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11 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 25 ALL-AMERICANS | 12 SEC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 46 NBA DRAFT PICKS #13/#12 3 TENNESSEE (26-8) 2017-18 » SCHEDULE & RECORD 11 vs. LOYOLA-CHICAGO (29-5) OVERALL RECORD: 26-8 MARCH 17 » AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER » DALLAS, TEXAS » 5:10 CT SEC 13-5 NON-CONFERENCE 11-2 THE MATCHUP HOME 13-2 AWAY 8-4 3 TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS 11 LOYOLA RAMBLERS vs NEUTRAL 5-2 THE RECORD QUICK COMPARISON 74.2 ppg Points Per Game 72.2 ppg THE SCHEDULE 65.8 ppg Points Allowed Per Game 62.2 ppg DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 36.4 rpg Rebounding Per Game 32.2 rpg N10 Presbyterian (SEC Network+) W, 88-53 34.3 rpg Rebounding Defense 30.8 rpg N14 High Point (SEC Network+) W, 84-53 N22 1-vs. #18 Purdue (ESPN2) W, 78-75 (OT) .439 Field Goal Pct. .506 N23 1-vs. #5 Villanova (ESPN) L, 85-76 .381 3-Point Pct. .397 UTSPORTS.COM LOYOLARAMBLERS.COM N24 1- vs. NC State (ESPN2) W, 67-58 N29 Mercer (SEC Network+) W, 84-60 TENNESSEE QUICK FACTS LOYOLA QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne, 1977) Head Coach: Porter Moser (Creighton, 1990) D3 at Georgia Tech (ESPNU) W, 77-70 Record at Tennessee: 58-42 / 3rd year Record at Loyola-Chicago: 118-110 / 7th year D9 Lispcomb (SEC Network) W, 81-71 D17 #7 North Carolina (ESPN) L 78-73 Career Record: 661-357 / 31st year Career Record: 223-211 / 14th year D20 Furman (SEC Network) W, 66-61 Scoring Leader: Grant Williams (15.3 ppg) Scoring Leader: Clayton Custer (13.4 ppg) D23 at Wake Forest (ESPN2) W, 79-60 Rebounds Leader: Admiral Schofield (6.5 rpg) Rebounds Leaders: Donte Ingram (6.5 rpg) D30 at Arkansas* (SEC Network) L, 95-93 (OT) Assists Leader: Jordan Bone (3.5 apg) Assists Leader: Clayton Custer (4.2 apg) J2 Auburn* (ESPNU) L, 94-84 J6 #17 Kentucky* (ESEC Network) W, 76-65 VOLS RIDE STINGY DEFENSE INTO SECOND ROUND J9 at Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) W, 92-84 J13 Texas A&M* (SEC Network) W, 75-62 J17 at Missouri* (SEC Network) L, 59-55 THE OPPONENT RIGHT NOW A WIN WOULD... J20 at South Carolina* (ESPN2) W, 70-63 J23 Vanderbilt* (ESPNU) W, 67-62 Tennessee has never faced In Tennessee’s 41 all-time NCAA Mark the eighth time Tennessee J27 2-at Iowa State (ESPNU) W, 68-45 Loyola-Chicago on the Tournament games, the 47 advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. J31 LSU* (SEC Network) W, 84-61 collegiate hardwood. points it gave up Thursday was Give Rick Barnes his seventh The Ramblers were the 1963 a program-best. career Sweet Sixteen F3 Ole Miss* (SEC Network) W, 94-61 national champions. This year’s Lamonté Turner’s nine assists appearance as a head coach. F6 at #24 Kentucky* (ESPN) W, 61-59 F10 at Alabama* (SEC Network) L, 78-50 squad has tied that 1963 team Thursday vs. Wright State were Give UT 27 total victories, with a program-record 29 wins. a career-high (previous was six). F13 South Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 70-67 which would stand as the third- F17 at Georgia* (SEC Network) L, 73-62 Loyola-Chicago is riding an 11- The All-SEC duo of Admiral most in a season in program F21 Florida* (ESPN2) W, 62-57 game win streak. Schofield (a native of Zion, history. F24 at Ole Miss* (SEC Network) W, 73-65 The Ramblers shoot .506 as a Illinois) and Grant Williams Give the Vols 14 total victories F27 at Mississippi State* (SEC Network) W, 76-54 team and defeated Florida, 65- is averaging 32.4 points and away from home this season, 59, in Gainesville this season. 15.4 rebounds over the last five the program’s most since 2007- M3 Georgia* (SEC Network) W, 66-61 games. 08 (15). M9 3-vs. Mississippi State (SEC Network) W, 62-59 M10 3-vs. Arkansas (ESPN) W, 84-66 M11 3-vs. Kentucky (ESPN) L, 77-72 PROBABLE STARTERS M15 4-vs. Wright State (TruTV) W, 73-47 M17 4-vs. Loyola-Chicago (TNT) 6:10 p.m. Tennessee Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other G 0 Jordan Bone 6-3 176 So. Nashville, Tenn. 7.2 2.1 3.5 apg Schedule Key G 23 Jordan Bowden 6-5 185 So. Knoxville, Tenn. 9.2 3.6 .397 3FG% 1-Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, F 5 Admiral Schofield 6-5 238 Jr. Zion, Ill. 13.9 6.5 .390 3FG% Bahamas); 2-Big 12/SEC Challenge; 3-SEC Tournament F 2 Grant Williams 6-7 241 So. Charlotte, N.C. 15.3 6.1 1.8 apg (St. Louis, Mo.) ; 4-NCAA Tournament (Dallas, Texas) F 11 Kyle Alexander 6-11 220 Jr. Milton, Ontario 5.6 5.6 2.5 orpg *Southeastern Conference Game All Times Eastern; Opponent Rankings are AP Loyola-Chicago Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other G 13 Clayton Custer 6-1 185 RS-Jr. Overland Park, Kan. 13.4 2.2 4.2 apg Are you viewing these game notes on a G 5 Marques Townes 6-4 210 Jr. Edison, N.J. 11.1 3.8 .516 FG% wifi-enabled mobile device? If so, click G 14 Ben Richardson 6-3 195 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. 6.4 2.9 .392 3FG% on any game’s score above to view the G/F 0 Donte Ingram 6-6 215 Sr. Chicago, Ill. 11.7 6.5 1.0 spg video highlights from that contest. C 25 Cameron Krutwig 6-9 260 Fr. Algonquin, Ill. 10.5 6.3 .603 FG%
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THE BASICS Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Founded: 1794 Conference: Southeastern Enrollment: 28,321 Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Volunteers Mascot: Smokey Band: Pride of the Southland University President: Dr. Joe DiPietro Knoxville Chancellor: Dr. Beverly Davenport Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce Director of Athletics: Phillip Fulmer Athletic Department Phone: 865-974-1220 Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-332-VOLS (8657)
COURT FACTS Thompson-Boling Arena Capacity: 21,678 Record in Arena: 367-129 (.740), 31st season Largest Crowd: 25,610 vs. Kentucky (1/21/89) at current capacity: 22,326 vs. Gonzaga (1/7/09) Front Row (L-R): James Daniel III, Lamonté Turner, Brad Woodson, Jordan Bone, Jordan Bowden, Lucas Campbell, Chris Darrington, Record on Current Court: 36-11 (.766), 3rd season Jacob Fleschman; Back Row (L-R): Yves Pons, Grant Williams, John Fulkerson, Kyle Alexander, Zach Kent, Derrick Walker, Admiral Schofield, Jalen Johnson.
SCHOLARSHIP ROSTER & QUICK NOTES MEDIA INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown | Previous School 11 Kyle Alexander F 6-11 220 Jr. Milton, Ontario, Canada | Orangeville Prep CREDENTIALS Note: His field-goal percentage and scoring have increased every year; has two double-doubles on the year Outlets interested in obtaining credentials to cover 0 Jordan Bone G 6-3 176 So. Nashville, Tenn. | The Ensworth School Tennessee basketball home games must apply for Note: Arguably the team’s most natural point guard, his conditioning is much improved from a year ago credentials via Sports Systems. 23 Jordan Bowden G 6-5 185 So. Knoxville, Tenn. | 22 Feet Academy (S.C.) Link: www.sportssystems.com/clients/seccredentials/ Note: Knoxville native is one of the team’s most potent scoring threats and top perimeter defenders Applications for single-game credentials should 3 James Daniel III G 6-0 172 Sr. Hampton, Va. | Howard University be submitted at least one week in advance of the Note: Barnes’ second-ever grad transfer; he led Division I in scoring as a junior at Howard in 2015-16 (27.1 ppg) game(s) one plans to cover. 32 Chris Darrington G 6-1 179 Jr. Toledo, Ohio | Vincennes University (Ind.) Note: Was a first-team NJCAA All-American last season; very dangerous player in transition (great finisher) COVERING PRACTICE 10 John Fulkerson F 6-9 210 RS-Fr. Kingsport, Tenn. | The Christ School (N.C.) Only select Tennessee basketball practices are open Note: Working his way back from two surgeries; high-energy forward appeared in only 10 games last season to the media. Contact Assistant AD Tom Satkowiak ([email protected]) for dates and times. See 13 Jalen Johnson G 6-7 190 RS-Fr. Durham, N.C. | Wesleyan Christian Academy Page 261 of the Tennessee Media Guide for specific Note: Versatile wing added close to 15 pounds of muscle during his redshirt year; made his career debut Nov. 10 practice coverage guidelines. 33 Zach Kent F 6-10 224 Fr. Magnolia, Del. | Blair Academy (N.J.) Note: Barnes has said that the true freshman forward may have improved more than any player this preseason WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCES 35 Yves Pons G/F 6-5 203 Fr. Fuveau, France | INSEP Academy During SEC play, Rick Barnes hosts weekly media Note: Perhaps the most athletic player on the roster, he has steadily worked his way into the rotation in late-Jan. press conferences in the Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio. Lunch for attendees is provided in the Media 5 Admiral Schofield F 6-5 238 Jr. Zion, Ill. | Zion-Benton Township HS Relations office. Note: Team leader is seeing increased action on the wing this year but still leads the Vols in rebounding (second in scoring) 1 Lamonté Turner G 6-1 183 RS-So. Florence, Ala. | IMG Academy (Fla.) SEC COACHES TELECONFERENCE Note: SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year has games of 24 and 25 (2x) points this season; led team in scoring 10 times This season’s SEC coaches teleconferences are 15 Derrick Walker Jr. F 6-8 238 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. | Sunrise Christian Academy scheduled to occur on Jan. 8 and 25 (Thursday); Feb. Note: Arrived on campus this summer physically prepared for SEC basketball; starred for the Vols in Europe back in August 5 and 19; March 5. The postseason call takes place on March 12. All SEC basketball teleconferences can be 2 Grant Williams F 6-7 241 So. Charlotte, N.C. | Providence Day School listened to online at SECsports.com shortly after their Note: SEC Player of the Year leads the Vols in minutes played and scoring; has eight 20-point games this year conclusion.
Order of Appearance (All Times Eastern) STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 11:00 a.m. Bryce Drew, Vanderbilt Head Coach: Rick Barnes 11:07 a.m. Michael White, Florida Record at Tennessee: 58-42 (3rd Year) Jordan Bowden BAU-din (like old FSU coach) 11:14 a.m. Frank Martin, South Carolina Overall Record : 661-357 (31st Year) Aubin Goporo Aw-bin guh-POR-oh 11:21 a.m. Mark Fox, Georgia Rob Lanier luh-NEER 11:28 a.m. Will Wade, LSU Associate Head Coach: Rob Lanier Garrett Medenwald MAY-dihn-wald 11:35 a.m. John Calipari, Kentucky Assistant Coach: Desmond Oliver Yves Pons EEV POHNS 11:42 a.m. Rick Barnes, Tennessee Assistant Coach: Michael Schwartz Lamonté Turner luh-MAHN-tay 11:49 a.m. Mike Anderson, Arkansas Strength & Conditioning Coach: Garrett Medenwald 11:56 a.m. Avery Johnson, Alabama Athletic Trainer: Chad Newman 12:03 p.m. Bruce Pearl, Auburn Director of Player Development: Riley Davis 12:10 p..m. Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss Director of Basketball Operations: Mary-Carter Eggert 12:17 p.m. Ben Howland, Mississippi State Director of Student-Athlete Development: Aubin Goporo 12:24 p.m. Cuonzo Martin, Missouri Assistant to the Head Coach: Kyle Condon 12:31 p.m. Billy Kennedy, Texas A&M Graduate Managers: Parker Ratcliff and Todd Taravella
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» There are only six active NCAA » Tennessee ranked eighth » SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year head coaches who have more nationally in average home Lamonté Turner has 15 assists career Division I wins to their attendance, having drawn 16,210 over Tennessee’s last three 6 credit than Rick Barnes (661). fans through 15 home games at 5.0 games (5.0 apg). 8 Thompson-Boling Arena. TEAM NOTES TENNESSEE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT VOLS’ STAFF HAS NCAA EXPERIENCE VOLS-RAMBLERS CONNECTIONS • The Vols are making their 21st all-time appearance in • Even excluding the 22 berths by Rick Barnes, the • Vols assistant coach Desmond Oliver and Loyola the NCAA Tournament. The Big Orange own a 20-21 Tennessee coaching staff still has a wealth of NCAA head coach Porter Moser worked together as (.488) NCAA Tournament record. Tournament experience. assistants on the Texas A&M coaching staff under • The Vols are 1-0 in the “First Four,” 12-6 in first- • This is associate head coach Rob Lanier’s 10th head coach Tony Barone during the 1997-98 season. round games, 6-7 in second-round games, 1-0 in NCAA Tournament (19 total games). As a head • Loyola-Chicago junior guard Adarius Avery is a third-round action, 1-6 in regional semifinals, 0-1 in coach, he led Siena to the 2002 tournament after native of Arlington, Tennessee (West Tennessee) regional finals and 0-1 in the now-defunct regional winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. In and graduated from Arlington High School, where consolation round. 2011, Lanier was the assistant coach on a Florida he was an All-State performer. The junior College • This is the program’s second NCAA berth in the last team that advanced to the Elite Eight. Of his 10 transfer has appeared in 12 games off the bench in seven years and its first under third-year head coach appearances, five have come alongside Barnes at his first season with the Ramblers. Rick Barnes. Texas and Tennessee. • Tennessee All-SEC wing Admiral Schofield is from • Tennessee’s 21 NCAA Tournament berths tie LSU for • Assistant coach Mike Schwartz played in one NCAA Zion, Illinois, which is about 45 miles north of the third-most among SEC teams. Tournament game as a senior on Barnes’ first LUC campus. Schofield was recruited by some • In the previous 10 years (2008-2017), among SEC team at Texas in 1999. During his time as a coach, members of the Ramblers’ staff and played against programs, only Kentucky (26) and Florida (16) Schwartz has been with four different teams (Miami, some of the Loyola players in high school. have won more NCAA Tournament games than Texas, Tulsa and Tennessee) that have earned bids Tennessee (9). to The Big Dance. BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS PROVED TO BE • Assistant coach Desmond Oliver was a part of the Georgia staff that won the SEC Tournament in 2008 GREAT NCAA TOURNAMENT PREP and clinched the league’s automatic bid that year. • Five teams from the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis field FAST BREAK • All told, Tennessee’s four full-time coaches landed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament: Villanova (1 combine to boast an impressive 81 games of NCAA seed), Purdue (2 seed), Tennessee (3 seed), Arizona The Volunteers under head coach Rick Barnes Tournament playing and/or coaching experience. (4 seed) and NC State (9 seed). are a perfect 3-0 at home against bitter rival • While competing in Atlantis in November, the Vols Kentucky, defeating the Wildcats in Thompson- TENNESSEE vs. THE FIELD OF 68 went 2-1 en route to a third-place finish. • The Vols opened the Atlantis event with a 78- Boling Arena in 2016, 2017 and 2018. • Prior to the tournament, the Vols played 15 games 75 overtime win over 18th-ranked Purdue. The against 12 different teams comprising the field of 68, following day, UT led fifth-ranked Villanova by 12 going 8-7 in those contests. at halftime before a Wildcats rallied for an 85-76 • Two of those losses came against No. 1 seed victory. Tennessee closed out the tournament with Villanova and No. 2 seed North Carolina. VOLS HAVE NEVER BEEN A NO . 3 SEED a 67-58 triumph over NC State. Villanova captured • The wins came against Purdue (2), Kentucky (5), the tournament championship. • The Vols have never competed as a No. 3 seed in Florida (6), Arkansas (7), Texas A&M (7), NC State • SEC Player of the Year Grant Williams paced the their 20 previous NCAA Tournament appearances. (9) and Lipscomb (15). Vols in scoring (18.7 ppg), assists (3.0 apg) and • This marks UT’s best seed since 2008, when • In those eight wins, four were by a margin of blocks (2.0 bpg) while ranking second on the squad Tennessee was the No. 2 seed and advanced to the 10 or more points, while five of the losses were in rebounding (7.3 rpg) during the Battle 4 Atlantis. Sweet Sixteen. determined by 10 or fewer points. SEC CHAMPIONS VOLS WON LAST CLASH WITH 11 SEED TENNESSEE’s NCAA • Tennessee’s win over Georgia on March 3 gave the • Tennessee is 2-0 against No. 11 seeds in the NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY IN TEXAS Volunteers their 10th SEC Championship in program Tournament. The Vols most recently defeated • Tennessee has only competed in three NCAA history—their fourth in the last 40 years. Iowa, 78-65, in overtime during a First Four game Tournament games all-time in the state of Texas, • Tennessee won SEC Championships via the league in Dayton in 2014. UT went on to reach the Sweet going 1-2 in those matchups. tournament in 1936, 1941, 1943 and 1979. The Big Sixteen. • This is the first appearance in Dallas for UT, as the Orange won the league via intra-conference win • The other game came in the Round of 64 in a 62- Vols previously fell to No. 1 seed Ohio State, 85-84, percentage in 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 2000, 2008 59 win over San Diego State in 2010, when the Big in San Antonio in the 2007 Sweet Sixteen and lost and now 2018. Orange marched all the way to the Elite Eight. to eighth-seeded North Carolina, 74-69, in Austin in • Only Kentucky (48) has more SEC regular-season the 2000 Sweet Sixteen. titles than Tennessee (10). BARNES’ NCAA RÉSUMÉ IMPRESSIVE • Despite UT having minimal experience with tourney • With this 2018 NCAA Tournament appearance, Rick games in the Lone Star State, head coach Rick BARNES CAPTURES FOURTH Barnes has guided four different programs to a total Barnes boasts an 8-2 record in such matchups, CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP including a perfect 5-0 record when his teams are of 23 berths in The Big Dance. He led Providence • SEC Coach of the Year Rick Barnes captured his fourth playing in Dallas at American Airlines Center. and Clemson to three berths each before guiding regular-season conference crown as a head coach. Texas to 16 tournament appearances in 17 years. • Barnes previously led Texas to Big 12 titles in 1999, • Of his 22 berths prior to this season, Barnes led his BARNES TOUGH TO BEAT IN TEXAS 2006 (co-champs) and 2008 (co-champs). teams six Sweet Sixteens, three Elite Eights and one • In his 31 seasons as a head coach, Rick Barnes owns • He also has one conference tournament title to Final Four in 2003. a 288-60 (.828) record in games played in the state his credit, having led Providence to the Big East • In Tennessee’s 108-year hardwood history, the of Texas. Tournament championship in 1994. Volunteers have made just 20 previous NCAA • He is 5-0 in NCAA Tournament games at American Tournament appearances. Airlines Center, having previously defeated Boston ALEXANDER ASCENDING • From 1995 through 2016, every player Barnes College and Mississippi State in the opening rounds coached for four years made at least three trips to in 2002, and Penn and NC State in the opening SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKS LIST the NCAA Tournament. rounds in 2006. That 2006 team advanced to • Junior forward Kyle Alexander now ranks fourth on • Barnes is just the 13th head coach ever to lead Atlanta for the second weekend of tournament UT’s single-season block list, as he has swatted 57 four different programs to the Division I NCAA action. If the Vols defeat Miami Saturday, they also shots on the year. He had a pair of blocks Thursday Tournament (and one of seven who are active). follow that same path and play in Atlanta next week. against Wright State.
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TENNESSEE DOMINATES SEC BARNES A FINALIST FOR KENPOM RANKS VOLS FOURTH IN COACHES’ POSTSEASON AWARDS NAISMITH COACH OF THE YEAR NATION IN DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY • In addition to landing two All-SEC performers, • SEC Coach of the Year Rick Barnes is one of four • Respected statistical analyst Ken Pomeroy of Tennessee swept Coach of the Year, Player of the Year finalists for the Werner Ladder Naismith Trophy for KenPom.com rates Tennessee fourth in the nation in and Sixth Man of the Year when the SEC coaches’ Men’s College Coach of the Year. defensive efficiency, which is the number of points postseason awards were announced March 6. • The other finalists are Virginia’s Tony Bennett, Ohio allowed per 100 possessions. • Sophomore Grant Williams earned SEC Player of the State’s Chris Holtmann and Villanova’s Jay Wright. • There are only about 70 possessions for each Year acclaim and first-team All-SEC inclusion. Nine • The winner will be announced during the Naismith team in the average college basketball game, so different Vols have now combined to win 12 SEC Awards brunch on April 1 at the Final Four in San these numbers are higher than the “ppg” statistics Player of the Year awards. Williams joins Naismith Antonio. commonly used by media. Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Bernard King as the only Vols to win the award as underclassmen. RANK TEAM Adj. Def. Eff. 26 WINS AND COUNTING 1 Virginia 84.4 • Junior wing Admiral Schofield garnered second- • This is one of only four Tennessee teams to win at 2 Cincinnati 86.1 team All-SEC status. least 26 games in a single season (see chart below). 3 Texas Tech 91.8 • Sophomore guard Lamonté Turner became UT’s 4 Tennessee 92.0 • Tennessee has logged its 26th all-time 20-win first ever recipient of the SEC Sixth Man of the Year 5 Michigan 92.6 season and its first since 2013-14, when the Vols award, sharing it with Missouri’s Jontay Porter. finished with 24 victories and advanced to their • And Rick Barnes became the fifth UT head coach seventh Sweet Sixteen. TENESSEE LEADS THE SEC to be named the SEC Coach of the Year. Barnes, • Tennessee also recorded 23 regular-season victories WITH 13 WINS AWAY FROM HOME Ray Mears (twice), Don DeVoe (three times), Jerry for the first time since 2009-10 (23). Green and Bruce Pearl (twice) have combined to • Tennessee’s 13 wins away from home are the most • In 31 seasons as a Division I head coach, Rick Barnes win the award nine times with the Vols. among SEC teams this season. The Volunteers have has now led his teams to 20 or more wins 21 times. eight true road wins (in 12 tries) and five neutral-site wins (Purdue, NC State, Mississippi State, Arkansas THREE VOLUNTEERS RANK SEASON RECORD POSTSEASON 1 2007-08 31-5 NCAA Sweet Sixteen and Wright State). HAVE MADE 50+ 3-POINTERS 2 2009-10 28-9 NCAA Elite Eight • UT’s true road wins came at Georgia Tech, Wake • This Tennessee team boasts three players with 50 3 1999-2000 26-7 NCAA Sweet Sixteen Forest, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Iowa State, or more made 3-pointers for the first time since the 4 2017-18 26-8 TBD Kentucky, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. 1999-2000 season. • Lamonté Turner already has 68 made triples, while TWO BLOCKS OF GRANITE, A BIG BARNES APPROACHING JOHN Admiral Schofield has made 60, and Jordan Bowden CANADIAN & A PAIR OF JORDANS has 50. WOODEN’S CAREER WINS TOTAL • Tennessee has used just three different starting • In 1999-2000, the three Vols who accomplished that • Rick Barnes owns 661 Division I wins in his 31 lineups this season. The most common includes feat were: Tony Harris (73), Jon Higgins (53) and seasons as a head coach. Legendary UCLA coach Jordan Bone, Jordan Bowden, Admiral Schofield, Vincent Yarbrough (53). John Wooden totaled 664 victories during his 29- Grant Williams and Kyle Alexander (the Canadian). • That 1999-2000 squad finished with a 26-7 (12-4 year career. That unit has started 31 of UT’s 34 games, and SEC) record, won a share of the SEC regular-season • Barnes needs only four more wins to ascend past Tennessee is 23-8 in those contests. championship and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen Wooden into 26th place on the all-time D-I wins list. before falling to North Carolina in Austin, Texas.
NATIONAL POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL TRACKING TENNESSEE IN THE POLLS Updated: March 12 Updated: March 12 AP COACHES’ Rank School Record Points Rank School Record Points Pre NR NR 1 Virginia (65) 31-2 1,625 1 Virginia (32) 31-2 800 11/13 NR - 2 Villanova 30-4 1,554 2 Villanova 30-4 763 11/20 NR NR 3 Xavier 28-5 1,383 3 Kansas 27-7 685 11/27 RV RV 4 Kansas 27-7 1,379 4 Xavier 28-5 670 5 Michigan State 29-4 1,304 5 Michigan State 29-4 628 12/4 24 RV 6 Cincinnati 30-4 1,230 6 Duke 26-7 609 12/11 20 20 7 Michigan 28-7 1,213 7 Michigan 28-7 604 12/18 21 20 8 Gonzaga 30-4 1,199 8 Gonzaga 30-4 597 12/25 19 20 (Dec. 26) 9 Duke 26-7 1,179 9 North Carolina 25-10 560 1/1 23 22 (Jan. 2) 10 North Carolina 25-10 1,100 10 Cincinnati 30-4 549 11 Purdue 28-6 1,047 11 Purdue 28-6 511 1/8 24 23 12 Arizona 27-7 918 12 Tennessee 25-8 399 1/15 21 21 13 Tennessee 25-8 771 13 Texas Tech 24-9 348 1/22 22 21 14 Texas Tech 24-9 716 14 West Virginia 24-10 347 1/29 18 19 15 West Virginia 24-10 663 15 Arizona 27-7 343 2/5 15 14 16 Wichita State 25-7 604 16 Wichita State 25-7 270 2/12 18 17 17 Ohio State 24-8 600 17 Ohio State 24-8 265 18 Kentucky 24-10 528 18 Clemson 23-9 242 2/19 19 19 19 Auburn 25-7 501 19 Houston 26-7 231 2/26 16 17 20 Clemson 23-9 439 20 Kentucky 24-10 229 3/5 13 12 21 Houston 26-7 430 21 Auburn 25-7 224 3/12 13 12 22 Miami (Fla.) 22-9 134 22 Rhode Island 25-7 96 Final 23 Florida 20-12 102 23 Saint Mary’s 28-5 89 24 Nevada 27-7 93 24 Florida 20-12 67 25 Saint Mary’s 28-5 71 25 Miami (Fla.) 22-9 56 RPI TRACKER (through March 12) CBSsports.com 8 Arkansas 69, Loyola (Chi) 68, Rhode Island 25 Nevada 27-7 56 Receiving Votes: ESPN.com InsideRPI / BPI 8 / 15 66, TCU 40, Providence 22, New Mexico State 15, Butler 9, St. Receiving Votes: Arkansas 34, Creighton 19, Loyola (Chi) 19, Bonaventure 8, USC 7, Kansas State 6, Buffalo 5, UCLA 5, Seton Hall Providence 18, TCU 12, Middle Tennessee 9, Virginia Tech 9, NC KenPom.com 11 5, Creighton 4, South Dakota State 3, Murray State 2, San Diego State 9, New Mexico State 6, Florida State 5, Buffalo 4, Kansas NCAA (official) 8 State 2, Middle Tennessee 2, Virginia Tech 2, Davidson 1, Missouri 1 State 4, Seton Hall 3, St. Bonaventure 3, South Dakota State 2, Sagarin 17 Butler 2, Davidson 2, Texas A&M 1, San Diego State 1 Tennessee’s “Best” Official NCAA RPI Wins: Purdue (9), Kentucky (twice, 10), Texas A&M (29), Arkansas (30)
UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS 2017-18 SEC STANDINGS (through March 12) “QUOTABLE” SEC Pct. H A ALL Pct. H A N Streak SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year Tennessee^ 13-5 .722 8-1 5-4 25-8 .758 13-2 8-4 4-2 L1 Lamonté Turner on why he’s Auburn^ 13-5 .722 8-1 5-4 25-7 .781 15-1 7-4 3-2 L1 not afraid to take big shots Florida 11-7 .611 6-3 5-4 20-12 .625 12-5 5-4 3-3 L1 at the end of close games... Kentucky# 10-8 .556 7-2 3-6 24-10 .706 16-2 4-7 4-2 W3 “I’m not scared of coming back Missouri 10-8 .556 6-3 4-5 20-12 .625 13-3 5-6 2-3 L1 to the locker room and looking Arkansas 10-8 .556 7-2 3-6 23-11 .677 15-2 3-7 5-2 L1 my teammates in the eye if I miss.” Mississippi St. 9-9 .500 7-2 2-7 22-11 .667 18-2 2-8 2-1 L1 Texas A&M 9-9 .500 6-3 3-6 20-12 .625 13-3 4-7 3-2 L1 Alabama 8-10 .444 6-3 2-7 19-15 .559 12-5 2-8 5-2 L1 LSU 8-10 .444 6-3 2-7 17-14 .548 13-4 3-7 1-3 L1 SPECIALTY-STAT TRACKER South Carolina 7-11 .389 5-4 2-7 17-16 .515 10-5 4-8 3-3 L1 Georgia 7-11 .389 5-4 2-7 18-15 .545 11-4 4-9 3-2 L1 Points in Points 2nd Chance Bench Opponent the Paint Off TOs Points Points Vanderbilt 6-12 .333 5-4 1-8 12-20 .375 11-7 1-10 0-3 L1 Presbyterian 38 26 7 31 Ole Miss 5-13 .278 4-5 1-8 12-20 .375 10-8 1-10 1-2 L4 High Point 24 29 15 35 vs. Purdue 38 20 21 25 ^ SEC Co-Champions # SEC Tournament Champion vs. Villanova 38 19 21 23 vs. NC State 16 22 5 22 Mercer 30 32 10 33 at Georgia Tech 20 8 6 33 VOLUNTEERS EXTEND 13-YEAR Lipscomb 28 13 8 30 STREAK OF TOP-20 ATTENDANCE North Carolina 24 19 16 21 FAST BREAK Furman 32 11 9 16 • Tennessee finished eighth nationally in average at Wake Forest 30 17 5 14 regular-season home attendance this year, drawing at Arkansas 30 10 11 33 Tennessee has produced four of the top 10 an average of 16,210 fans to 15 games at Thompson- Auburn 28 9 18 28 all-time scorers in SEC history: Allan Houston Kentucky 30 16 16 17 Boling Arena. at Vanderbilt 40 12 13 13 (No. 2; 2,801 points), Ernie Grunfeld (No. 5; • Tennessee’s average home attendance this season Texas A&M 32 22 11 15 2,249 points), Tony White (No. 6; 2,219 points) was its highest since 2012-13 (17,395, 6th nationally). at Missouri 28 16 13 14 and Chris Lofton (No. 10; 2,131 points). • The Vols have now ranked among the top 20 in at South Carolina 32 19 9 39 Vanderbilt 16 7 10 15 attendance for 14 consecutive years, including six at Iowa State 22 14 22 36 seasons ranked in the top five nationally. LSU 32 8 16 44 Ole Miss 26 23 10 35 UT EIGHTH IN NCAA IN ASSIST RATE at Kentucky 30 11 8 16 TRENDING NOW at Alabama 18 10 8 18 • According to noted college basketball statistical South Carolina 30 13 9 19 analyst Ken Pomeroy of KenPom.com, Tennessee • In SEC play, Tennessee led the league in assists per at Georgia 20 16 8 19 ranks eighth nationally with an assist rate of 62.2 game (15.1) while ranking second in scoring margin Florida 32 11 4 8 percent (meaning that 62.2 percent of the Vols’ (+5.0), free-throw percentage (.767) and assist/ at Ole Miss 28 7 8 21 turnover (1.3). at Mississippi St. 36 13 10 25 made field goals have been assisted on). Georgia 26 13 7 15 • That is the highest assist rate among SEC teams. • From 2013-17 (four seasons), Tennessee had 20 or vs. Mississippi St. 26 20 22 19 • The Vols average 15.7 assists per game, which ranks more assists in game seven times. This year, the vs. Arkansas 22 14 19 23 Vols have posted eight 20-assist games. vs. Kentucky 20 11 22 13 first among SEC teams and 43rd in the country. 32 15 16 29 • Among Division I players averaging at least two FG vs. Wright State attempts per game, Kyle Alexander’s two-point FG Total +/- +22 +79 +22 +231 40 32 22 (2x) 44 WINDICATORS percentage of .679 ranks 17th in the nation. Season Highs • Tennessee under Rick Barnes is 27-3 when holding • Sophomore point guard Jordan Bone ranked its opponent below a .390 field-goal percentage. second in the SEC with a 3.47 assist/turnover ratio • Tennessee under Rick Barnes is 24-3 when it takes a during league play. He had a positive or even assist/ ACTIVE CAREER SCORERS (DI) double-digit lead into halftime. turnover ratio in 16 of 18 conference games. • UT is undefeated this season (18-0) when their • Sophomore guard Lamonté Turner led the SEC with Games Career opponent posts a field-goal percentage below .400. Rank Player School Played Points a .940 (47-of-50) free-throw percentage during 1 Jordan Howard Central Arkansas 122 2,479 • The Vols are 16-2 this season when they out-rebound league play. 2 Andrew Rowsey Marquette 127 2,258 their opponent. • A testament to its depth, Tennessee does not have a 3 Trevon Bluiett Xavier 140 2,227 • The Vols are 7-0 this season when Knoxville native single player ranked in the top 20 in the SEC in minutes 2 Jonathan Stark Murray State 129 2,222 Jordan Bowden scores at least 15 points. played this season (overall or during SEC play). 5 Mike Daum South Dakota St. 103 2,205 • Tennessee is 7-1 during Lamonté Turner’s career 11 James Daniel III Tennesssee 123 2,113 when he makes four or more 3-pointers. SEC POY WILLIAMS WORKING Through March 15 • UT is 6-2 during Kyle Alexander’s career when he scores 10 or more points. THROUGH DOUBLE-TEAMS • Tennessee is 10-3 during Jordan Bone’s career when • Despite being the focal point of opponents’ scouting he records at least five assists. reports, SEC Player of the Year and Tennessee leading scorer Grant Williams remains efficient COMPARING SEC WINS vs. LOSSES offensively. • Facing regular double-teams, Williams shot .463 in WINS STATISTIC LOSSES SEC play, ranking ninth in the league. 63.2 Points Allowed 79.8 • Williams’ 16.1 points per game in SEC games ranked .397 3-Point FG Pct. .312 ninth in the conference. +1.1 Rebound Margin -3.2 • He scored 15 or more points in 11 of Tennessee’s 18 +2.0 Turnover Margin -0.2 SEC games. +1.0 Grant Williams’ Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.3 • Williams draws 6.7 fouls per 40 minutes. That ranks “QUOTABLE” .506 Admiral Schofield Field-Goal Pct. .353 34th nationally among all players in Division I. Junior Wing 9.8 Jordan Bowden PPG 5.6 Admiral Schofield .353 Jordan Bowden 3-Pt. Pct. .176 “We are a very unselfish team. We can score in many different ways. It’s no big deal for us to play hot potato out there and get the ball moving. Whoever has the best shot can take it.”
