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LADY VOL HOOPS CENTRAL: Va. Tech
December 04, 2015 | Women's Basketball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The #8/8 Lady Vols (6-1) wrap up their eight-game home stand with a match-up against Virginia Tech (6-1) at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on SEC Network.
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Gameday Time & Broadcast Info
- Opponent: Virginia Tech
- Tipoff: 2 p.m. ET
- TV: SECN+
- Radio: Lady Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio,
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Cara Capuano (PxP) and Carolyn Peck (Analyst) will describe the action on the SEC Network/WatchESPN. Fans can hear the Lady Vol Network broadcast on stations across the state as well as via a live stream worldwide with Mickey Dearstone calling the action.
Tickets for the game can be purchased online via UTTIX.com.
UT Closes Home Stand With Virginia Tech
- The #8/8 Lady Vols (6-1) host their eighth of eight-consecutive home games to open the season, as Virginia Tech (6-1) visits Thompson-Boling Arena at 2:01 p.m. ET on Sunday.
- The Lady Vols will try to extend a spree of 44-straight home wins over unranked foes.
- The Lady Vols will meet their second ACC foe of the season, as they previously defeated Syracuse on Nov. 20, 57-55.
- Tickets are available at UTTix.com.
- It will be SUNDAY FUNDAY. Visit the pre-game KIDS KORNER located on the concourse behind Section 117 at Gate F for free face painting, crafts, coloring, games and more fun.
- JR. VOLS DAY - Not a current Jr. Vol member? Register for the Jr. Vols Kids Club at jrvols.com & receive exclusive opportunities for Jr. Vol members only.
- DJ and LVFL Cait McMahan will be on hand as the house DJ on Sunday.
Warlick, Elzy Cut Teeth In Blacksburg
- Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick and associate head coach Kyra Elzy each had stints at Virginia Tech in their respective coaching journeys.
- Warlick spent two seasons in Blacksburg after getting her first coaching position as an assistant for Carol Alfano from 1981 to 1983.
- Elzy, meanwhile, got her first basketball job as an administrative assistant on Bonnie Henrickson's staff at VT in 2001-02.
About The Lady Vols
- Despite several close games, Tennessee has a 14.3 scoring margin (70.4-56.1) through seven contests.
- UT's 85 points vs. East Tennessee State was the squad's most since hitting 102 in the season-opener vs. Central Arkansas.
- The 49 points the Lady Vols surrendered to ETSU were the fewest since allowing 47 to UCA in the 2015-16 lid-lifter.
- Tennessee has four players scoring in double figures, including Diamond DeShields (14.1), Mercedes Russell (13.0), Te'a Cooper (12.1) and Bashaara Graves (11.8).
- Graves is the only player among that group who played for the the squad last season.
- Five Lady Vols have double-figure assist totals this season, led by DeShields with 22.
- Four players have 12 or more steals, paced by DeShields with 18.
- Seven players are averaging 20 or more minutes per game, led by Russell at 32.4 minutes per contest.
- UT played the East Tennessee State game with three injured players sitting out. Jaime Nared (broken left hand), Kortney Dunbar (sprained ankle) and Jasmine Jones (head injury) are listed as day-to-day. A fourth, Nia Moore, did not play. Moore's return from a rib injury continues to be slow.
- Tennessee is averaging 9,623 in attendance through seven home dates.
About The Hokies
- Virginia Tech comes to Knoxville with a 6-1 record and a four-game winning streak after beating Penn State (3-4) in University Park, Pa., on Thursday night, 64-59.
- The contest was part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
- The Lady Vols faced Penn State in the second game of the season and triumphed, 74-66, on Nov. 18 in Knoxville.
- Vanessa Panousis scored 16 points, Hannah Young tossed in 13 and Chanette Hicks added 10 for Va. Tech vs. PSU on Thursday night.
- Panousis hit four free throws and Sidney Cook knocked down a pair of charity shots in the final 1:06 to seal the road win for the Hokies.
- A 5-foot-7 junior, Panousis leads VT in scoring at 12.4 per game, followed by 5-6 freshman guard Chanette Hicks at 10.1.
- Like Tennessee, Virginia Tech has nine players scoring more than three points per contest.
- VT averages eight three-pointers per game, led by Panousis, who is 23-of-52 (.442) this season. Young is 18-of-46 (.391).
- The Hokies are coached by Dennis Wolff, who is 49-80 in his fifth year in Blacksburg and 326-295 overall in his 22nd year of coaching.
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Series Notes
- Tennessee holds a 7-0 advantage in the all-time series with Virginia Tech.
- These programs are meeting for the first time since March 20, 1999, when #2/2 UT claimed a 68-52 victory over the #13/15 Hokies.
- That win came in the NCAA East Regional semifinal in Greensboro, N.C., with Chamique Holdsclaw (27) and Tamika Catchings (15) combining for 42 points in that contest.
- The Lady Vols are 3-0 vs. the Hokies in Knoxville, last playing Va. Tech at Thompson-Boling on Jan. 20, 1994.
- A #1/1 UT squad won that game, 88-51, over unranked VT.
- Tennessee has held Virginia Tech to 55 or fewer points in six of the the seven games these teams have played.
- The Lady Vols, meanwhile, have scored between 64 and 68 in three of the past four encounters.
- UT, though, has averaged 82 points in its three home games vs. VT.
- Tennessee is 108-22 vs. ACC schools through the Syracuse game on Nov. 20.
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