Postgame Notes: UT 46, USC 62

March 8, 2015

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Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» Reynolds and Cierra Burdick each made the SEC All-Tournament team. This is Burdick's second consecutive year to make the team and Reynolds first.

» Jordan Reynolds scored a career-high 17 points. Her previous high was 15.

» This marked the 23rd appearance in the SEC title game for the Lady Vols.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

This is the second meeting between the two programs this season and 52nd meeting overall.
Tennessee now has a 47-5 record in the series.
Tennessee now has a 3-1 SEC tournament record vs. South Carolina.
UT is 7-2 vs. the Gamecocks at neutral sites and 5-2 in postseason games.
Holly Warlick has a 2-2 vs. South Carolina as a head coach.
Warlick is 24-15 vs. ranked teams.
This season, the Lady Vols are 9-4 vs. ranked teams.

STILL CHAMPIONS

In three seasons at the helm of the Tennessee program, Holly Warlick has helped lead the Lady Vols to at least one SEC trophy each season, including a regular season title this season.
In the SEC tournament, the Lady Vols have a 75-19 all-time record and 17 titles in the previous 35 years.
The Lady Vols played in their second championship game in as many seasons.
This year's appearance marked the 23rd appearance in the title game.

TWO ON ALL-TOURNEY TEAM

For the second year in a row, senior Cierra Burdick made the SEC All-Tournament team. Burdick averaged 10.6 points per game and 8.0 rebounds per game.
Sophomore Jordan Reynolds was a newcomer to the team. She averaged 11.3 points per game during the tournament.

FOR STARTERS

Today's starters: Bashaara Graves, Cierra Burdick, Jordan Reynolds, Andraya Carter and 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 4-2.
The jump ball was controlled by South Carolina.
The first Tennessee points were scored by Jordan Reynolds with a free throw. This is the second consecutive game that their first points have been from the charity stripe.

OFF THE BENCH

Jaime Nared was one of the first Lady Vols off the bench for her second straight game. Alexa Middleton made her appearance at the same time.
Nia Moore came into the game during the first half to help while Bashaara Graves was in early foul trouble.

OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING

In the USC-UT matchup, the Lady Vols never led during the game. This time around, UT was ahead for 9:16 of the game.
Jordan Reynolds had another record game scoring 17 points for a new career-high points. Reynolds added four rebounds, a block, assist and steal.
Nia Moore missed her first field goal in four games. Prior, she was 16-for-16.
Bashaara Graves and Andraya Carter each tallied seven points apiece. Graves led the team with eight rebounds, five of those on the offensive end.

AT THE HALF

The Lady Vols trailed the Gamecocks, 29-26.
Tennessee shot 41.7 percent (10-24) while South Carolina was shooting 35.5. percent (11-31).
Tennessee was outrebounded by just one, 18-17.
Jordan Reynolds led all scorers with 10 points.

UP NEXT

The Lady Vols will await their next game with the NCAA Women's Basketball selection show on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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