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14 STRAIGHT WEEKS IN TOP 25 • The Vols are riding a streak of 14 straight weeks in TENNESSEE’S RECORD ON “QUOTABLE” the top 25. As a ranked team, Tennessee is 19-7 this Josh Richardson, Miami Heat season. “I think (Rick Barnes is) a great • Tennessee on Dec. 4 made its first appearance in coach. I wanted to play for him the AP poll since 2010—nearly seven full years. The really bad my whole life growing Vols landed at No. 24 in that week’s AP poll. up. I was a big Texas fan. I’m a 25-23 • Prior to that week, the last time UT appeared in the bit jealous that these guys get to includes TruTV (2-1) and TNT (1-0) top 25 was Dec. 20, 2010 (19th AP, 18th coaches). play for him.” • This week, UT stands at No. 13 in the AP poll and No. 12 in the coaches poll. Both are season-bests. ALEXANDER MUCH IMPROVED UT IN RARE RANKED COMPANY • Junior forward Kyle Alexander was 38-for-51 (.745) • Tennessee is one of three schools whose men’s and from the field during SEC play. women’s basketball teams are both ranked in the • After scoring in double digits just one time in his NUMBERS OF NOTE latest Associated Press top-25 poll. first two seasons (64 games), he has scored 10 or • The Vols are ranked 13th, and the Lady Vols (24-7, 11-5 more points seven times this season. SEC) are ranked 12th under coach Holly Warlick. • The Jan. 27 win at Iowa State was Alexander’s fourth • Other schools with two ranked hoops squads (AP game this season with 10 or more rebounds. poll) are Duke and Ohio State. • Through 34 games, Alexandeer has essentially +10.38 doubled his production from his first two seasons as SCHOFIELD’S TRANSITION TO THE an underclassman, tallying 5.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 20.3 minutes per game while Tennessee All-SEC wing Admiral Schofield owns WING HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS starting every contest. the best plus-minus rating per 40 minutes on the • After playing a frontcourt role his first two years at team, boasting a +10.38. Tennessee, junior Admiral Schofield transitioned to the wing this season and blossomed into an All-SEC J-BIRD REACHES 2K MILESTONE performer. • Graduate transfer James Daniel III is Division I’s • One of the team’s hardest workers who is constantly 11th-leading active career scorer, and on Dec. 20 vs. in the gym, he estimates that he takes an average of Furman (his 100th career game played), he eclipsed 350 shots daily. the 2,000-career-point milestone. He now has 2,113 • Schofield is the team’s leading rebounder and total collegiate points. 16 second-leading scorer (overall and in SEC play). He • 90 of those games, and 1,933 of those points, were has led the Vols in rebounding 16 times on the year. scored during Daniel’s standout career at Howard. • Schofield’s 60 made 3-pointers are the second-most There are only 16 Division players older than on the team, and he’s made multiple 3-pointers in DANIEL A DARN GOOD DISTRIBUTOR Vols grad transfer James Daniel III. And among 23 of UT’s 34 games this season. players from “Power Five” conferences, Daniel is • Schofield this year has exceeded his total number • Graduate transfer James Daniel III is the first Vol to the second-oldest in the country. of long range makes (60) from his firsttwo years log multiple games of 10 or more assists in a single as a Vol (46). season in 24 years. • He has 33 steals this season (second-most on • LaMarcus Golden had two double-digit assist games the team) after totaling 21 in his two years as an in 1993-94, dishing out 12 vs. UT Martin (11/26/93) underclassman. and 14 at South Carolina (1/19/94). • 2017-18During SEC play, Tennessee junior wing Schofield Basketball ranked • Daniel distributed a career-high 10 assists in the win over High Point on Nov. 14 (his second game 1,140Tennessee Combined17th in the league Team in scoring Statistics (14.7 ppg), (as seventh of Mar 15, 2018) in total rebounding (6.7 rpg), seventh in defensive as a Vol). He then recorded 10 assists during UT’s reboundingLast (4.8 drpg) Three and seventh Games in FG percentage victory over Mercer on Nov. 29. And he didn’t have Last year’s UT freshmen scored a school-record (.469). a turnover in either game. 1,140 points. That group accounted for 47.8 • Schofield was a two-time SEC Co-Player of the • For the first time in his career, Daniel—a green- percent of UT’s points, 59.0 percent of the team’s Week this season, and he also earned a spot on the light, volume shooter at Howard who has more assists and 57.7 percentRECORD: of the team’s steals. OVERALLSEC Tournament All-Tournament HOME Team. AWAYthan 2,000 NEUTRAL career points to his creidt—has more ALL GAMES 2-1 0-0 0-0 assists (95)2-1 than made field goals (58). CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 LAST THREENON-CONFERENCE GAMES 2-1 0-0 0-0 2-1
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 Schofield, Admiral 3-3 90 30.0 19-43 . 4 4 2 8-18 . 4 4 4 7-8 . 8 7 5 6 23 29 9.7 9 0 4 7 4 1 53 17.7 02 Williams, Grant 3-3 89 29.7 13-24 . 5 4 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 15-16 . 9 3 8 14 9 23 7.7 10 0 7 8 1 4 41 13.7 01 Turner, Lamonte 3-0 87 29.0 10-30 . 3 3 3 7-18 . 3 8 9 11-12 . 9 1 7 0 3 3 1.0 5 0 17 2 0 2 38 12.7 00 Bone, Jordan 3-3 71 23.7 14-29 . 4 8 3 6-9 . 6 6 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 3 3 1.0 4 0 8 2 1 3 35 11.7 11 Alexander, Kyle 3-3 65 21.7 10-15 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 11 4 15 5.0 8 0 0 2 6 1 25 8.3 03 Daniel, James 3-0 46 15.3 4-9 . 4 4 4 4-9 . 4 4 4 5-6 . 8 3 3 0 4 4 1.3 6 0 2 1 0 1 17 5.7 23 Bowden, Jordan 3-3 77 25.7 3-13 . 2 3 1 1-7 . 1 4 3 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 8 9 3.0 10 1 4 2 1 1 10 3.3 10 Fulkerson, John 3-0 34 11.3 2-3 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 6 10 3.3 4 0 1 3 1 1 4 1.3 13 Johnson, Jalen 2-0 4 2.0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.0 35 Pons, Yves 3-0 22 7.3 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.7 15 Walker, Derrick 3-0 13 4.3 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 32 Darrington, Chris 2-0 2 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 Team 437 4 Total...... 3 600 78-171 . 4 5 6 26-62 . 4 1 9 47-56 . 8 3 9 40 67 107 35.7 61 1 43 32 15 16 229 76.3 Opponents...... 3 600 64-159 . 4 0 3 17-52 . 3 2 7 45-62 . 7 2 6 35 55 90 30.0 54 1 26 33 10 14 190 63.3
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS SCORING 229 190 3 03/10/18 vs Arkansas W 84-66 18729 Points per game 76.3 63.3 3 03/11/18 vs Kentucky L 72-77 18973 Scoring margin +13.0 - 4 03/15/18 vs Wright State W 73-47 0 FIELD GOALS-ATT 78-171 64-159 Field goal pct . 4 5 6 . 4 0 3 1 = Battle 4 Atlantis (Bahamas) 3 POINT FG-ATT 26-62 17-52 2 = Big 12/SEC Challenge 3-point FG pct . 4 1 9 . 3 2 7 3 = SEC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 3-pt FG made per game 8.7 5.7 4 = NCAA Tournament (Dallas, Texas) FREE THROWS-ATT 47-56 45-62 * = Conference game Free throw pct . 8 3 9 . 7 2 6 F-Throws made per game 15.7 15.0 REBOUNDS 107 90 Rebounds per game 35.7 30.0 Rebounding margin +5.7 - ASSISTS 43 26 Assists per game 14.3 8.7 TURNOVERS 32 33 Turnovers per game 10.7 11.0 Turnover margin +0.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 0.8 STEALS 16 14 Steals per game 5.3 4.7 BLOCKS 15 10 Blocks per game 5.0 3.3 ATTENDANCE 0 37702 Home games-Avg/Game 0-0 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-12567
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Tennessee 113 116 229 Opponents 88 102 190 “QUOTABLE” T.J. Ford, Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy winner VOLS “Every day I wake up, I use things I learned from (Coach Barnes). Just knowing how to treat people, knowing how to be respectful, being engaging, being on time, how to be responsible, all of those things. I do it every day.” IN THE NBA
TURNER EARNS SEC SIXTH & AROUND MAN OF THE YEAR HONORS THE GLOBE • SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year Lamonté Turner has FAST BREAK not started a game this season, but he has come off Tennessee has made five NCAA Sweet Sixteen the bench to score 15 or more points 10 times. • Turner is the team’s third-leading scorer both overall appearances since 2000. (10.9 ppg) and in SEC play (11.4 ppg). • The Alabama native has held or shared the team lead in scoring nine times this season. He had a pair of 25-point performances in SEC play (vs. Auburn POINT DISTRIBUTION and at South Carolina). • Tennessee has scored 47.3 percent of its points this • Turner made a season-high six 3-pointers in UT’s season via two-point field goals. NBA VOLS Jan. 27 win at Iowa State, finishing with 20 points. • The Vols have scored 31.4 percent of their points from • His go-ahead 3-pointer at Kentucky on Feb. 6 with 3-point range. Just four players—Lamonté Turner 26 seconds left in regulation secured the Vols’ first (68), Admiral Schofield (60), Jordan Bowden (50) TOBIAS HARRIS, SF win at Kentucky on since 2006. and James Daniel III (44)—are responsible for 84.1 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS / 7TH YEAR IN THE NBA • Turner also authored a streak of 130+ consecutive percent of Tennessee’s made 3-pointers. Notes: 25-year-old started 48 games for Detroit, minutes played without committing a turnover, • And 21.3 percent of UT’s points have come at the averaging 18.1 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting dating from the first half at South Carolina on Jan. free-throw line. The Vols make an average of 15.8 .409 from 3-point range, before being traded to the Clippers on Jan. 29. 20 to the first half of UT’s win at Kentucky on Feb. 6. free throws per game. SCOTTY HOPSON, SG TENNESSEE IS FIFTH-YOUNGEST 10 WEARING VOLSCHOLAR PATCH DALLAS MAVERICKS / 2ND STINT IN THE NBA • A program-record 10 Vols have earned the privilege TEAM IN DIVISION I THIS SEASON Notes: Singed a 10-day contract with Dallas on Feb. of wearing a “VOLScholar” patch on their game • Bowling Green State University basketball SID 26 ... Appeared in two games with the Cleveland Cavs in 2013-14. jersey: Kyle Alexander, Jordan Bone, James Daniel James Nahikian painstakingly compiled a list of III, John Fulkerson, Zach Kent, Yves Pons, Lamonté the youngest teams (based on class/eligibility) in Turner, Derrick Walker, Grant Williams and Brad college basketball this season, and Tennessee was JOSH RICHARDSON, SG Woodson one of three SEC teams to make the top five. MIAMI HEAT / 3RD YEAR IN THE NBA • To be eligible to wear the patch, UT student-athletes • With 10 underclassmen and only one senior, Notes: Agreed to a four-year, $42 million contract in must achieve a 3.0 GPA in either of the two previous Tennessee is tied with Wofford and Toledo as the September ... Averaging 12.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists through 51 games this season (starter). semesters, or they must own a cumulative 3.0 GPA. fifth-youngest team in Division I. • Kentucky (12 underclassmen, no seniors) is the VOLS SHINE IN LATEST GSR DATA nation’s youngest team, and Auburn is the second- ERNIE GRUNFELD youngest (12 underclassmen, one senior). WASHINGTON WIZARDS / PRESIDENT (GM) • The Tennessee basketball program had plenty to Note: Has been with Wizards organization since 2003. celebrate following the Nov. 8 release of the latest RANK TEAM BREAKDOWN NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data. 1 Kentucky 12 (7 FR, 1 R-FR, 3 SO, 1 R-SO) – 0 SR • The program’s multi-year GSR of 89 percent is an 2 Auburn 12 (3 FR, 9 SO) – 1 SR ALLAN HOUSTON NEW YORK KNICKS / ASSISTANT GM all-time program record (besting the previous high T-3 American 10 (7 FR, 3 SO) – 0 SR Note: Former Knicks All-Star now serves as assistant by 16 percentage points). T-3 The Citadel 10 (6 FR, 4 SO) – 0 SR T-5 Wofford 10 (4 FR, 1 R-FR, 5 SO) – 1 SR general manager and is also the GM of New York’s • The UT men’s basketball program has improved its T-5 Toledo 10 (4 FR, 1 R-FR, 5 SO) – 1 SR G-League affiliate, the Westchester Knicks. multi-year GSR 29 percentage points in four years— T-5 Tennessee 10 (3 FR, 3 R-FR, 3 SO, 1 R-SO) – 1 SR from 60 percent in 2014 to 89 percent in 2017. 8 Holy Cross 9 (6 FR, 3 SO) – 0 SR T-9 Montana 9 (6 FR, 2 SO, 1 R-SO) – 1 SR T-9 Bowling Green 9 (5 FR, 1 R-FR, 3 SO) – 1 SR VOLS IN THE NBA G-LEAGUE T-9 Marquette 9 (5 FR, 4 SO) – 1 SR Name Team Affiliation T-9 Oklahoma 9 (5 FR, 2 SO, 2 R-SO) – 1 SR Devon Baulkman Westchester Knicks NY Knicks T-9 Kansas State 9 (3 FR, 2 R-FR, 4 SO) – 1 SR T-9 Louisiana Tech 9 (3 FR, 1 R-FR, 5 SO) – 1 SR
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A FRESH TAKE ON AN OLD TRADITION NAME NATION TEAM Wayne Chism Bahrain Al-Manama Fans who remember the entertaining era of John Fields France Nancy basketball and showmanship under legendary Kenny Hall Israel Maccabi K/M Tennessee head coach Ray Mears (1963-77) will Robert Hubbs III Montenegro KK Sutjeska Chris Lofton France Le Mans appreciate the candy-striped warmup pants donned Armani Moore Germany EWE Baskets during pregame by the Vols. J.P. Prince France Antibes Outstanding Tennessee teams in the 1970s featuring Kevin Punter Jr. Greece AEK Vol greats Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld, made Derek Reese Puerto Rico Ponce the candy-striped pants popular, wearing them prior Tyler Smith Turkey Istanbulspor to packed games at old Stokely Athletics Center. Jarnell Stokes China Zhejiang GB Cameron Tatum Brazil Botafogo FR The pants made intermittent appearances in the last C.J. Watson Turkey Muratbey Usak decade but, thanks to Rick Barnes, are now worn for Brian Williams Indonesia CLS Knights all games starting last season.
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367-129 Overall Record | Now in 31st Season NOTES FROM “THE SUMMITT” $45 MILLION COMMITMENT HOOPS FACILITY ENHANCMENTS OVER THE LAST DECADE AVG. HOME ATTENDANCE • Prior to the 2007-08 season, UT added a basketball- 2017-18 Division I Attendance Leaders only practice facility, Pratt Pavilion, which houses Arena/School Avg. two full-size gymnasiums (a men’s court and a 1. Rupp Arena 21,875 women’s court) as well as an athletic training room, Kentucky weight room and film-study room. 2. The Carrier Dome 21,462 • Construction of Pratt Pavilion also marked the Syracuse beginning of the “first phase” of renovations to 3. Dean E. Smith Center 18,379 Thompson-Boling Arena. This $19 million phase North Carolina included the addition of 32 luxury suites located in 4. KFC Yum! Center 17,773 the north balcony, a loge area just below the suites Louisville that includes 166 side court seats, new seats for the 5. Kohl Center 17,272 entire arena, a $3 million center-hung scoreboard Wisconsin and concourse refurbishments, such as graphics WELCOME TO YEAR NO. 31 6. CenturyLink Center 17,000 and other amenities. • Thompson-Boling Arena hosted its 31st season in Creighton • In the “second phase” of Thompson-Boling Arena 2017-18. 7. Allen Fieldhouse 16,345 renovations, the athletics department overhauled • The Vols have won nearly 75 percent of their games Kansas the men’s and women’s basketball offices during the in Thompson-Boling Arena. 8. Thompson-Boling Arena 16,210 2010-11 campaign, creating a new and impressive • The Vols have ranked in the top 10 nationally in Tennessee “front door” for both programs. average home attendance 16 times at TBA and own 9. Arkansas 16,181 • New to Thompson-Boling Arena for the 2013-14 an active streak of 14 consecutive seasons ranked Bud Walton Arena season was a 360-degree LED ribbon board that in the top 20. 10. Indiana 15,591 runs along the bottom of the upper deck. Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • In March of 2014, Thompson-Boling Arena became 11. Pinnacle Bank Arena 15,492 BY THE NUMBERS the third college basketball arena to install an Nebraska LED lighting system, which features fixtures that • Tennessee is 367-129 (.740) at Thompson-Boling Arena. 12. NC State 15,253 are smaller, brighter, and up to 85 percent more • Since the 1997-98 season, the Vols are 268-70 (.793) PNC Arena efficient than conventional arena metal halide in Thompson-Boling Arena. lights. The system—developed and manufactured • Tennessee finished both the 2006-07 and 2007-08 through games of March 4, 2018 by Oak Ridge-based LED North America at the Tech seasons with a perfect 16-0 home record. 20/20 incubator facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee— • The Vols have won five of their last six home games incorporates Oak Ridge National Laboratory LEGENDS IN THE RAFTERS against the defending national champions (wins technology and was installed by Knoxville-based over Kentucky in 2013, UConn in 2012, Florida in Bandit Lites. TENNESSEE’S RETIRED NUMBERS 2008, Florida in 2007, Kentucky in 1999). • The weight room in Pratt Pavilion was renovated Name No. Honored on and expanded to 4,350 square feet in the summer HOME CROWDS OF 20,000+ Ray Mears (coach) * March 1, 2006 of 2016. Additions include a full-court-length stretch John Ward (broadcaster) * March 1, 2006 NOTHING NEW FOR VOLS of synthetic turf, a custom rubber floor, a 40-foot, Bernard King 53 Feb. 13, 2007 • Tennessee has played in front of 53 home crowds steel-reinforced throwing wall, six Keiser Functional Ernie Grunfeld 22 March 2, 2008 larger than 20,000 dating to the 2005-06 season. Trainers, four TRUEStretch Cages, three custom, 10- Allan Houston 20 March 6, 2011 • The crowd of 22,326 for the 2009 Gonzaga game foot Power Lift pulley units (ideal for taller student- was the largest at Thompson-Boling Arena since athletes), seven sets of 90-pound PowerBlocks and * Honored with a personalized banner bearing the Tennessee “Power T” logo capacity was reduced from 24,535 to 21,678 prior to a zoned, high-powered stereo system. the 2007-08 campaign. • Work is set to conclude in February on a $5 million TENNESSEE’S RETIRED JERSEYS • UT has hosted ESPN College GameDay twice at locker-room overhaul at Thompson-Boling Arena, Thompson-Boling Arena, winning both games. which will feature the addition of a hydrotherapy Name No. Honored on athletic training facility. Dale Ellis 14 March 1, 2014
UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS TEAM STAT RANKINGS “QUOTABLE” LaMarcus Aldridge, San Antonio Spurs/NBA All-Star “Rick Barnes always told me I would be a franchise player, a go-to guy. I can’t say Category SEC NCAA SEC* that I always believed him, but he was right. He told me if I kept working hard and Scoring Offense | 74.2 8 163 72.8 | 6 stayed with it, then I would be a go-to guy in the NBA, and it worked out. He kept me Scoring Defense | 65.8 1 36 67.8 | T-2 positive and kept me going in the right direction when I could have stopped believing Scoring Margin | +8.4 2 54 +5.0 | 2 FG Pct. | .439 8 213 .445 | 7 in myself. That was a key to my development as a player.” FG Pct. Defense | .407 5 33 .425 | 7 3FG Pct. | .381 3 41 .370 | 4 3FG Pct. Defense | .315 2 23 .309 | 3 Free Throw Pct. | .759 2 42 .767 | 2 RIVALRY SWEEP TENNESSEE GOES 3-1 IN ACC PLAY Rebounds Per Game | 36.4 9 131 34.2 | 11 • Tennessee has swept traditional rivals Kentucky and • Tennessee went 3-1 during its four games against Rebound Defense | 34.3 9 - 34.3 | 5 Vanderbilt for the first time since 1998-99. ACC opponents over a 30-day span during pre- Rebound Margin | +2.1 7 117 -0.1 | 7 • That 1998-99 squad, coached by Jerry Green, won conference action, with all three wins coming away Off. Rebs Per Game | 11.7 7 70 9.7 | 11 the SEC Eastern Division title, reached the second from Knoxville. UT’s scoring margin in those four Def. Rebs Per Game | 24.7 11 233 24.4 | 7 round of the NCAA Tournament and finished with games was +7.5. Assists Per Game | 15.7 1 43 15.1 | 1 a record of 21-9 (12-4 SEC) to earn a year-end AP • The Vols defeated NC State, 67-58, in Atlantis. Assist/Turnover | 1.3 3 47 1.3 | 2 ranking of No. 20. Tennessee then toppled Georgia Tech, 77-70, in Turnovers Per Game | 12.2 6 110 11.2 | T-3 • UT’s Feb. 13 win over South Carolina gave Tennessee Atlanta. UT fell at home to No. 7 UNC, 78-73, before Turnover Margin | +1.7 5 64 +1.2 | 5 a 6-0 sweep of its three “permanent” SEC opponents routing Wake Forest, 79-60, in Winston-Salem. Blocks Per Game | 4.5 9 39 3.9 | 9 (Vandy, Kentucky and South Carolina). • Additionally, Tennessee traveled to Clemson for a Steals Per Game | 6.3 6 164 5.8 | 7 • And with UT’s Feb. 21 win over Florida, this is the first charity exhibition on Nov. 5. The Vols defeated the Fouls Per Game | 19.5 10 275 18.3 | - year since 1979 that Tennessee has gone unbeaten Tigers, 71-67. SEC thru March 12 | NCAA thru March 12 * Conference games only against Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Florida. ROSTER BREAKDOWN TH TENNESSEE WAS PICKED 13 IN SEC • The Vols’ 2017-18 roster features 16 players (13 GAMES STARTED • SEC Champion Tennessee was predicted to finish scholarship student-athletes) representing nine 13th in the 2018 SEC race by an SEC and national states as well as Ontario, Canada, and France. Streak 2017-18 Career SEC media voting panel. • There are five Vols who hail from the state of Kyle Alexander 34 34 68 47 • The Volunteers also were picked 13th last season Tennessee, two from North Carolina and one each Jordan Bone 4 32 49 34 before posting an 8-10 SEC record to finish ninth. from Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Jordan Bowden 36 34 62 36 • The Vols have outperformed their preseason SEC Texas and Virginia. James Daniel III - 3 90 1 projection every season under coach Rick Barnes. • This is the first time since 2006-07 that the Vols’ Chris Darrington - - - - roster has not included at least one player from the John Fulkerson - - 6 - LANIER GIVES VOLS ADDITIONAL state of Georgia. Zach Kent - - - - HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE • Tennessee has one senior (a graduate transfer), Jalen Johnson - - - - five juniors, four sophomores and six freshmen Yves Pons - - - - • Rick Barnes isn’t the only person on Tennessee’s (including three redshirt freshmen). Admiral Schofield 28 33 56 34 bench with Division I head coaching experience. • This is the tallest roster third-year head coach Rick Lamonté Turner - - 6 3 • Associate head coach Rob Lanier was the head Barnes has had at Tennessee. This season’s team Derrick Walker Jr. - - - - coach at Siena from 2001-05. includes six players listed at 6-7 or taller. For each of Grant Williams 63 34 63 39 • During that span, the Saints posted a 58-70 mark, and the previous two seasons, UT had just three players advanced to one NCAA Tournament and one NIT. listed at 6-7 or taller. • Under Lanier, Siena also won the 2002 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Championship. NON-CONF. BREAKDOWN UT IN 2018 NIT SEASON TIP-OFF FIELD AN (EARLY) ALL-STAR COMPARISON • Tennessee will spend next Thanksgiving in New York City, where it will join Kansas, Louisville Team Record ‘17 RPI ‘18 RPI Result Presbyterian 11-21 346 319 W, 88-53 FOR FORWARD GRANT WILLIAMS and Marquette in the 2018 NIT Season Tip-Off at High Point 14-16 233 273 W, 84-53 • Sophomore forward Grant Williams has said that Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. vs. #18 Purdue 28-6 18 9 W, 78-75 one of the players he tries to emulate is Golden • In its last NIT Season Tip-Off appearance, UT won vs. #5 Villanova 30-4 3 2 L, 85-76 State Warriors’ forward Draymond Green. the 2010 title with victories over VCU and Villanova. • Green and Williams both were rated by Rivals.com vs. NC State 21-11 138 64 W, 67-58 Mercer 18-14 196 174 W, 84-60 as three-star prospects. According to ESPN, Green STRENGTH COACH MEDENWALD was the nation’s No. 21 power forward prospect in at Georgia Tech 13-19 79 161 W, 77-70 2007, while Williams was the nation’s No. 26 power WAS A TWO-SPORT STANDOUT Lipscomb 23-9 190 101 W, 81-71 forward in 2016. • Vols strength and conditioning coach Garrett North Carolina 25-10 1 4 L, 78-73 • Below is a comparison between Williams’ current Medenwald has an impressive history as a two- Furman 23-10 90 97 W, 66-61 stats and Green’s year-by-year stats at Michigan sport collegiate student-athlete. at Wake Forest 11-20 43 159 W, 79-60 State. • At Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point, he was an Iowa State 13-18 21 144 W, 68-45 outfielder for the baseball team, which won the through March 12 PLAYER YEAR FG% PPG RPG BPG MPG Midwest Regional and finished fifth at the 2010 Grant Williams Fr (16-17) .504 12.6 5.9 1.9 25.4 Grant Williams So (17-18) .471 15.3 6.1 1.2 28.6 NCAA Division III College World Series. Draymond Green Fr (08-09) .556 3.3 3.3 0.2 11.4 • As a football running back at Division III Wisconsin- Draymond Green So (09-10) .525 9.9 7.7 0.9 25.5 Whitewater, he helped lead the Warhawks to back- FOLLOW THE BEAT Draymond Green Jr (10-11) .426 12.6 8.6 1.1 30.1 to-back national championships in 2010 and 2011. Draymond Green Sr (11-12) .449 16.2 10.6 1.0 33.2 • Medenwald finished his football career at Whitewater Here is a list of reporters who regularly cover the holding several program weight room records in Tennessee basketball beat and tweet about the Vols: WHAT DOES VFL STAND FOR? cleans, snatch, split jerk, bench press, pro agility, @charlie_burris - Charlie Burris, Orange & White Report • VFL is an acronym used across Tennessee’s various broad jump, vertical jump and 40-yard dash. • Also an elite powerlifter, Medenwald was a national @davidwcobb - David Cobb, Chattanooga Times Free Press athletic programs that stands for “Vol For Life.” @vincesports - Vince Ferrara, The Sports Animal • We don’t have “former Vols.” We have VFLs! qualifier in Olympic weightlifting. @mikegriffith32 - Mike Griffith, SEC Country @jimmyhyams - Jimmy Hyams, The Sports Animal @volquest_rob - Rob Lewis, VolQuest.com @stevemegargee - Steve Megargee, Associated Press @grantramey - Grant Ramey, 247sports.com @wesrucker247 - Wes Rucker, 247sports.com @bymikewilson - Mike Wilson, Knoxville News Sentinel
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CAREER RECORDS COACH BARNES: CAREER BREAKDOWN Overall Record: 661-357 Conference Games (regular season): 296-217 Non-Conference Games: 304-82 Year School Overall Conference Finish Postseason Ranking RPI Conference Tournament: 35-30 1987-88 George Mason 20-10 .667 9-5 .643 T-2nd -/- 103 NCAA Tournament: 22-22 Totals One Season 20-10 .667 9-5 .643 Overtime Games: 30-36 One-Point Games: 17-23 1988-89 Providence 18-11 .621 7-9 .438 T-6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 29 vs. AP Top 25: 99-168 1989-90 Providence 17-12 .586 8-8 .500 T-6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 36 1990-91 Providence 19-13 .594 7-9 .438 T-7th NIT Quarterfinals -/- 53 1991-92 Providence 14-17 .452 6-12 .333 9th -/- 119 1992-93 Providence 20-13 .606 9-9 .500 T-4th NIT Semifinals -/- 41 VS. CURRENT SEC HEAD COACHES 1993-94 Providence 20-10 .667 10-8 .556 T-4th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 23 Totals Six Seasons 108-76 .587 47-55 .461 50.2 COACH All Tenn Tex Clem Prov GMU Anderson, Mike 3-7 1-4 2-3 - - - 1994-95 Clemson 15-13 .536 5-11 .313 T-6th NIT First Round -/- 33 Calipari, John 6-5 4-3 2-2 - - - 1995-96 Clemson 18-11 .621 7-9 .438 6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 44 Drew, Bryce 3-1 3-1 - - - - 1996-97 Clemson 23-10 .697 9-7 .563 4th NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 14/8 39 Fox, Mark 1-5 1-4 0-1 - - - 1997-98 Clemson 18-14 .563 7-9 .438 T-4th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 25 Howland, Ben 7-2 4-1 3-1 - - - Totals Four Seasons 74-48 .607 28-36 .438 35.3 Johnson, Avery 1-2 1-2 - - - - Kennedy, Billy 4-1 2-1 2-0 - - - 1998-99 Texas 19-13 .594 13-3 .813 1st NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 45 Madlock, Tony 1-0 1-0 - - - - 1999-00 Texas 24-9 .727 13-3 .813 2nd NCAA Tournament Second Round 15/21 8 Martin, Cuonzo 1-1 0-1 1-0 - - - 2000-01 Texas 25-9 .735 12-4 .750 T-2nd NCAA Tournament First Round 18/- 13 Martin, Frank 6-7 3-3 3-4 - - - 2001-02 Texas 22-12 .647 10-6 .625 T-3rd NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen -/T18 15 Pearl, Bruce 4-4 3-2 1-2 - - - 2002-03 Texas 26-7 .788 13-3 .813 2nd NCAA Tournament Final Four 5/3 5 Wade, Will 1-0 1-0 - - - - 2003-04 Texas 25-8 .758 12-4 .750 T-2nd NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 12/10 9 White, Mike 2-1 2-1 - - - - 2004-05 Texas 20-11 .645 9-7 .563 T-5th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 38 TOTAL 41-36 26-23 14-13 2005-06 Texas 30-7 .811 13-3 .813 T-1st NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 9/9 10 2006-07 Texas 25-10 .714 12-4 .750 3rd NCAA Tournament Second Round 11/16 26 vs. BARNES... 2007-08 Texas 31-7 .816 13-3 .813 T-1st NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 7/5 6 Anderson, Mike was 3-2 at Missouri; 4-1 at Arkansas 2008-09 Texas 23-12 .657 9-7 .563 T-4th NCAA Tournament Second Round -/23 38 Calipari, John was 1-2 at Memphis; 3-4 at Kentucky 2009-10 Texas 24-10 .706 9-7 .563 T-6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 35 Drew, Bryce is 1-3 at Vanderbilt 2010-11 Texas 28-8 .778 13-3 .813 2nd NCAA Tournament Third Round 8/16 11 Fox, Mark was 1-0 at Nevada; 4-1 at Georgia 2011-12 Texas 20-14 .588 9-9 .500 6th NCAA Tournament Second Round -/- 57 Howland, Ben was 1-3 at UCLA; 1-4 at Miss. State 2012-13 Texas 16-18 .471 7-11 .389 7th CBI Opening Round -/- 121 Johnson, Avery is 2-1 at Alabama 2013-14 Texas 24-11 .686 11-7 .611 T-3rd NCAA Tournament Third Round -/- 41 Kennedy, Billy is 1-4 at Texas A&M 2014-15 Texas 20-14 .588 8-10 .444 T-6th NCAA Tournament Second Round -/- 51 Madlock, Tony is 0-1 at Ole Miss Totals 17 Seasons 402-180 .691 186-94 .664 31.1 Martin, Cuonzo is 1-0 at Missouri; was 0-1 at Cal Martin, Frank was 4-3 at K-State; 3-3 at SC 2015-16 Tennessee 15-19 .441 6-12 .333 12th -/- 142 Pearl, Bruce was 2-1 at Tennessee, 2-3 at Auburn 2016-17 Tennessee 16-16 .500 8-10 .444 9th -/- 80 Wade, Will is 0-1 at LSU 2017-18 Tennessee 26-8 .765 13-5 .722 T-1st NCAA Tournament | TBD TBD TBD White, Mike is 1-2 at Florida Totals 3 Seasons 57-43 .570 27-27 .500 111.0
OVERALL 31 Seasons 661-357 .649 296-217 .577 42.3
UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS ¢ 20-WIN SEASONS - ALL ACTIVE COACHES 17 STRAIGHT NCAA BIDS RANK COACH 20-WIN SEASONS • Rick Barnes is one of only six active Division I head 1 Mike Krzyzewski 34 coach who have ever strung together at least 17 2 Jim Boeheim 32 T-3 Bob Huggins 28 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. T-3 Roy Williams 28 5 John Calipari 26 ¢ NCAA TOURNAMENT STREAKS - ACTIVE COACHES 6 Bill Self 21 RANK COACH STREAK YEARS T-7 Rick Barnes 20 1 Mike Krzyzewski 23 1996-2018 T-7 Tubby Smith 20 2 Roy Williams 20 1990-2009 through March 12 3 Tom Izzo 21 1998-2018 4 Bill Self 20 1999-2018 ¢ DIVISION I WINS - ACTIVE HEAD COACHES 5 Mark Few 19 2000-2018 RANK COACH SCHOOL WINS 6 Rick Barnes 17 1996-2012 1 Mike Krzyzewski Duke 1,098 2 Jim Boeheim Syracuse 1,025 3 Roy Williams North Carolina 841 BARNES’ COACHING TREE EXPANSIVE 4 Bob Huggins West Virginia 766 • Rick Barnes has seen nine of his assistant coaches 5 John Calipari Kentucky 677 move on to become head coaches in the Division I 6 Cliff Ellis Coastal Carolina 669 or professional ranks. 7 Rick Barnes Tennessee 661 8 Bill Self Kansas 652 COACH HEAD COACHING JOBS 9 Dana Altman Oregon 620 Dennis Felton Western Kentucky, Georgia 10 Lon Kruger Oklahoma 613 Fran Fraschilla Manhattan, St. John’s, New Mexico 11 Jim Larranaga Miami (Fla.) 604 Frank Haith Miami (Fla.), Missouri, Tulsa* 12 Tubby Smith Memphis 589 Rob Lanier Siena 13 Tom Izzo Michigan State 573 Ken McDonald Western Kentucky, Austin Toros (NBDL) 14 Fran Dunphy Temple 557 Herb Sendek Miami (Ohio), NC State, Arizona State through March 15 Larry Shyatt Clemson, Wyoming Ricky Stokes Virginia Tech, East Carolina ¢ NCAA TOURNAMENTS - ACTIVE SEC COACHES Rodney Terry UTEP* RANK COACH SCHOOL BERTHS * current 1 Rick Barnes Tennessee 23 2 John Calipari Kentucky 17 3 Ben Howland Mississippi State 10 PLAYERS’ HARDWARE T-4 Mike Anderson Arkansas 9 BARNES’ TEAM POST SOLID RPIs T-4 Tom Crean Georgia 9 • One reason that Rick Barnes’ teams have reached T-4 Bruce Pearl Auburn 9 the NCAA Tournament with such regularity is his Naismith Trophy T-7 Kermit Davis Ole Miss 5 ability to post outstanding year-end RPIs. T.J. Ford, G 2003 T-7 Frank Martin South Carolina 5 • In his 17 seasons at Texas, Barnes’ teams posted an 9 Billy Kennedy Texas A&M 4 Kevin Durant, F 2007 T-10 Bryce Drew Vanderbilt 3 average year-end RPI of 31.1 That includes five years T-10 Cuonzo Martin Missouri 3 in the top 10 and eight years in the top 20. T-12 Will Wade LSU 2 • In Barnes’ 30 previous seasons as a Division I head Wooden Award T-12 Michael White Florida 2 coach, his teams’ average year-end RPI is 43.2. His T.J. Ford, G 2003 14 Avery Johnson Alabama 1 club has finished with a sub-100 RPI just twice in the Kevin Durant, F 2007 through 2017-18 season last 25 years. ¢ NCAA TOURNAMENT WINS - ACTIVE SEC COACHES • Tennessee’s current RPI is No. 8. RANK COACH SCHOOL WINS Wayman Tisdale Award 1 John Calipari Kentucky 42 230 WEEKS IN THE TOP 25 RANKINGS T.J. Ford, G 2002 2 Rick Barnes Tennessee 22 Kevin Durant, F 2007 3 Ben Howland Mississippi State 19 • During this 31 seasons as a head coach, Rick Barnes T-4 Frank Martin South Carolina 10 has guided his teams to a total of 230 weeks in the T-4 Bruce Pearl Auburn 10 Associated Press Top 25 rankings. That includes 98 Oscar Robertson Trophy 6 Mike Anderson Arkansas 9 total weeks in the top 10. T-7 Billy Kennedy Texas A&M 3 Kevin Durant, F 2007 T-7 Cuonzo Martin Missouri 3 SCHOOL WEEKS IN TOP 25 WEEKS IN TOP 10 T-7 Michael White Florida 3 George Mason 0 0 10 Mark Fox Georgia 2 Providence 2 0 Bob Cousy Award T-11 Andy Kennedy Ole Miss 1 Clemson 34 14 T-11 Will Wade LSU 1 Texas 180 84 D.J. Augustin, G 2008 T-13 Bryce Drew Vanderbilt 0 Tennessee 14 0 T-13 Avery Johnson Alabama 0 TOTAL 230 98
BARNES vs. THE SEC
vs. Southeastern Conference: 84-55
OPPONENT All Tenn Tex Clem Prov GMU Alabama 1-3 1-2 - - 0-1 - Arkansas 4-5 1-4 3-1 - - - Auburn 3-2 3-2 - - - - Florida 2-1 2-1 - - - - Georgia 2-6 1-4 1-1 0-1 - - Kentucky 5-5 4-3 0-1 1-1 - - RICK BARNES: WHERE & WHEN LSU 3-5 2-2 1-3 - - - Home: 412-86 November: 105-30 Mississippi 3-2 3-2 - - - - Away: 149-179 December: 162-48 Mississippi State 7-1 4-1 3-0 - - - Neutral: 100-92 January: 156-104 Missouri 12-9 1-2 10-7 1-0 - - at TBA: 32-11 February: 138-101 South Carolina 8-3 3-3 - 4-0 1-0 - March: 95-73 Tennessee 2-2 - 2-2 - - - April: 0-1 Texas A&M 27-8 2-1 23-7 2-0 - - Vanderbilt 5-3 4-3 1-0 - - -
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ON THE BENCH ROB LANIER Associate Head Coach • St. Bonaventure, 1990 • Third season at Tennessee; ninth year working alongside Rick Barnes; this is his 27th season as a Division I coach (was head coach at Siena from 2001-05). • Also has experience working as an assistant under Dave Leitao at Virginia (2006-07) and Billy Donovan at Florida (2007-11) • Has played a role in signing eight McDonald’s All-Americans, and 11 players that he either signed or coached have gone on to become NBA Draft Picks. • A native of Buffalo, New York, he was a close friend of fellow Vols’ staffer Desmond Oliver growing up.
DESMOND OLIVER Assistant Coach • Dominican College, 1992 • Third season at Tennessee; before joining the Vols, he spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Charlotte. • This is his 22nd season in the Division I coaching ranks; he has experience in the Atlantic 10, Big 12, Ivy League and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. • Also boasts five years of previous SEC coaching experience at Georgia from 2004-09. • A native of Buffalo, New York, he was a close friend of fellow Vols’ staffer Rob Lanier growing up.
MICHAEL SCHWARTZ Assistant Coach • Texas, 1999 • Second season at Tennessee; played two years under Barnes at Texas and was a member of the 1999 Big 12 Championship team (then became a GA on Texas’ staff). • Spent the 2015-16 season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Tulsa, helping the Golden Hurricane advance to the NCAA Tournament. • Prior to that, he spent four seasons as the lead assistant under Rodney Terry (another Barnes pupil) at Fresno State, including one year as associate head coach. • No stranger to the Southeast and East Coast, Schwartz spent six years on staff at Miami (Fla.) in the ACC.
GARRETT MEDENWALD Strength & Conditioning Coach • Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2013 • Third season at Tennessee; he had three previous years of experience working alongside head coach Rick Barnes at Texas from 2012-15. • As a football running back at UW-Whitewater, he helped lead the Warhawks to back-to-back national championships in 2010 and 2011. • An elite powerlifter, Medenwald was a national qualifier in Olympic weightlifting and was a coach and co-founder of the UW-Whitewater Olympic Lifting Club. • Native of Green Bay, Wisconsin (lifelong Green Bay Packers fan).
CHAD NEWMAN Athletic Trainer • Tennessee, 1994 • 22nd season with the Tennessee basketball program. • Under his care, the Vols have advanced to postseason play 14 times, including 10 NCAA Tournament berths and five Sweet Sixteen appearances. • 2009 Tennessee Athletic Trainer’s Society (TATS) Athletic Trainer of the Year. • Native of Chattanooga, Tennessee RILEY DAVIS Director of Player Development • Texas, 2011 • Third season at Tennessee; is a Texas native. • Had four previous years of experience as a member of Rick Barnes’ basketball staff at Texas. • Worked as a regional advance scout for the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats (now the Charlotte Hornets) in 2013-14. • Spent the 2012-13 season as an assistant coach at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
MARY-CARTER EGGERT Director of Basketball Operations • Tennessee, 2011 • A two-time Tennessee graduate, Eggert is in her third season working in a basketball operations role. • One of only three women currently holding the role of director of basketball operations with a men’s program at a “power five” conference school. • Spent three years on UT’s media realtions staff, working closely with the Tennessee football program from 2012 to 2014. • Native of Richmond, Virginia
AUBIN GOPORO Director of Student-Athlete Development • Florida Tech, 1996 • A native of the Central African Republic, Goporo ative of joined Rick Barnes’ full-time Tennessee basketball staff in June of 2017 • Coordinates community outreach and service efforts and also serves as a student-athlete mentor for personal and professional development. • Served as the Director of Student-Athlete Development last season at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. • Spent 15 years at the helm of the boys basketball program at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida.
KYLE CONDON Assistant to the Head Coach • Tennessee, 2013 • Is in his ninth overall season working with the basketball program at his alma mater (his third year in a full-time role). • Was a student manager with the Volunteers for four years and then rose to a graduate position, which he occupied for two years. • Boasts nine games of NCAA Tournament experience as a manager or administrative staffer. • The native of Springfield, Virgina, is a two-time Tennessee graduate.
