OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING

The Lady Vols went on their 21st and 22nd runs of 10-0 or more vs. the Lady Bulldogs going on runs of 14-0 and 12-0.
Tennessee had its longest lull in scoring to start the second half. The Lady Vols went scoreless under 11:53 left in the game before back-to-back baskets by Cierra Burdick and Ariel Massengale. The seniors were 0-for-13 prior to those shots.
Massengale was 0-for-7 from beyond the arc before hitting her first trey.
The seniors combined for 23 points all of which came in the second half.
Jordan Reynolds had a career-night notching a game-high 15 points for a career-high. She added four rebounds, two steals and an assist.
Massengale was the only other Lady Vol to score in double digits with 10 points. She added an assist to bring her career total to 471.
With nine points, Isabelle Harrison is just three points away from reaching the 1,000 point club at Tennessee. She grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

SENIOR WINS

The three seniors had a combined 23 points in the second half after being scoreless in the first half.
The win over Georgia marks their 100th win as a trio. Their record is 100-26.
This group of seniors is now 5-0 vs. Georgia.

NEARLY PERFECT FROM THE LINE

After a 19-for-21 showing vs. LSU from the free throw line, the Lady Vols followed it up with a near-perfect 20-for-21 against #22/19 Georgia.
The .952 free throw shooting percentage ties the seventh best in program history.
The Lady Vols converted their first 20 freebies of the contest, matching the program's best mark since going a perfect 20-for-20 against LSU in 1988.

DEFENSE WINS THE GAME

Tennessee has limited SEC opponents to to just just 58 points in six games this season and limited #22/19 Georgia to 51.
The Lady Vols' defense forced two shot clock violations in the second half.
Tennessee outbounded Georgia 45-29 with 32 of those coming defensively.

AT THE HALF

The Lady Vols led the Lady Bulldogs, 30-25.
Tennessee shot 37.5 percent (9-24) and Georgia shot 35.7 percent (10-28).
The freshmen were leading the way with a combined 15 points.
Jordan Reynolds led UT scorers with 11 points, tying her career-high. Her last two points of the half came as the horn sounded for halftime.
The Lady Vols and Lady Bulldogs benches were tied contributing 15 points apiece and each team had 12 points in the paint.

UP NEXT

UT takes a road trip to #14/14 Kentucky for a 7 p.m. tip at Kentucky on Thursday, Jan. 29 on SEC Network.

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