Postgame Notes: UT 70, UGA 59

Feb. 26, 2015

Recap | Box Score

Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» Cierra Burdick stole a career-high four balls vs. Georgia.

» Ariel Massengale moved up to the No. 7 spot on three-point shots made. She has 145 treys.

» Burdick and Massengale combined for 35 points.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

This is the second meeting between the two programs this season and 63rd meeting overall.
Tennessee now has a 48-15 record in the series.
UT 14-8 in games played in Athens.
The Lady Vols have won the last eight match-ups with the Lady Bulldogs. They've won the last 16 of 17 games.
Holly Warlick is now 4-0 vs. Georgia as a head coach.
With the win over an unranked Georgia squad, the Lady Vols are 16-1 vs. unranked opponents.
UT's seniors own a career record of 107-27 overall and 53-10 in SEC regular season play. They are 6-0 vs. Georgia, including 2-0 in Athens.

FOR STARTERS

Today's starters: Bashaara Graves, Cierra Burdick, Jordan Reynolds, Andraya Carter, Ariel Massengale.
Not one single Lady Vol has started every game this season. Reynolds has started in all but one game.
With this group, Tennessee is 1-1.
The jump ball was controlled by Tennessee.
The first points were scored by Bashaara Graves with a lay-up.

OFF THE BENCH

Alexa Middleton was the first Lady Vol in. She came in for Jordan Reynolds.
Jaime Nared was next in for the Lady Vols.
Nia Moore entered the game for the first time with 712:38 left in the first half.

A-MASS MOVES UP THE RECORD BOOKS

Massengale moved up the list for three-point field goals made. She began the game with 142 and shot three tonight. She surpassed Taber Spani who had 143 for sole possession of the No. 8 spot in UT record books.
She is within reach of the No. 7 position which is currently held by Shannon Bobbitt (2006-08) who had 147.
Entering the game, Massengale needed eight assists to become the third Lady Vol to record 500 assists and 1,000 points in her career at UT.
Tonight, Massengale dished out five assists and needs just three more to reach the feat.

DEFENSE HOLDS OFF LADY BULLDOGS

Tennessee grabbed 29 defensive rebounds with Cierra Burdick leading the way with eight of those.
After recording just two steals vs. South Carolina, UT had seven with Cierra Burdick tallying four of those. The four steals by Burdick also marked a career-high.
Two of UGA's shots were blocked and 14 points were scored off turnovers.
Cierra Burdick drew her eighth charge of the season with just over a minute to play.

OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING

The 54.3 shooting percentage by the Lady Vols marks the third best field goal percentage of the season.
In the first half, the Lady Vols went on their 28th run of 10-0.
Nia Moore scored eight points and was 4-for-4. She produced six points in two of the last three games and six vs. Alabama. She had scored eight combined in her previous 10 games before Bama.
Cierra Burdick notched a game-high 18 points for her fourth consecutive game with 10-plus points. With 10 rebounds she also carded her sixth double-double of the season and her first back-to-back double-double games since St. Francis (12/3/14) and Lipscomb (12/7/15).
Burdick is 17 points from reaching 1,000 career points at Tennessee.
Jordan Reynolds made her first trey for the first time since the game vs. Florida. She tallied eight points along with six rebounds and two assists.
Massengale was the second leading scorer with 17 points, including three treys. She dished out five assists and had two rebounds and a steal.

UT-UGA CONNECTIONS

Tennessee freshman Alexa Middleton and injured Georgia junior Shacobia Barbee are both alums of Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Riverdale High School.
UGA junior guard Marjorie Butler is from Knoxville and hails from the same high school (Webb School) that produced Tennessee alum Glory Johnson.

AT THE HALF

The Lady Vols trailed the Lady Bulldogs 39-27.
Tennessee shot a season-high 66.7 percent (16-24) while Georgia shot 35.5 percent (11-31).
The Lady Vols led in points in the paint, 14-12 and outscored UGA's bench 9-5.
Tennessee outrebounded the Lady Bulldogs 17-13.
Cierra Burdick led all scorers with 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
By halftime, Ariel Massengale was 2-for-3 from beyond the arc moving her into sole possession of the No. 8 spot in career three-point field goals made in UT history. She surpassed Taber Spani (2009-13) who had 143.

UP NEXT

The Lady Vols return home for their final home game of the regular season on Sunday, March 1 at 5 p.m. on SEC Network. Tennessee will celebrate the careers of its three seniors: Isabelle Harrison, Cierra Burdick and Ariel Massengale for senior day.

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