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JR Forward | 6-11 | 220 | Communication Studies 11 KYLE ALEXANDER Milton, Ontario, Canada | Orangeville Prep @KyleJamal4
• Shot 75 percent (38-of-51) from the field during SEC play (didn’t shoot often but took “good” shots) • Among DI players averaging at least two FG attempts per game, his shooting percentage of .676 ranks 19th in the nation VOLScholar • Ranks sixth in the SEC in offensive rebounds per game with 2.50 and seventh in blocks per game with 1.68 • Recorded multiple blocks in 17 games this season; ranks 78th in the country in blocks per game (1.68) • Climbing up the single-season UT rankings in blocks (4th) with 57 and offensive rebounds (11th) with 85 • Locked down the paint in the win against Arkansas (3/10) with 12 points, seven rebounds and two blocks • Came up with a huge steal with 38 seconds left vs. Georgia (3/3) to help seal the win and clinch a share of the SEC Title • Posted his second career double-double with 10 points and a career-high-tying 13 rebounds at Georgia (2/17) • Dominated the paint vs. Ole Miss (2/3) with a career-high-tying 14 points, six boards, four blocks and two steals • Paced the Vols in rebounding during the Battle 4 Atlantis, tallying 10.3 rpg to go along with 8.3 ppg and 1.7 bpg • Turned in his first career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds, both of which tied then-career highs, in UT’s win over #18 Purdue (11/22) • His oldest sister, 6-4 center Kayla Alexander, played collegiately at Syracuse from 2009-13 and is the school’s all-time leading scorer (2,024) and shot-blocker (350); she now plays for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 f 17 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 2 4 5 0 1 1 0 4 Season 14 (2x), last vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) High Point 11/14/17 f 15 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 4 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 3 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 f 29 6-9 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 5 6 11 4 1 1 1 2 13 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 f 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4 3 7 3 0 1 0 0 4 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 f 29 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 7 6 13 2 0 1 4 2 8 Season 13 (2x), last at Georgia (2/17/18) Mercer 11/29/17 f 15 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 f 25 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 9 11 5 0 1 3 1 7 Lipscomb 12/9/17 f 20 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 1 1 0 4 1 6 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 f 19 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 5 Season 3 at Wake Forest (12/23/17) Furman 12/20/17 f 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 f 23 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 1 3 0 2 0 11 at Arkansas 12/30/17 f 22 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 5 0 1 1 0 4 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 f 20 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 2 Season 4 (3x), last vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 f 24 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 2 3 5 4 0 0 1 2 9 Career 6 at TCU (1/30/16) at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 f 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Texas A&M 1/13/18 f 30 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 3 3 6 0 1 1 3 1 14 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 f 22 6-6 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 1 4 3 0 1 3 0 12 Season 2 (5x), last at Georgia (2/17/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 f 14 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 Career 2 (7x), last at Georgia (2/17/18) Vanderbilt 1/23/18 f 19 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 1 0 2 3 0 6 at Iowa State 1/27/18 f 27 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 5 5 10 3 0 1 1 0 4 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 f 26 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 1 2 1 3 0 4 Season 30 vs. Texas A&M (1/13/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 f 23 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 4 2 6 3 0 2 4 2 14 Career 31 at TCU (1/30/16) at Kentucky 2/6/18 f 24 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 2 0 1 2 1 6 at Alabama 2/10/18 f 14 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 f 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 Season 6 (2x), last at Missouri (1/17/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 f 27 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 7 13 3 0 3 1 2 10 Career Same Florida 2/21/18 f 22 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 f 15 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 f 12 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 Season 9 vs. Purdue (11/22/17) Georgia 3/3/18 f 29 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 7 9 1 0 0 1 2 2 Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 f 18 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 2 6 4 0 1 2 0 7 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 f 24 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 5 2 7 3 0 0 2 0 12 vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 f 24 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3 1 4 3 0 1 2 0 7 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Wright State 3/15/18 f 17 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 1 4 2 0 1 2 1 6 Season 1 vs. Purdue (11/22/17) Career 1 (2x), last vs. Purdue (11/22/17) PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season 1 vs. Purdue (11/22/17) Scored 5+ Points 12 17 32 Career 1 (7x), last vs. Purdue (11/22/17) Scored 10+ Points 1 7 8 Had 5+ Rebounds 12 17 38 Free Throws Made Had 10+ Rebounds - 5 6 Season 4 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) Led the Vols in Rebounds 5 7 16 Career 5 vs. Chattanooga (11/11/16) Had a Double-Double - 2 2 Had Multiple Blocks 9 17 33 Free Throws Attempted Led the Vols in Blocks 10 22 42 Season 5 (2x), last vs. Kentucky (1/6/18) Career 8 vs. Chattanooga (11/11/16) Had Multiple Steals 1 6 8 Had Multiple Dunks 1 5 6
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2015-16 32-11 391 12.2 16-37 .432 0-0 .000 21-32 .656 49-52-101 3.2 55-0 2 14 31 5 53 1.7 2016-17 32-23 447 14.0 41-88 .466 1-6 .167 22-44 .500 57-72-129 4.0 53-0 6 15 33 6 105 3.3 2017-18 34-34 690 20.3 77-113 .681 1-1 1.000 37-52 .712 85-104-189 5.6 83-3 11 25 57 19 192 5.6 TOTAL 98-68 1528 15.6 134-238 .563 2-7 .286 80-128 .625 191-228-419 4.3 191-3 19 54 121 30 350 3.6
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SO Guard | 6-3 | 176 | Recreation and Sport Management 0 JORDAN BONE Nashville, Tenn. | The Ensworth School
@JordanBone23
• His career assist/turnover ratio stands at 2.43, while his season ratio (2.70) ranks second in the SEC and 23rd in the country • Ranked second in the SEC during league play with an impressive 3.7 assist/turnover ratio with (66 assists, 18 turnovers) VOLScholar • Team leader in assists (119); Vols lead the SEC with 15.8 apg this season • Averaged 12.0 ppg, 3.7 apg and 1.0 spg during the SEC Tournament, highlighted by a 19-point performance against Arkansas (3/10) • Tied a career high in assists with eight while adding six points and four rebounds in win over Ole Miss (2/24) • Dropped season-highs in points (21) and rebounds (6) to go along with five assists at Arkansas (12/30) • Used his elite speed to take over at Wake Forest (12/23), posting 12 points and five assists to jumpstart UT’s offense • Capped off the Battle 4 Atlantis with a 13-point performance to help the Vols defeat NC State (11/24) • According to Rick Barnes, Bone’s speed is elite and is on par with that of former Barnes pupil and National Player of the Year T.J. Ford • His older brother, Josh Bone, was a two-year letterman for the Vols from 2009-11 and contributed on UT’s 2010 Elite Eight team
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 16 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 9 Season 21 at Arkansas (12/30/17) High Point 11/14/17 g 22 6-8 .750 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 2 2 4 3 2 6 0 0 16 Career 23 at Vanderbilt (1/14/17) vs. Purdue 11/22/17 g 29 1-10 .100 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 4 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 g 15 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 4 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 g 22 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 5-6 .833 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 13 Season 6 (2x), last at Kentucky (2/6/18) Mercer 11/29/17 g 19 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 Career 8 at Mississippi State (2/4/17) at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 g 26 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 6-8 .750 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 6 Lipscomb 12/9/17 g 23 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 5 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 g 26 4-9 .444 0-3 .000 2-2 .000 3 1 4 0 4 2 0 1 10 Season 8 (2x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) Furman 12/20/17 g 24 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Career 8 (3x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) at Wake Forest 12/23/17 g 30 5-11 .455 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 1 12 at Arkansas 12/30/17 g 38 7-16 .438 2-3 .667 5-6 .833 0 6 6 1 5 1 0 1 21 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 g 32 6-13 .462 3-6 .500 3-4 .750 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 18 Season 1 (2x), last vs. Arkansas (3/10/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 g 9 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Career Same at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 g 25 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 8 Texas A&M 1/13/18 g 27 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 0 4 2 0 2 10 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 g 24 0-6 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .000 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 Season 3 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) at South Carolina 1/20/18 g 16 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 Career 3 (3x) last vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Vanderbilt 1/23/18 g 13 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 at Iowa State 1/27/18 g 17 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 5 5 0 3 2 0 1 2 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 g 26 5-8 .625 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 4 4 0 8 0 0 0 12 Season 38 at Arkansas (12/30/17) Ole Miss 2/3/18 g 23 1-5 .200 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 3 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 g 22 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 6 6 1 4 2 0 2 4 at Alabama 2/10/18 g 14 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 g 15 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 Season 8 vs. Arkansas (3/10/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 g 19 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 4 Career 8 (3x), last vs. Arkansas (3/10/18) Florida 2/21/18 g 32 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 6 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 g 31 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 4 4 3 8 4 0 1 6 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 g 27 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 8 Season 16 at Arkansas (12/30/17) Georgia 3/3/18 19 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 g 25 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 5 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 g 29 8-11 .727 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 19 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 g 23 4-10 .400 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 12 Season 3 (2x), last vs. Arkansas (3/10/18) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 g 19 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 Career 4 (2x), last vs. Georgia (3/9/17) PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season 6 vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Scored 10+ Points 5 10 15 Career 6 (2x), last vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Scored 15+ Points 3 4 7 Scored 20+ Points 2 1 3 Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Scoring 4 3 7 Season 6 at Georgia Tech (12/3/17) Had 5+ Assists 6 7 13 Career Same Led the Vols in Assists 8 19 27 Had Multiple Steals 4 5 9 Free Throws Attempted Had 3+ Steals 2 1 3 Season 8 at Georgia Tech (12/3/17) Career Same Led the Vols in Steals 4 6 10 Made Multiple 3-Pointers 3 9 12 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 15 28 43
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 23-17 450 19.6 61-164 .372 14-46 .304 30-39 .769 6-33-39 1.7 29-0 66 32 0 12 166 7.2 2017-18 34-32 779 22.9 86-224 .384 26-68 .382 46-56 .821 8-63-71 2.1 38-0 119 44 2 24 244 7.2 TOTAL 57-49 1229 21.6 147-388 .379 40-114 .351 76-95 .800 14-96-110 1.9 67-0 185 76 2 36 410 7.2
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SO Guard | 6-5 | 185 | Sociology 23 JORDAN BOWDEN Knoxville, Tenn. | 22 Feet Academy (S.C.)
@JordyBow3
• Ranks as Tennessee’s top-rebounding perimeter player, averaging 3.6 rpg • One of three Vols to make at least 50 threes this season (50), marking the first UT trio to achieve the mark since 1999-2000 • Knocked down two free throws to take the lead vs. Georgia (3/3) and help UT claim a share of the SEC Title; finished with four points and a career-high seven assists in the win • Recorded 15 points on three treys, four rebounds and a pair of steals in UT’s win at Ole Miss (2/24) • Scored 13 points in UT’s win at Kentucky (2/6) to go along with a career-high eight boards and a pair of steals • Recorded 19 points behind five 3-pointers in UT’s home win over Vanderbilt (1/23) • Turned in a career-high-tying 21 points to go along with a season-high six boards (all offensive) in UT’s comeback win over Furman (12/20) • Averaged 7.7 ppg, 2.7 rbg and 2.3 apg in 29.7 minutes a game and posed as one of UT’s most solidified defenders during the Battle 4 Atlantis • Graduate of Carter High School was the first Knox County product to sign with UT as a freshman since Doug Roth (from Karns High School) in 1985
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 g 22 6-7 .857 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 1 2 1 1 1 15 Season 21 vs. Furman (12/20/17) High Point 11/14/17 g 22 3-5 .600 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 8 Career 21 (2x), last vs. Furman (12/20/17) vs. Purdue 11/22/17 g 26 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 4 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 g 36 3-7 .429 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 9 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 g 27 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 2 3 1 0 3 10 Season 8 at Kentucky (2/6/18) Mercer 11/29/17 g 27 7-10 .700 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 18 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 g 31 3-5 .600 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 10 Lipscomb 12/9/17 g 21 0-5 .000 0-2 .000 8-8 1.000 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 8 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 g 27 3-7 .429 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 2 12 Season 7 vs. Georgia (3/3/18) Furman 12/20/17 g 30 6-14 .429 3-7 .429 6-9 .667 6 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 21 Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 g 28 5-5 1.000 5-5 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 17 at Arkansas 12/30/17 g 22 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 1 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 7 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 g 24 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 6 6 3 3 2 0 0 1 Season 2 (2x), last vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 g 21 1-7 .142 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 Career Same at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 g 33 4-7 .571 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 12 Texas A&M 1/13/18 g 28 4-8 .500 2-4 .500 5-5 1.000 2 4 6 1 1 1 0 3 15 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 g 30 1-7 .143 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 Season 3 (4x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 g 13 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 Career 3 (7x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Vanderbilt 1/23/18 g 37 6-10 .600 5-7 .714 2-7 .286 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 19 at Iowa State 1/27/18 g 27 3-10 .300 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 7 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 g 29 1-5 .500 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 2 Season 37 vs. Vanderbilt (1/23/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 g 29 3-7 .429 0-4 .000 4-6 .667 0 3 3 2 5 1 2 3 10 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 g 32 4-8 .500 1-5 .200 4-4 1.000 2 6 8 5 0 1 0 2 13 at Alabama 2/10/18 g 27 2-10 .200 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 5 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 g 34 4-12 .333 4-10 .400 2-3 .667 2 3 5 1 3 1 0 2 14 Season 7 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) at Georgia 2/17/18 g 36 4-11 .364 2-7 .286 3-5 .600 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 13 Career 7 (2x), last vs. Mercer (11/29/17) Florida 2/21/18 g 29 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 0 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 9 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 g 29 5-13 .385 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 4 1 3 0 2 15 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 g 30 2-7 .286 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 2 2 4 1 2 1 0 3 7 Season 14 vs. Furman (12/20/17) Georgia 3/3/18 g 31 0-5 .000 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 0 2 2 2 7 0 0 0 4 Career 16 at Ole Miss (1/17/17) vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 g 30 2-8 .250 1-5 .200 3-4 .750 1 5 6 3 2 4 1 1 8 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 g 15 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 g 33 1-9 .111 0-5 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 Season 5 (2x), last vs. Vanderbilt (1/23/18) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 g 29 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 6 7 1 2 1 0 1 5 Career 5 (3x), last vs. Vanderbilt (1/23/18) PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season 10 vs. South Carolina (2/13/18) Scored 5+ Points 21 25 46 Career 10 (2x), last vs. South Carolina (2/13/18) Scored 10+ Points 10 15 25 Had Multiple Assists 12 18 30 Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Assists 3 4 7 Season 8 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Had Multiple Steals 8 9 17 Career Same Had 3+ Steals 3 4 7 Led the Vols in Steals 9 14 23 Free Throws Attempted Had Multiple Blocks - 2 2 Season 9 vs. Furman (12/20/17) Career 9 (3x), last vs. Furman (12/20/17) Made Multiple 3-Pointers 11 14 25 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 12 19 31
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 30-28 683 22.8 75-202 .371 35-111 .315 53-63 .841 24-63-87 2.9 62-1 40 22 5 27 238 7.9 2017-18 34-34 945 27.8 95-242 .393 50-126 .397 72-97 .742 32-89-121 3.6 84-3 63 39 11 36 312 9.2 TOTAL 64-62 1628 25.4 170-444 .383 85-237 .359 125-160 .781 56-152-208 3.3 146-4 103 61 16 63 550 8.6
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JR Guard | 6-4 | 186 | Supply Chain Management 24 LUCAS CAMPBELL Knoxville, Tenn. | Christian Academy of Knoxville
@LucasCampbell11
• Tied his career-high for scoring (3 points) and set a new high for assists (2) in the win over Presbyterian (11/10) • Has gained local notoriety for his energy and emotion on the bench • Saw action in three games during his sophomore year; each of his four total points came at the free-throw line • Enrolled at Tennessee in the fall of 2015 and was a member of the track and field team before joining the basketball team as a walk-on on Oct. 7, 2016 • Knoxville native was an AAU teammate of current Vols forward John Fulkerson • As a senior in high school, he earned District 4-AA MVP honors in basketball, and he was the bronze medalist in the long jump at the Class A-AA state track & field championships • One of three walk-ons on the team, along with junior Brad Woodson and redshirt freshman Jacob Fleschman
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 3 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 Season 3 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) High Point 11/14/17 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 3 (2x), last vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) vs. Purdue 11/22/17 DNP vs. Villanova 11/23/17 DNP Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 DNP Season 1 vs. High Point (11/14/17) Mercer 11/29/17 DNP Career 1 (2x), last vs. High Point (11/14/17) at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 DNP Lipscomb 12/9/17 DNP Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 DNP Season 2 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Furman 12/20/17 DNP Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 DNP at Arkansas 12/30/17 DNP Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 DNP Season - Kentucky 1/6/18 DNP Career - at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 DNP Texas A&M 1/13/18 DNP Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 DNP Season - at South Carolina 1/20/18 DNP Career - Vanderbilt 1/23/18 DNP at Iowa State 1/27/18 DNP Minutes LSU 1/31/18 DNP Season 3 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Ole Miss 2/3/18 DNP Career 4 vs. Auburn (3/9/16) at Kentucky 2/6/18 DNP at Alabama 2/10/18 DNP Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 DNP Season 1 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) at Georgia 2/17/18 DNP Career 1 (2x), last vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Florida 2/21/18 DNP at Ole Miss 2/24/18 DNP Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 DNP Season 1 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Georgia 3/3/18 DNP Career 3 vs. Auburn (3/9/16) vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 DNP vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 DNP 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 DNP Season - vs. Wright State 3/15/18 DNP Career 1 vs. Auburn (3/9/16) 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Season - Career 2 vs. Auburn (3/9/16)
Free Throws Made Season 1 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Career 2 (2x), last vs. Missouri (2/18/17)
Free Throws Attempted Season 1 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Career 3 (2x), last vs. Missouri (2/18/17)
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2015-16 4-0 8 2.0 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.3 1-0 0 1 0 0 3 0.8 2016-17 3-0 5 1.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 0-0-0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3 2017-18 2-0 5 2.5 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.5 0-0 2 0 0 0 3 1.5 TOTAL 9-0 18 2.0 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 4-6 .667 0-2-2 0.2 1-0 2 1 0 0 10 1.1
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RS-SR Guard | 6-0 | 172 | Agricultural Leadership (graduate studies) 3 JAMES DANIEL III | Hampton, Va. | Howard University
@jayd3__
• He is Division I’s 11th-leading active career scorer, having totaled 2,125 points • For the first time in his collegiate career, he has more assists (95) than made field goals (58) VOLScholar • Has adjusted well from being a volume shooter (green-light guy) to playing a facilitator role within UT’s system • Had 12 points behind three treys to help UT defeat Arkansas (3/10) in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament • Led the Vols in scoring against LSU (1/31), tying a season high with 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting and five treys • Sparked Tennessee’s offense in the first half at Iowa State (1/27), scoring 14 of his 16 total points • Came off the bench to drop a season-high 17 points, four assists and a pair of rebounds and steals at Arkansas (12/30) • Eclipsed the 2,000-point mark with a stepback jumper in UT’s win over Furman (12/20); also his 100th career game • Finished with nine points and 10 assists in win vs. Mercer (11/19), becoming the first Vol with multiple games of 10+ assists in a single season since 1993-94 (LaMarcus Golden; 12 vs. UT-Martin (11/26/93), 14 at South Carolina (1/19/94). • Tallied career-highs in assists (10) and blocks (2) in win over High Point (11/14); became the first Vol to record 10 assists in nearly six years – since Trae Golden had 11 versus ULM on Nov. 16, 2011. • Led the country in scoring at 27.1 points per game in 2015-16, ultimately earning MEAC Player of the Year honors and honorable mention All-America distinction SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 g 14 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 Season 17 (2x), last vs. LSU (1/31/18) High Point 11/14/17 28 1-4 .000 1-4 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 4 10 0 2 2 4 Career 39 vs. William & Mary (11/8/15)* vs. Purdue 11/22/17 13 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 20 4-9 .444 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 10 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 24 2-7 .286 1-5 .200 4-5 .800 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 9 Season 4 (2x), last at Missouri (1/17/18) Mercer 11/29/17 g 23 3-5 .600 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3 10 0 0 2 9 Career 6 (2x), last at UMES (2/1/16)* at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 15 1-5 .200 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 Lipscomb 12/9/17 23 4-11 .364 4-9 .444 0-2 .000 0 4 4 3 2 2 0 1 12 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 20 4-6 .667 4-6 .667 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 14 Season 10 (2x), last vs. Mercer (11/29/17) Furman 12/20/17 27 2-6 .333 1-4 .250 3-4 .750 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 8 Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 19 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 3 at Arkansas 12/30/17 35 5-10 .500 3-7 .429 4-5 .800 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 2 17 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 20 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 Season 2 vs. High Point (11/14/17) Kentucky 1/6/18 27 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2 6 1 0 0 3 Career Same at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 24 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 5 4 2 0 0 7 Texas A&M 1/13/18 14 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 2-3 .667 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 4 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 23 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 4 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 7 Season 4 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 22 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 Career 9 at Massachusetts (11/14/15)* Vanderbilt 1/23/18 27 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0-1 .000 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 3 at Iowa State 1/27/18 26 6-10 .600 3-7 .429 1-1 1.000 2 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 16 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 22 6-10 .600 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 17 Season 35 at Arkansas (12/30/17) Ole Miss 2/3/18 26 1-7 .143 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 4 3 Career 49 (2x), last vs. Norfolk St. (2/6/16)* at Kentucky 2/6/18 13 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 3 3 0 1 0 at Alabama 2/10/18 13 1-5 .200 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 26 1-6 .167 1-6 .167 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 Season 6 (2x), last vs. LSU (1/31/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 20 1-5 .200 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 3 Career 13 vs. Radford (12/12/15)* Florida 2/21/18 12 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 13 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 Season 11 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Georgia 3/3/18 g 21 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 Career 36 vs. Radford (12/12/15)* vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 16 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 22 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 12 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 9 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 Season 5 vs. LSU (1/31/18) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 15 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 Career 7 at N.C. Central (12/7/15)* PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season 9 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Scored 10+ Points 2 7 92 Career 13 (3x), last vs. Florida A&M (1/4/17)* Scored 15+ Points 1 3 77 Scored 20+ Points 1 - 54 Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Scoring - 1 1 Season 4 (2x), last at Arkansas (12/30/17) Had 5+ Assists - 5 16 Career 17 at Coppin St. (2/13/16)* Led the Vols in Assists - 8 8 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 1 18 41 Free Throws Attempted Had Multiple Steals 1 6 56 Season 5 (2x), last at Arkansas (12/30/17) Had 3+ Steals - 1 19 Career 24 vs. Hampton (2/22/14)* Led the Vols in Steals - 8 8 *at Howard University Made Multiple 3-Pointers 2 8 77 CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 13-14* 28-26 891 31.8 155-421 .368 91-231 .394 186-233 .798 69 2.5 64-0 44 93 1 37 587 21.0 14-15* 30-30 972 32.4 140-414 .338 68-238 .286 152-186 .817 65 2.2 56-1 81 108 0 55 500 16.7 15-16* 30-29 1115 37.2 226-582 .388 80-241 .332 280-331 .846 66 2.2 62-0 84 123 7 62 812 27.1 16-17* 2-2 71 35.5 11-35 .314 6-21 .286 6-9 .667 5 2.5 2-0 8 6 0 3 34 17.0 2017-18 34-3 678 19.9 58-157 .369 44-117 .376 32-44 .727 12-36-48 1.4 67-1 95 49 4 27 192 5.6 TOTAL 124-90 3727 30.1 590-1609 .367 289-848 .341 656-803 .817 66-187-253 2.0 251-2 312 379 12 184 2125 17.1 *at Howard University 2017-18 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS TENNESSEE BASKETBALL
JR Guard | 6-1 | 179 | Communication Studies 32 CHRIS DARRINGTON Toledo, Ohio | Vincennes University (Ind.) @Chris_Darington
• Battled an ankle injury early in the season but has scored multiple points in 14 games this season • Enjoyed his most productive game in Tennessee’s win over Lipscomb (12/9), as his 11 points, five assists and three rebounds were all season-highs • Dropped six points behind a pair of threes in UT’s win over NC State (11/24) • Made his Big Orange debut in UT’s opening win over Presbyterian (11/10), logging four points, three assists, no turnovers and a steal • Missed both of UT’s exhibition games while nursing an ankle injury • Had the top scoring average on the team during Tennessee’s three-game European exhibition tour, averaging 14.3 points per game • Earned first-team NJCAA Division I All-America honors last season after averaging 20.7 points and 5.1 assists • Attempted 245 free throws last season—third-most in NJCAA—and shot .804 at the foul line • Plays with a chip on his shoulder and prides himself on being “just a kid from Toledo.” • Was named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball, District Player of the Year and first-team All-Ohio as a HS senior in 2014-15
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 15 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 Season 11 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) High Point 11/14/17 15 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 7 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 15 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 11 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Season 3 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Mercer 11/29/17 20 2-5 .400 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 13 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 Lipscomb 12/9/17 19 3-6 .500 0-2 .000 5-6 .833 1 2 3 2 5 1 0 0 11 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 12 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 Season 5 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Furman 12/20/17 13 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 5 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 at Arkansas 12/30/17 9 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 2-4 .500 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 11 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 Season - Kentucky 1/6/18 DNP Career - at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Texas A&M 1/13/18 DNP Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 1 (7x), last vs. Arkansas (3/10/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Career Same Vanderbilt 1/23/18 DNP at Iowa State 1/27/18 5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 2 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Season 20 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) Ole Miss 2/3/18 2 0-0 000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 DNP at Alabama 2/10/18 8 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Season 3 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) at Georgia 2/17/18 DNP Career Same Florida 2/21/18 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 6 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 DNP Season 6 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Georgia 3/3/18 DNP Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 DNP vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 DNP Season 2 vs. NC State (11/24/17) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career Same PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted This Season Season 4 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) Scored 5+ Points 4 Career Same Scored 10+ Points 1 Scored 15+ Points - Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Scoring - Season 5 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Led the Vols in 3-Pointers (Made) 1 Career Same Made Multiple 3-Pointers 1 Led the Vols in Steals 1 Free Throws Attempted Had 5+ Rebounds - Season 6 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Career Same Had Multiple Assists 4 Had Multiple Steals - Had Multiple Blocks -
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 25-0 209 8.4 19-52 .365 6-19 .316 20-26 .769 3-12-15 0.6 17-0 19 14 1 7 64 2.6 TOTAL 25-0 209 8.4 19-52 .365 6-19 .316 20-26 .769 3-12-15 0.6 17-0 19 14 1 7 64 2.6
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RS-FR Guard | 6-3 | 168 | Business Administration 4 JACOB FLESCHMAN Austin, Texas | Westlake High School
@jfleschman4
• Played the final three minutes of UT’s season-opening win over Presbyterian (11/10) and then made a tw0- minute appearance vs. High Point (11/14) • Grabbed one rebound in three minutes off the bench during UT’s exhibition win over Carson-Newman (11/2) • Redshirted last season • Is an extremely accurate shooter • Known to his teammates by his nickname, “Black” or “Blackjack” • Ranked among the top five in free-throw percentage in all of Central Texas as both a junior and senior • Westlake has produced several high-profile athletes, including NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees and Nick Foles and MLB pitcher Huston Street • One of three walk-ons on the team, along with juniors Lucas Campbell and Brad Woodson
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season - High Point 11/14/17 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career - vs. Purdue 11/22/17 DNP vs. Villanova 11/23/17 DNP Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 DNP Season - Mercer 11/29/17 DNP Career - at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 DNP Lipscomb 12/9/17 DNP Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 DNP Season - Furman 12/20/17 DNP Career - at Wake Forest 12/23/17 DNP at Arkansas 12/30/17 DNP Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 DNP Season - Kentucky 1/6/18 DNP Career - at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 DNP Texas A&M 1/13/18 DNP Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 DNP Season - at South Carolina 1/20/18 DNP Career - Vanderbilt 1/23/18 DNP at Iowa State 1/27/18 DNP Minutes LSU 1/31/18 DNP Season 3 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Ole Miss 2/3/18 DNP Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 DNP at Alabama 2/10/18 DNP Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 DNP Season - at Georgia 2/17/18 DNP Career - Florida 2/21/18 DNP at Ole Miss 2/24/18 DNP Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 DNP Season - Georgia 3/3/18 DNP Career - vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 DNP vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 DNP 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 DNP Season - vs. Wright State 3/15/18 DNP Career - PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Season - Career -
Free Throws Made Season - Career -
Free Throws Attempted Season - Career -
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 REDSHIRT 2017-18 2-0 5 2.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 2-0 5 2.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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RS-FR Forward | 6-9 | 210 | Recreation and Sport Mgmt. 10 JOHN FULKERSON Kingsport, Tenn. | The Christ School (N.C.)
@fulkerson_john
• Posted a season-high seven boards to go with two points, an assist and a block in UT’s win over Wright State (3/15/18) • Gave the Vols four points in seven minutes of action off the bench in UT’s win over South Carolina (2/13) VOLScholar • Was crucial in UT’s comeback vs. #17 Kentucky (1/6), helping penetrate UK’s zone defense to post three points, three rebounds and three assists in a season-high 19 minutes of action • Contributed to the Vols’ win vs. High Point (11/14), tallying eight points, three rebounds and a career-high three steals • Underwent surgery on his left shoulder in May to repair a torn labrum • Appeared in each of UT’s first 10 games last season, but suffered a dislocated right elbow and fractured right wrist against Lipscomb (12/15/16), which sidelined him for the remainder of the season • Turned in an impressive performance against No. 13 Oregon last season, logging his first career double-double with 12 points, a game-high 10 rebounds, five blocks, two steals and two assists in 37 minutes of work in Maui • One of three left-handers on the team (along with Jalen Johnson and Yves Pons) • Blocked 113 shots as a senior at The Christ School, breaking current Los Angeles Clippers center Marshall Plumlee’s single-season school record
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 18 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 5 5 1 5 1 2 1 4 Season 8 vs. High Point (11/14/17) High Point 11/14/17 13 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 8 Career 12 (2x), last vs. Georgia Tech (12/3/16) vs. Purdue 11/22/17 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 16 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 Season 5 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Mercer 11/29/17 14 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 Career 10 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lipscomb 12/9/17 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 14 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 4 0 4 4 1 0 1 2 2 Season 5 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Furman 12/20/17 15 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .5000 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 at Arkansas 12/30/17 11 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Season 2 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Kentucky 1/6/18 19 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 3 Career 5 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 12 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Texas A&M 1/13/18 8 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Season 3 vs. High Point (11/14/17) at South Carolina 1/20/18 DNP Career Same Vanderbilt 1/23/18 DNP at Iowa State 1/27/18 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 5 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 Season 19 vs. Kentucky (1/6/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 5 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 Career 37 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) at Kentucky 2/6/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 at Alabama 2/10/18 13 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 7 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Season 2 (5x), last vs. LSU (1/31/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 8 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Career 5 vs. Georgia Tech (12/3/16) Florida 2/21/18 6 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 INJ Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 INJ Season 4 (2x), last vs. Texas A&M (1/13/18) Georgia 3/3/18 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 9 vs. Georgia Tech (12/3/16) vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 DNP vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 9 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 10 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Season - vs. Wright State 3/15/18 15 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 4 7 3 1 2 1 0 2 Career - PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season - Scored 5+ Points 4 2 6 Career - Scored 10+ Points 2 - 2 Led the Vols in Scoring - - - Free Throws Made Had 5+ Rebounds 4 2 6 Season 4 vs. High Point (11/14/17) Had 10+ Rebounds 1 - 1 Career 8 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) Led the Vols in Rebounds 3 - 3 Had Multiple Assists 3 3 6 Free Throws Attempted Had Multiple Steals 4 3 7 Season 4 (2x), last vs. Villanova (11/23/17) Career 12 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) Had Multiple Blocks 2 1 3 Led the Vols in Blocks 2 3 5 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 5 5 10 Had Multiple Dunks - - - CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 10-6 160 16.0 17-30 .567 0-0 .000 13-20 .650 14-32-46 4.6 23-0 10 8 9 11 47 4.7 2017-18 29-0 272 9.4 18-42 .429 0-0 .000 16-22 .727 18-29-47 1.6 35-0 16 20 9 16 52 1.8 TOTAL 39-6 432 11.1 35-72 .486 0-0 .000 29-42 .690 32-61-93 2.4 58-0 26 28 18 27 99 2.5
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RS-FR Guard | 6-7 | 190 | Recreation and Sport Management 13 JALEN JOHNSON Durham, N.C. | Wesleyan Christian Academy
@The_Jalen_
• Has appeared in 13 games this season, including eight SEC matchups • Capped off UT’s first-round victory over Wright State (3/15/18) with an impressive one-handed dunk in transition • Had a highlight reel dunk at Alabama (2/10), tallying two points, two boards and a block in a season-high 17 minutes of action • Scored a season-high six points on two treys to go with two boards and an assist in four minutes vs. Ole Miss (2/3) • Knocked down his first career three-pointer against LSU (1/31) • Played a then-season-high nine minutes and dished out two assists in win vs. Texas A&M (1/13) • Made his long-awaited Big Orange debut in UT’s season-opening win over Presbyterian (11/10), logging two points, two rebounds and an assist in eight minutes off the bench • Redshirted last season and then underwent a procedure in July to address a chronic stress fracture in his left shin • Accurate shooter along the perimeter who also boasts elite athleticism and jumping ability • One of three left-handers on the team (along with John Fulkerson and Yves Pons) • Both his parents were Division I track athletes (mother, Nikki Berry, at UNC; father, Brian Johnson, at ECU). SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 8 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 Season 6 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) High Point 11/14/17 5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 DNP vs. Villanova 11/23/17 DNP Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 DNP Season 2 (3x), last at Alabama (2/10/18) Mercer 11/29/17 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 DNP Lipscomb 12/9/17 DNP Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 DNP Season 2 vs. Texas A&M (1/13/18) Furman 12/20/17 DNP Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Arkansas 12/30/17 DNP Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 DNP Season 1 (2x), last at Alabama (2/10/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 DNP Career Same at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 DNP Texas A&M 1/13/18 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Season 1 at Missouri (1/17/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 DNP Career Same Vanderbilt 1/23/18 DNP at Iowa State 1/27/18 DNP Minutes LSU 1/31/18 6 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Season 17 at Alabama (2/10/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 4 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 DNP at Alabama 2/10/18 17 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 DNP Season 2 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 DNP Career Same Florida 2/21/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 DNP Season 3 at Alabama (2/10/18) Georgia 3/3/18 DNP Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 DNP vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 2 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 DNP Season 2 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Career Same PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted This Season Season 2 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) Scored 5+ Points 1 Career Same Scored 10+ Points - Had Multiple Assists 1 Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Assists - Season 1 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) Had Multiple Steals - Career Same Had 3+ Steals - Free Throws Attempted Led the Vols in Steals 1 Season 2 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) Had Multiple Blocks - Career Same Made Multiple 3-Pointers 1 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 2 Had Multiple Dunks -
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 REDSHIRT 2017-18 13-0 66 5.1 6-11 .545 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 3-7-10 0.8 0-0 5 2 2 2 16 1.2 TOTAL 13-0 66 5.1 6-11 .545 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 3-7-10 0.8 0-0 5 2 2 2 16 1.2
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FR Forward | 6-10 | 224 | Communication Studies 33 ZACH KENT Magnolia, Del. | Blair Academy
• Has appeared in two games this season • Posted a fall GPA higher than 3.0 and thus earned the right to wear the VOLScholar patch on his jersey • Made his collegiate debut in the season-opening victory over Presbyterian (11/10), logging four points and VOLScholar two rebounds in 10 minutes of action • Had four points and an assist in eight minutes off the bench in UT’s exhibition win over Carson-Newman (11/2) • Barnes has said publicly that Kent may have improved more than any player on the roster during the preseason • Has great touch for a player his size and is comfortable shooting from the perimeter • Kent was one of four Blair Academy seniors who signed Division I NLIs; the school has produced several high- profile basketball alums, including Luol Deng, Charlie Villanueva and Royal Ivey, who played for Barnes at Texas before embarking on a career in the NBA • He is the first Delaware native ever to suit up for the Vols • Enjoys photography as a hobby
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 10 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 Season 4 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) High Point 11/14/17 3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 DNP vs. Villanova 11/23/17 DNP Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 DNP Season 2 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Mercer 11/29/17 DNP Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 DNP Lipscomb 12/9/17 DNP Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 DNP Season - Furman 12/20/17 DNP Career - at Wake Forest 12/23/17 DNP at Arkansas 12/30/17 DNP Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 DNP Season - Kentucky 1/6/18 DNP Career - at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 DNP Texas A&M 1/13/18 DNP Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 DNP Season - at South Carolina 1/20/18 DNP Career - Vanderbilt 1/23/18 DNP at Iowa State 1/27/18 DNP Minutes LSU 1/31/18 DNP Season 10 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Ole Miss 2/3/18 DNP Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 DNP at Alabama 2/10/18 DNP Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 DNP Season 2 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) at Georgia 2/17/18 DNP Career Same Florida 2/21/18 DNP at Ole Miss 2/24/18 DNP Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 DNP Season 5 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Georgia 3/3/18 DNP Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 DNP vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 DNP 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 DNP Season - vs. Wright State 3/15/18 DNP Career - PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted This Season Season 1 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Scored 5+ Points - Career Same Scored 10+ Points - Had 5+ Rebounds - Free Throws Made Had 10+ Rebounds - Season - Had Multiple Blocks - Career - Led the Vols in Blocks - Had 3+ Assists - Free Throws Attempted Made Multiple 3-Pointers - Season - Career - Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio - Had Multiple Dunks -
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 2-0 13 6.5 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2-3 1.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 2.0
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FR Forward | 6-5 | 203 | Economics 35 YVES PONS Fuveau, France | INSEP Academy
@PonsYves Name pronounced: EEV POHNS
• Posted a fall GPA higher than 3.0 and thus earned the right to wear the VOLScholar patch on his jersey • Recorded an all-around performance in win vs. Miss. State (2/27), tallying three points, three boards and one assist VOLScholar • Hit a three in UT’s win at Ole Miss (2/24); played in his 10th SEC game of the year • Knocked down his first career 3-pointer and added a pair of assists in UT’s win vs. Ole Miss (2/3) • Saw significant playing time against South Carolina (1/20), posting two points, two boards and a block in 12 minutes of action off the bench • Scored four points on a pair of dunks, including an alley-oop, to go along with two steals and a block in UT’s win vs. Mercer (11/29) • Arguably the most athletically gifted player on Tennessee’s roster • One of eight players named by Evan Daniels as the “best international newcomers in college basketball” • Never took part in an organized weightlifting or strength training program before enrolling at UT • Was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and moved to France after being adopted at an early age (4-years-old) • Attended the INSEP (National Institute of Sport and Physical Education) Academy in Paris; other notable INSEP basketball alums include Boris Diaw, Tony Parker and Ronny Turiaf • He is Tennessee’s first-ever men’s basketball player from France and just the eighth international player in program history SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 4 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Season 4 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) High Point 11/14/17 DNP Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 DNP Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 3 at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Mercer 11/29/17 6 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 DNP Lipscomb 12/9/17 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 DNP Season 2 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) Furman 12/20/17 DNP Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Arkansas 12/30/17 DNP Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 DNP Season 1 (2x), last at South Carolina (1/20/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 DNP Career Same at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 DNP Texas A&M 1/13/18 DNP Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 DNP Season 2 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) at South Carolina 1/20/18 12 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 Career Same Vanderbilt 1/23/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 at Iowa State 1/27/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 12 at South Carolina (1/20/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 10 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Alabama 2/10/18 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) at Georgia 2/17/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same Florida 2/21/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 6 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 11 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 1-2 .000 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 Season 2 (3x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Georgia 3/3/18 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Season 1 (2x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 6 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 Career Same PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted This Season Season 1 (3x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Scored 5+ Points - Career Same Scored 10+ Points - Had 5+ Rebounds - Free Throws Made Had Multiple Blocks - Season 1 at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Led the Vols in Blocks - Career Same Made Multiple 3-Pointers - Had Multiple Steals 1 Free Throws Attempted Led the Vols in Steals 2 Season 2 at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Career Same Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 3 Had Multiple Dunks 1 Took Multiple Charges -
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 23-0 118 5.1 7-13 .538 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 3-10-13 0.6 17-0 5 4 2 3 17 0.7
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JR Forward | 6-5 | 238 | Africana Studies 5 ADMIRAL SCHOFIELD Zion, Ill. | Zion-Benton Township HS
@admiralelite15 2018 Second-Team All-SEC
• After playing primarily in the post as an underclassman, he is logging major minutes at the No. 3 spot this season • Second-team All-SEC honoree leads the Vols in rebounding (6.3 rpg) this year; paced UT on the boards in 17 games • He has made multiple 3-pointers in 22 games this season; his 60 threes are more than his first two seasons combined • One of three Vols to make at least 50 threes this season (60), marking the first UT trio to achieve the mark since 1999-2000 • Posted his second double-double in as many games with 15 points and 12 rebounds to go with two blocks vs. Wright State (3/15) • Averaged 17.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg and 1.3 apg to earn a spot on the SEC All-Tournament Team, capped by 22 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season against Kentucky (3/11) • Recorded another strong performance with 16 points, seven boards and two assists in win over Arkansas (3/10) • Paced the Vols in scoring for the third game in a row with 23 points to help UT claim a share of the SEC Title vs. Georgia (3/3) • Led UT to win at Mississippi State (2/27) with 24 points on 9-of-18 shooting and seven rebounds • Finished with a career-high 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting and seven boards to lead the Vols past Ole Miss (2/24) • His older brother, O’Brien Schofield, played college football at Wisconsin before playing seven seasons in the NFL; O’Brien was a member of Seattle’s 2014 Super Bowl XLVII championship team SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 f 20 8-12 .667 2-3 .667 4-5 .800 1 4 5 0 1 1 0 2 22 Season 25 at Ole Miss (2/24/18) High Point 11/14/17 f 20 4-7 .571 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000 0 6 6 3 2 2 0 0 14 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 f 34 4-13 .307 1-5 .200 1-1 1.000 3 4 7 4 1 0 1 2 10 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 f 25 6-13 .462 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 2 16 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 f 22 0-6 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 1 0 Season 13 vs. Furman (12/20/17) Mercer 11/29/17 17 4-6 .667 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 10 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 f 21 2-8 .250 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000 1 4 5 4 2 5 0 0 10 Lipscomb 12/9/17 f 28 5-9 .556 2-4 .500 1-3 .333 0 6 6 2 1 2 1 0 13 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 f 26 3-13 .231 2-6 .333 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 10 Season 4 vs. Kentucky (1/6/18) Furman 12/20/17 f 26 5-12 .417 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 2 11 13 3 3 3 0 2 12 Career 4 (2x), last vs. Kentucky (1/6/18) at Wake Forest 12/23/17 f 26 6-9 .667 2-3 .667 0-2 .000 2 4 6 2 1 2 0 1 14 at Arkansas 12/30/17 f 27 4-10 .400 4-6 .667 4-4 1.000 0 7 7 5 1 2 0 0 16 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 f 29 3-10 .300 1-5 .200 6-7 .857 3 3 6 5 2 3 1 1 13 Season 2 (2x), last vs. Wright State (3/15/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 f 33 8-13 .615 3-7 .429 1-1 1.000 3 6 9 3 4 2 1 4 20 Career 2 (3x), last vs. Wright State (3/15/18) at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 f 31 9-14 .643 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 4 5 9 2 1 1 0 1 22 Texas A&M 1/13/18 f 31 4-12 .333 2-6 .333 2-3 .667 4 4 8 3 3 1 2 2 12 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 f 32 4-10 .400 2-6 .333 1-2 .500 0 5 5 2 0 1 0 2 11 Season 4 vs. Kentucky (1/6/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 f 32 5-7 .714 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1 3 4 2 3 3 0 2 12 Career Same Vanderbilt 1/23/18 f 27 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 1 5 6 5 2 0 0 1 7 at Iowa State 1/27/18 f 22 3-12 .250 2-6 .333 2-2 1.000 2 5 7 4 3 1 0 1 10 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 f 18 2-6 .333 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1 7 8 5 2 3 0 0 6 Season 36 at Kentucky (2/6/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 f 28 6-12 .500 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 3 9 12 2 1 0 1 1 15 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 f 36 6-16 .375 0-6 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 2 1 1 1 1 12 at Alabama 2/10/18 f 23 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 2-4 .500 0 7 7 1 0 2 0 1 7 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 f 34 6-9 .667 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 1 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 13 Season 9 (3x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 f 31 5-13 .385 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 1 11 Career 9 (4x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Florida 2/21/18 f 34 7-17 .412 1-4 .250 1-1 1.000 3 5 8 1 3 1 1 1 16 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 f 35 9-14 .643 2-4 .500 5-7 .714 3 4 7 2 3 4 0 0 25 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 f 33 9-18 .500 0-2 .000 6-7 .857 1 6 7 3 0 2 1 0 24 Season 18 at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Georgia 3/3/18 f 33 8-16 .500 2-7 .286 5-6 .833 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 23 Career 19 at Auburn (1/2/16) vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 f 32 4-12 .333 2-6 .333 3-4 .750 1 7 8 0 1 2 0 2 13 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 f 27 6-13 .462 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 7 7 4 2 2 1 0 16 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 f 31 7-15 .467 4-9 .444 4-5 .800 4 6 10 3 1 4 1 0 22 Season 4 (2x), last vs. Kentucky (3/11/18) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 f 32 6-15 .400 2-7 .286 1-1 1.000 2 10 12 2 1 1 2 1 15 Career Same PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season 9 vs. Kentucky (3/11/18) Scored 10+ Points 9 30 53 Career Same Scored 15+ Points 7 13 25 Scored 20+ Points - 7 8 Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Scoring 3 6 9 Season 6 (2x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Had 5+ Rebounds 12 27 50 Career 7 vs. Missouri (2/18/17) Led the Vols in Rebounds 4 17 24 Had a Double-Double 1 4 5 Free Throws Attempted Had Multiple Blocks 1 3 5 Season 7 (3x), last at Mississippi State (2/27/18) Career 10 vs. Missouri (2/18/17) Led the Vols in Blocks 1 6 9 Made Multiple 3-Pointers 3 23 32 Had Multiple Dunks 1 2 3 Drew Multiple Charges - - 1 CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2015-16 32-22 598 18.7 92-207 .444 25-83 .301 35-39 .897 43-86-129 4.0 88-2 29 22 10 12 244 7.6 2016-17 28-1 533 19.0 78-172 .453 21-54 .389 53-68 .779 26-98-124 4.4 65-2 21 32 5 9 230 8.2 2017-18 34-33 956 28.1 172-386 .446 60-154 .390 68-90 .756 56-165-221 6.5 98-5 52 61 15 33 472 13.9 TOTAL 94-56 2087 22.2 342-765 .447 106-291 .364 156-197 .792 125-349-474 5.0 251-9 102 115 30 54 946 10.1
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RS-So. Guard | 6-1 | 183 | Communication Studies 1 LAMONTÉ TURNER Florence, Ala. | IMG Academy (Fla.)
@LTurn1 2018 Co-SEC Sixth Man of the Year First name pronounced: luh-MAHN-tay
• Led the SEC in FT shooting (.940; 47-50) and 3FG shooting (.452; 38-84) during league play • 57 percent of his career field goals have been made from beyond the 3-point line; paced the offense 10 times this season VOLScholar • One of three Vols to make at least 50 threes this season (68), marking the first UT trio to achieve the mark since 1999-2000 • Has notched three of UT’s highest scoring efforts this season (24 at Georgia Tech; 25 vs. Auburn; 25 at South Carolina) • Led all players with 19 points and a career-high nine assists off the bench in win over Wright State (3/15) • Averaged 11.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.0 apg and 2.0 spg during the SEC Tournament, highlighted 15 points, eight rebounds and a career-high four steals in UT’s win over Miss. State (3/9) • Scored all nine of his points vs. Georgia (3/3) on treys to help UT close the title-clinching-win on a 20-12 run • Drained the decisive go-ahead 3-pointer with 26 seconds left to play at Kentucky (2/6); led UT with 16 points • Dropped a career-high 25 points behind a perfect 13-for-13 performance from the charity stripe vs. Auburn (1/2) • Totaled 17 points behind four 3-pointers in win vs. #18 Purdue (11/22), inlcuding a clutch trey with 5.1 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game and force overtime
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 15 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 Season 25 (2x), last at South Carolina (1/20/18) High Point 11/14/17 17 6-11 .545 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 16 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 33 6-12 .500 4-8 .500 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 1 2 2 0 0 17 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 29 1-9 .111 0-3 .000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 2 4 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 21 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 3 2 5 0 1 5 Season 9 vs. North Carolina (12/17/17) Mercer 11/29/17 17 3-5 .600 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 9 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 28 6-12 .500 3-8 .375 9-9 1.000 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 24 Lipscomb 12/9/17 22 3-10 .300 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 3 3 2 0 1 7 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 24 1-8 .125 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 2 7 9 0 1 2 0 0 2 Season 9 vs. Wright State (3/15/18) Furman 12/20/17 17 2-9 .222 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 1 2 2 0 2 4 Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 26 2-10 .200 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 1 4 5 3 2 1 0 1 5 at Arkansas 12/30/17 21 4-9 .444 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 10 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 21 5-8 .625 2-4 .500 13-13 1.000 2 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 25 Season 1 (2x), vs. Villanova (11/23/17) Kentucky 1/6/18 30 2-11 .181 2-8 .250 5-7 .714 0 4 4 1 5 1 0 0 11 Career 1 (8x), last vs. Villanova (11/23/17) at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 26 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 Texas A&M 1/13/18 17 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 12 1-6 .167 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Season 4 vs. Mississippi State (3/9/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 32 6-9 .667 3-3 1.000 10-10 1.000 0 6 6 2 2 2 0 1 25 Career Same Vanderbilt 1/23/18 27 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 1 7 at Iowa State 1/27/18 31 7-13 .538 6-9 .667 0-0 .000 1 4 5 0 2 0 0 1 20 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 27 4-9 .444 1-6 .167 3-3 1.000 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 12 Season 33 (2x), last vs. Wright State (3/15/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 21 6-8 .750 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 17 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 31 6-10 .600 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 16 at Alabama 2/10/18 24 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 2-3 .667 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 5 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 25 3-6 .500 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0 5 5 4 2 2 0 1 8 Season 7 at Iowa State (1/27/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 26 4-12 .333 4-8 .500 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 14 Career 8 vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) Florida 2/21/18 30 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 5 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 28 3-11 .273 3-7 .429 4-4 1.000 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 13 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 29 4-4 1.000 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 3 4 2 0 0 12 Season 13 at Iowa State (1/27/18) Georgia 3/3/18 29 3-7 .429 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 9 Career 15 at Ole Miss (1/17/17) vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 30 6-13 .462 1-5 .200 2-5 .400 3 5 8 1 1 1 0 4 15 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 26 3-7 .429 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 2 9 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 28 3-12 .250 2-7 .286 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 10 Season 6 at Iowa State (1/27/18) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 33 4-11 .364 2-5 .400 9-10 .900 0 0 0 2 9 1 0 0 19 Career 7 vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season 9 at Iowa State (1/27/18) Scored 10+ Points 11 17 28 Career 11 vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) Scored 15+ Points 4 10 14 Scored 20+ Points 1 4 5 Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Scoring 3 10 13 Season 13 vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Had 5+ Assists 5 3 8 Career Same Led the Vols in Assists 11 4 15 Had a Double-Double - - - Free Throws Attempted Had Multiple Steals 4 4 8 Season 13 vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Career Same Had 3+ Steals 2 1 3 Led the Vols in Steals 5 8 13 Made Multiple 3-Pointers 10 19 29 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 18 18 36 CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2015-16 REDSHIRT 2016-17 32-6 663 20.7 76-214 .355 41-125 .328 70-91 .769 10-71-81 2.5 67-0 86 55 6 19 263 8.2 2017-18 34-0 853 25.1 114-285 .400 68-170 .400 75-85 .882 18-89-107 3.1 67-2 78 43 2 23 371 10.9 TOTAL 66-6 1516 23.0 190-499 .381 109-295 .369 145-176 .824 28-160-188 2.8 134-2 164 98 8 42 634 9.6
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FR Forward | 6-8 | 238 | Communication Studies 15 DERRICK WALKER JR. Kansas City, Mo. | Sunrise Christian Academy
@derric_k
• While defense and rebounding are his main areas of focus, he shot .679 (19-of 28) during SEC play • Dropped seven points on 3-of-3 shooting and grabbed two boards in 15 minutes played at Mississippi State (2/27) VOLScholar • Posted five points, seven boards, one assist and one steal in 22 minutes of play at Ole Miss (2/24) • Missed his first game of the year against Florida (2/21) after being held out with an injury • Tallied season highs in rebounds (7) and blocks (2) to go with four points at Alabama (2/10) • Recorded five points, six rebounds and a pair of assists in 14 minutes of action against LSU (1/31) • Stepped up big in UT’s win over South Carolina (1/20), posting 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting to go along wih four boards and a block in 25 minutes of action • Played his AAU ball for MoKan Elite on the Nike EYBL circuit during the summer of 2016, helping that squad win the prestigious Nike Peach Jam championship in July; was teammates with Missouri freshman Michael Porter Jr. and National Freshman of the Year candidate Trae Young of Oklahoma • On track to become the first Missouri native ever to letter for the Vols
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 10 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 5 Season 10 at South Carolina (1/20/18) High Point 11/14/17 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 3 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 9 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 Season 7 (2x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) Mercer 11/29/17 8 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Career Same at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 14 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 Lipscomb 12/9/17 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2 (2x), last vs. LSU (1/31/18) Furman 12/20/17 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same at Wake Forest 12/23/17 11 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 3 at Arkansas 12/30/17 6 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Season 2 at Alabama (2/10/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Career Same at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Texas A&M 1/13/18 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 9 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Season 1 (2x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 25 5-5 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 0 10 Career Same Vanderbilt 1/23/18 17 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 5 at Iowa State 1/27/18 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 1 2 0 0 0 5 Season 25 at South Carolina (1/20/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 7 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Alabama 2/10/18 15 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 0 4 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 Season 5 at South Carolina (1/20/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Career Same Florida 2/21/18 INJ at Ole Miss 2/24/18 22 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 1 6 7 2 1 0 0 1 5 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 15 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 7 Season 5 (2x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) Georgia 3/3/18 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 10 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season - vs. Wright State 3/15/18 2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Career - PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted This Season Season - Scored 5+ Points 6 Career - Scored 10+ Points 1 Led the Vols in Scoring - Free Throws Made Had 5+ Rebounds 5 Season 3 vs. Vanderbilt (1/23/18) Had 10+ Rebounds - Career Same Led the Vols in Rebounds 3 Had Multiple Assists - Free Throws Attempted Had Multiple Steals - Season 4 (2x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) Career Same Had Multiple Blocks 1 Led the Vols in Blocks 2 Had Multiple Dunks - Drew Multiple Charges - CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 33-0 281 8.5 27-45 .600 0-0 .000 10-25 .400 28-45-73 2.2 42-0 8 21 7 3 64 1.9
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SO Forward | 6-7 | 241 | Business Administration 2 GRANT WILLIAMS Charlotte, N.C. | Providence Day School @GrWill2 2018 SEC Player of the Year
• SEC Player of the Year selection ranked ninth in the SEC in scoring (16.1 ppg) and ninth in shooting percentage (.463) during league play despite being regularly double-teamed; scored 20-plus in five contests VOLScholar • Averaged 12.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.7 apg and 1.0 spg during the SEC Tournament, highlighted by his first double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds in win vs. Mississippi State (3/9) • First-team All-SEC honoree scored 22 points in win vs. Georgia (3/3) to clinch a share of the SEC Title for the Vols • Posted 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting and six boards in win vs. Florida (2/21); scored 11 of UT’s final 18 points • Hit a challenged layup with 11 seconds left to give Tennessee a 3-point lead vs. South Carolina (2/13); finished with a game-high 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting, five rebounds and two blocks • Lifted the Vols to a road win at Vanderbilt (1/9) behind a career-high 37 points on 12-of-20 shooting from the floor, marking the most points by a Vol since SEC Player of the Year Ron Slay scored 38 vs. New Mexico on Jan. 4, 2003 • Paced the Vols in scoring (18.7 ppg), assists (3.0 apg) and blocks (2.0 bpg) while ranking second on the squad in rebounding (7.3 rpg) during the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament • His 402 total points last season ranked sixth all-time among Tennessee freshmen, trailing Bernard King (661), Allan Houston (609), Tobias Harris (521), Ernie Grunfeld (453) and Chris Lofton (410) SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 f 21 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 6-8 .750 1 6 7 4 3 1 0 0 14 Season 37 at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) High Point 11/14/17 f 25 2-9 .222 0-2 .000 4-6 .667 4 8 12 1 2 2 2 2 8 Career Same vs. Purdue 11/22/17 f 30 8-18 .444 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000 4 4 8 4 2 2 1 0 22 vs. Villanova 11/23/17 f 33 9-16 .563 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 3 5 8 5 3 2 2 0 20 Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 f 27 5-12 .417 0-1 .000 4-8 .500 2 4 6 4 4 0 3 2 14 Season 12 vs. High Point (11/14/17) Mercer 11/29/17 f 30 8-15 .533 0-2 .000 5-6 .833 1 2 3 2 4 2 2 1 21 Career 14 at LSU (3/1/17) at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 f 24 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 5 1 3 2 0 11 Lipscomb 12/9/17 f 27 6-11 .545 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000 2 6 8 3 2 4 3 1 19 Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 f 26 7-15 .467 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 3 4 4 0 2 2 1 15 Season 4 (5x), last vs. Arkansas (3/10/18) Furman 12/20/17 f 35 7-11 .636 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 4 8 2 3 3 1 0 14 Career 6 vs. Kentucky (1/24/17) at Wake Forest 12/23/17 f 23 4-6 .667 1-2 .500 2-3 .667 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 11 at Arkansas 12/30/17 f 34 5-13 .385 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 3 3 6 5 1 2 2 1 12 Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 f 33 8-15 .533 0-1 .000 6-9 .667 4 4 8 4 0 3 1 0 22 Season 3 (5x), last at Ole Miss (2/24/18) Kentucky 1/6/18 f 35 7-13 .538 0-0 .000 4-5 .800 4 4 8 4 4 3 1 1 18 Career 6 at Texas A&M (12/29/16) at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 f 33 12-20 .600 0-1 .000 13-15 .867 2 5 7 2 2 2 3 0 37 Texas A&M 1/13/18 f 33 3-13 .231 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 2 3 5 2 2 2 1 1 9 Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 f 35 5-12 .417 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 1 4 5 5 1 4 1 2 15 Season 3 vs. Kentucky (3/11/18) at South Carolina 1/20/18 f 31 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 6-7 .857 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 14 Career 4 at South Carolina (2/25/17) Vanderbilt 1/23/18 f 30 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 12-14 .857 1 2 3 3 3 4 0 0 18 at Iowa State 1/27/18 f 29 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 2 8 10 4 2 2 0 0 9 Minutes LSU 1/31/18 f 22 7-13 .538 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 3 3 6 1 3 2 0 1 16 Season 35 (3x), last at Missouri (1/17/18) Ole Miss 2/3/18 f 22 6-11 .545 0-0 .000 5-7 .714 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 17 Career Same at Kentucky 2/6/18 f 28 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 8-10 .800 1 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 10 at Alabama 2/10/18 f 24 5-12 .417 0-1 .000 6-7 .857 4 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 16 Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 f 34 7-10 .700 0-0 .000 8-9 .888 2 3 5 3 1 1 2 0 22 Season 12 at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) at Georgia 2/17/18 f 25 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 3 1 4 5 0 2 3 1 5 Career Same Florida 2/21/18 f 26 8-13 .615 0-1 .000 7-8 .875 1 5 6 4 1 2 0 0 23 at Ole Miss 2/24/18 f 20 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 4 1 1 3 0 6 Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 f 30 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 1 6 7 2 4 3 1 1 8 Season 20 at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) Georgia 3/3/18 f 27 7-17 .412 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000 0 3 3 5 0 1 1 0 22 Career Same vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 f 33 3-12 .250 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 6 5 11 3 1 4 0 0 10 vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 f 28 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 8-9 .889 3 2 5 3 4 2 1 0 12 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 f 32 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 5-5 1.000 7 2 9 4 3 3 0 3 15 Season 2 vs. Purdue (11/22/17) vs. Wright State 3/15/18 f 29 6-10 .600 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 4 5 9 3 0 3 0 1 14 Career 2 (2x), last vs. Purdue (11/22/17) PRODUCTION TRACKER 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Last Season This Season Career Season 4 vs. Purdue (11/22/17) Scored 10+ Points 20 28 48 Career 4 (2x), last vs. Purdue (11/22/17) Scored 15+ Points 11 17 28 Scored 20+ Points 3 8 11 Free Throws Made Led the Vols in Scoring 9 12 21 Season 13 at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) Had 5+ Rebounds 21 24 45 Career Same Had 10+ Rebounds 5 3 8 Led the Vols in Rebounds 12 9 21 Free Throws Attempted Had Multiple Assists 10 19 29 Season 15 at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) Career Same Had Multiple Steals 7 4 11 Had Multiple Blocks 16 13 29 Led the Vols in Blocks 18 15 33 Had Multiple Dunks - 2 2 CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 32-29 814 25.4 132-262 .504 12-32 .375 126-189 .667 94-95-189 5.9 105-6 36 62 61 26 402 12.6 2017-18 34-34 974 28.6 178-378 .471 3-25 .120 160-208 .769 79-129-208 6.1 113-6 62 73 42 21 519 15.3 TOTAL 66-63 1788 27.1 310-640 .484 15-57 .263 286-397 .720 173-224-397 6.0 218-12 98 135 103 47 921 14.0
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JR Guard | 6-1 | 180 | Kinesiology 12 BRAD WOODSON Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Riverdale HS
@Bwoodson_12
• Knows how to play every position on the court (assignments, responsibilities, etc.) • Has appeared in two games this season VOLScholar • The Iowa State student section led chants of “We Want Brad,” “Free Brad,” and “Let Brad Loose” during UT’s drubbing of the Cyclones (1/27) in the Big 12/SEC Challenge • Logged a career-high 18 minutes at South Carolina as a freshman • Was named to the 2015-16 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll • Was a 1,000-point scorer at Riverdale High School, where his father, Kevin, was the varsity head coach • Earned first-team Murfreesboro Daily News Journal All-Area Team honors as a high school senior in 2015 after averaging 15.8 points per game • Also played third base for Riverdale’s varsity baseball team, which won district, region and substate champion- ships when he was a junior in 2014 (32 total wins) • Had perfect attendance from kindergarten through high school • Volunteers as a middle school mentor and Sunday school teacher at his church in Knoxville • Big fan of the Chicago Cubs SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Points Presbyterian 11/10/17 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Season - High Point 11/14/17 2 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 5 vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) vs. Purdue 11/22/17 DNP vs. Villanova 11/23/17 DNP Rebounds vs. NC State 11/24/17 DNP Season - Mercer 11/29/17 DNP Career 3 at South Carolina (2/24/16) at Georgia Tech 12/3/17 DNP Lipscomb 12/9/17 DNP Assists North Carolina 12/17/17 DNP Season - Furman 12/20/17 DNP Career 1 (4x), last vs. Missouri (2/18/17) at Wake Forest 12/23/17 DNP at Arkansas 12/30/17 DNP Blocks Auburn 1/2/18 DNP Season - Kentucky 1/6/18 DNP Career 1 vs. Missouri (2/18/17) at Vanderbilt 1/9/18 DNP Texas A&M 1/13/18 DNP Steals at Missouri 1/17/18 DNP Season - at South Carolina 1/20/18 DNP Career 1 (2x), last vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) Vanderbilt 1/23/18 DNP at Iowa State 1/27/18 DNP #LetBradLoose Minutes LSU 1/31/18 DNP Season 4 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Ole Miss 2/3/18 DNP Career 18 at South Carolina (2/24/16) at Kentucky 2/6/18 DNP at Alabama 2/10/18 DNP Field Goals Made South Carolina 2/13/18 DNP Season - at Georgia 2/17/18 DNP Career 1 (4x), last vs. Missouri (2/18/17) Florida 2/21/18 DNP at Ole Miss 2/24/18 DNP Field Goals Attempted at Mississippi State 2/27/18 DNP Season - Georgia 3/3/18 DNP Career 5 at South Carolina (2/24/16) vs. Mississippi State 3/9/18 DNP vs. Arkansas 3/10/18 DNP 3-Pt. Field Goals Made vs. Kentucky 3/11/18 DNP Season - vs. Wright State 3/15/18 DNP Career 1 (2x), last vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) PRODUCTION TRACKER P 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted Season - Career 5 at South Carolina (2/24/16)
Free Throws Made Season - Career 2 (2x), last vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16)
Free Throws Attempted Season - Career 2 (2x), last vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16)
CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2015-16 10-0 63 6.3 2-14 .143 1-9 .111 2-2 1.000 3-5-8 0.8 6-0 3 2 0 1 7 0.7 2016-17 4-0 11 2.8 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 0-0-0 0.0 1-0 1 0 1 1 7 1.8 2017-18 2-0 6 3.0 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 16-0 80 5.0 4-23 .174 2-15 .133 4-4 1.000 3-5-8 0.5 8-0 4 2 1 2 14 0.9
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LAST TIME A TENNESSEE PLAYER... Hit A Shot At The Buzzer To Send A Game To Overtime: Faced a 25-Point Deficit: Trailed 78-50 in second half at Robert Hubbs III hit a driving layup as time expired to Alabama (2/10/18); lost 78-50 Scored 40 Points: 43 by Allan Houston vs. LSU (2/10/90) tie the game 67-67. Tennessee won 76-73 in overtime Faced a 20-Point Deficit: Trailed 78-50 in second half at Scored 35 Points: 37 by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt (2/11/15). Alabama (2/10/18); lost 78-50 (1/9/18) Faced a 15-Point Deficit: Trailed 33-16 in first half vs. Scored 30 Points: 37 by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt Hit A Shot In The Closing Seconds To Send A Game To Kentucky (3/11/18); lost 77-72 (1/9/18) Overtime: Lamonté Turner made a 3-pointer vs. Purdue Scored 25 Points: 25 by Admiral Schofield at Ole Miss with 5.1 seconds left in regulation, tying the game at 63. Overcame a 20-Point Deficit To Win: Trailed 13-34 in first (2/24/18) Tennessee went on to win, 78-75, in overtime (11/22/17) half, won 84-77 vs. Kentucky (2/2/16) Overcame a 15-Point Deficit To Win: Trailed 40-24 in Scored 30 Or More Points In Back-To-Back Games: Hit A Shot At The Buzzer To Win A Game: Brian Williams second half vs. Alabama (3/4/17); won 59-54 Chris Lofton with 34 vs. Memphis (12/6/06) and 32 vs. grabbed an offensive rebound off a Tobias Harris missed Overcame a 10-Point Deficit To Win: Trailed 42-31 in first Western Kentucky (12/16/06) 3-pointer and sank a four-footer just off the right block half vs. Georgia (3/3/18); won 66-61 Scored 25 or More Points in Back-To-Back Games: at the buzzer to give Tennessee a 59-57 win at Georgia Kevin Punter Jr. with 26 vs. Vanderbilt (1/20/16) and 36 (1/18/11) Overcame a 15-Point Halftime Deficit To Win: Trailed vs. South Carolina (1/23/16) 35-50 at halftime, won 111-105 in overtime vs. Texas Scored 20 or More Points in Five Consecutive Games: Hit A Closing-Seconds Shot To Win A Game: Lamonté Turner (12/23/06) Seven Games: Kevin Punter Jr. with 24 vs. Gardner- made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 26 seconds left to play in Overcame a 10-Point Halftime Deficit To Win: Trailed 45- Webb (11/22/15), 26 vs. Army West Point (11/24/15), UT’s 61-59 victory at Kentucky (2/6/18) 35 at halftime, won 92-84 at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) 24 vs. George Washington (12/27/15), 23 vs. Nebraska (11/28/15), 27 at Butler (12/12/15), 24 vs. Florida Atlantic Scored 20 or more points in a first half: Jordan McRae (20) Did Not Make A 3-Pointer: 0 (0-8) vs. Duke (11/21/11) (12/16/15) and 23 vs. Gonzaga (12/19/15) vs. South Carolina (2/8/14) Active 3-point streak: 233 games
Grabbed 20 Rebounds: 20 by Jeronne Maymon vs. Scored 20 or more points in a second half: Grant Williamss Played a Half Without a Committing a Turnover: Second Memphis (11/22/11) (20 of his 37) at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) half vs. George Washington (11/27/15) Grabbed 15 Rebounds: 18 by Jarnell Stokes vs. Mercer (3/23/14) Had A Triple-Double: Tyler Smith (12 points, 10 rebounds, Had Six Players Score In Double Figures in Same Game: Grabbed 10 Offensive Rebounds: 10 by Jeronne Maymon 10 assists) vs. UNC Asheville (12/3/08) Robert Hubbs III (16), Lamonté Turner (15), Jordan vs. NC State (12/18/13) The only triple-double in Tennessee basketball history Bowden (14), Kyle Alexander (13), Grant Williams (13), Shembari Phillips (11) vs. Appalachian State (11/15/16) Made 15 Field Goals: 15 (15-19) by Dyron Nix vs. Tennessee Tech (11/25/88) LAST TIME TENNESSEE... Had Seven Players Score In Double Figures in Same Made 10 Field Goals: 12 (12-20) by Grant Williams at Game: Vincent Yarbrough (18), Charles Hathaway (12), Vanderbilt (1/9/18) Scored 110 Points: 124 vs. UNC Asheville (11/17/09) Harris Walker (12), Marcus Haislip (12), Isiah Victor (11), Scored 105 Points: 105 vs. East Carolina (11/20/09) Tony Harris (11), Terrence Woods (11) vs. East Tennessee Attempted 25 Field Goals: 27 (14-27) by Allan Houston vs. Scored 100 Points: 103 vs. Appalachian State (11/15/16) State (11/19/00) LSU (2/10/90) Attempted 20 Field Goals: 20 (12-20) by Grant Williams at Allowed 100 Points: 105 vs. Texas (12/23/06, OT) Had Two Players Record Double-Doubles in Same Game: Vanderbilt (1/9/18) Jeronne Maymon (11 pts, 11 rebs) and Jarnell Stokes (26 Scored 60 Points in a Half: 62 (2nd half) vs. East Carolina pts, 14 rebs) vs. UMass (3/21/14) Made 8 3-pointers: 8 (8-11) by Jordan McRae at Georgia (11/20/09) (3/2/13) Tennessee Did Not Have A Player Score in Double Made 7 3-pointers: 7 (7-11) by Lamonté Turner vs. Did Not Score 20+ Points in a Half: 18 (1st half) vs. Figures: at Georgetown (11/30/12) Presbyterian (12/6/16) Vanderbilt (2/22/17) Made 6 3-pointers: 6 (6-9) by Lamonté Turner at Iowa Opponent Did Not Have A Player Score in Double Figures: State (1/27/18) Grabbed 55 Rebounds: 58 vs. UT Martin (11/18/08) vs. South Carolina (3/14/14) Grabbed 50 Rebounds: 50 vs. Mississippi State (3/9/18) Attempted 15 3-pointers: 15 (6-15) by Chris Lofton at Had Three Players Score 20+ Points in Same Game: Vanderbilt (2/26/08) Made 40 Field Goals: 40 (40-70) vs. East Carolina (11/20/09) Jordan McRae (21), Josh Richardson (20) and Jarnell Attempted 10 3-pointers: 10 (4-10) by Jordan Bowden vs. Stokes (20) vs. Virginia (12/30/13) South Carolina (2/13/18) Attempted 90 Field Goals: 91 (38-91) vs. LSU (2/10/90) Attempted 80 Field Goals: 80 (29-80) vs. Purdue (11/22/17) Had Two Players Score 25+ Points in Same Game: Armani Made 15 Free Throws: 16 (16-17) by Jeronne Maymon vs. Attempted 70 Field Goals: 71 (32-71) at Arkansas (12/30/17) Moore (29) and Kevin Punter Jr. (26) vs. Army West Memphis (11/22/11) Point (11/24/15) Made 10 Free Throws: 12 (12-14) by Grant Williams vs. Made 15 3-pointers: 16 (16-33) vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) Vanderbilt (1/23/18) Made 10 3-pointers: 10 (10-27) vs. Kentucky (3/11/18) Tennessee Player Made SportCenter’s Top 10 Plays: Attempted 20 Free Throws: 23 (22-23) by Bill Justus vs. Jordan Bowden vs. Tennessee Tech (12/13/16). Alley- Ohio (3/17/69) Attempted 35 3-pointers: 39 (13-39) vs. Chattanooga (1/2/12) oop from Lamonté Turner on in-bounds play; No. 3 play Attempted 15 Free Throws: 15 (13-15) by Grant Williams at Attempted 30 3-pointers: 30 (12-30) at Iowa State (1/27/18) Vanderbilt (1/9/18) Tennessee Player was Called for a Technical Foul: Admiral Made 45 Free Throws: 45 (45-60) vs. George Washington Schofield vs. Georgia (3/3/18) Had 15 Assists: 15 by Fred Jenkins vs. Georgia (2/28/87) (12/28/00) Tennessee Player was Ejected: Yemi Makanjuola (type-2 Had 10 Assists: 10 by James Daniel III vs. Mercer (11/29/17) Made 40 Free Throws: 45 (45-60) vs. George Washington flagrant foul) at Vanderbilt (1/24/12) (12/28/00) Had 6 Steals: 6 by Josh Richardson vs. Butler (12/14/14) Tennessee Head Coach was Called for a Technical Foul: Had 5 Steals: 5 by Devon Baulkman vs. Vanderbilt Attempted 55 Free Throws: 60 (45-60) vs. George Rick Barnes vs. Kentucky (1/6/18) (3/10/16) Washington (12/28/00) Tennessee Head Coach was Ejected: Bruce Pearl vs. College of Charleston (12/31/10) Had 5 Blocks: 6 by Grant Williams at Texas A&M (12/29/16) Had 30 Assists: 30 vs. Tusculum (1/4/14) Had 25 Assists: 27 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) Opposing Player was Ejected: Trayvon Reed of Auburn Played Every Minute Of A Game: 40 minutes by Kevin Had 20 Steals: 21 vs. North Carolina A&T (12/23/09) (technical foul and a type-1 flagrant foul, 1/31/15) Punter Jr. at Mississippi State (1/16/16) Had 15 Steals: 15 at Vanderbilt (2/22/11) Opposing Head Coach was Ejected: Mark Fox of Georgia Converted A 4-Point Play: Jordan Bowden vs. Vanderbilt Had 12 Blocks: 14 vs. Virginia (12/19/00) (2/4/12) (1/23/18) Never trailed in a game: vs. Arkansas (3/10/18)
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RESULTS Record: Overall Home Away Neutral All Games 26-8 13-2 8-4 5-2 Conference 13-5 8-1 5-4 0-0 Non-Conference 10-2 5-1 3-0 2-1
Date Time Opponent Score Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Nov. 11 7 p.m. Presbyterian (SEC Network+) W, 88-53 15,047 22 Admiral Schofield 7 Grant Williams 5 John Fulkerson Nov. 14 7 p.m. High Point (SEC Network+) W, 84-53 12,343 16 Jordan Bone 12 Grant Williams 10 James Daniel III 16 Lamonté Turner Nov. 22 Noon 1-vs. #18 Purdue (ESPN2) W, 78-75 (OT) 1,306 22 Grant Williams 11 Kyle Alexander 3 Jordan Bone 3 James Daniel III Nov. 23 12:31 p.m. 1-vs. #5 Villanova (ESPN) L, 85-76 2,102 20 Grant Williams 8 Grant Williams 5 Lamonté Turner Nov. 24 2:30 p.m. 1-vs. NC State (ESPN2) W, 67-58 1,329 14 Grant Williams 13 Kyle Alexander 4 Grant Williams Nov. 29 7 p.m. Mercer (SEC Network+) W, 84-60 13,642 21 Grant Williams 4 Jordan Bowden 10 James Daniel III 4 John Fulkerson Dec. 3 6 p.m. at Georgia Tech (ESPNU) W, 77-70 6,514 24 Lamonté Turner 11 Kyle Alexander 4 Jordan Bone Dec. 9 2:15 p.m. Lipscomb (SEC Network) W, 81-71 14,051 19 Grant Williams 8 Grant Williams 6 Jordan Bone Dec. 17 3 p.m. #7 North Carolina (ESPN) L, 78-73 21,678 15 Grant Williams 9 Lamonté Turner 4 Jordan Bone Dec. 20 9 p.m. Furman (SEC Network) W, 66-61 13,095 21 Jordan Bowden 13 Admiral Schofield 4 James Daniel III Dec. 23 12:30 p.m. at Wake Forest (ESPN2) W, 79-60 11,362 17 Jordan Bowden 6 Admiral Schofield 5 Jordan Bone Dec. 30 1 p.m. at Arkansas* (SEC Network) L, 95-93 (OT) 18,696 21 Jordan Bone 7 Admiral Schofield 5 Jordan Bone Jan. 2 7 p.m. Auburn* (ESPNU) L, 94-84 14,755 25 Lamonté Turner 8 Grant Williams 3 Jordan Bowden Jan. 6 9 p.m. #17 Kentucky* (SEC Network) W, 76-65 21,678 20 Admiral Schofield 9 Admiral Schofield 6 James Daniel III Jan. 9 9 p.m. at Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) W, 92-84 11,510 37 Grant Williams 9 Admiral Schofield 4 James Daniel III Jan. 13 6 p.m. Texas A&M* (SEC Network) W, 75-62 19,612 15 Jordan Bowden 8 Admiral Schofield 4 Jordan Bone Jan. 17 9 p.m. at Missouri* (SEC Network) L, 59-55 15,061 15 Grant Williams 5 Jordan Bowden 3 Jordan Bone 5 Admiral Schofield 3 James Daniel III 5 Grant Williams Jan. 20 6 p.m. at South Carolina* (ESPN2) W, 70-63 18,000 25 Lamonté Turner 6 Lamonté Turner 3 Jordan Bowden 3 Admiral Schofield Jan. 23 7 p.m. Vanderbilt* (ESPNU) W, 67-62 14,127 19 Jordan Bowden 6 Admiral Schofield 4 James Daniel III 6 Derrick Walker Jan. 27 4 p.m. 2-at Iowa State (ESPNU) W, 68-45 14,384 20 Lamonté Turner 10 Kyle Alexander 3 Jordan Bone 10 Grant Willams 3 James Daniel III 3 Admiral Schofield Jan. 31 6:30 p.m. LSU* (SEC Network) W, 84-61 13,425 17 James Daniel III 8 Admiral Schofield 8 Jordan Bone Feb. 3 6 p.m. Ole Miss* (SEC Network) W, 94-61 18,316 17 Lamonté Turner 12 Admiral Schofield 6 Jordan Bone 17 Grant Williams Feb. 6 7 p.m. at #24 Kentucky* (ESPN) W, 61-59 23,332 16 Lamonté Turner 8 Jordan Bowden 4 Jordan Bone Feb. 10 6 p.m. at Alabama* (SEC Network) L, 78-50 15,383 16 Grant Williams 7 Admiral Schofield 2 Jordan Bone 7 Derrick Walker Feb. 13 9 p.m. South Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 70-67 13,126 22 Grant Williams 5 Jordan Bowden 4 Jordan Bone 5 Lamonté Turner 5 Grant Williams Feb. 17 6 p.m. at Georgia* (SEC Network) L, 73-62 10,028 14 Lamonté Turner 13 Kyle Alendar 7 Jordan Bone Feb. 21 9 p.m. Florida* (ESPN2) W, 62-57 16,016 23 Grant Williams 8 Admiral Schofield 4 Jordan Bone 4 Jordan Bowden Feb. 24 1 p.m. at Ole Miss* (SEC Network) W, 73-65 8,149 25 Admiral Schofield 7 Admiral Schofield 8 Jordan Bone 7 Derrick Walker Feb. 27 7 p.m. at Mississippi State* (SEC Network) W, 76-54 7,548 24 Admiral Schofield 7 Admiral Schofield 4 Lamonté Turner 7 Grant Williams 4 Grant Williams March 3 6 p.m. Georgia* (SEC Network) W, 66-61 22,237 23 Admiral Schofield 9 Kyle Alexander 7 Jordan Bowden March 9 7 p.m. 3-vs. Mississippi State (SEC Network) W, 62-59 14,596 15 Lamonté Turner 11 Grant Williams 3 Jordan Bone 3 James Daniel III March 10 3:30 p.m. 3-vs. Arkansas (ESPN) W, 84-66 18,729 19 Jordan Bone 7 Kyle Alexander 4 Jordan Bone 7 Admiral Schofield 4 Lamonté Turner 4 Grant Williams March 11 1 p.m. 3-vs. Kentucky (ESPN) L, 77-72 18,973 22 Admiral Schofield 10 Admiral Schofield 4 Jordan Bone 4 Lamonté Turner March 15 12:40 p.m. 4-vs. Wright State (TruTV) W, 73-47 15,802 19 Lamonté Turner 12 Admiral Schofield 9 Lamonté Turner March 17 4-vs. Loyola-Chicago
1-Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) 2-Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic 3-SEC Tournament (Scottrade Center; St. Louis, Mo.) 4-NCAA Tournament (Dallas, Texas) * Southeastern Conference Game Rankings listed are Associated Press All Times Eastern 2017-18 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS TENNESSEE BASKETBALL
TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS
Rebounds Pts. at Date Result FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D-Total PF Pts A TO Blk Stl Min Half Presbyterian 18-50 .360 8-26 .308 9-14 .643 7-21-28 21 53 12 19 0 3 200 14 at Tennessee Nov. 10 W, 88-53 33-58 .569 7-15 .467 15-23 .652 10-29-39 20 88 25 8 4 9 200 46 High Point 19-57 .333 7-17 .412 8-17 .471 13-18-31 23 53 9 16 4 7 200 13 at Tennessee Nov. 14 W, 88-54 27-57 .474 12-27 .444 18-23 .783 16-31-47 20 84 20 17 9 7 200 53 vs. #18 Purdue 22-59 .373 10-27 .370 21-25 .840 10-31-41 16 75 13 18 4 7 225 31 Tennessee Nov. 22 W, 78-75 OT 29-80 .363 9-23 .391 11-12 .917 20-30-50 23 78 14 15 4 8 225 31 vs. #5 Villanova 23-50 .460 6-17 .353 33-37 .892 12-23-35 24 85 11 17 4 11 200 34 Tennessee Nov. 23 L, 85-76 29-64 .453 6-20 .300 12-19 .632 16-16-32 28 76 17 15 3 6 200 46 vs. NC State 21-55 .382 3-16 .188 13-22 .591 17-26-43 22 58 9 21 1 9 200 23 Tennessee Nov. 24 W, 67-58 20-53 .377 8-18 .444 19-28 .679 15-21-36 22 67 14 16 9 13 200 30 Mercer 17-45 .378 7-17 .412 19-26 .731 12-19-31 19 60 10 20 1 2 200 27 at Tennessee Nov. 29 W, 84-60 30-54 .556 13-25 .520 11-14 .786 6-17-23 23 84 26 11 7 7 200 46 at Georgia Tech 21-54 .389 6-16 .375 22-33 .667 15-21-36 25 70 13 14 1 6 200 29 Tennessee Dec. 3 W, 77-70 23-53 .434 8-20 .400 23-27 .852 11-24-35 24 77 15 14 7 5 200 35 Lipscomb 25-63 .397 7-20 .350 14-17 .824 10-27-37 23 71 12 15 4 5 200 27 at # 24 Tennessee Dec. 9 W, 81-71 25-59 .424 7-22 .318 24-30 .800 10-29-39 20 81 22 15 9 5 200 40 #7 North Carolina 29-67 .433 6-17 .353 14-19 .737 19-25-44 16 78 17 16 2 4 200 32 at #20 Tennessee Dec. 17 L, 78-73 25-67 .373 9-25 .360 14-17 .824 18-21-39 23 73 11 13 6 6 200 38 Furman 23-58 .397 7-27 .259 8-10 .800 7-26-33 18 61 10 13 2 9 200 26 at #21 Tennessee Dec. 20 W, 66-61 23-62 .371 5-20 .250 15-24 .625 17-30-47 13 66 17 10 2 7 200 29 at Wake Forest 20-53 .377 6-17 .353 14-17 .824 13-22-35 21 60 7 20 2 5 200 35 #21 Tennessee Dec. 23 W, 79-60 29-56 .518 10-23 .435 11-16 .688 6-23-29 22 79 15 17 4 7 200 36 at Arkansas 33-61 .541 8-20 .400 21-33 .636 6-28-34 20 95 9 12 7 4 225 31 #19 Tennessee Dec. 30 L, 95-93 OT 32-71 .451 11-25 .440 18-26 .692 11-30-41 27 93 17 14 3 5 225 38 Auburn 30-74 .405 9-31 .290 25-29 .862 22-24-46 29 94 17 10 5 9 200 42 at #23 Tennessee Jan. 2 L, 94-84 24-58 .414 6-21 .286 30-37 .811 14-24-38 25 84 14 15 3 3 200 36 #17 Kentucky 24-52 .462 7-19 .368 10-16 .625 8-22-30 23 65 14 16 4 7 200 37 at #23 Tennessee Jan. 6 W, 76-65 25-55 .455 8-22 .364 18-24 .750 12-25-37 16 76 23 12 4 8 200 29 at Vanderbilt 29-56 .518 11-26 .423 15-22 .682 9-17-26 23 84 14 8 2 3 200 45 #24 Tennessee Jan. 9 W, 92-84 30-53 .566 7-13 .538 25-28 .893 8-22-30 22 92 13 8 4 3 200 35 Texas A&M 24-54 .444 8-20 .400 6-10 .600 6-23-29 16 62 17 17 6 6 200 28 at #24 Tennessee Jan. 13 W, 75-62 25-61 .410 5-17 .294 20-23 .870 14-24-38 11 75 16 10 6 10 200 36 at Missouri 20-48 .417 4-18 .222 15-17 .882 9-22-31 13 59 10 12 2 4 200 27 #21 Tennessee Jan. 17 L, 59-55 21-54 .389 5-21 .238 8-13 .615 10-18-28 14 55 9 9 4 9 200 27 South Carolina 18-49 .367 10-23 .435 17-27 .630 15-16-31 19 63 13 14 1 6 200 30 at #21 Tennessee Jan. 20 W, 70-63 23-40 .575 5-11 .455 19-24 .792 4-21-25 21 70 10 13 7 8 200 33 Vanderbilt 23-57 .404 5-24 .208 11-14 .786 13-24-37 24 62 9 9 3 3 200 15 at #22 Tennessee Jan. 23 W, 67-62 19-44 .432 7-13 .538 22-32 .688 8-23-31 16 67 15 9 3 3 200 32 at Iowa State 17-51 .333 4-17 .235 7-17 .412 8-23-31 14 45 9 11 3 6 200 19 #22 Tennessee Jan. 27 W, 68-45 24-62 .387 12-30 .400 8-10 .800 16-33-49 21 68 14 13 1 6 200 31 LSU 22-56 .393 3-19 .158 14-18 .778 7-22-29 13 61 9 12 4 9 200 31 at #18 Tennessee Jan. 31 W, 84-61 33-61 .541 12-25 .480 6-10 .600 9-30-39 14 84 24 14 4 5 200 42 Ole Miss 21-60 .350 11-25 .440 8-11 .727 17-21-38 19 61 12 17 1 3 200 25 at #18 Tennessee Feb. 3 W, 94-61 33-62 .532 13-29 .448 15-19 .789 10-25-35 17 94 27 6 7 11 200 35 at #24 Kentucky 19-45 .422 3-14 .214 18-25 .720 7-23-30 18 59 7 15 4 4 200 26 #15 Tennessee Feb. 6 W, 61-59 22-52 .423 5-21 .238 12-14 .857 8-24-32 19 61 10 13 4 9 200 27 at Alabama 32-56 .571 5-14 .357 9-18 .500 8-32-40 16 78 15 11 7 8 200 37 #15 Tennessee Feb. 10 L, 78-50 16-58 .276 4-17 .235 14-20 .700 13-22-35 16 50 7 13 4 4 200 27 South Carolina 22-50 .440 6-20 .300 17-21 .810 7-22-29 23 67 13 12 2 4 200 34 at #18 Tennessee Feb. 13 W, 70-67 24-50 .480 8-24 .333 14-22 .636 10-22-32 17 70 12 15 4 6 200 38 at Georgia 20-47 .426 6-14 429 27038 .711 12-28-40 15 73 10 13 3 4 200 28 #18 Tennessee Feb. 17 L, 73-62 22-63 .349 8-25 .320 10-15 .667 14-19-33 27 62 12 11 4 5 200 26 Florida 21-60 .350 6-24 .250 9-16 .563 13-25-38 19 57 12 11 4 7 200 18 at #19 Tennessee Feb. 21 W, 62-57 23-53 .434 3-10 .300 13-15 .867 6-30-36 15 62 13 12 3 3 200 27 at Ole Miss 23-68 .338 1-23 .043 18-26 .692 16-31-47 17 65 7 11 4 7 200 26 #19 Tennessee Feb. 24 W, 73-65 25-64 .391 9-20 .450 14-19 .737 10-33-43 19 73 20 13 3 4 200 41 at Mississippi State 20-51 .392 4-20 .200 10-16 .625 7-24-24 19 54 6 13 3 6 200 34 #16 Tennessee Feb. 27 W, 76-54 27-48 .563 4-11 .364 18-23 .783 7-27-34 16 76 14 11 2 4 200 40 Georgia 22-52 .423 8-18 .444 9-15 .600 12-26-38 19 61 13 11 3 1 200 42 at #16 Tennessee March 3 W, 66-61 21-54 .389 7-18 .389 17-18 .944 7-21-28 17 66 15 4 2 4 200 34 vs. Mississippi State 20-56 .357 5-21 .238 14-16 .875 10-23-33 20 59 1 16 8 8 200 24 #13 Tennessee March 9 W, 62-59 20-60 .333 5-20 .250 17-28 .607 22-28-50 14 62 11 17 3 8 200 31 vs. Arkansas 20-49 .408 6-15 .400 20-29 .690 13-13-26 18 66 8 10 2 3 200 29 vs. #13 Tennessee March 10 W, 84-66 28-49 .571 11-17 .647 17-20 .850 9-20-29 23 84 16 10 6 6 200 48 vs. Kentucky 25-50 .500 7-16 .438 20-24 .833 11-21-32 19 77 9 10 6 6 200 36 #13 Tennessee March 11 L, 77-72 23-62 .371 10-27 .370 16-20 .800 18-16-34 21 72 14 10 3 4 200 31 vs. Wright State 19-60 .317 4-21 .190 5-9 .556 11-21-32 17 47 9 13 2 5 200 23 #13 Tennessee March 15 W, 73-47 27-60 .450 5-18 .278 14-16 .875 13-31-44 17 73 13 12 6 6 200 34 Rankings listed are Associated Press
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INDIVIDUAL POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS
Kyle Jordan Jordan Lucas James Chris John Zach Jalen Yves Admiral Lamonté Derrick Grant Brad Alexander Bone Bowden Campbell Daniel III Darrington Fulkerson Kent Johnson Pons Schofield Turner Walker Williams Woodson Presbyterian 4-4-0 9-0-4 15-5-2 3-0-2 2-3-2 4-0-3 4-5-5 4-2-0 2-2-1 0-0-0 22-5-1 0-3-2 5-1-0 14-7-3 0-0-0 High Point 3-7-0 16-4-2 8-4-0 0-1-0 4-0-10 7-1-2 8-3-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 INJ 14-6-2 16-0-1 0-5-1 8-12-2 0-0-0 vs. #18 Purdue 13-11-1 4-2-3 4-3-1 DNP 2-0-3 4-2-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 10-7-1 17-5-2 2-2-0 22-8-2 DNP vs. #5 Villanova 4-7-0 4-2-4 9-2-3 DNP 10-1-1 2-1-0 7-1-0 DNP DNP INJ 16-3-1 4-2-5 0-1-0 20-8-3 DNP vs. NC State 8-13-0 13-2-2 10-3-3 DNP 9-2-2 6-0-0 0-2-0 DNP DNP 0-1-0 0-1-1 5-2-2 2-2-0 14-6-4 DNP Mercer 1-3-1 2-0-4 18-4-2 DNP 9-2-10 7-0-1 0-4-2 DNP 1-1-0 4-0-0 10-3-0 9-1-2 2-2-0 21-3-4 DNP at Georgia Tech 7-11-0 6-0-4 10-3-2 DNP 3-0-2 4-0-1 0-1-1 DNP DNP DNP 10-5-2 24-3-2 2-3-0 11-6-1 DNP Lipscomb 6-3-1 5-1-6 8-3-2 DNP 12-4-2 11-3-5 0-1-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 13-6-1 7-3-3 0-2-0 19-8-2 DNP #7 North Carolina 5-4-0 10-4-4 12-3-1 DNP 14-2-3 3-0-1 2-4-1 DNP DNP DNP 10-2-0 2-9-1 0-2-0 15-4-0 DNP Furman 2-4-0 1-0-1 21-6-3 DNP 8-1-4 0-1-1 4-3-0 DNP DNP DNP 12-13-3 4-7-2 0-0-0 14-8-3 DNP at Wake Forest 11-4-3 12-0-5 17-3-1 DNP 3-2-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 14-6-1 5-5-2 3-3-2 11-3-0 DNP at Arkansas 4-6-0 21-6-5 7-2-2 DNP 17-2-4 4-1-0 0-2-1 DNP DNP DNP 16-7-1 10-2-2 2-3-1 12-6-1 DNP Auburn 2-6-2 18-2-2 1-6-3 DNP 0-1-2 3-1-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 13-6-2 25-4-1 0-2-0 22-8-0 DNP #17 Kentucky 9-5-0 5-0-1 7-3-0 DNP 3-3-6 DNP 3-3-3 DNP DNP DNP 20-9-4 11-4-5 0-0-0 18-8-4 DNP at Vanderbilt 0-0-0 8-3-2 12-3-2 DNP 7-1-4 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP DNP ILLNESS 22-9-1 6-3-1 0-0-0 37-7-2 DNP Texas A&M 14-6-1 10-3-4 15-6-1 DNP 4-0-3 DNP 4-1-0 DNP 0-1-2 DNP 12-8-3 7-2-0 0-2-0 9-5-2 DNP at Missouri 12-4-0 1-2-3 2-5-1 DNP 7-4-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-1 DNP 11-5-0 3-0-0 4-1-0 15-5-1 DNP at South Carolina 3-3-0 2-1-1 0-0-3 DNP 2-0-1 0-2-0 DNP DNP DNP 2-2-0 12-4-3 25-6-2 10-4-0 14-2-0 DNP Vanderbilt 6-5-0 2-3-3 19-2-0 DNP 3-1-4 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 7-6-2 7-3-3 5-6-0 18-3-3 DNP at Iowa State 4-10-0 2-5-3 7-3-1 DNP 16-3-3 0-1-0 0-1-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 10-7-3 20-5-2 0-0-0 9-10-2 DNP LSU 4-5-2 12-4-8 2-5-1 DNP 17-1-4 3-0-0 4-0-0 DNP 3-0-0 0-1-0 6-8-2 12-1-2 5-6-2 16-6-3 DNP Ole Miss 14-6-0 3-2-6 10-3-5 DNP 3-0-5 0-0-0 4-0-1 DNP 6-2-1 3-1-2 15-12-1 17-2-4 2-2-0 17-4-2 DNP at #24 Kentucky 6-4-0 4-6-4 13-8-0 DNP 0-2-3 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 12-6-1 16-2-0 0-1-0 10-3-2 DNP at Alabama 2-4-0 2-0-2 5-1-1 DNP 3-2-1 3-0-0 1-2-0 DNP 2-2-0 0-1-1 7-7-0 5-1-1 4-7-0 16-4-1 DNP South Carolina 0-1-0 2-3-4 14-5-3 DNP 5-0-0 1-1-0 4-1-0 DNP DNP 0-1-0 13-4-2 8-5-2 1-2-0 22-5-1 DNP at Georgia 10-13-0 4-0-7 13-2-0 DNP 3-2-2 DNP 2-0-0 DNP DNP 0-1-0 11-4-1 14-3-2 0-0-0 5-4-5 DNP Florida 0-3-0 6-2-4 9-3-4 DNP 3-0-1 0-1-0 0-1-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 16-8-3 5-5-0 INJ 23-6-1 DNP at Ole Miss 0-4-0 6-4-8 15-4-1 DNP 0-1-0 0-0-2 INJ DNP 0-0-0 3-0-1 25-7-3 13-3-3 5-7-1 6-5-1 DNP at Mississippi State 4-3-0 8-3-2 7-4-2 DNP 3-2-0 DNP INJ DNP 0-0-0 3-3-1 24-7-0 12-2-4 7-2-1 8-7-4 DNP Georgia 2-9-0 6-2-0 4-2-7 DNP 0-1-4 DNP 0-1-0 DNP DNP 0-1-0 23-3-2 9-3-2 0-0-0 22-3-0 DNP vs. Mississippi State 7-6-0 5-2-3 8-6-2 DNP 3-1-3 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 13-8-1 15-8-1 1-4-0 10-11-1 DNP vs. Arkansas 12-7-0 19-2-4 2-1-2 DNP 12-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 DNP 0-1-0 0-0-0 16-7-2 9-2-4 0-0-0 12-5-4 DNP vs. Kentucky 7-4-0 12-0-4 3-1-0 DNP 3-2-2 DNP 0-3-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 22-10-1 10-1-4 0-1-0 15-9-3 DNP vs. Wright State 6-4-0 4-1-0 5-7-2 DNP 2-1-0 0-0-0 2-7-1 DNP 2-1-0 2-1-0 15-12-1 19-0-9 2-0-0 14-9-0 DNP
Rankings listed are Associated Press GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OPPONENT 1 2 3 4 5 OPPONENT 1 2 3 4 5 Presbyterian Daniel III Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander LSU Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander High Point Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Ole Miss Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander vs. #18 Purdue Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at #24 Kentucky Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander vs. #5 Villanova Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Alabama Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander vs. NC State Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander South Carolina Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Mercer Daniel III Bone Bowden Williams Alexander at Georgia Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Georgia Tech Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Florida Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Lipscomb Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Ole Miss Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander #7 North Carolina Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Mississippi State Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Furman Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Georgia Daniel III Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Wake Forest Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander vs. Mississippi State Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Arkansas Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander vs. Arkansas Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Auburn Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander vs. Kentucky Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander #17 Kentucky Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander vs. Wright State Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Vanderbilt Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Texas A&M Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Missouri Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at South Carolina Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander Vanderbilt Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander at Iowa State Bone Bowden Schofield Williams Alexander
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HIGHS & LOWS Individual Category Tennessee Opponent Points 37 by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) 33 by Daryl Macon, Arkansas (12/30/17) Points (Half) 20 (2nd half) by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) 25 (2nd half) by Riley LaChance, Vanderbilt (1/23/18) 20 (2nd half) by Lamonté Turner vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Field Goals Made 12 by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) 10 four times, last by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (3/11/18) Field Goals Attempted 20 by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) 19 by Joel Berry II, North Carolina (12/17/17) Field Goal Percentage (min. 5 made) 1.000 (6-6) by Kyle Alexander at Missouri (1/17/18) .857 (6-7) by Derek Ogbeide, Georgia (2/17/18) 3-Pointers Made 6 by Lamonté Turner at Iowa State (1/27/18) 5 by several, last by Lamar Peters, MSU (3/9/18) 3-Pointers Attempted 10 by Jordan Bowden vs. South Carolina (2/13/18) 12 by Bryce Brown, Auburn (1/2/18) 3-Point Percentage (min. 2 made) 1.000 (5-5) by Jordan Bowden at Wake Forest (12/23/17) 1.000 (2-2) Ethan Stair, Mercer (11/29/17) Free Throws Made 13 by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) 10 by Jared Harper, Auburn (1/2/18) 13 by Lamonté Turner vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Free Throws Attempted 15 by Grant Williams at Vanderbilt (1/9/18) 12 by Yante Maten, Georgia (2/17/18) Free Throw Percentage (min. 3 made) 1.000 (13-13) by Lamonté Turner vs. Auburn (1/2/18) 1.000 (9-9) Carsen Edwards, Purdue (11/22/17) 1.000 (9-9) Jalen Brunson, Villanova (11/23/17) Offensive Rebounds 7 by K. Alexander vs. NC State and G. Williams vs. Kentucky (3/11/18) 5 several times, last by Kevarrius Hayes, Florida (2/21/18) Defensive Rebounds 11 by Admiral Schofield vs. Furman (12/20/17) 11 by Eli Pepper, Lipscomb (12/9/17) Total Rebounds 13 by K. Alexander vs. NC State and at Georgia; A. Schofield vs. Furman 15 by Eli Pepper, Lipscomb (12/9/17) Assists 10 by James Daniel III vs. Mercer (11/29/17) 9 by Chris Chiozza, Florida (2/21/18) 10 by James Daniel III vs. High Point (11/14/17) Blocks 4 by Kyle Alexander 3x, last vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) 5 by Daniel Gafford, Arkansas (12/30/17) Steals 4 several times, last by Lamonté Turner vs. Miss. State (3/9/18) 4 by Aric Holman, Mississippi State (3/9/18) Minutes Played 38 by Jordan Bone at Arkansas (12/30/17) 42 by Anton Beard, Arkansas (12/30/17)
Team Category Tennessee Opponent Points 94 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) 95 by Arkansas (12/30/17) Low 50 at Alabama (2/10/18) 45 by Iowa State (1/27/18) Points (Half) 59 (2nd half) vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) 52 (2nd half) by Auburn (1/2/18) Low 23 (2nd half) at Alabama (2/10/18) 13 (1st half) by High Point (11/14/17) Field Goals Made 33 vs. Presbyterian, LSU and Ole Miss 33 by Arkansas (12/30/17) Low 16 at Alabama (2/10/18) 17 by Mercer (11/29/17) and Iowa State (1/27/18) Field Goals Attempted 80 vs. Purdue (11/22/17) 74 by Auburn (1/2/18) Low 40 at South Carolina (1/20/18) 45 by Mercer (11/29/17) and by Kentucky (2/6/18) Field Goal Percentage .575 at South Carolina (1/20/18) .571 (32-56) by Alabama (2/10/18) Low .276 at Alabama (2/10/18) .317 (19-60) by Wright State (3/15/18) 3-Pointers Made 13 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) and vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) 11 by Vanderbilt (1/9/18) and Ole Miss (2/3/18) Low 3 vs. Florida (2/22/18) 1 by Ole Miss (2/24/18) 3-Pointers Attempted 30 at Iowa State (1/27/18) 31 by Auburn (1/2/18) Low 10 vs. Florida (2/22/18) 14 three times, last by Georgia (2/17/18) 3-Point Percentage .647 (11-17) vs. Arkansas (3/10/18) .444 (8-18) by Georgia (3/3/18) Low .235 (4-17) at Alabama (2/10/18) .043 (1-23) by Ole Miss (2/24/18) Free Throws Made 30 vs. Auburn (1/2/18) 33 by Villanova (11/23/17) Low 6 vs. LSU (1/31/18) 5 by Wright State (3/15/18( Free Throws Attempted 37 vs. Auburn (1/2/18) 38 by Georgia (2/17/18) Low 10 at Iowa State (1/27/18) and vs. LSU (1/31/18) 9 by Wright State (3/15/18) Free Throw Percentage .944 (17-18) vs. Georgia (3/3/18) .892 (33-37) by Villanova (11/23/17) Low .600 (6-10) vs. LSU (1/31/18) .412 (7-17) by Iowa State (1/27/18) Personal Fouls 28 vs. Villanova (11/23/17) 29 by Auburn (1/2/18) Low 11 vs. Texas A&M (1/13/18) 13 by Missouri (1/17/18) and by LSU (1/31/18) Total Rebounds 50 vs. Purdue (11/22/17) and vs. Mississippi State (3/9/18) 47 by Ole Miss (2/24/18) Low 23 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) 24 by Mississippi State (2/27/18) Offensive Rebounds 22 vs. Mississippi State (3/9/18) 22 by Auburn (1/2/18) Low 4 at South Carolina (1/20/18) 6 by Arkansas (12/30/17) and Texas A&M (1/13/18) Assists 27 vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) 17 by North Carolina, Auburn and Texas A&M Low 7 at Alabama (2/10/18) 1 by Mississippi State (3/9/18) Turnovers 17 vs. High Point, Wake Forest (12/23/17) and Miss. State (3/9/18) 21 by NC State (11/24/17) Low 4 vs. Georgia (3/3/18) 8 by Vanderbilt (1/9/18) Blocks 9 three times, last vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) 8 by Mississippi State (3/9/18) Low 1 at Iowa State (1/27/18) 0 by Presbyterian (11/10/17) Steals 13 vs. NC State (11/24/17) 11 by Villanova (11/23/17) Low 3, four times, last vs. Florida (2/21/18) 1 by Georgia (3/3/18)
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SUPERLATIVES
Starting Lineups (listed in order of positions, 1-5) ATTENDANCE SUMMARY W-L 23-8 Bone, Bowden, Schofield, Williams, Alexander Games Totals Average 2-0 Daniel III, Bowden, Schofield, Williams, Alexander Home 15 243,148 16,210 1-0 Daniel III, Bone, Bowden, Williams, Alexander Away 12 159,967 13,331 Neutral 7 72,837 10,405 Total 34 475,952 13,999 Margin of Victory/Defeat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-15 16-19 20-24 25+ Wins - 1 3 - 4 - 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 UT’s RECORD WHEN... Losses - 1 - 1 2 - - - 1 1 1 - - 1
Leading at halftime...... 22-3 Trailing at halftime...... 3-4 Tied at halftime...... 1-1 Most First Half Points Most Second Half Points Leading with 10:00 remaining...... 23-4 Tennessee 53 vs. High Point (11/14) Tennessee 59 vs. Ole Miss (2/3) Trailing with 10:00 remaining...... 2-4 Opponents 45 Vanderbilt (1/9) Opponents 52 Auburn (1/2) Tied with 10:00 remaining...... 1-0 Fewest First Half Points Fewest Second Half Points Leading with 5:00 remaining...... 24-2 Tennessee 26 at Georgia (2/17) Tennessee 23 at Alabama (2/10) Trailing with 5:00 remaining...... 1-6 Opponents 13 High Point (11/114) Opponents 19 Georgia (3/3) Tied with 5:00 remaining...... 1-0
In Overtime...... 1-1 Largest Halftime Lead Largest Margin of Victory Tennessee 39 vs. High Point (11/14) Tennessee 35 vs. Presbyterian (11/10) Tennessee out-rebounds opponent...... 16-2 Opponents 10 Vanderbilt (1/9), Alabama (2/10) Opponents 28 Alabama (2/10) Tennessee is out-rebounded...... 10-6 Same amount of rebounds...... 0-0
Tennessee commits more turnovers...... 7-3 Jump Balls Controlled Points Leader* Sea Car Blocks Leader* Sea Car Double-Doubles Sea Car Opponent commits more turnovers...... 14-4 Tennessee 21 Grant Williams 12 21 Kyle Alexander 21 42 Admiral Schofield 4 5 Same amount of turnovers...... 5-1 Opponents 14 Lamonté Turner 10 13 Grant Williams 15 33 Kyle Alexander 2 2 Tennessee shoots 50 percent or better...... 9-0 Admiral Schofield 6 9 Admiral Schofield 5 9 Grant Williams 1 5 Opponent shoots 50 percent or better...... 1-3 How Scored First Points Jordan Bowden 4 4 John Fulkerson 3 5 John Fulkerson - 1 Lay-up 9 Jordan Bone 3 7 Jordan Bowden 2 4 Tennessee shoots less than 50 percent...... 17-8 3-Pointer 9 James Daniel 1 1 Derrick Walker 2 2 Charges Drawn Sea Ca Opponent shoots less than 50 percent...... 25-5 Hook/Over Shoulder 5 James Daniel III 1 1 Grant Williams 10 18 Jump Shot 5 Reb. Leader* Sea Car Lamonté Turner - 1 James Daniel III 8 8 Tennessee shoots better than opponent...... 19-1 Free Throw 3 Admiral Schofield 17 25 Brad Woodson - 1 Admiral Schofield 7 24 Opponent shoots better than Tennessee...... 7-7 Tip-in 2 Grant Williams 10 22 Kyle Alexander 6 15 Same shooting percentage...... 0-0 Dunk 1 Kyle Alexander 8 17 10+ Points Sea Car Lamonté Turner 4 6 Jordan Bowden 4 5 Admiral Schofield 30 51 Chris Darrington 3 3 Tennessee has more free-throw attempts...... 15-2 Scored UT’s First Points Lamonté Turner 4 4 Grant Williams 28 48 John Fulkerson - 1 Opponent has more free-throw attempts...... 11-6 Same amount of free-throw attempts...... 0-0 Grant Williams 10 John Fulkerson 1 4 Lamonté Turner 18 29 Jordan Bowden 8 Derrick Walker 1 1 Jordan Bowden 15 24 Floor Burns Tennessee bench outscores opponent bench...... 18-3 Kyle Alexander 7 Jordan Bone - 1 Jordan Bone 10 15 (Diving Efforts) Sea Car Opponent bench outscores Tennessee bench...... 9-4 Jordan Bone 5 James Daniel 7 7 Kyle Alexander 27 51 Benches score the same...... 0-0 Admiral Schofield 3 Assists Leader* Sea Car Kyle Alexander 6 7 Grant Williams 20 31 James Daniel 1 Jordan Bone 20 29 Chris Darrington 1 1 Jordan Bowden 12 16 Tennessee scores less than 50...... 0-0 James Daniel III 10 10 Derrick Walker 1 1 James Daniel III 11 11 Tennessee scores between 50-59...... 0-2 First Off UT Bench^ Jordan Bowden 4 7 John Fulkerson - 2 Admiral Schofield 10 31 Tennessee scores between 60-69...... 9-0 Lamonté Turner 19 Lamonté Turner 9 16 John Fulkerson 9 13 Tennessee scores between 70-79...... 10-3 James Daniel III 14 Grant Williams 3 8 20+ Points Sea Car Derrick Walker 8 8 Tennessee scores between 80-89...... 6-1 John Fulkerson 14 Admiral Schofield 2 6 Grant Williams 8 11 Jordan Bone 5 8 Tennessee scores between 90-99...... 2-1 Derrick Walker 11 John Fulkerson 1 2 Admiral Schofield 6 7 Lamonté Turner 4 10 Tennessee scores 100 or more...... 0-0 Chris Darrington 4 Lamonté Turner 4 5 Chris Darrington 3 3 Opponent scores less than 50...... 2-0 Yves Pons 4 Steals Leader* Sea Car Jordan Bowden 1 2 Yves Pons 1 1 Opponent scores between 50-59...... 7-1 Jordan Bone 2 Jordan Bowden 14 24 Jordan Bone - 2 Brad Woodson - 1 Opponent scores between 60-69...... 13-0 Admiral Schofield 1 Admiral Schofield 12 19 Opponent scores between 70-79...... 3-4 Lamonté Turner 9 15 30+ Points Sea Car Free Throws in Opponent scores between 80-89...... 1-1 ^ includes multiple subs James Daniel 8 8 Grant Williams 1 3 Final Four Minutes^ Opponent scores between 90-99...... 0-2 Jordan Bone 7 11 Chris Darrington 6-6 Opponent scores 100 or more...... 0-0 Dunks Sea Car Kyle Alexander 7 9 10+ Rebounds Sea Car Kyle Alexander 4-4 Kyle Alexander 23 33 John Fulkerson 6 9 Kyle Alexander 5 5 Lamonté Turner 30-32 In November...... 5-1 Grant Williams 16 25 Grant Williams 4 12 Admiral Schofield 4 6 Jordan Bowden 26-28 In December...... 4-2 Admiral Schofield 12 23 Yves Pons 2 2 Grant Williams 3 8 Admiral Schofield 13-15 In January...... 7-2 Derrick Walker 5 5 Chris Darrington 1 1 John Fulkerson - 1 James Daniel 5-6 In February...... 6-2 Jordan Bowden 4 11 Jalen Johnson 1 1 Jordan Bone 14-17 In March...... 4-1 Yves Pons 3 3 Brad Woodson - 1 10+ Assists Sea Car Grant Williams 25-32 On Monday...... 0-0 Jordan Bone 2 2 James Daniel III 2 2 John Fulkerson 3-4 On Tuesday...... 6-1 John Fulkerson 2 5 James Daniel 1-2 On Wednesday...... 5-1 Jalen Johnson 2 2 Jalen Johnson 1-2 On Thursday...... 1-1 Lamonté Turner 1 1 Derrick Walker 1-2 On Friday...... 3-0 On Saturday...... 10-3 * Includes all ties On Sunday...... 1-2 ^ also includes all of OT
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee vs Purdue NC State vs Tennessee 11/22/17 12 p.m. at Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas 11/24/17 2:31 p.m. at Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Tennessee 78 • 3-0 NC State 58 • 5-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 FREEMAN,Lennard f 4-4 0-0 3-4 3 3 6 4 11 0 0 0 1 26 02 Williams, Grant f 8-18 2-4 4-4 448422221030 02 DORN,Torin g 2-6 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 2 7 1 1 0 1 23 05 Schofield, Admiral f 4-13 1-5 1-1 3 4 7 4 10 1 0 1 2 34 10 BEVERLY,Braxton g 5-13 0-3 0-0 202110230235 11 Alexander, Kyle f 6-9 1-1 0-0 5 6 11 4 13 1 1 1 2 29 11 JOHNSON,Markell g 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 4 4 5 3 1 4 0 3 27 00 Bone, Jordan g 1-10 1-2 1-2 1 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 29 12 FREEMAN,Allerik g 4-18 1-8 5-6 279214350138 23 Bowden, Jordan g 2-7 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 26 00 ABU,Abdul-Malik 1-3 0-0 1-4 2 6 8 4 3 1 6 0 0 17 01 Turner, Lamonte 6-12 4-8 1-1 2 3 5 1 17 2 2 0 0 33 03 BATTS,Lavar 0-2 0-1 0-0 0111 00100 5 03 Daniel, James 0-2 0-0 2-2 0003 2330113 14 YURTSEVEN,Omer 4-5 0-0 2-6 2 4 6 3 10 1 0 1 1 25 10 Fulkerson, John 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 15 HUNT,Sam 0-1 0-1 0-0 0000 00000 4 15 Walker, Derrick 1-3 0-0 0-0 1123 20110 9 Team 6 1 7 1 32 Darrington, Chris 1-5 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 15 Totals 21-55 3-16 13-22 17 26 43 22 58 9 21 1 9 200 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 FG % 1st Half: 8-26 30.8% 2nd half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 21-55 38.2% Deadball Team 4 6 10 1 Totals 29-80 9-23 11-12 20 30 50 23 78 14 15 4 8 225 3FG % 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 3-16 18.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 13-22 59.1% 4 FG % 1st Half: 12-36 33.3% 2nd half: 11-34 32.4% OT: 6-10 60.0% Game: 29-80 36.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 9-23 39.1% Rebounds Tennessee 67 • 4-1 FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 6-6 100.0 OT: 2-2 100.0 Game: 11-12 91.7% 1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Purdue 75 • 4-1 02 Williams, Grant f 5-12 0-1 4-8 246414403227 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 05 Schofield, Admiral f 0-6 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 0 1 22 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 Alexander, Kyle f 3-7 0-0 2-5 7 6 13 2 8 0 1 4 2 29 12 Edwards, Vincent f 3-13 2-6 3-4 4 9 13 3 11 540039 00 Bone, Jordan g 3-5 2-3 5-6 1 1 2 1 13 2 2 0 2 22 44 Haas, Isaac c 3-5 0-0 7-8 0 3 3 3 13 1 4 1 0 24 23 Bowden, Jordan g 3-5 2-3 2-2 0 3 3 2 10 3 1 0 3 27 03 Edwards, Carsen g 5-17 2-9 9-9 055021330138 01 Turner, Lamonte 1-4 1-2 2-2 0 2 2 3 5 2 5 0 1 21 11 Thompson, P.J. g 4-8 3-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 11 1 0 0 1 39 03 Daniel, James 2-7 1-5 4-5 0222 9221124 31 Mathias, Dakota g 5-11 3-7 2-4 178115341341 10 Fulkerson, John 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 14 Cline, Ryan 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15 Walker, Derrick 1-2 0-0 0-0 1123 20110 9 20 Eastern, Nojel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0002 00101 4 32 Darrington, Chris 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 11 24 Eifert, Grady 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6 35 Pons, Yves 0-1 0-0 0-0 1010 00000 2 32 Haarms, Matt 1-3 0-0 0-0 1344 2002121 Team 1 1 2 Team 3 2 5 1 Totals 20-53 8-18 19-28 15 21 36 22 67 14 16 9 13 200 Totals 22-59 10-27 21-25 10 31 41 16 75 13 18 4 7 225 FG % 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd half: 10-25 40.0% Game: 20-53 37.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 8-18 44.4% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd half: 6-24 25.0% OT: 5-8 62.5% Game: 22-59 37.3% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 14-22 63.6% Game: 19-28 67.9% 1,1 3FG % 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% OT: 2-3 66.7% Game: 10-27 37.0% Rebounds 1 FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd half: 17-20 85.0% OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 21-25 84.0% Officials: Jamie Luckie, Clarence Armstrong, Lamar Simpson Technical fouls: NC State-None. Tennessee-None. Officials: Mike Roberts, Darron George, Clarence Armstrong Attendance: 1329 Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Purdue-None. 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis - Consolation Game Attendance: 1306 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis - Game 1 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast NC State 23 35 58 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total In Off 2nd Fast NCST 28 7 19 9 13 Tennessee 30 37 67 Tennessee 31 32 15 78 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UT 16 22 5 7 22 UT 38 20 21 2 25 Purdue 31 32 12 75 PURDUE 24 10 11 7 4 Last FG - NCST 2nd-00:18, UT 2nd-00:44. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - NCST None, UT by 11 2nd-08:52. Lead changed - 0 times. Last FG - UT OT-00:14, PURDUE OT-00:34. Score tied - 6 times. NCST led for 00:00. UT led for 38:57. Game was tied for 01:03. Largest lead - UT by 7 2nd-17:21, PURDUE by 11 1st-05:29. Lead changed - 11 times. UT led for 13:43. PURDUE led for 28:10. Game was tied for 03:06. • Tennessee overcame a sluggish first half to hold off NC State, 67-58, on Nov. 24, 2017, • A pair of late rallies lifted Tennessee to a 78-75, overtime victory over No. 18 Purdue in to claim a third-place finish at the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis. the opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Nov. 22, 2017. • A trio of sophomores led the Vols in the scoring column, with Grant Williams notching a • The Vols got 22 points from sophomore Grant Williams—all of which came after team-high 14 points while Jordan Bone and Jordan Bowden added 13 and 10, respectively. • Tennessee used a 28-0 run in the first half to fuel its way to an 88-53 victory over halftime—while junior Kyle Alexander turned in his first career double-double with 13 Bowden scored all of his points in the second half. Presbyterian in its season-opener on Nov. 10, 2017, at Thompson-Boling Arena in front points and 11 rebounds. Lamonté Turner (17 points) and Admiral Schofield (10) also • Junior Kyle Alexander came through with another strong performance at Atlantis, of 15,047 fans. finished in double figures. notching eight points, 13 rebounds, four blocks and two steals. Fellow big-man Williams • After Presbyterian scored the opening basket of the game, the Vols did not yield a • Trailing 73-68 with 2:45 remaining in overtime, Tennessee used a 10-2 run over the final put forth a similarly well-rounded stat line, posting six rebounds, four assists, three blocks point over the next nine minutes to help build a 46-14 lead going into halftime. UT also minutes to clinch its first win over a top-25 non-conference opponent since Dec. 14, 2014, and two steals. kept the Blue Hose scoreless over the final 2:11 of the opening frame while holding them when UT defeated No. 15 Butler. • Though it never trailed in the game, Tennessee was plagued by turnovers and poor to 26 percent shooting. • After back-to-back buckets by Williams to draw the Vols within one, Purdue turned the shooting in the first half. The Vols committed 12 turnovers in the frame, but NC State • Jordan Bowden led the way offensively for the Vols in the first half, shooting a perfect ball over, giving UT possession with 1:04 left. Tennessee got the ball in and found Williams managed just six points off those miscues. And while UT shot just 35.7 percent from 6-for-6 from the field and 3-for-3 from 3-point range. Bowden finished with 15 points near the top of the key. He worked his way down low and—following a double team by the the field over the opening 20 minutes, Bone supplied enough offense with 11 points on and five rebounds. Boilermakers—passed off to Alexander in the paint for a wide-open dunk to take the lead. 3-of-3 shooting. • Admiral Schofield went for a game-high and career-high-tying 22 points on 8-of-12 • A basket from Purdue’s Isaac Haas put the Boilermakers back in front, but Williams • The Wolfpack whittled away at the deficit, coming as close as 59-55 with 3:19 left in the shooting while posting five rebounds. Grant Williams added 14 points and a team-high responded with another score with 14 seconds left to put the Vols up for good. game, but Bowden knocked down two free throws and then beat the shot clock with less seven boards. • Purdue got a final look with under 10 seconds remaining, but the shot bounced off the than a minute to play to seal the win. • Redshirt freshman forward John Fulkerson dished out a team-high five assists in his rim and was corralled by Schofield. James Daniel III then went to the foul line and added • The Volunteers finished the game with 13 steals and nine blocks while forcing 21 first action since suffering a season-ending injury in Tennessee’s 10th game last season two free throws to seal the victory. turnovers and holding the Wolfpack to a season-low 58 points. (Dec. 15, 2016). • Despite Purdue having two seven-footers, the Vols out-rebounded them, 50-41. • Alexander finished the tournament having averaged 8.3 points on 61 percent (11-of-18) • The victory marked the 400th home win of UT head coach Rick Barnes’ 31-year career. shooting, 10.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks over three games.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee vs Villanova 11/23/17 12:31 p.m. at Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Tennessee 76 • 3-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 9-16 0-1 2-3 358520322033 05 Schofield, Admiral f 6-13 2-5 2-3 1 2 3 3 16 1 0 0 2 25 11 Alexander, Kyle f 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 3 4 0 1 0 0 14 00 Bone, Jordan g 1-3 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 3 4 4 1 0 0 15 23 g Bowden, Jordan 3-7 3-7 0-2 2 0 2 3 9 3 2 0 0 36 01 Turner, Lamonte 1-9 0-3 2-3 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 2 29 03 Daniel, James 4-9 1-3 1-2 011410120120 10 Fulkerson, John 2-3 0-0 3-4 1 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 16 15 Walker, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0112 00000 4 32 Darrington, Chris 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 Team 3 1 4 1 Totals 29-64 6-20 12-19 16 16 32 28 76 17 15 3 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 17-34 50.0% 2nd half: 12-30 40.0% Game: 29-64 45.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 6-20 30.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 5-9 55.6% Game: 12-19 63.2% 2 Villanova 85 • 5-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 f PASCHALL, Eric 3-7 1-3 6-6 2 4 6 4 13 2 6 2 3 37 14 SPELLMAN, Omari f 1-4 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 21 25 BRIDGES, Mikal f 7-10 2-3 5-6 123421010223 01 BRUNSON, Jalen g 8-16 0-2 9-9 1 3 4 3 25 6 1 0 1 29 05 BOOTH, Phil g 0-4 0-4 8-10 1452 8121235 02 GILLESPIE, Collin 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 10 10 DiVINCENZO, Donte 4-9 2-4 3-4 246413131229 21 COSBY-ROUNDTREE, D 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 16 34 DELANEY, Tim 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 000000+ Team 3 4 7 Totals 23-50 6-17 33-37 12 23 35 24 85 11 17 4 11 200 FG % 1st Half: 9-23 39.1% 2nd half: 14-27 51.9% Game: 23-50 46.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 6-17 35.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 13-13 100.0 2nd half: 20-24 83.3% Game: 33-37 89.2% 3,1 Officials: Jamie Luckie, Olandis Poole, Lamar Simpson Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Villanova-None. Attendance: 2102 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis - Game 5 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Tennessee 46 30 76 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UT 38 19 21 0 23 Villanova 34 51 85 NOVA 28 21 16 12 15 Last FG - UT 2nd-00:53, NOVA 2nd-00:12. Score tied - 5 times. Largest lead - UT by 15 1st-01:39, NOVA by 15 2nd-04:40. Lead changed - 4 times. UT led for 13:45. NOVA led for 24:26. Game was tied for 01:48. • A sloppy second half spelled trouble for Tennessee on Nov. 23, 2017, as its 12-point halftime lead wasn’t enough to hold off No. 5 Villanova, ultimately falling 85-76 in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis. • Grant Williams scored 21 points and James Daniel III dished out 10 assists to lead • Jordan Bone and Lamonté Turner each scored 16 points, and Tennessee took an 84-53 • Grant Williams led the Vols in scoring for the second consecutive game, finishing with Tennessee to an 84-60 victory over Mercer on Nov. 29, 2017, at Thompson-Boling Arena. win over High Point on Nov. 14, 2017, at Thompson-Boling Arena. 20 points to go along with a game-high eight rebounds. Admiral Schofield scored 16 • The Vols used a strong defensive effort to force 20 turnovers and hold the Bears to • The Vols enjoyed an efficient night of shooting, hitting at a 47.4-percent clip from the points and James Daniel III added 10 off the bench. a season-low in points. floor to go with a 44.4-percent effort from 3-point range and a 78.3-percent night from • Tennessee looked poised to grab its second consecutive ranked win after it used a 15-4 • Admiral Schofield added 10 points off the bench for the Vols. the free-throw line. High Point shot just 33.3 percent for the game. UT also had a 47-31 run midway through the first half to claim a 10-point advantage. Williams scored six points, • UT shot 66 percent as a team from 3-point range in the first half and made 11 of its last rebounding edge in the win. including an emphatic slam along the baseline, and Jordan Bowden buried one his of three 12 field goals to gain a 46-27 advantage at the break. • Bone scored his 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Turner was 6-of-11 for the night and 4-of-7 3-pointers in the frame to power the spurt. • Tennessee’s staunch defense carried over into the final 20 minutes, as it gave up just 10 from long distance. Junior forward Admiral Schofield scored 14 points and collected six • The lead would grow to as many as 15 with 1:39 left in the first half, and UT took a 46-34 field goals over the half. Tennessee also recorded 26 assists on 30 buckets in the game, rebounds. Sophomore forward Grant Williams added eight points and a game-high 12 advantage into the break. Tennessee enjoyed 50 percent shooting (17-of-34) in the first led by Daniel’s 10. rebounds. half while scoring 15 second-chance points. • Jordan Strawberry—whose father, former MLB great Darryl Strawberry, was in • Graduate transfer guard James Daniel III tallied a career-high 10 assists off the bench, • But Villanova shot out of the second-half gate, needing fewer than five minutes to level attendance—finished with 20 points, and Demetre Rivers recorded six boards for Mercer. becoming the first Vol to record 10 assists in nearly six years—since Trae Golden had 11 the score. The Wildcats scored the first 11 points of the second half. Forcing 12 second-half • Tennessee drew four charges on the night and also threw down four dunks. True versus Louisiana onroe on Nov. 16, 2011. Daniel’s previous career high in assists was six. turnovers while shooting 52 percent from the field, Villanova extended its advantage to freshman Yves Pons had a pair of spectacular fast-break jams, marking his first collegiate • With the game tied at 7-7 just over four minutes into the game, Williams made a layup 15 points with 4:40 to play. points. that sparked a 32-0 run over the next 11 minutes and gave the Vols a 39-7 advantage. The • Tennessee would not go away quietly, whittling the deficit to 79-76 with less than a first-half hot streak marked the second time this season Tennessee has seized control of minute remaining, thanks in large part to the combined efforts of Williams and Schofield. the game with an early big run. The Vols went on a 28-0 run in the first half of their win It was as close as the Vols would come, though, as Villanova—which attempted 37 free over 88-53 win over Presbyterian on Nov. 10. throws on the afternoon—put the game away at the foul line.
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Tennessee 79 • 9-2 Tennessee 77 • 6-1 North Carolina 78 • 10-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 4-6 1-2 2-3 0 3 3 3 11 0 2 0 0 23 02 f 01 Pinson,Theo f 1-5 0-1 5-5 1 8 9 1 7 8 2 0 2 35 Williams, Grant 5-9 0-0 1-2 1 5 6 5 11 1 3 2 0 24 05 Schofield, Admiral f 6-9 2-3 0-2 2 4 6 2 14 1 2 0 1 26 15 Brooks,Garrison f 3-6 0-0 3-3 5 3 8 0 9 1 0 0 0 19 05 Schofield, Admiral f 2-8 2-4 4-4 1 4 5 4 10 2 5 0 0 21 11 Alexander, Kyle f 5-6 0-0 1-1 1 3 4 1 11 3 0 2 0 23 32 Maye,Luke f 7-14 1-2 0-1 358315030129 11 Alexander, Kyle f 3-5 0-0 1-2 2 9 11 5 7 0 1 3 1 25 00 Bone, Jordan g 5-11 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 2 12 5 3 0 1 30 02 II,Joel Berry g 7-19 3-9 4-4 1 3 4 3 21 2 3 0 1 28 23 Bowden, Jordan f 3-5 2-2 2-2 3 0 3 3 10 2 1 0 1 31 23 Bowden, Jordan g 5-5 5-5 2-2 0 3 3 2 17 1 1 2 1 28 24 Williams,Kenny g 6-11 2-4 1-2 202015110035 00 Bone, Jordan g 0-4 0-2 6-8 0 0 0 1 6 4 1 1 1 26 01 Turner, Lamonte 2-10 1-7 0-0 1 4 5 3 5 2 1 0 1 26 03 01 Turner, Lamonte 6-12 3-8 9-9 0 3 3 2 24 2 0 0 1 28 Platek,Andrew 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 03 Daniel, James 1-4 1-3 0-0 1122 3130119 04 Robinson,Brandon 0-0 0-0 1-2 0223 1121011 03 Daniel, James 1-5 1-3 0-0 0002 3200015 10 Fulkerson, John 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 6 05 Felton,Jalek 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 12 10 Fulkerson, John 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 13 Johnson, Jalen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 21 Manley,Sterling 5-8 0-0 0-2 448310111019 15 Walker, Derrick 1-2 0-0 0-0 2132 2011014 15 Walker, Derrick 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 11 42 Huffman,Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 32 Darrington, Chris 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 13 32 Darrington, Chris 0-2 0-1 2-2 0000 20100 5 Team 2 0 2 35 Team 2 1 3 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 29-67 6-17 14-19 19 25 44 16 78 17 16 2 4 200 Team 0 3 3 Totals 23-53 8-20 23-27 11 24 35 24 77 15 14 7 5 200 Totals 29-56 10-23 11-16 6 23 29 22 79 15 17 4 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd half: 15-34 44.1% Game: 29-67 43.3% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd half: 9-22 40.9% Game: 23-53 43.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 6-17 35.3% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd half: 17-29 58.6% Game: 29-56 51.8% Deadball Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 8-20 40.0% 3 Rebounds 2,1 FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0 2nd half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 14-19 73.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 10-23 43.5% FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0 2nd half: 21-25 84.0% Game: 23-27 85.2% FT % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd half: 4-5 80.0% Game: 11-16 68.8% 2,1 Tennessee 73 • 7-2 Georgia Tech 70 • 4-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Wake Forest 60 • 7-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 7-15 0-0 1-2 134415022126 34 Gueye, Abdoulaye f 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 2 23 20 Terrence Thompson f 1-2 1-1 2-3 3 3 6 3 5 0 1 0 0 28 05 Schofield, Admiral f 3-13 2-6 2-2 1 1 2 4 10 0 3 0 0 26 44 Lammers, Ben c 4-11 2-3 7-9 3 6 9 2 17 3 3 1 1 40 04 Doral Moore c 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 23 11 Alexander, Kyle f 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 2 5 0 0 3 0 19 01 Jackson, Tadric g 5-12 0-3 5-9 213415140134 10 Mitchell Wilbekin g 4-5 1-1 2-2 0 3 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 31 00 Bone, Jordan g 4-9 0-3 2-2 3 1 4 0 10 4 2 0 1 26 10 g 13 Bryant Crawford g 1-6 0-3 1-2 1 1 2 4 3 2 7 0 1 20 Alvarado, Jose 4-15 3-6 3-4 3 4 7 4 14 1 2 0 2 35 23 Bowden, Jordan g 3-7 2-3 4-4 1 2 3 4 12 1 0 0 2 27 13 g 23 Chaundee Brown g 1-4 0-1 1-1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 13 Haywood, Curtis 3-7 0-3 6-7 1 7 8 4 12 6 3 0 0 36 01 Turner, Lamonte 1-8 0-5 0-1 2 7 9 0 2 1 2 0 0 24 00 Brandon Childress 3-11 0-3 0-0 0 4 4 3 6 1 1 0 1 24 00 Moore, Justin 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 6 03 Daniel, James 4-6 4-6 2-2 022414300020 01 Keyshawn Woods 5-12 2-4 6-6 303318120029 04 Alston, Brandon 0-1 0-0 0-0 0004 0000015 10 Fulkerson, John 0-2 0-0 2-2 4 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 14 02 Donovan Mitchell 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 12 Wright, Moses 2-4 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 11 15 Walker, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 1120 00000 6 11 Melo Eggleston 0-0 0-0 0-0 1120 01000 2 Team 4 2 6 32 Darrington, Chris 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 12 30 Olivier Sarr 2-7 1-3 2-3 3 5 8 2 7 0 2 1 0 25 Totals 21-54 6-16 22-33 15 21 36 25 70 13 14 1 6 200 Team 2 3 5 3 Team 0 1 1 1 FG % 1st Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 21-54 38.9% Deadball Totals 25-67 9-25 14-17 18 21 39 23 73 11 13 6 6 200 Totals 20-53 6-17 14-17 13 22 35 21 60 7 20 2 5 200 3FG % 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 6-16 37.5% Rebounds 4 FG % 1st Half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd half: 11-36 30.6% Game: 25-67 37.3% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 11-25 44.0% 2nd half: 9-28 32.1% Game: 20-53 37.7% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 10-14 71.4% 2nd half: 12-19 63.2% Game: 22-33 66.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 6-15 40.0% Game: 9-25 36.0% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 6-17 35.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 14-17 82.4% 2 FT % 1st Half: 10-11 90.9% 2nd half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 14-17 82.4% 0,1 Officials: Jamie Luckie, Ron Groover, Michael Stephens Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Georgia Tech-None. Officials: Pat Adams, Don Daily, Jamie Luckie Officials: Jamie Luckie, Mike Eades, Bill Covington, Jr. Attendance: 6514 Technical fouls: North Carolina-None. Tennessee-None. Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Wake Forest-None. Attendance: 21678 Attendance: 11362 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Tennessee 35 42 77 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UT 20 8 6 5 33 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Tennessee 36 43 79 Georgia Tech 29 41 70 North Carolina 32 46 78 UT 30 17 5 2 14 GT 26 14 15 4 8 NC 40 19 20 11 11 Wake Forest 35 25 60 WF 22 12 16 2 34 Tennessee 38 35 73 UT 24 19 16 7 21 Last FG - UT 2nd-00:51, GT 2nd-00:05. Score tied - 4 times. Last FG - UT 2nd-01:21, WF 2nd-04:33. Score tied - 8 times. Largest lead - UT by 11 2nd-00:51, GT by 4 1st-15:09. Lead changed - 1 time. Last FG - NC 2nd-00:35, UT 2nd-00:07. Score tied - 4 times. UT led for 32:51. GT led for 04:43. Game was tied for 02:26. Largest lead - UT by 19 2nd-00:54, WF by 6 1st-07:12. Lead changed - 8 times. Largest lead - NC by 6 2nd-00:12, UT by 9 1st-05:10. Lead changed - 7 times. UT led for 28:13. WF led for 08:12. Game was tied for 03:04. NC led for 01:31. UT led for 37:10. Game was tied for 01:19.
• After a slow start on Dec. 23, 2017, the 21st-ranked Tennessee Volunteers rode a hot • Despite a sluggish offensive showing, the Tennessee men’s basketball team rallied in • 20th-ranked Tennessee came up short against No. 7 North Carolina, 78-73, before a second half to defeat Wake Forest, 79-60, at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. the final minutes to hold off Georgia Tech, 77-70, on Dec. 3, 2017, at McCamish Pavilion. sold-out crowd of 21,678 at Thompson-Boling Arena on Dec. 17, 2017. • The Vols (9-2) shot 59 percent (17-of-29) from the field in the second stanza as part of • Lamonté Turner led the way for the Volunteers, tying a career-high with 24 points on • The Volunteers led for 37:10 of the contest, but a late 11-3 scoring run pushed the a 43-25 lopsided score over the Demon Deacons (7-5) in the period. Tennessee got its 6-of-12 shooting from the floor. He was also crucial in the closing minutes of the game, defending national champion Tar Heels to the win. best production from its starters, as a group, this season, as all five reached double-digit when Tennessee made 17-of-19 from the charity stripe in the final three minutes of action, • Grant Williams led five Vols in double-figure scoring with 15 points. James Daniel III scoring to get another road win heading into Southeastern Conference play. finished with 15, had 12 and and chipped burying all seven of his attempts during that stretch. Jordan Bowden Admiral Schofield Jordan Bone • Sophomore guard Jordan Bowden continued to have the hot hand, dropping a team- in 10 points each. • Grant Williams finished with 11 points and six boards after being limited due to foul high 17 points behind a perfect 5-of-5 performance from deep. Admiral Schofield finished trouble. Admiral Schofield and Jordan Bowden both added 10 points each to round out • After a turnover with 1:25 left, Schofield hustled to force a crucial turnover on the with 14 points and six boards in the contest. inbounds play by UNC. Tennessee took possession, and Williams got the ball near the UT’s double-digit scorers. • Jordan Bone took over the game in the second half, using his elite speed and elusiveness • Tech fought back to make things interesting in the second half by using a 7-2 run to free-throw line and drove to the paint for a basket with 1:09 left to give UT a 70-67 lead. to get to the basket or create open shots for his teammates. He tallied 12 points and five • North Carolina responded by getting to the foul line, converting both free throws and make it a one-point game with 2:58 remaining. The Vols answered with an 11-1 run of their assists. Forwards Kyle Alexander and Grant Williams both posted 11 points each. own and capped off the change in momentum with a Turner three-point play on an and- then forcing a UT turnover on the ensuing inbounds attempt. Kenny Williams dropped a • After making it a two-possession game with 6:40 left in the contest, UT used an 8-4 one. The swing gave UT an insurmountable 69-58 edge with 51 seconds left. massive 3-pointer for the Tar Heels with 32.7 seconds left to give UNC a 72-70 advantage. run over the next three minutes of play to take a 69-60 lead into the final media timeout. • The Yellow Jackets were led by center Ben Lammers, who tallied 17 points and nine • The Vols struggled to find a basket in the second half, shooting just 30 percent (11- • Out of the break, the Vols got a huge stop on defense and responded with a Schofield rebounds in the contest, including 15 points in the second half to help Georgia Tech stay 36) from the floor. Bowden hit a three to with six seconds remaining to make it a one- trey from the top of the key to make it a 12-point advantage. The Vols ended the game within striking distance. possession game, but North Carolina drained a pair of free throws in the final moments on a 16-2 run to give the Big Orange their second road win of the season over an ACC • After attempting only two free throws in the first half, the Volunteers made it to the to put the game away. opponent (also won at Georgia Tech on Dec. 3). charity stripe 25 times in the second period, converting on 84 percent (21-25) of those • The Vols had active hands on defense in the opening half, nabbing six steals and forcing • Despite a sloppy first half, Tennessee entered intermission with a 36-35 lead over the trips. Of the second-half attempts, 19 came in the final three minutes of action to help 12 turnovers that led to 15 points. Tennessee went into halftime with a 38-32 lead. Demon Deacons behind 46-percent shooting from the floor. UT seal the victory. • Guard Lamonté Turner led the Vols’ rebounding efforts with a career-high nine boards.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee vs Arkansas 12/30/17 12:01 p.m. at Fayetteville, Ark. (Bud Walton Arena)
Tennessee 93 • 9-3, 0-1 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 5-13 0-1 2-4 336512122134 05 Schofield, Admiral f 4-10 4-6 4-4 0 7 7 5 16 1 2 0 0 27 11 Alexander, Kyle f 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 5 4 0 1 1 0 22 00 Bone, Jordan g 7-16 2-3 5-6 0 6 6 1 21 5 1 0 1 38 23 Bowden, Jordan g 3-5 0-0 1-3 1 1 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 22 01 Turner, Lamonte 4-9 2-6 0-0 0 2 2 2 10 2 1 0 0 21 03 Daniel, James 5-10 3-7 4-5 022217420235 10 Fulkerson, John 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 15 Walker, Derrick 1-1 0-0 0-0 1230 21100 6 32 Darrington, Chris 1-4 0-2 2-4 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 9 Team 3 1 4 1 Totals 32-71 11-25 18-26 11 30 41 27 93 17 14 3 5 225
FG % 1st Half: 14-30 46.7% 2nd half: 11-29 37.9% OT: 7-12 58.3% Game: 32-71 45.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% OT: 3-5 60.0% Game: 11-25 44.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% OT: 3-3 100.0 Game: 18-26 69.2% 7,1
Arkansas 95 • 11-2, 1-0 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 10 GAFFORD,DANIEL f 6-8 0-0 3-9 3 5 8 4 15 0 1 5 0 33 13 THOMAS,DUSTIN f 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 6 7 5 4 1 1 0 0 27 00 BARFORD,JAYLEN g 10-18 1-5 7-8 145328400235 04 MACON,DARYL g 10-18 5-9 8-8 0 3 3 1 33 3 3 0 0 41 31 BEARD,ANTON g 3-7 2-3 2-3 0 4 4 5 10 1 2 0 1 42 01 THOMPSON,TREY 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 13 02 BAILEY,ADRIO 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00010 5 05 COOK,ARLANDO 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 20 HALL,DARIOUS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00301 3 23 JONES,CJ 1-6 0-3 0-2 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 13 Team 0 1 1 Totals 33-61 8-20 21-33 6 28 34 20 95 9 12 7 4 225 FG % 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd half: 14-25 56.0% OT: 6-6 100.0 Game: 33-61 54.1% Deadball Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% OT: 2-2 100.0 Game: 8-20 40.0% 3,1 FT % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd half: 12-17 70.6% OT: 8-12 66.7% Game: 21-33 63.6% Officials: Doug Shows, Patrick Evans, Wil Howard Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Arkansas-None. Attendance: 18696 Fouled out: Arkansas #13, Thomas (3:53 2H); #31, Beard (0:01.5 0T) Tennessee #2, Williams (2:10 2H); #5, Schofield (3:22 OT) Tennessee #23, Bowden (0:22 OT); #11, Alexander (0:13.8 OT) Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Tennessee 38 35 20 93 UT 30 10 11 16 33 Arkansas 31 42 22 95 AR 38 18 11 19 5 Last FG - UT OT-00:08, AR OT-00:47. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - UT by 10 1st-01:11, AR by 11 OT-00:47. Lead changed - 5 times. UT led for 38:23. AR led for 04:05. Game was tied for 02:32. • Sophomore guard Jordan Bowden tied his career high with 21 points to lead No. 20/21 • Four scorers in double digits helped No. 24 Tennessee to an 81-71 win over Lipscomb on Tennessee to a hard-fought, 66-61 home win over Furman on Dec. 20, 2017. Dec. 9, 2017, at Thompson-Boling Arena. • The final 12 minutes of the game featured eight lead changes and five ties. Tennessee • After a late surge by Arkansas, No. 19 Tennessee came up short in overtime, 95-93, at • Grants Williams led the way for UT, dropping 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting to go along enjoyed a 47-33 rebounding advantage over the Paladins in the win. Bud Walton Arena on Dec. 30, 2017. with eight boards and three blocks in 27 minutes of action. Admiral Schofield pitched in • Bowden, who shot 6-for-14 for the night and collected six rebounds and three assists, • With a 68-61 edge in the final four minutes of the second half, the Razorbacks (11-2, 1-0 an additional 13 points and six rebounds. James Daniel III and Chris Darrington were the scored nine points in the second half. Sophomore forward Grant Williams scored 12 of SEC) stormed back into the game behind a 12-2 run to take their first lead of the contest. other Vols to score in double figures, tallying 12 and 11, respectively. his 14 points after halftime and finished with eight rebounds. Junior forward Admiral Down by one with 18 seconds remaining, Tennessee’s Jordan Bone drew a foul and tied • Darrington enjoyed his most productive game at Tennessee, as 11 points, five assists and Schofield posted the second double-double of his career with 12 points and a career- the game at 73-73 to force overtime. three rebounds were all season-highs for the junior guard. high 13 rebounds. • Arkansas had all the momentum going into overtime and pulled away early on in the • Garrison Mathews led the way for the Bisons, totaling a game-high 22 points and six • With 54 seconds remaining, Williams made a jumper in the paint to give the Vols a 63-61 extra period with a 16-5 run. The Vols (9-3, 0-1 SEC) clawed back to make it a two-point rebounds. lead, and UT withstood a strong push from Furman down the stretch game with eight seconds left behind back-to-back 3-pointers by Lamonté Turner, but it • Lipscomb never stopped fighting despite a double-digit deficit at intermission, pulling • The Vols led by as many as 10 points in the second half, but Furman rallied with 12 wasn’t enough. The teams combined to score 42 total points in the five-minute overtime within three of UT in the second period, but Tennessee’s 20-of-24 performance from the minutes remaining to make it a one-possession game until the final five seconds, when period. charity stripe in the half kept the Vols in the lead. James Daniel III made a pair of free throws to give UT the five-point win. Daniel, who • The Volunteers had five players with double-digit scoring, paced by Bone’s season- • The Vols jumped out to a 17-7 lead early in the first half behind a pair of treys from transferred to UT from Howard, scored the 2,000th point of his career (currently 2,006) high 21 points. He also had six boards and five assists in 38 minutes of action. James Schofield, but a 12-5 run by the Bisons made it a 22-19 game with 6:24 left in the half. and remains the active NCAA Division I leader in career points. Daniel III had a big game off the bench, scoring 17 to go with four assists and a pair of • Tennessee would pull away in the final minutes of the frame, using an 18-8 run and • Both teams experienced some early shooting woes over the first few minutes of the rebounds and steals. knocking down its last six shots to go into halftime up, 40-27. game, but Tennessee closed the first half with a 17-7 run over the final eight minutes to • Admiral Schofield finished with 16 points and seven rebounds, while Grant Williams and • Tennessee’s bench scored at least 30 points (30 exactly) for the fifth time in eight take a 29-26 lead into halftime. Turner chipped in 12 and 10 points, respectively. games on the year. • The official @Vol_Hoops team Twitter account tweeted the entire game using quotes • Arkansas was paced by Daryl Macon, who finished with 33 points on 10-of-18 shooting • It was Tennessee’s first win as a ranked team since Dec. 23, 2010 (defeated Belmont). from the holiday movie “Elf.” from the field. Jaylen Barford added 28.
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee vs Vanderbilt Tennessee vs Mizzou 01/09/18 8 p.m. at Nashville, Tenn. (Memorial Gym) 01/17/18 8:05 PM at Columbia, Mo. (Mizzou Arena)
Tennessee 92 • 11-4, 2-2 SEC Tennessee 55 • 12-5, 3-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 * 02 Williams, Grant f 12-20 0-1 13-15 257237223033 Bone, Jordan 0-6 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 24 02 Williams, Grant * 5-12 0-1 5-6 1 4 5 5 15 1 4 1 2 35 05 Schofield, Admiral f 9-14 3-4 1-2 4 5 9 2 22 1 1 0 1 31 05 Schofield, Admiral * 4-10 2-6 1-2 055211010232 11 Alexander, Kyle f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 00 g 11 Alexander, Kyle * 6-6 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 3 12 0 1 3 0 22 Bone, Jordan 3-5 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 3 8 2 0 0 0 25 23 Bowden, Jordan g 4-7 1-1 3-3 1 2 3 2 12 2 0 0 2 33 23 Bowden, Jordan * 1-7 0-5 0-1 1 4 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 30 01 Turner, Lamonte 0-3 0-2 6-6 0 3 3 2 6 1 0 0 0 26 01 Turner, Lamonte 1-6 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 12 03 Daniel, James 2-4 1-2 2-2 0115 7420024 03 Daniel, James 2-4 2-3 1-2 4041 7320123 10 Fulkerson, John 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 12 10 Fulkerson, John 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 15 Walker, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00100 2 13 Johnson, Jalen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 01001 4 32 Darrington, Chris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 Walker, Derrick 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 Team 1 2 3 1 32 Darrington, Chris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 Totals 30-53 7-13 25-28 8 22 30 22 92 13 8 4 3 200 Team 0 2 2 Totals 21-54 5-21 8-13 10 18 28 14 55 9949200 FG % 1st Half: 13-25 52.0% 2nd half: 17-28 60.7% Game: 30-53 56.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 7-13 53.8% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd half: 10-22 45.5% Game: 21-54 38.9% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd half: 17-18 94.4% Game: 25-28 89.3% 1 3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 5-21 23.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 8-13 61.5% 5,1 Vanderbilt 84 • 6-10, 1-3 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Mizzou 59 • 13-5, 3-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 ROBERSON, Jeff f 6-10 3-5 4-6 044219210033 03 * 12 BAPTISTE, Djery c 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 5 1 1 1 1 0 17 ROBERTSON, Kassius 3-12 1-5 2-2 1122 9020240- 11 * 00 LEE, Saben g 7-10 1-2 6-8 123521320132 PORTER, Jontay 4-10 1-4 1-1 1 6 7 2 10 2 1 1 0 28 15 GEIST, Jordan * 3-5 1-2 2-2 1 3 4 1 9 3 3 0 1 33 10 EVANS, Maxwell g 0-2 0-2 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 14 21 BARNETT, Jordan * 4-11 1-6 0-0 1 3 4 1 9 2 0 1 0 35 13 LaCHANCE, Riley g 6-12 3-8 1-2 033016410025 23 TILMON, Jeremiah * 3-5 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 4 7 1 4 0 0 24 01 WILLIS, Payton 2-6 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 1 20 01 PHILLIPS, Terrence 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 02 TOYE, Joe 2-2 0-0 0-0 0112 40100 8 14 NIKKO, Reed 0-0 0-0 3-4 0000 30000 3 05 FISHER-DAVIS,Matthe 3-8 2-4 2-2 3 1 4 1 10 1 0 0 0 29 24 PURYEAR, Kevin 3-5 0-1 6-6 1 9 10 2 12 1 0 0 1 26 15 BROWN, Clevon 3-4 0-0 0-0 1235 6021022 33 VANLEER, Cullen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 6 Team 1 2 3 Totals 29-56 11-26 15-22 9 17 26 23 84 14 8 2 3 200 Team 3 0 3 1 Totals 20-48 4-18 15-17 9 22 31 13 59 10 12 2 4 200 FG % 1st Half: 17-29 58.6% 2nd half: 12-27 44.4% Game: 29-56 51.8% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% 2nd half: 10-26 38.5% Game: 20-48 41.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 8-15 53.3% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 11-26 42.3% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 0-7 0.0% 2nd half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 4-18 22.2% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 12-15 80.0% Game: 15-22 68.2% 3 FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd half: 8-8 100.0 Game: 15-17 88.2% 2,1 Officials: Karl Hess, Jamie Luckie, Jerry Heater Officials: Ted Valentine, Ron Groover, Owen Shortt Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Vanderbilt-None. Attendance: 11510 Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Mizzou-None. Attendance: 15061 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Tennessee 35 57 92 UT 40 12 13 9 13 Tennessee 27 28 55 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Vanderbilt 45 39 84 VU 32 15 9 2 26 UT 28 16 13 2 14 Mizzou 27 32 59 MU-M 24 12 5 5 15 Last FG - UT 2nd-01:00, VU 2nd-00:05. Score tied - 12 times. Largest lead - UT by 10 2nd-02:43, VU by 10 1st-00:00. Lead changed - 16 times. Last FG - UT 2nd-01:33, MU-M 2nd-06:43. Score tied - 5 times. UT led for 19:08. VU led for 15:53. Game was tied for 04:59. Largest lead - UT by 8 1st-12:17, MU-M by 10 2nd-06:43. Lead changed - 5 times. UT led for 15:34. MU-M led for 17:41. Game was tied for 06:40.
• A career night by Grant Williams lifted the 24th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers to a • The 21st-ranked Tennessee Volunteers never found a rhythm offensively on Jan. 17, 2018, • Sophomore Lamonté Turner scored a career-high 25 points, but the No. 23 Tennessee 92-84 victory over in-state rival Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium on Jan. 9, 2018. in Mizzou Arena, falling to Missouri, 59-55. Volunteers lost to Auburn, 94-84, on Jan. 2, 2018, in UT’s SEC home opener at Thompson- • Williams finished with a career-high 37 points on 12-of-20 shooting from the field to go • After back-to-back threes by the Tigers, the Vols faced a 10-point deficit with 6:43 Boling Arena. along with seven rebounds, three blocks and a pair of assists. remaining. UT would fight back to make it a one-point game with 1:33 left in the game. • Turner scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half for Tennessee--including a perfect • Admiral Schofield posted his second straight 20-point performance, tying his career- • After a stop on defense, Tennessee had a chance to take the lead, but a turnover in the 13 of 13 from the free throw line--but Auburn made five 3-pointers in the final six minutes high with 22 points to go with a game-high nine rebounds. paint with less than a minute to play gave the Tigers the ball back to run the clock down. to pull away for the victory. • Tennessee sophomore Jordan Bowden scored all 12 of his points in the second half. The Volunteers were forced to foul with 14.4 seconds left. Mizzou guard Jordan Geist • Auburn extended its winning streak to 11 games, recording its first win in Knoxville • UT’s 92 points in Memorial Gym was the most ever scored by a Tennessee squad, knocked down both free throws to make it a 3-point game. since 1998. assisted by 40 points in the paint to match Vanderbilt’s hot shooting from beyond the arc. • On the ensuing trip down the floor, Mizzou fouled James Daniel III with 4.4 seconds • Grant Williams matched his season high with 22 points for the Vols. Jordan Bone added • Despite a 10-point deficit at the half, the Volunteers opened the second half by hitting left, and he converted on just one of the attempts. Tennessee was forced to foul after 18 points for the Vols on 6-of-10 shooting, including three 3-pointers. 8-of-10 shots from the field and using a 10-0 run to give UT a 57-56 lead with 12:39 the second attempt, and Missouri forward Kevin Puryear drained both attempts to seal • The Vols jumped on a 14-2 run early. Admiral Schofield completed a three-point play to remaining. the game. cap the run and give the Vols a 23-9 lead with 11:52 remaining. • After that, it was all Tennessee, as the Vols outscored the Commodores 57-39 in the • The Vols were led by Grant Williams, who finished with 15 points, five boards and a pair • Auburn dug in and turned the tide. Down 28-14, the Tigers went on a 19-3 run to take a second half to earn the road win. UT shot 57 percent (30-of-53) from the field to fuel of steals in 35 minutes of action. Kyle Alexander posted 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting to 33-31 lead on a 3-pointer by Bryce Brown. The Tigers closed out the half leading 42-36, its second double-digit comeback win away from home this season (other vs. Purdue). go along with four rebounds and three blocks. Admiral Schofield chipped 11 points as well the first time Tennessee has trailed at half all season. • Despite a strong start by Tennessee, Vanderbilt was dialed in during the first half, to round out UT’s double-digit scorers on the night. • The Vols retook the lead in the second half and led by as many as five points at 59-54 connecting on 59 percent (17-of-29) of its shots from the field. The Commodores knocked • Missouri was locked in to begin the second half, going on a 7-0 run over the first four on a pair of free throws by Turner with 9:07 left. down eight threes, including one at the buzzer to make it a 45-35 game at intermission. and a half minutes of play to take a 34-27 lead. The Vols responded with a 9-2 run of their • Auburn took the lead for good on an 8-0 run, capped by a steal and a dunk by Mustapha • The Dores were paced by freshman guard Saben Lee, who posted 21 points on 7-of-10 own to tie things up at 36-36. Heron, putting the Tigers ahead 64-61 with 7:10 left. Auburn eventually led by as many shooting in 32 minutes of action. • Tennessee struggled early on in the game, never finding a consistent flow on offense. as 12 points. The Vols shot 34 percent from the field in the first half compared to Mizzou’s 45 percent.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee vs South Carolina 01/20/18 6 p.m. ET at Columbia, S.C. (Colonial Life Arena)
Tennessee 70 • 13-5, 4-3 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 4-9 0-1 6-7 0 2 2 1 14 0 0 2 1 31 05 Schofield, Admiral f 5-7 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 2 12 3 3 0 2 32 11 Alexander, Kyle f 1-1 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 14 00 Bone, Jordan g 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 16 23 Bowden, Jordan g 0-3 0-2 0-2 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 13 01 Turner, Lamonte 6-9 3-3 10-10 0 6 6 2 25 2 2 0 1 32 03 Daniel, James 0-2 0-1 2-2 0001 2101222 15 Walker, Derrick 5-5 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 3 10 0 1 1 0 25 32 Darrington, Chris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0222 00100 3 35 Pons, Yves 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 12 Team 0 1 1 Totals 23-40 5-11 19-24 4 21 25 21 70 10 13 7 8 200 FG % 1st Half: 11-19 57.9% 2nd half: 12-21 57.1% Game: 23-40 57.5% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 5-11 45.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-8 100.0 2nd half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 19-24 79.2% 2 South Carolina 63 • 12-7, 3-4 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 10 MINAYA, Justin f 4-12 4-7 4-4 325016020137 21 KOTSAR, Maik f 3-6 0-0 2-2 2 3 5 5 8 5 3 0 2 31 30 SILVA, Chris f 1-5 0-0 4-10 3254 6120025 15 MYERS, Wesley g 5-10 3-5 3-4 0 2 2 2 16 2 1 0 1 31 23 HINSON, Evan g 0-00-00-00222 00200 7 02 GRAVETT, Hassani 2-6 1-4 2-4 2 0 2 2 7 4 3 0 0 25 05 BOOKER, Frank 3-7 2-5 2-3 213210111121 13 HAASE, Felipe 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20 33 CUDD, Jason 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 3 Team 3 3 6 Totals 18-49 10-23 17-27 15 16 31 19 63 13 14 1 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 8-22 36.4% 2nd half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 18-49 36.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 6-13 46.2% Game: 10-23 43.5% Rebounds 5 FT % 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 17-27 63.0% Officials: Pat Adams, Doug Sirmons, Wil Howard Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: 18000 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Tennessee 33 37 70 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UT 32 19 9 9 39 South Carolina 30 33 63 SC 16 18 8 4 17 Last FG - UT 2nd-03:58, SC 2nd-03:30. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - UT by 9 1st-13:23, SC by 1 1st-19:42. Lead changed - 3 times. UT led for 36:45. SC led for 00:46. Game was tied for 02:01.
• Kyle Alexander scored a career-high 14 points and No. 24 Tennessee held off Texas A&M • No. 21 Tennessee went on the road for a hard-fought, 70-63 victory against South on Jan. 13, 2018. at Thompson-Boling Arena, 75-62. Carolina at Colonial Life Arena on Jan. 20, 2018. • scored 20 points and recorded nine rebounds to lead the 23rd- Admiral Schofield • The Vols forced 17 Texas A&M turnovers, the second-most of the season for the Aggies, • The Vols held the lead for nearly 37 minutes. South Carolina stayed within striking ranked Tennessee Volunteers to a 76-65 victory over No. 17 Kentucky on Jan. 6, 2018, at on their way to a third-straight SEC win. The win was also Tennessee’s first over Texas distance with its 3-point shooting, draining six of 10 in the second half. UT was able to a sold out Thompson-Boling Arena. A&M in Knoxville since the Aggies joined the SEC in 2012. counter that with a strong presence down low, scoring 39 points in the paint. • The Vols shot 54 percent from the field in the second half while using a strong defensive • Tennessee led by as many as 14 at 65-51 with 6:27 remaining, but Texas A&M put • During the final stretch of play, Tennessee held South Carolina to just 1-of-11 shooting effort to outscore the Wildcats in the final period, 47-28, and earn their first conference together a quick 8-0 run to cut the lead to six with 3:41 to go. From there, the Vols finished from the field to spur an 11-3 run, during which UT was 6-of-6 from the free-throw line victory of the season. strong, ending the game on a 10-3 run. to seal the victory. • Grant Williams stepped up offensively down the stretch, scoring 16 of his 18 points in • In addition to Alexander’s performance, Jordan Bowden turned in a stellar outing, • Lamonté Turner posted another strong performance off the bench, dropping 25 points, the second half on 7-for-9 shooting. leading Tennessee in scoring with 15 points and grabbing six rebounds. Admiral Schofield six boards and a pair of assists in 32 minutes of action. Grant Williams added 14 points • UT was also fueled by great team play, as it recorded 23 assists on 25 total baskets, and Jordan Bone also scored in double figures, with 12 and 10 points, respectively. and a pair of blocks. led by six assists from James Daniel III. After going into halftime trailing by nine, the Vols • Admon Gilder paced Texas A&M with 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting, while DJ Hogg • Admiral Schofield chipped in 12 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals, while went on multiple runs in the second half, including a 10-0 burst that lasted more than added 13. The Vols held Tyler Davis, the Aggies’ leading scorer who came in averaging ttrue freshman Derrick Walker scored a career-high 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting to help three minutes, to reclaim the lead and defeat Kentucky for the third consecutive year at 14.6 points per game, to just nine points. the Vols shoot 57 percent (23-of-40) from the floor in the game. Thompson-Boling Arena. • Trailing 12-11 midway through the first half, Tennessee used a 13-3 run to take a 24-17 • Tennessee put together a solid first half on offense, converting on 58 percent (11-of-19) • Kentucky was efficient throughout the period, shooting 55 percent from the field and lead with 8:02 before halftime, a lead it would never relinquish. of its shots from the floor. 4-for-8 from behind the 3-point arc. knocked down his first four shots PJ Washington • The Vols battled their way to a 36-28 halftime advantage, with seven different Vols • Despite UT hitting seven of its final 10 attempts in the period, the Vols were held and finished the period with 11 points to lead the Wildcats to a 37-29 advantage at the scoring in the opening period. The lead at the break came thanks in part to Texas A&M’s without a basket during the final 3:52 of the half. But their defense stepped up, holding intermission. 13 turnovers, which Tennessee converted into 15 points. the Gamecocks to just two points during the last four minutes of the frame. • UT stormed out of the gate in the second half, going on a quick 6-0 run highlighted by a • The Vols made it their 11th game of the season with 15 or more points off turnovers, Schofield breakaway dunk. The outburst continued with a 3-pointer three Lamonté Turner scoring 22 points off the Aggies’ 17 miscues. minutes in that put the Vols ahead for the first time since the 16:00 mark of the first half. • The contest marked the 1,000th game of Rick Barnes’ Division I head coaching career. 2017-18 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS TENNESSEE BASKETBALL BOX SCORES
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics LSU vs Tennessee Tennessee vs Kentucky 01/31/18 6:31 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena) 02/06/18 7:00 pm at Rupp Arena - Lexington, KY
LSU 61 • 12-9, 3-6 SEC Tennessee 61 • 18-5, 8-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 Reath, Duop f 9-17 1-2 2-5 235221021231 02 Williams, Grant f 1-3 0-0 8-10 123410221028 21 Epps, Aaron f 4-7 1-4 0-0 2 5 7 3 9 0 2 3 1 35 05 Schofield, Admiral f 6-16 0-6 0-0 2 4 6 2 12 1 1 1 1 36 03 Waters, Tremont g 1-9 1-5 4-4 0 1 1 3 7 3 2 0 1 32 11 Alexander, Kyle f 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 6 0 1 2 1 24 04 Mays, Skylar g 1-7 0-3 4-4 2 4 6 1 6 1 2 0 1 32 00 Bone, Jordan g 2-9 0-1 0-0 0 6 6 1 4 4 2 0 2 22 14 Onwuasor, Randy g 3-6 0-0 4-5 1 2 3 1 10 3 1 0 1 28 23 Bowden, Jordan g 4-8 1-5 4-4 2 6 8 5 13 0 1 0 2 32 00 Sampson, Brandon 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 16 01 Turner, Lamonte 6-10 4-7 0-0 0 2 2 3 16 0 3 0 0 31 05 Edwards, Daryl 3-6 0-2 0-0 0220 6210125 03 Daniel, James 0-2 0-2 0-0 0221 0330113 12 Graves, Marshall 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Fulkerson, John 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Team 0 2 2 2 15 Walker, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 1010 00001 6 Totals 22-56 3-19 14-18 7 22 29 13 61 9 12 4 9 200 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Team 0 0 0 FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd half: 11-29 37.9% Game: 22-56 39.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 1-10 10.0% Game: 3-19 15.8% Rebounds Totals 22-52 5-21 12-14 8 24 32 19 61 10 13 4 9 200 FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 14-18 77.8% 1 FG % 1st Half: 10-26 38.5% 2nd half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 22-52 42.3% Deadball Tennessee 84 • 16-5, 6-3 SEC 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 5-21 23.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 8-8 100.0 Game: 12-14 85.7% 1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Kentucky 59 • 17-7, 6-5 02 Williams, Grant f 7-13 0-0 2-5 336116320122 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 05 Schofield, Admiral f 2-6 2-3 0-0 1 7 8 5 6 2 3 0 0 18 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 Alexander, Kyle f 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 4 2 1 3 0 26 04 Richards, Nick f 2-4 0-0 1-2 2 6 8 2 5 0 1 1 0 26 00 Bone, Jordan g 5-8 2-4 0-0 0 4 4 0 12 8 0 0 0 26 05 Knox, Kevin f 3-11 0-3 4-5 0 3 3 0 10 1 0 0 1 37 23 Bowden, Jordan g 1-5 0-3 0-0 2 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 29 25 Washington, PJ f 0-3 0-1 4-4 1 2 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 17 01 Turner, Lamonte 4-9 1-6 3-3 0 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 1 27 03 Diallo, Hamidou g 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13 03 Daniel, James 6-10 5-7 0-0 011217420222 22 Gilgeous-Alexander g 5-10 0-3 5-8 066115631239 10 Fulkerson, John 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 5 00 Green, Quade 6-10 2-3 1-2 0 4 4 0 15 0 2 0 0 29 13 Johnson, Jalen 1-1 1-1 0-0 0000 30100 6 01 Killeya-Jones, Sacha 0-0 0-0 2-2 0112 20100 5 15 Walker, Derrick 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 5 6 1 5 2 0 0 0 14 02 Vanderbilt, Jarred 2-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 15 32 Darrington, Chris 1-1 1-1 0-0 0000 30000 2 32 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Gabriel, Wenyen 1-1 1-1 1-2 0114 4021019 Team 1 1 2 2 Team 3 0 3 Totals 33-61 12-25 6-10 9 30 39 14 84 24 14 4 5 200 Totals 19-45 3-14 18-25 7 23 30 18 59 7 15 4 4 200 FG % 1st Half: 18-35 51.4% 2nd half: 15-26 57.7% Game: 33-61 54.1% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 8-21 38.1% 2nd half: 11-24 45.8% Game: 19-45 42.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-13 46.2% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 12-25 48.0% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd half: 0-5 0.0% Game: 3-14 21.4% Rebounds 2 FT % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 6-10 60.0% 1 FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 18-25 72.0% Officials: Doug Shows, Gerry Pollard, Gerald Williams Officials: Don Daily, Byron Jarrett, Lee Cassell Technical fouls: LSU-None. Tennessee-None. Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Kentucky-None. Attendance: 13425 Attendance: 23332 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench LSU 31 30 61 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Tennessee 27 34 61 LSU 30 19 10 11 8 UT 30 16 8 10 16 Tennessee 42 42 84 UT 32 8 16 11 44 Kentucky 26 33 59 UK 28 11 7 6 25 Last FG - LSU 2nd-01:10, UT 2nd-00:53. Score tied - 1 time. Last FG - UT 2nd-00:04, UK 2nd-01:28. Score tied - 13 times. Largest lead - LSU by 2 1st-18:11, UT by 23 2nd-00:53. Lead changed - 4 times. Largest lead - UT by 4 2nd-04:53, UK by 3 1st-10:17. Lead changed - 17 times. LSU led for 00:31. UT led for 38:04. Game was tied for 01:25. UT led for 16:04. UK led for 13:06. Game was tied for 10:50. • Four Vols scored in double figures as No. 18 Tennessee pulled away from LSU On Jan. 31, • A poised, all-around effort in the closing minutes lifted 15th-ranked Tennessee to a • Despite a strong second half by Vanderbilt, No. 22 Tennessee held on to complete 2018, at Thompson-Boling Arena for its largest SEC margin of victory of the season, 84-61. 61-59 victory over 24th-ranked Kentucky on Feb. 6, 2018, at Rupp Arena. The Volunteers the regular-season sweep over its in-state rival, defeating the Commodores, 67-62, in • James Daniel III (17 points), Grant Williams (16), Jordan Bone (12), and Lamonté Turner have now won six straight games and stand alone in second place in the Southeastern Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 23, 2018. (12) led the Vols to their fourth-straight SEC win and their seventh victory in the last eight Conference standings. • The Commodores would fight back in the second half after facing a 17-point halftime games to match last season’s win total of 16. • The triumph was Tennessee’s fifth all-time win over the Wildcats at Rupp Arena (1977, deficit, using a run with eight consecutive made fields goals to pull within four points at • Daniel’s 17 points tied for his most as a Vol, while Bone’s 12 points were his most in 1979, 1999, 2006). It also gave the Vols (18-5, 8-3 SEC) their first regular-season sweep 51-47. During the stretch, Vanderbilt senior Riley LaChance connected on four treys and seven games. Turner continued his hot streak, scoring in double digits for the third time over Kentucky since the 1998-99 season. had 15 straight points. in the past four games. • SEC Sixth Man of the Year candidate Lamonté Turner drained the go-ahead 3-pointer • Vanderbilt stayed within striking distance of the Vols but could never capture the lead • Tennessee pushed its lead to 13 points early in the second half, but a quick LSU run cut with 26 seconds left to play and finished as Tennessee’s top scorer on the night with a because of 2-of-8 shooting during the final minutes of the game. Tennessee countered the Vols’ lead to six at 53-47. game-high 16 points. Vandy’s 47 second-half points by converting on 14 of its 20 free throws in the period. • But from there, Tennessee started on a 12-2 spurt to extend its lead to 16 and to pull • Jordan Bowden scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half, while Admiral Schofield and • The contest was a low-scoring affair out of the gates, as the Vols totaled just four points away. The Tigers never got closer than 12 points for the rest of the game. Grant Williams also scored in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. over the first six and a half minutes of play in the game. The Big Orange turned its scoring • Duop Reath paced the Tigers with 21 points. Tremont Waters, who entered the game • Neither team led by more than three points until a pair of free throws by Williams gave around, though, shooting 42 percent (10-of-24) from the floor in the frame. averaging 15.2 points per game, finished with just seven. UT a 50-46 advantage just inside the five-minute mark. • The Volunteers used a 14-2 run to take a 32-15 lead into halftime behind 11 points from • The game marked the sixth in a row in which the Vols held their opponent to fewer • With Kentucky holding a 58-56 lead, a diving defensive effort on the perimeter by Jordan Bowden. Vanderbilt’s 15 points at the break marked the fewest points Tennessee than 65 points. Vols junior Kyle Alexander forced a Kentucky turnover, and rather than call a timeout, had allowed in a half during SEC play on the season. • The Vols received a season-high 44 points from their bench players. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes opted to let the Vols run offense. The decision paid • UT was lead by Bowden, who finished with a team-high 19 points and tied a career-high • The Vols shot 51 percent in the first half, and their 42 first-half points were their most in off, as Turner found space to launch the 3-pointer that gave the Big Orange a 59-58 lead. five 3-pointers, while Grant Williams posted his 17th game with double-figure scoring with the opening period since scoring 46 against Mercer on Nov. 29. • Alexander’s final stat line included six points, four rebounds, two blocks and arguably 18 points. Williams was 12-for-14 from the charity stripe. the biggest steal of his career. • LaChance finished with a game-high 25 points, all coming after halftime. • Turner led the Vols with 11 first-half points as Tennessee took a 27-26 lead into the break.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee vs Iowa State Tennessee vs Alabama 01/27/18 3:05 p.m. at Ames, Iowa (Hilton Coliseum) 2/10/18 5 p.m. CT at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Coleman Coliseum)
Tennessee 68 • 15-5 Tennessee 50 • 18-6, 8-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 5-12 0-1 6-7 404216111024 00 Bone, Jordan * 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 0 2 3 2 0 1 17 05 Schofield, Admiral f 2-8 1-3 2-4 0 7 7 1 7 0 2 0 1 23 02 Williams, Grant * 3-9 0-1 3-5 2 8 10 4 9 2 2 0 0 29 11 Alexander, Kyle f 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 05 Schofield, Admiral * 3-12 2-6 2-2 257410310122 00 Bone, Jordan g 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 14 11 * Alexander, Kyle 1-2 0-0 2-2 5 5 10 3 4 0 1 1 0 27 23 Bowden, Jordan g 2-10 1-4 0-0 1013 5110127 23 Bowden, Jordan * 3-10 1-4 0-0 0332 7110127 01 Turner, Lamonte 1-4 1-3 2-3 0 1 1 1 5 1 3 0 1 24 01 Turner, Lamonte 7-13 6-9 0-0 1 4 5 0 20 2 0 0 1 31 03 Daniel, James 1-5 1-4 0-0 1121 3110013 03 Daniel, James 6-10 3-7 1-1 213316320126 10 Fulkerson, John 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 10 Fulkerson, John 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 13 Johnson, Jalen 1-3 0-1 0-0 0220 2001017 15 15 Walker, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0002 00100 9 Walker, Derrick 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 3 4 0 1 2 0 15 32 Darrington, Chris 0-3 0-0 3-4 0002 30100 8 32 Darrington, Chris 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 35 Pons, Yves 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 2 Team 2 2 4 1 Team 4 0 4 2 Totals 16-58 4-17 14-20 13 22 35 16 50 7 13 4 4 200 Totals 24-62 12-30 8-10 16 33 49 21 68 14 13 1 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 9-29 31.0% 2nd half: 7-29 24.1% Game: 16-58 27.6% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 11-36 30.6% 2nd half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 24-62 38.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 4-17 23.5% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 6-18 33.3% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 12-30 40.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 14-20 70.0% 3 FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 8-10 80.0% 0 Alabama 78 • 16-9, 7-5 Iowa State 45 • 11-9 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 Hall, Donta f 8-10 0-0 1-4 3 8 11 3 17 103227 01 * 04 Giddens, Daniel c 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 4 2 0 2 0 2 14 Weiler-Babb, Nick 0-2 0-1 0-1 0 4 4 1 0 2 3 0 1 29 02 Sexton, Collin g 6-10 1-3 3-4 055116420024 04 Jackson, Donovan * 5-14 2-8 1-1 1 0 1 2 13 2 1 0 0 36 12 Ingram, Dazon g 3-5 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 2 6 2 1 0 1 25 05 Wigginton, Lindell * 3-13 2-5 1-7 0224 9331228 23 Petty, John g 4-7 3-4 3-4 1 1 2 0 14 4 2 2 0 27 30 Brase, Hans * 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 03 Reese, Alex 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 12 33 Young, Solomon * 3-5 0-0 3-4 0 5 5 2 9 0 1 1 1 31 05 Johnson Jr., Avery 0-4 0-1 2-2 1123 2120016 02 Lard, Cameron 3-5 0-0 0-2 5 4 9 3 6 0 1 0 0 22 10 Jones, Herbert 3-7 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 7 2 0 0 3 17 13 Long, Jakolby 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 2 15 Barnes, Tyler 0-0 0-0 0-2 0000 00000 2 23 Talley Jr., Zoran 3-5 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 0 8 2 2 1 2 24 25 Key, Braxton 4-7 0-2 0-1 1 3 4 0 8 1 1 0 0 24 24 Lewis, Terrence 0-2 0-1 0-0 0000 00000 5 30 Smith, Galin 1-1 0-0 0-1 0000 2002012 55 Beverly, Jeff 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 Team 0 3 3 Team 1 1 2 Totals 32-56 5-14 9-18 8 32 40 16 78 15 11 7 8 200
Totals 17-51 4-17 7-17 8 23 31 14 45 9 11 3 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 16-29 55.2% 2nd half: 16-27 59.3% Game: 32-56 57.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 5-14 35.7% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 8-27 29.6% 2nd half: 9-24 37.5% Game: 17-51 33.3% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd half: 6-13 46.2% Game: 9-18 50.0% 3 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 4-17 23.5% Rebounds 3,1 FT % 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 7-17 41.2% Officials: Joe Lindsey, William Covington, Garrick Shannon Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Alabama-None. Officials: Gary Maxwell, Paul Janssen, Michael Greenstein Attendance: 15383 Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Iowa State-None. Attendance: 14384 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast AP Ranking: TENN #22 Tennessee 27 23 50 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Big 12/SEC Challenge UT 18 10 8 0 18 Alabama 37 41 78 UA 50 15 11 12 23 Fouled Out: None Flagrant 1 foul on ISU #5 Wigginton @19:06 (2) Last FG - UT 2nd-01:27, UA 2nd-02:46. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - UT None, UA by 28 2nd-05:24. Lead changed - 0 times. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast UT led for 00:00. UA led for 39:19. Game was tied for 00:41. Tennessee 31 37 68 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UT 22 14 22 7 36 Iowa State 19 26 45 ISU 20 11 6 2 14
Last FG - UT 2nd-00:32, ISU 2nd-03:37. Score tied - 1 time. • No. 18 Tennessee never trailed on its way to capturing its fourth straight SEC win, • No. 15 Tennessee struggled to find any rhythm on offense, and its six-game winning Largest lead - UT by 23 2nd-14:59, ISU by 7 1st-14:27. Lead changed - 4 times. UT led for 29:57. ISU led for 08:42. Game was tied for 01:21. cruising by Ole Miss on Feb. 3, 2018, at Thompson-Boling Arena, 94-61. streak was snapped by Alabama in a 78-50 loss at Coleman Coliseum on Feb. 10, 2018. • The win was the Vols’ fifth straight overall, giving them their longest winning streak of • The 28-point game was UT’s worst loss of the season, as the Vols shot a season-low 28 the season. Tennessee held its opponent to fewer than 65 points for the seventh straight percent (16-of-58) from the floor. In the final 10 minutes of the game, Tennessee made • No. 22 Tennessee fought past slow start to defeat Iowa State, 68-45, at Hilton Coliseum game and led wire-to-wire for the third time this season. only one basket. on Jan. 27, 2018, as part of ESPN’s Big 12/SEC Challenge. • Ole Miss threatened to take the lead early in the second half with a 7-0 run that cut • Alabama started the second half on a 15-7 run to help extend its lead to 18 points, • Tennessee had total control of the game in the second half, holding at least a 15-point Tennessee’s advantage to three points, but the Vols immediately answered with a 14-3 converting on four straight trips down the floor. The Crimson Tide had the hot hand and lead for the final 18 minutes of play. The Volunteers would knock down 12 3-pointers en run to break away. Following that stretch, the Rebels never got closer than 12 points. would never look back in the game, knocking down nine of its 12 shots before the under- route to Rick Barnes’ 650th career victory as a head coach. That win total ranks seventh • The Vols shot 71 percent in the second half. After missing their first two shots they went 16 media timeout. among all active Division I coaches. on to make 20 of their last 26 field goals. • Grant Williams led the way for Tennessee with 16 points and four boards. Admiral • Lamonté Turner paced UT’s scoring attack with 20 points on a career-high six treys. • Tennessee (17-5, 7-3 SEC) shot 53 percent for the game, including 13-of-29 from beyond Schofield finished with seven points and seven rebounds. Freshman Derrick Walker also James Daniel III chipped in an additional 16 points. Both Vols came off the bench to lead the 3-point arc. The 13 made 3-pointers tied a season-high. added seven rebounds off the bench for UT. all scorers in the contest. • Five Vols scored in double figures, led by Lamonté Turner and Grant Williams with • Alabama forward Donta Hall finished with a double-double, posting 17 points and 11 • Tennessee shot 50 percent (13-of-26) from the floor in the second half and 39 percent 17 each. Admiral Schofield logged his third career double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Tide owned the paint with a 50-18 scoring advantage over UT. for the game. The Vols outpaced Iowa State (11-9) on the glass, holding a 49-31 edge. rebounds. Kyle Alexander tied a career-high with 14 points, and Jordan Bowden added 10. • The Vols began the game with a cold hand, shooting 2-of-11 from the floor compared Grant Williams and Kyle Alexander led UT on the boards, with 10 rebounds apiece. • Bruce Stevens led Ole Miss with 17 points, and Terence Davis added 13. Deandre to Alabama’s 7-of-10 shooting. During the stretch, the Tide jumped out to a 17-6 lead. • Iowa State played strong defense to begin the game, holding the Vols to just 2-for- Burnett, who entered the game averaging 15.2 points per game, scored just seven points • UT struggled to guard the paint in the opening frame, being outscored 26-8 by the Tide. 14 shooting from the floor. During the stretch, the Cyclones jumped out to a 12-5 lead. on 2-of-13 shooting from the floor. Hall dominated down low in the first half, tallying 10 points, eights boards and two blocks • Tennessee responded in a big way, though, going on a 20-3 run to earn its first lead of • The Vols opened the game on a 12-3 run, capped off by 3-pointers from Yves Pons and to give Alabama a 37-27 lead at the break. the game. Daniel sparked the scoring attack during the change in momentum, dropping James Daniel III, but the Rebels were able to cut that deficit all the way down to two at • Heading into intermission, UT was shooting 31 percent (9-of-29) from the field, while 12 points in the run and tallying 14 in the period on 5-of-6 shooting. 17-15 with 7:52 remaining in the half. UT answered with a 10-0 spurt. the Tide converted on 55 percent (16-of-29) of its shots. Schofield led UT with six points • The Big Orange ended the frame on a 16-2 run to lead 31-19 at halftime. and four rebounds during the period. 2017-18 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS TENNESSEE BASKETBALL BOX SCORES
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics South Carolina vs Tennessee Tennessee vs Mississippi State 02/13/18 9:05 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena) 02/27/18 6 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)
South Carolina 67 • 13-13, 4-9 SEC Tennessee 76 • 22-7, 12-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 10 Minaya, Justin f 2-6 2-5 0-0 1 6 7 2 6 2 4 0 2 34 02 Williams, Grant f 2-3 0-0 4-6 1 6 7 2 8 4 3 1 1 30 21 Kotsar, Maik f 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 10 05 Schofield, Admiral f 9-18 0-2 6-7 1 6 7 3 24 0 2 1 0 33 30 Silva, Chris f 3-4 0-0 6-6 3 4 7 4 12 0 3 1 0 26 11 Alexander, Kyle f 1-2 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 12 02 Gravett, Hassani g 5-6 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 12 4 1 0 0 28 00 Bone, Jordan g 4-8 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 0 8 2 1 0 0 27 23 Hinson, Evan g 2-60-20-20002 41000 8 23 Bowden, Jordan g 2-7 1-3 2-2 2 2 4 1 7 2 1 0 3 30 00 Beatty, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 01 Turner, Lamonte 4-4 2-2 2-2 0 2 2 3 12 4 2 0 0 29 05 Booker, Frank 4-11 1-6 10-11 022019200132 03 Daniel, James 1-1 1-1 0-0 0221 3020013 12 Gueye, Khadim 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 13 15 Walker, Derrick 3-3 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 15 13 Haase, Felipe 2-5 0-2 0-0 0003 4010011 35 Pons, Yves 1-2 0-1 1-2 0331 3100011 14 Famouke Doumbia, I. 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 Team 1 0 1 15 Myers, Wesley 1-5 0-1 0-0 1231 2200018 Totals 27-48 4-11 18-23 7 27 34 16 76 14 11 2 4 200 33 Cudd, Jason 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 14 Team 0 1 1 FG % 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd half: 15-22 68.2% Game: 27-48 56.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 4-11 36.4% Rebounds Totals 22-50 6-20 17-21 7 22 29 23 67 13 12 2 4 200 FT % 1st Half: 14-16 87.5% 2nd half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 18-23 78.3% 2 FG % 1st Half: 9-23 39.1% 2nd half: 13-27 48.1% Game: 22-50 44.0% Deadball Rebounds Mississippi State 54 • 21-9, 9-8 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 6-20 30.0% FT % 1st Half: 13-17 76.5% 2nd half: 4-4 100.0 Game: 17-21 81.0% 3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Tennessee 70 • 19-6, 9-4 SEC 24 Abdul Ado f 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 26 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 35 Aric Holman f 2-8 1-4 5-6 2 1 3 0 10 0 2 1 1 23 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 Nick Weatherspoon g 4-11 0-3 3-4 000011010228 02 Williams, Grant f 7-10 0-0 8-9 235322112034 01 Lamar Peters g 3-10 1-5 0-0 1 1 2 1 7 2 1 0 1 28 05 Schofield, Admiral f 6-9 1-3 0-2 1 3 4 3 13 2 2 0 1 34 11 Q Weatherspoon g 7-13 2-5 1-2 066317230034 11 Alexander, Kyle f 0-00-00-20113 00111 9 02 Eli Wright 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 11 00 Bone, Jordan g 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 15 03 Xavian Stapleton 0-1 0-1 0-0 0114 0020019 23 Bowden, Jordan g 4-12 4-10 2-3 235114310234 12 Drew Davis 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 Turner, Lamonte 3-6 2-5 0-0 0 5 5 4 8 2 2 0 1 25 22 KeyShawn Feazell 0-2 0-1 0-0 0222 00000 5 03 Daniel, James 1-6 1-6 2-2 0000 5040126 23 Tyson Carter 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 18 10 Fulkerson, John 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 7 45 E.J. Datcher 1-1 0-0 0-2 1013 20000 7 15 Walker, Derrick 0-1 0-0 1-2 1121 10200 5 Team 2 3 5 1 32 Darrington, Chris 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Totals 20-51 4-20 10-16 7 17 24 19 54 6 13 3 6 200 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 4 Team 2 2 4 2 FG % 1st Half: 14-30 46.7% 2nd half: 6-21 28.6% Game: 20-51 39.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 4-20 20.0% Rebounds Totals 24-50 8-24 14-22 10 22 32 17 70 12 15 4 6 200 FT % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 10-16 62.5% 3 FG % 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd half: 12-24 50.0% Game: 24-50 48.0% Deadball Officials: Don Daily, Roger Ayers, Terry Oglesby 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 8-24 33.3% Rebounds 2 Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Mississippi State-None. FT % 1st Half: 10-14 71.4% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 14-22 63.6% Attendance: 7548 Officials: Mike Eades, Joe DeRosa, Tony Henderson Flagrant 1 Foul on #2 for Tennessee at 19:06 left in the 2nd half Technical fouls: South Carolina-None. Tennessee-None. 1st 2nd In Off 2nd Fast Attendance: 13126 Score by periods Total Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Tennessee 40 36 76 UT 36 13 10 0 25 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Mississippi State 34 20 54 MS 22 12 8 8 6 South Carolina 34 33 67 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SC 20 23 4 7 30 Tennessee 38 32 70 UT 30 13 9 8 19 Last FG - UT 2nd-00:30, MS 2nd-00:59. Score tied - 5 times. Largest lead - UT by 22 2nd-00:30, MS by 8 1st-09:44. Lead changed - 3 times. UT led for 23:51. MS led for 12:30. Game was tied for 03:39. Last FG - SC 2nd-00:36, UT 2nd-00:11. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - SC by 1 1st-13:11, UT by 14 2nd-10:01. Lead changed - 6 times. SC led for 01:09. UT led for 36:47. Game was tied for 02:04. • Grant Williams scored 23 points and No. 19 Tennessee outlasted Florida at home on • No. 16 Tennessee went to one of the toughest environments in the SEC and dominated • Despite a strong final push from South Carolina, No. 18 Tennessee held on and Wednesday night in Thompson-Boling Arena, 62-57. Mississippi State, 76-54, in Humphrey Coliseum on Feb. 27, 2018. completed the regular-season sweep of the Gamecocks, 70-67, on Feb. 13, 2018, at • Williams scored 11 of the Vols’ last 18 points, while Tennessee as a team made eight • Coming off a career performance Saturday at Ole Miss, Admiral Schofield played Thompson-Boling Arena. of its last 11 field-goal attempts to edge out the Gators. Tennessee led by as many as 10 lights out once again, finishing with 24 points and seven boards to lead the Vols. The win • Grant Williams hit a challenged layup with 11 seconds left to put Tennessee ahead by points on two separate occasions in the second half, but Florida fought back each time. guaranteed Tennessee a top-two finish in the SEC this season and a double-bye in the three points, and South Carolina’s Justin Minaya missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that • With the Vols leading 37-36 midway through the second half, Tennessee and Florida SEC Tournament next week. would have tied the game. exchanged baskets before a Jordan Bowden breakaway dunk sparked a 15-6 Tennessee • Mississippi State pulled within four points early in the second half at 44-40, but UT • In the possession preceding Williams’s basket, South Carolina cut a Tennessee lead that run to put the Big Orange in front by 10 for a second time in the half, 52-42. responded with a 12-2 run to make it a 14-point game with 12:08 remaining. Tennessee had grown to as many as 14 points down to just one with 36.8 seconds left on a Frank • After starting the game 2-for-18 from 3-point range, Florida then proceeded to made extended its lead to 19 after a layup by Lamonté Turner made it a 64-45 game at the 8:40 Booker driving layup. three of its next four from long distance to stay on pace, but the Gators never got closer mark. Turner finished with 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting. • Trailing for most of the first half, South Carolina came out firing in the second half than three points for the rest of the game. • In the second period, Tennessee rattled off 11 consecutive made shots to take the crowd and tied the game at 40 with 18:29 remaining, but a 18-5 run by the Vols helped UT • Bowden made three of four free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the game for out of the game and gain an insurmountable lead. The Vols shot an impressive 68 percent regain control. Soon after, the Gamecocks responded with a 10-0 run of their own to cut Tennessee. (15-of-22) from the floor in the period. the Tennessee lead to four points, but the Vols answered once again with a spurt that • In addition to Williams’ 23 points, junior Admiral Schofield scored 16 points and pulled • The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 25-18 advantage with less than 10 minutes extended the lead to nine points. down a team-high eight rebounds for the Vols. remaining in the opening period, but an 8-0 run evened things up for the Volunteers after • From there, the Gamecocks made their final run, coming up just short at the buzzer. • Jalen Hudson had 13 points, while Chris Chiozza and Keith Stone had 11 for Florida. a 10-foot jumper by Jordan Bone. • Williams led the Vols with 22 points on 7-for-10 shooting, his sixth 20-point game of the • The Vols held Florida to its lowest first half scoring output of the season, as the Gators’ • With the shot clock under four seconds, James Daniel III was forced to take a 35-foot season and first since Jan. 9 at Vanderbilt. Jordan Bowden (14) and Admiral Schofield (13) 18 points at the break were 11 fewer than their previous low of 29. three to avoid a shot-clock violation, which he banked in to tie things up at 30-30. The also scored in double digits for Tennessee. • With the win over Florida, Tennessee earned its 25th 20-win season in program history clutch shot sparked a 13-4 run for UT over the final five minutes of the frame. • Tennessee led by as many as 10 points in the first half, but did not make a field goal and first since 2013-14, when the Vols finished with 24 victories and advanced to their • Schofield had another strong start, dropping 11 points to give Tennessee a 40-34 lead in the final 4:27 of the half and went into the break ahead by just four points, 38-34. seventh Sweet Sixteen. going into halftime.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee vs Georgia Tennessee vs Ole Miss 02/17/18 6:00 p.m. at Athens, Ga. (Stegeman Coliseum) 02/24/18 12:01 p.m. at Oxford, Miss. (The Pavilion at Ole Miss)
Tennessee 62 • 19-7,9-5 Tennessee 73 • 21-7, 11-5 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 1-8 0-0 3-6 3 1 4 5 5 0 2 3 1 25 02 Williams, Grant f 3-10 0-1 0-0 2354 6113020 05 Schofield, Admiral f 5-13 1-5 0-0 1 3 4 4 11 1 0 0 1 31 05 Schofield, Admiral f 9-14 2-4 5-7 3 4 7 2 25 3 4 0 0 35 11 f 11 Alexander, Kyle f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 Alexander, Kyle 5-7 0-0 0-0 6 7 13 3 10 0 3 1 2 27 00 Bone, Jordan g 2-5 0-1 2-2 0 4 4 3 6 8 4 0 1 31 00 Bone, Jordan g 1-5 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 2 4 7 0 0 0 19 23 Bowden, Jordan g 5-13 3-6 2-2 134415130229 23 Bowden, Jordan g 4-11 2-7 3-5 022413010036 01 Turner, Lamonte 3-11 3-7 4-4 0 3 3 0 13 3 1 0 0 28 01 Turner, Lamonte 4-12 4-8 2-2 1 2 3 5 14 2 1 0 0 26 03 Daniel, James 0-1 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 6 03 Daniel, James 1-5 1-4 0-0 1121 3230120 13 Johnson, Jalen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 Fulkerson, John 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 15 15 Walker, Derrick 0-1 0-0 0-0 0002 00100 5 Walker, Derrick 2-5 0-0 1-4 1672 5100122 32 Darrington, Chris 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Team 2 2 4 35 Pons, Yves 1-2 1-1 0-0 0001 31000 6 Totals 22-63 8-25 10-15 14 19 33 27 62 12 11 4 5 200 Team 2 6 8 Totals 25-64 9-20 14-19 10 33 43 19 73 20 13 3 4 200 FG % 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd half: 11-34 32.4% Game: 22-63 34.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 6-17 35.3% Game: 8-25 32.0% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 2nd half: 10-32 31.3% Game: 25-64 39.1% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 10-15 66.7% 4 3FG % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 9-20 45.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 14-19 73.7% 2 Georgia 73 • 15-11, 6-8 Ole Miss 65 • 12-17, 5-11 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 MATEN, YANTE f 5-14 1-2 8-12 145219011030 02 Hymon, Marcanvis f 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 5 3 4 3 0 2 2 23 20 HAMMONDS, RAYSHAU f 1-6 0-1 0-0 1 5 6 2 2 2 2 0 0 23 12 Stevens, Bruce f 4-10 0-1 6-8 2 5 7 1 14 1 2 0 0 26 33 CLAXTON, NICOLAS f 0-1 0-0 3-4 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 2 0 21 03 Davis, Terence g 4-14 1-7 4-6 336413020029 00 JACKSON II, WILLIAM g 3-7 2-6 2-2 0 0 0 1 10 4 1 0 2 32 04 Tyree, Breein g 7-16 0-6 3-4 0 4 4 1 17 1 1 0 2 27 03 PARKER, JUWAN g 2-5 1-1 5-6 3 4 7 2 10 0 3 0 2 31 05 Crawford, Markel g 1-7 0-2 0-1 1 8 9 4 2 2 3 0 2 34 04 CRUMP, TYREE 2-5 2-4 5-7 0 2 2 3 11 2 2 0 0 22 00 Shuler, Devontae 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 17 05 DIATTA, PAPE 1-1 0-0 0-0 1010 20000 8 01 Burnett, Deandre 3-12 0-6 5-7 022011020121 10 HIGHTOWER, TESHAUN 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 13 Olejniczak, Dominik 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 10 32 EDWARDS, MIKE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00100 2 50 Furmanavicius,Justas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0112 0001013 34 OGBEIDE, DEREK 6-7 0-0 4-7 5 6 11 3 16 0 0 0 0 27 Team 3 4 7 Team 1 3 4 3 Totals 23-68 1-23 18-26 16 31 47 17 65 7 11 4 7 200 Totals 20-47 6-14 27-38 12 28 40 15 73 10 13 3 4 200 FG % 1st Half: 9-36 25.0% 2nd half: 14-32 43.8% Game: 23-68 33.8% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 8-23 34.8% 2nd half: 12-24 50.0% Game: 20-47 42.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 0-13 0.0% 2nd half: 1-10 10.0% Game: 1-23 4.3% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 6-14 42.9% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd half: 10-15 66.7% Game: 18-26 69.2% 4,1 FT % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9% 2nd half: 17-25 68.0% Game: 27-38 71.1% 7 Officials: Olandis Poole, John Hampton, Garrick Shannon Officials: Anthony Jordan, K.B. Burdett Jr., Rob Rorke Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Ole Miss-None. Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Georgia-None. Attendance: 8149 Attendance: 10028 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Tennessee 41 32 73 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UT 28 7 8 6 21 Tennessee 26 36 62 Ole Miss UT 20 16 8 0 19 26 39 65 OM 40 16 13 12 15 Georgia 28 45 73 UGA 28 13 19 3 29 Last FG - UT 2nd-04:51, OM 2nd-00:05. Score tied - 1 time. Last FG - UT 2nd-01:13, UGA 2nd-01:54. Score tied - 2 times. Largest lead - UT by 21 2nd-04:51, OM by 1 1st-17:34. Lead changed - 2 times. Largest lead - UT by 2 1st-19:33, UGA by 13 2nd-00:19. Lead changed - 3 times. UT led for 39:41. OM led for 00:10. Game was tied for 00:09. UT led for 04:13. UGA led for 31:53. Game was tied for 03:54.
• A career game by Admiral Schofield fueled No. 19 Tennessee to a win on the road • Tennessee scored the game’s final nine points and survived a thrilling battle with • Despite a double-double from Kyle Alexander, No. 18 Tennessee fell on the road to against Ole Miss, 73-65, on Feb. 24, 2018, at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. Georgia to win a share of the SEC regular-season championship, 66-61, on March 3, 2018. Georgia, 73-62, at Stegeman Coliseum on Feb. 17, 2018.. • Schofield set a new career-high for scoring with 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting to • The SEC title is UT’s first since the 2007-08 season. The Volunteers were picked in the • Alexander finished the game with 10 points and a career-high-tying 13 rebounds, go along with seven boards and three assists in 35 minutes of action. Jordan Bowden preseason to finish 13th in the 14-team league. marking the second double-double of his career. He was joined by Jordan Bowden (13), recorded15 points, four rebounds and a pair of steals for the Vols. • With Tennessee leading 61-60 with less than a minute remaining, Kyle Alexander Admiral Schofield (11) and Lamonté Turner (14) as the Vols’ double-digit scorers. • The Rebels fought back from a 15-point halftime deficit by opening the second period stole a Georgia pass to give the Vols possession. On the other end of the court, Admiral • After UGA started second half on 10-2 run, Tennessee fought back to make it a two-point on a 9-0 run to make it a 41-35 game and forcing UT to call a timeout at the 17-minute Schofield hit a mid-range jumper with 17 seconds left to push the Volunteers’ lead to game with 7:57 left. That would be as close as UT could get, as the Bulldogs used an 8-2 mark. Tennessee wouldn’t make its first second-half basket until a layup by Bowden with three points, 64-61. run to make it a 59-51 game with less than five minutes to play. 14:24 on the clock. • Following a UGA timeout, Georgia guard William Jackson’s final 3-point attempt with • After a pair of missed free throws by the Bulldogs with 1:20 left in the game, Turner • After Ole Miss cut the game to seven, the Vols went on a 19-7 run to make it a 60-44 five seconds left fell short. Schofield hit two free throws on the other end to seal the drained a three to make it a two-possession game at 63-58 with 1:11 remaining, but game with less than eight minutes remaining. During the stretch, Schofield scored nine win for the Vols. Tennessee was unable to complete the comeback. points, while Lamonté Turner added six points on a pair of threes. • The 16th-ranked Vols’ 9-0 run to end the game was sparked by a Lamonté Turner • SEC Player of the Year candidate Yante Maten fueled UGA on both ends of the floor, • Tennessee extended its lead to 21 with a 14-2 run during the middle of the second half, 3-pointer that cut a four-point Tennessee deficit with just over two minutes remaining posting 19 points and five rebounds in 31 minutes of action. Derek Ogbeide dominated the but the Rebels would fight back to make it a 10-point game with only with a minute left. down to one. paint, finishing with 16 points and 11 rebounds. A pair of free throws by Bowden with 52 second left halted any chance of a comeback. • Sophomore Jordan Bowden made two free throws a minute later to give the Vols the • After starting the game shooting 5-of-20 from the field, Tennessee ended the half with • Turner, who was 4-for-4 during the final two minutes of play from the charity stripe, lead that they would not relinquish. the hot hand, knocking down six of its final nine shots in the frame to draw within one finished with 13 points, 10 of which came in the second half. Jordan Bone tied his career • Schofield led Tennessee with 23 points. Grant Williams, who fouled out of the game possession, 28-26, heading into the break. high for assists with eight while chipping in six points and four rebounds. with 3:33 remaining, had 22 points. Schofield and Williams combined for 45 of Tennessee’s • Tennessee used a 14-7 run to end the half while holding the Bulldogs without a field goal • Breein Tyree led the Rebels with 17 points, while Bruce Stevens added 14 points seven 66 points (68 percent). in the final 2:48 of play. Schofield led the team in scoring during the period with six points, rebounds in the game. • Senior Yante Maten led Georgia with 18 points, while freshman Rayshaun Hammonds while Maten posted 11 points to pace Georgia. • Tennessee dished out 20 assists on 25 made field goals in the win. added 12.
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Mississippi State vs Tennessee Kentucky vs Tennessee 03/09/18 6:00 p.m. at St. Louis, Mo. (Scottrade Center) 03/11/18 12:00 p.m. at St. Louis, Mo. (Scottrade Center)
Mississippi State 59 • 22-11; 9-9 SEC Kentucky 77 • 24-10; 10-8 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 24 Abdul Ado f 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 4 8 0 4 0 2 0 0 35 04 Nick Richards f 0-00-01-22132 10110 7 00 Nick Weatherspoon g 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 1 6 0 1 0 0 19 05 Kevin Knox f 7-17 3-7 1-2 2 5 7 1 18 1 4 1 0 34 01 Lamar Peters g 6-11 5-8 5-5 011122022136 25 PJ Washington f 0-2 0-0 5-7 0 5 5 4 5 0 1 0 1 23 03 Xavian Stapleton g 1-6 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 17 03 Hamidou Diallo g 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 11 Q Weatherspoon g 5-14 0-3 7-8 224417141135 22 Gilgeous-Alexander g 10-16 2-3 7-7 167229330237 02 Eli Wright 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 13 00 Quade Green 3-5 0-1 4-4 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 0 0 28 22 KeyShawn Feazell 0-1 0-1 0-0 0111 00000 5 01 Sacha Killeya-Jones 1-2 0-0 0-0 2133 2002020 23 Tyson Carter 0-6 0-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 17 32 Wenyen Gabriel 4-6 2-4 2-2 3 3 6 5 12 0 0 2 3 28 35 Aric Holman 2-6 0-2 2-2 1455 6034423 Team 0 0 0 Team 3 1 4 Totals 25-50 7-16 20-24 11 21 32 19 77 9 10 6 6 200 Totals 20-56 5-21 14-16 10 23 33 20 59 1 16 8 8 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-30 46.7% 2nd half: 11-20 55.0% Game: 25-50 50.0% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 8-25 32.0% 2nd half: 12-31 38.7% Game: 20-56 35.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 7-16 43.8% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd half: 4-12 33.3% Game: 5-21 23.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 17-20 85.0% Game: 20-24 83.3% 0 FT % 1st Half: 7-7 100.0 2nd half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 14-16 87.5% 0,1 Tennessee 72 • 25-8; 13-5 SEC Tennessee 62 • 24-7; 13-5 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 5-9 0-0 5-5 7 2 9 4 15 3 3 0 3 32 02 Williams, Grant f 3-12 0-0 4-7 6 5 11 3 10 140033 05 Schofield, Admiral f 7-15 4-9 4-5 4 6 10 3 22 1 4 1 0 31 05 Schofield, Admiral f 4-12 2-6 3-4 1 7 8 0 13 1 2 0 2 32 11 Alexander, Kyle f 2-4 0-0 3-4 3 1 4 3 7 0 1 2 0 24 11 Alexander, Kyle f 2-4 0-0 3-4 4 2 6 4 7 0 1 2 0 18 00 Bone, Jordan g 4-10 3-4 1-2 0 0 0 2 12 4 0 0 1 23 00 Bone, Jordan g 2-7 0-2 1-2 0 2 2 1 5 3 2 0 1 27 23 Bowden, Jordan g 1-9 0-5 1-2 0 1 1 5 3 0 1 0 0 33 23 Bowden, Jordan g 2-8 1-5 3-4 1 5 6 3 8 2 4 1 1 30 01 Turner, Lamonte 3-12 2-7 2-2 0 1 1 1 10 4 0 0 0 28 01 Turner, Lamonte 6-13 1-5 2-5 3 5 8 1 15 1 1 0 4 30 03 Daniel, James 1-2 1-2 0-0 0222 32000 9 03 Daniel, James 1-3 1-2 0-0 1010 3330016 10 Fulkerson, John 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 15 Walker, Derrick 0-1 0-0 1-2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 15 Walker, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 2 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0002 00000 4 35 Pons, Yves 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Team 2 2 4 Team 3 0 3 Totals 20-60 5-20 17-28 22 28 50 14 62 11 17 3 8 200 Totals 23-62 10-27 16-20 18 16 34 21 72 14 10 3 4 200
FG % 1st Half: 10-31 32.3% 2nd half: 10-29 34.5% Game: 20-60 33.3% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 9-32 28.1% 2nd half: 14-30 46.7% Game: 23-62 37.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 5-20 25.0% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd half: 6-14 42.9% Game: 10-27 37.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 17-28 60.7% 5 FT % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8% 2nd half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 16-20 80.0% 4,2
Officials: Pat Adams, Brian Shey, Rob Rorke Officials: Joe Lindsay, Doug Shows, Anthony Jordan Technical fouls: Mississippi State-None. Tennessee-None. Technical fouls: Kentucky-None. Tennessee-None. Attendance: 14596 Attendance: 18973
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Mississippi State 24 35 59 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Kentucky 36 41 77 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench MS 24 19 11 6 8 UK 22 14 8 6 24 Tennessee 31 31 62 UT 26 20 22 6 19 Tennessee 31 41 72 UT 20 11 22 2 13
Last FG - MS 2nd-00:42, UT 2nd-02:02. Score tied - 2 times. Last FG - UK 2nd-00:59, UT 2nd-00:05. Score tied - 5 times. Largest lead - MS by 3 1st-14:25, UT by 9 2nd-08:17. Lead changed - 7 times. Largest lead - UK by 17 1st-04:31, UT by 3 2nd-16:39. Lead changed - 7 times. MS led for 03:28. UT led for 35:14. Game was tied for 01:18. UK led for 35:30. UT led for 02:11. Game was tied for 02:19.
• Tennessee came up with a hard-fought, 62-59 win over seventh-seeded Mississippi • Despite erasing a 17-point deficit, No. 2-seeded Tennessee fell to Kentucky in the SEC State in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament at the Scottrade Center on March 9, 2018. Tournament Championship Game, 77-72, at the Scottrade Center on March 11, 2018. • Led by SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year Lamonté Turner’s 15 points off the bench, the Vols • All-SEC wing Admiral Schofield led the Vols with 22 points and 10 rebounds for his punched their ticket to the semifinals with the win. Turner also added eight rebounds and third double-double of the season. He was Tennessee’s lone representative on the All- a career-high four steals. Tournament Team. • Despite having a tough night from the field, SEC Player of the Year Grant Williams • SEC Player of the Year Grant Williams chipped in 15 points, nine boards, three assists recorded his first double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds. All-SEC and three steals. wing Admiral Schofield was the only other Vol to score in double digits, finishing with • After a corner three by Jordan Bone banked off the glass for a much-needed basket, 13 points and eight boards. Tennessee made it a 68-67 game in favor of UK with 1:13 remaining. The Wildcats sealed • After another slow start in the second half by both teams, the Bulldogs battled back to the game, though, after a step-back jumper and a pair of free throws made it 72-67. Bone make it a 51-49 game with 6:43 remaining after a 9-2 run, highlighted by a pair of threes finished with 12 points and four assists. from Lamar Peters. • The Big Orange were aggressive to start the second half, using a 10-2 run capped off by • Mississippi State cut it to a one-point deficit, but Turner responded with a hard cut to a three from Schofield to give UT a 41-38 lead at the 16:34 mark. the basket for a contested layup to make it a three-point game heading into the final • Kentucky responded with a 14-2 run of its own to gain a 52-43 advantage with 12:29 media timeout in regulation. left, forcing the Vols to call a timeout. Just when it seemed the Wildcats were going to • The shot would spark a 6-0 run by Turner himself with three consecutive baskets to pull ahead, the Volunteers went on a 14-3 run of their own to regain a 57-55 lead, finished make it a 58-51 game. After Peters converted on two more three-point plays, the Bulldogs by SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year Lamonté Turner’s deep three to beat the shot clock. He found themselves within one score with 42 seconds left in the game. MSU came up with finished with 10 points and four assists. a defensive stop, and Xavian Stapleton got a wide-open look from three but his shot • Everything was falling for Kentucky in the first half, as the Cats took a 33-16 lead with didn’t fall. less than five minutes left in the period. With the game on the line, the Vols responded by • Tennessee held a 50-33 advantage on the boards, including 22 offensive rebounds. The going on a 15-3 run to go into halftime down just five at 36-31. Vols converted those into 22 second-chance points. • Freshman guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Kentucky with a game-high 29 points.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Arkansas vs Tennessee Wright State vs Tennessee 03/10/18 2:30 p.m. at St Louis, Mo. (Scottrade Center) 03/15/18 11:40 a.m. at Dallas, Texas (American Airlines Center)
Arkansas 66 • 23-11; 10-8 SEC Wright State 47 • 25-10 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 22 Ernsthausen, Parker f 2-6 1-2 2-2 1 1 2 3 7 0 1 0 0 25 02 BAILEY,ADRIO f 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 Love, Loudon c 5-8 0-0 2-4 3 6 9 3 12 1 3 0 0 26 10 GAFFORD,DANIEL f 3-4 0-0 2-6 1 4 5 1 8 0 2 0 0 24 03 Hughes, Mark g 1-7 0-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 30 00 BARFORD,JAYLEN g 4-8 3-6 3-4 0 1 1 2 14 1 2 2 0 29 13 Benzinger, Grant g 2-16 1-9 0-0 2 5 7 2 5 0 1 1 0 36 04 MACON,DARYL g 5-10 2-3 7-7 0 2 2 1 19 2 3 0 0 34 31 Gentry, Cole g 3-7 2-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 8 0 1 0 2 29 31 BEARD,ANTON g 4-11 1-4 2-4 303411400330 00 Hall, Jaylon 1-6 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 26 01 THOMPSON,TREY 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 02 Winchester, Everett 5-8 0-0 1-3 213411110121 05 COOK,ARLANDO 0-1 0-0 1-2 0001 1100014 04 Vest, Alan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 HALL,DARIOUS 3-8 0-0 5-6 5 2 7 4 11 0 3 0 0 21 10 Giles, Adam 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 2 22 OSABUOHIEN,GABE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00000 3 12 Wilburn, Tye 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23 JONES,CJ 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 21 Stacey, Trey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00100 2 Team 2 1 3 Team 3 0 3 1 Totals 20-49 6-15 20-29 13 13 26 18 66 8 10 2 3 200 Totals 19-60 4-21 5-9 11 21 32 17 47 9 13 2 5 200
FG % 1st Half: 10-26 38.5% 2nd half: 10-23 43.5% Game: 20-49 40.8% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 10-31 32.3% 2nd half: 9-29 31.0% Game: 19-60 31.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 6-15 40.0% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 10.0% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 4-21 19.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd half: 14-22 63.6% Game: 20-29 69.0% 5 FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 5-9 55.6% 3
Tennessee 84 • 25-7; 13-5 SEC Tennessee 73 • 26-8 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Williams, Grant f 2-5 0-0 8-9 3 2 5 3 12 4 2 1 0 28 02 Williams, Grant f 6-10 0-0 2-2 459314030129 05 Schofield, Admiral f 6-13 2-2 2-2 0 7 7 4 16 2 2 1 0 27 11 Alexander, Kyle f 3-4 0-0 0-1 3 1 4 2 6 0 1 2 1 17 11 Alexander, Kyle f 5-7 0-0 2-2 5 2 7 3 12 0 0 2 0 24 00 Bone, Jordan g 2-8 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 19 00 Bone, Jordan g 8-11 3-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 19 4 1 1 1 29 05 Schofield, Admiral g 6-15 2-7 1-1 2 10 12 2 15 1 1 2 1 32 23 Bowden, Jordan g 0-0 0-0 2-3 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 15 23 Bowden, Jordan g 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 6 7 1 5 2 1 0 1 29 01 Turner, Lamonte 3-7 3-6 0-0 0 2 2 2 9 4 1 0 2 26 01 Turner, Lamonte 4-11 2-5 9-10 0 0 0 2 19 9 1 0 0 33 03 Daniel, James 3-4 3-4 3-4 011212000122 03 Daniel, James 0-3 0-3 2-2 0112 2010015 10 10 Fulkerson, John 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 9 Fulkerson, John 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 3 2 1 2 1 0 15 13 Johnson, Jalen 1-1 0-0 0-0 0110 20001 2 13 Johnson, Jalen 0-1 0-1 0-0 0110 00000 2 15 Walker, Derrick 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 Walker, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 32 Darrington, Chris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00010 1 32 Darrington, Chris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00001 1 35 Pons, Yves 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 6 35 Pons, Yves 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 Team 0 1 1 Team 1 2 3 4 Totals 27-60 5-18 14-16 13 31 44 17 73 13 12 6 6 200 Totals 28-49 11-17 17-20 9 20 29 23 84 16 10 6 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd half: 13-27 48.1% Game: 27-60 45.0% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 19-25 76.0% 2nd half: 9-24 37.5% Game: 28-49 57.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 5-18 27.8% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 11-17 64.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 10-10 100.0 Game: 14-16 87.5% 1 FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 14-16 87.5% Game: 17-20 85.0% 2 Officials: Bo Boroski, Don Daily, Steve McJunkins Officials: Joe Lindsay, Anthony Jordan, Chuck Jones Technical fouls: Wright State-None. Tennessee-None. Technical fouls: Arkansas-None. Tennessee-None. Attendance: Attendance: 18729 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Wright State 23 24 47 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench WRST 28 7 11 7 13 Arkansas 29 37 66 Tennessee AR 24 11 12 4 14 34 39 73 UT 32 15 16 2 29 Tennessee 48 36 84 UT 22 14 19 6 23 Last FG - WRST 2nd-01:49, UT 2nd-00:43. Score tied - 0 times. Last FG - AR 2nd-04:43, UT 2nd-01:16. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - WRST by 2 1st-19:45, UT by 26 2nd-00:43. Lead changed - 3 times. Largest lead - AR None, UT by 20 2nd-02:32. Lead changed - 0 times. WRST led for 03:29. UT led for 36:16. Game was tied for 00:15. AR led for 00:00. UT led for 39:54. Game was tied for 00:06.
• A trio of double-digit scorers fueled No. 3-seeded Tennessee to a dominant 73-47 win • Hot shooting propelled No. 2 seed Tennessee to an impressive 84-66 wire-to-wire over #13 seed Wright State on March 15, 2018, at American Airlines Center in Dallas in the victory over the sixth-seeded Arkansas in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament on March first round of the NCAA Tournament. 10, 2018, at Scottrade Center. • All-SEC wing Admiral Schofield posted his second double-double in as many games, • The Vols advanced to their first SEC Tournament Championship Game since 2009 and with 15 points and 12 rebounds to go along with a pair of blocks in 32 minutes of action. will face the fourth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats on March 11. Vols sophomore Lamonté Turner led all players with 19 points and a career-high nine • Jordan Bone fueled the Big Orange offense Saturday with 19 points and four assists assists off the bench. on the day. He was one of five different Volunteers to score in double figures. Admiral • SEC Player of the Year Grant Williams just missed out on a double-double, recording Schofield posted another strong performance with 16 points, seven boards and two 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting and hauling down nine boards. The Vols held a 44-32 edge assists. on the glass over WSU. Tennessee was also very active on the defensive end of the court, • Kyle Alexander, James Daniel III and Grant Williams all added 12 points apiece. finishing with six blocks and six steals to hold the Raiders to a season-low for scoring. Alexander also finished with seven rebounds and two blocks, while Williams had five • Tennessee opened the second half on a 14-4 run to extend its lead to 21 points with less boards, four assists and a block. than 15 minutes to go in the game. After the Raiders pulled to within 15, UT went on a 9-0 • The Vols put on a show offensively, shooting 57.1 percent (28-of-49) from the field. run and never looked back, coasting to a 26-point victory. That percentage just narrowly missed Tennessee’s season-high of 57.5 percent at South • After missing their first six attempts to open the game, the shots finally started falling Carolina on Jan. 20. UT did surpass its season-high for 3-point shooting, making 64.7 for the Vols after being held scoreless for the first three minutes. Tennessee then knocked percent (11-of-17) from deep. down five consecutive baskets to jump out to an 11-6 lead early on. • Despite Arkansas facing a 19-point deficit at the break, the Hogs (23-11) didn’t go away • The Big Orange got hot after its slow start, using a 14-2 run to take a 21-8 lead at the quietly. An 8-0 run pulled the Razorbacks within 11 points with 15:24 remaining in the 8:23 mark. UT ended the half shooting 42 percent (14-of-33) from the field compared to game. To begin the second half, UT was 1-of-8 from the floor. Wright State’s 32 percent (10-of-31) shooting. • Tennessee would not relinquish its lead, though, converting on 14 of its 16 trips to • Led by 10 points from Schofield, Tennessee took a 34-23 advantage into halfime. the free-throw line during the frame to halt any possible comeback by the Razorbacks.
2017-18 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS 2017-18 Tennessee Basketball Tennessee Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 15, 2018) All games
Overall record: 26-8 Conf: 13-5 Home: 13-2 Away: 8-4 Neutral: 5-2
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 02 Williams, Grant 34-34 974 28.6 178-378 . 4 7 1 3-25 . 1 2 0 160-208 . 7 6 9 79 129 208 6.1 113 6 62 73 42 21 519 15.3 05 Schofield, Admiral 34-33 956 28.1 172-386 . 4 4 6 60-154 . 3 9 0 68-90 . 7 5 6 56 165 221 6.5 98 5 52 61 15 33 472 13.9 01 Turner, Lamonte 34-0 853 25.1 114-285 . 4 0 0 68-170 . 4 0 0 75-85 . 8 8 2 18 89 107 3.1 67 2 78 43 2 23 371 10.9 23 Bowden, Jordan 34-34 945 27.8 95-242 . 3 9 3 50-126 . 3 9 7 72-97 . 7 4 2 32 89 121 3.6 84 3 63 39 11 36 312 9.2 00 Bone, Jordan 34-32 779 22.9 86-224 . 3 8 4 26-68 . 3 8 2 46-56 . 8 2 1 8 63 71 2.1 38 0 119 44 2 24 244 7.2 03 Daniel, James 34-3 678 19.9 58-157 . 3 6 9 44-117 . 3 7 6 32-44 . 7 2 7 12 36 48 1.4 67 1 95 49 4 27 192 5.6 11 Alexander, Kyle 34-34 690 20.3 77-113 . 6 8 1 1-1 1.000 37-52 . 7 1 2 85 104 189 5.6 83 3 11 25 57 19 192 5.6 32 Darrington, Chris 25-0 209 8.4 19-52 . 3 6 5 6-19 . 3 1 6 20-26 . 7 6 9 3 12 15 0.6 17 0 19 14 1 7 64 2.6 33 Kent, Zach 2-0 13 6.5 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 15 Walker, Derrick 33-0 281 8.5 27-45 . 6 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 10-25 . 4 0 0 28 45 73 2.2 42 0 8 21 7 3 64 1.9 10 Fulkerson, John 29-0 272 9.4 18-42 . 4 2 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 16-22 . 7 2 7 18 29 47 1.6 35 0 16 20 9 16 52 1.8 24 Campbell, Lucas 2-0 5 2.5 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1.5 13 Johnson, Jalen 13-0 66 5.1 6-11 . 5 4 5 3-6 . 5 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 3 7 10 0.8 0 0 5 2 2 2 16 1.2 35 Pons, Yves 23-0 118 5.1 7-13 . 5 3 8 2-3 . 6 6 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 3 10 13 0.6 17 0 5 4 2 3 17 0.7 04 Fleschman, Jacob 2-0 5 2.5 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 Woodson, Brad 2-0 6 3.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 52 58 110 20 Total...... 34 6850 860-1957 . 4 3 9 264-693 . 3 8 1 538-709 . 7 5 9 398 839 1237 36.4 663 20 535 415 154 214 2522 74.2 Opponents...... 34 6850 762-1873 . 4 0 7 214-679 . 3 1 5 500-704 . 7 1 0 382 783 1165 34.3 661 18 366 473 111 191 2238 65.8
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2522 2238 11/10/17 PRESBYTERIAN W 88-53 15047 Points per game 74.2 65.8 11/14/17 HIGH POINT W 84-53 12343 Scoring margin +8.4 - 1 11/22/17 vs Purdue Wot 78-75 1306 FIELD GOALS-ATT 860-1957 762-1873 1 11/23/17 vs Villanova L 76-85 2102 Field goal pct . 4 3 9 . 4 0 7 1 11/24/17 vs NC State W 67-58 1329 3 POINT FG-ATT 264-693 214-679 11/29/17 MERCER W 84-60 13642 3-point FG pct . 3 8 1 . 3 1 5 12/3/17 at Georgia Tech W 77-70 6514 3-pt FG made per game 7.8 6.3 12/09/17 LIPSCOMB W 81-71 14051 FREE THROWS-ATT 538-709 500-704 12/17/17 NORTH CAROLINA L 73-78 21678 Free throw pct . 7 5 9 . 7 1 0 12/20/17 FURMAN W 66-61 13095 F-Throws made per game 15.8 14.7 12/23/17 at Wake Forest W 79-60 11362 REBOUNDS 1237 1165 * 12/30/17 at Arkansas L o t 93-95 18696 Rebounds per game 36.4 34.3 * 01/02/18 AUBURN L 84-94 14755 Rebounding margin +2.1 - * 01/06/18 KENTUCKY W 76-65 21678 ASSISTS 535 366 * 01/09/18 at Vanderbilt W 92-84 11510 Assists per game 15.7 10.8 * 01/13/18 TEXAS A&M W 75-62 19612 TURNOVERS 415 473 * 01/17/18 at Mizzou L 55-59 15061 Turnovers per game 12.2 13.9 * 01/20/18 at South Carolina W 70-63 18000 Turnover margin +1.7 - * 01/23/18 VANDERBILT W 67-62 14127 Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 0.8 2 01/27/18 at Iowa State W 68-45 14384 STEALS 214 191 * 01/31/18 LSU W 84-61 13425 Steals per game 6.3 5.6 * 02/03/18 OLE MISS W 94-61 18316 BLOCKS 154 111 * 02/06/18 at Kentucky W 61-59 23332 Blocks per game 4.5 3.3 * 02/10/18 at Alabama L 50-78 15383 ATTENDANCE 243148 217002 * 02/13/18 SOUTH CAROLINA W 70-67 13126 Home games-Avg/Game 15-16210 12-13331 * 02/17/18 at Georgia L 62-73 10028 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 7-8148 * 02/21/18 FLORIDA W 62-57 16016 * 02/24/18 at Ole Miss W 73-65 8149 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 02/27/18 at Mississippi State W 76-54 7548 Tennessee 1207 1280 35 2522 * 03/03/18 GEORGIA W 66-61 22237 Opponents 978 1226 34 2238 3 03/09/18 vs Mississippi State W 62-59 14596 3 03/10/18 vs Arkansas W 84-66 18729 3 03/11/18 vs Kentucky L 72-77 18973 4 03/15/18 vs Wright State W 73-47 0
1 = Battle 4 Atlantis (Bahamas) 2 = Big 12/SEC Challenge 3 = SEC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 4 = NCAA Tournament (Dallas, Texas) * = Conference game BROADCAST MEDIA CHEAT SHEET (probable starters noted with orange numbers) JORDAN BONE So. • G • 6-3 • 176 • Nashville, Tenn./The Ensworth School GP/GS PPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% • His career assist/turnover ratio stands at 2.43, while his season ratio (2.70) ranks second in the SEC and 23rd in the country 17-18 34/32 7.2 3.5 0.7 .384 .382 .821 • Ranked second in the SEC during league play with an impressive 3.7 assist/turnover ratio with (66 assists, 18 turnovers) Career 57/49 7.2 3.2 0.6 .379 .351 .800 0 • Team leader in assists (119); Vols lead the SEC with 15.8 apg this season Career Highs Pts: 23 Reb: 8 Ast: 8 Stl: 3 Min: 38 • Fueled UT’s offense against Arkansas (3/10) with 19 points, 17 of which came in the first half, and four assists LAMONTÉ TURNER RS-So. • G • 6-1 • 183 • Florence, Ala./IMG Academy (Fla.) GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • Led the SEC in FT shooting (.940; 47-50) and 3FG shooting (.452; 38-84) during league play 17-18 34/0 10.9 3.1 2.3 .400 .400 .882 • Averaged 11.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.0 apg and 2.0 spg during the SEC Tournament SEC Co-Sixth Career 66/6 9.6 2.8 2.5 .381 .369 .824 Man of the Year • Led all players with 19 points and a career-high nine assists off the bench in win over Wright State (3/15) 1 Career Highs Pts: 25 Reb: 9 Ast: 9 Stl: 4 Min: 33 First Name Pronounced: luh-MON-tay • Posted a team-high 15 points, eight rebounds and a career-high four steals to lead UT to a win over Miss. State (3/9) GRANT WILLIAMS So. • F • 6-7 • 241 • Charlotte, N.C./Providence Day School GP/GS PPG RPG BPG APG FG% FT% • SEC POY ranked ninth in scoring during league play with 16.1 ppg; has started 62 straight games 17-18 34/34 15.3 6.1 1.2 1.8 .471 .769 • Averaged 12.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.7 apg and 1.0 spg during Tennessee’s run to the SEC Championship Game SEC Player of Career 66/63 14.0 6.0 1.6 1.5 .484 .720 the Year • Recorded first double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds in win vs. Mississippi State (3/9) 2 Career Highs Pts: 37 Reb: 14 Blk: 6 Asst: 6 Min: 35 • His 37 points at Vanderbilt (1/9) were the most by a Vol since SEC POY Ron Slay scored 38 vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) JAMES DANIEL III RS-Sr. • G • 6-0 • 172 • Hampton, Va./Howard University GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • For the first time in his collegiate career, he has more assists (95) than made field goals (58) 17-18 34/3 5.6 1.4 2.8 .369 .376 .727 • Led the Vols in scoring against LSU (1/31) with a season-high-tying 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting and five treys Career 124/90 17.1 2.0 2.5 .367 .341 .816 • Averaged 21.5 points, 2.4 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game during his career at Howard 3 Career Highs Pts: 39 Reb: 6 Asst: 10 Stl: 9 Min: 49 • Was the No. 1 scorer in Division I in 2015-16 (27.1 ppg) and is now D-I’s 11th-leading active career scorer ADMIRAL SCHOFIELD Jr. • F • 6-5 • 238 • Zion, Ill./Zion-Benton Township HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% • Second-team All-SEC honoree leads the Vols in rebounding (6.3 rpg); paced UT on the boards in 17 games 17-18 34/33 13.9 6.5 1.0 .446 .390 .756 • Has scored in double figures in 29 of UT’s 33 games this season; team’s second-leading scorer (13.9 ppg) All-SEC Career 94/56 10.1 5.0 0.6 .447 .364 .792 Second Team • Averaged 17.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg and 1.3 apg to earn a spot on the SEC All-Tournament Team 5 Career Highs Pts: 25 Reb: 13 Blk: 2 Stl: 4 Min: 36 • Posted 15 points and 12 rebounds to go with two blocks in opening round win vs. Wright State (3/15) JOHN FULKERSON RS-Fr. • F • 6-9 • 210 • Kingsport, Tenn./The Christ School (N.C.) GP/GS PPG RPG APG SPG FG% FT% • Posted a season-high seven boards to go with two points, an assist and a block in UT’s win vs. Wright State (3/15) 17-18 29/0 1.8 1.6 0.6 0.6 .429 .727 • Was crucial in UT’s comeback vs. #17 Kentucky (1/6), helping UT’s offense penetrate UK’s zone defense Career 39/6 2.5 2.4 0.7 0.7 .486 .690 10 • Provided a spark off the bench against #5 Villanova (11/23), scoring seven points in 16 minutes Career Highs Pts: 12 Reb: 10 Asst: 5 Stl: 3 Min: 37 • Blocked 113 shots as a senior at The Christ School, breaking Marshall Plumlee’s single-season school record KYLE ALEXANDER Jr. • F • 6-11 • 220 • Milton, Ontario/Orangeville Prep GP/GS PPG RPG SPG BPG FG% FT% • Ranks sixth in the SEC in offensive rebounds per game with 2.50 and seventh in blocks per game with 1.68 17-18 34/34 5.6 5.6 0.6 1.7 .681 .712 • Among DI players averaging at least two FG attempts per game, his shooting percentage of .676 ranks 19th in the nation Career 98/68 3.6 4.3 0.3 1.2 .563 .625 • Recorded multiple blocks in 17 games this season; ranks 78th in the country in blocks per game (1.68) 11 Career Highs Pts: 14 Reb: 13 Stl: 2 Blk: 6 Min: 31 • Locked down the paint in the win against Arkansas (3/10) with 12 points, seven rebounds and two blocks JALEN JOHNSON RS-Fr. • G • 6-7 • 190 • Durham, N.C./Wesleyan Christian Academy GP/GS PPG APG BPG FG% 3FG% FT% • Capped off UT’s first-round victory over Wright State (3/15) with an impressive one-handed dunk in transition 17-18 13/0 1.2 0.4 0.2 .545 .500 .500 • Had a highlight reel dunk at Alabama (2/10); played a season-high 17 minutes of action 13 Career Highs Pts: 6 Reb: 2 Asst: 2 Blk: 1 Min: 9 • Recorded a season-high six points on two treys, two boards and an assist in four minutes vs. Ole Miss (2/30) • Both his parents were Division I track & field athletes (mother at UNC, father at East Carolina) DERRICK WALKER JR. Fr. • F • 6-8 • 238 • Kansas City, Mo./Sunrise Christian Academy GP/GS PPG RPG BPG FG% 3FG% FT% • While his focus is rebounding and defense, he is shooting .704 from the field against SEC opponents 17-18 33/0 1.9 2.2 0.2 .600 .000 .400 • Posted five points, seven boards, one assist and one steal in 22 minutes of play at Ole Miss (2/24) 15 Career Highs Pts: 10 Reb: 7 Asst: 1 Blk: 2 Min: 25 • Posted 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting, four boards and a block in 25 minutes of action at South Carolina (1/20) • Seen the most action of any freshman this season, averaging 8.9 minutes off the bench JORDAN BOWDEN So. • G • 6-5 • 185 • Knoxville, Tenn./22 Feet Academy (S.C.) GP/GS PPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% • Ranks as Tennessee’s top-rebounding perimeter player, averaging 3.6 rpg 17-18 34/34 9.2 1.9 1.1 .393 .397 .742 • One of three Vols to make 50 threes this season (50), marking the first UT trio to achieve the mark since 1999-2000 Career 64/62 8.6 1.6 1.0 .383 .359 .781 • Recorded 15 points on three treys, four rebounds and a pair of steals in UT’s win at Ole Miss (2/24) 23 Career Highs Pts: 21 Reb: 8 Asst: 7 Stl: 3 Min: 36 • Became the first player from Knox County to receive a scholarship as a true freshman since Doug Roth (1985) CHRIS DARRINGTON Jr. • G • 6-1 • 179 • Toledo, Ohio/Vincennes University (Ind.) GP/GS PPG RPG APG SPG FG% FT% • Enjoyed best game with the Vols vs. Lipscomb, logging season-highs in points (11), assists (5) and rebounds (3) 17-18 25/0 2.6 0.6 0.8 0.3 .365 .769 • Was Tennessee’s top scorer during UT’s summer European tour, averaging 14.3 points per game 32 Career Highs Pts: 11 Reb: 3 Asst: 5 Stl: 1 Min: 20 • Was a first-team junior college All-American last season at Vincennes University in Indiana • Averaged 20.7 points and 5.1 assists while shooting .431 from 3-point range last season ZACH KENT Fr. • F • 6-10 • 224 • Magnolia, Del./Blair Academy GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • Tallied four points and a pair of rebounds in 10 minutes off the bench vs. Presbyterian (11/10) 17-18 2/0 2.0 1.5 0.0 .333 .000 .000 • Coach Barnes praised the improvements that Kent made during the preseason 33 Career Highs Pts: 4 Reb: 2 Asst: - Stl: - Min: 10 • Has a soft shooting touch for a player his size and is comfortable shooting from the perimeter • Is the first Delaware native ever to suit up for the Vols YVES PONS Fr. • F • 6-5 • 203 • Fuveau, France/INSEP Academy GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • Recorded an all-around performance in win at Miss. State (2/27) with three points, three boards and an assist 17-18 23/0 0.7 0.6 0.2 .538 .667 .500 • Hit a three in UT’s win at Ole Miss (2/24); played in his 10th SEC game of the year 35 Career Highs Pts: 4 Reb: 3 Asst: 2 Stl: 2 Min: 12 • Knocked down his first career 3-pointer and added a pair of assists in UT’s win vs. Ole Miss (2/3) Name Pronounced: EEV PAHNS • Was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, adopted by French parents and attended INSEP Academy in Paris 2017-18 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @VOL_HOOPS