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#19/23 TENNESSEE (12-7, 3-3 SEC) 2015-16 » SCHEDULE & RECORD

vs. #13/13 MISS. STATE (17-4, 4-3 SEC) OVERALL RECORD: 12-7

JAN. 28 » HUMPHREY COLISEUM » STARKVILLE, MISS. » 8:05 P.M. CT (9:05 ET) SEC 3-3 GAME 20 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 9-3 TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS AWAY 3-4 vs

THE RECORD NEUTRAL 0-0 QUICK COMPARISON THE SCHEDULE 66.0 ppg 75.6 ppg  58.6 ppg Points Allowed Per Game 52.8 ppg DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 40.2 rpg Rebounding Per Game 42.7 rpg N9 Carson-Newman (EXH) (SECN+) W, 101-59 36.2 rpg Rebounding Defense 34.4 rpg N15 Central Arkansas (SECN+) W, 102-47 N18 Penn State (SEC Network) ^ W, 74-66 .412 Pct. .408 N20 #25/RV Syracuse (SECN+) W, 57-55 .381 Field Goal Pct. Defense .367 UTSPORTS.COM HAILSTATE.COM N23 NR/RV Chattanooga (SECN+) W, 59-57 N27 NR/RV UAlbany (SECN+) W, 63-55 TENNESSEE QUICK FACTS MISSISSIPPI STATE QUICK FACTS N29 #8/8 Texas (ESPN) ^ L, 53-64 Head Coach: Head Coach: D2 East Tennessee State (SECN+) W, 85-49 Record at Tennessee: 98-27 / 4th year Record at School: 79-34 / 4th year D6 Virginia Tech (SEC Network) ^ L, 43-57 Overall Record: 98-27 / 4th year Overall Record: 159-152 / 11th year D11 at Wichita State (ESPN3) W, 58-51 Points Leaders: Diamond DeShields (15.0 ppg) Points Leader: (17.7 ppg) D16 at #15/14 Stanford (ESPNU) ^ L, 55-69 D19 at #7/7 Oregon State (Pac-12 Net.) W, 53-50 Rebounds Leader: Bashaara Graves (8.7 rpg) Rebounds Leader: Teaira McCowan (7.0 ppg) D30 Stetson (SECN+) W, 90-56 Assists Leaders: Jordan Reynolds, D. DeShields (2.5 apg) Assists Leader: Morgan William (5.2 apg) J4 at #20/RV Missouri* (SEC Network)^ W, 71-55 J7 Florida* (SEC Network-Whip) L, 66-74 QUICK NOTES J10 Auburn* (ESPNU) ^ W, 79-52 J14 at Arkansas* (SEC Network) ^ L, 59-64 J18 at #3/3 Notre Dame (ESPN2) ^ L, 66-79 POINTS OF INTEREST A WIN WOULD... INSIDE THE SERIES J21 Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) ^ W, 58-49 J25 at #12/9 Kentucky* (ESPN2) ^ L, 63-64 Tennessee is allowing 58.6 Improve Tennessee’s road Overall: Tenn., 36-0 J28 at #13/13 Miss. State* (SEC Network) ^9:05 p.m. J31 Alabama* (SEC Network) ^ 3 p.m. ppg. vs. the No. 1 strength record under Holly Warlick Home: Tenn., 16-0 of schedule (NCAA). to 4-4 in 2015-16 and 31-14 F4 Arkansas* (SECN+) 7 p.m. overall in four seasons. Away: Tenn., 16-0 F7 at Texas A&M* ESPN ^ 4 p.m. UT has out-rebounded its F11 at Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) ^ 9 p.m. Neutral: Tenn., 4-0 foes in 15 of 19 games. Improve Holly Warlick’s F15 South Carolina* (ESPN2)^ 7 p.m. The Lady Vols have allowed career record to 99-27, Postseason: Tenn., 4-0 F18 Ole Miss* (SECN+) 7 p.m. only seven teams to score moving her to within one of Overtime: N/A F21 at LSU*(ESPNU) ^ 2 p.m. 60+ points in 2015-16. 100 career victories. F 25 at Alabama* (SEC Network-Whip)^ 8:30 p.m. Streak: UT, 36 in a row F 28 Georgia* (ESPN2, U or ESPN ) ^ 1, 2 or 4 p.m. Bashaara Graves has aver- Increase UT’s all-time record to 1,290-293 since Last Meeting: On Feb. 1, 2015, Schedule Key aged .706 on FGs in UT’s #6/6 UT beat #18/18 MSU, 79- three SEC wins (.278 in Ls). 1902-03. - SECN+ games are online broadcasts and are 67, in Knoxville. available only on WatchESPN via computers, smart- phones and tablets. ^ Denotes all of the games included in the ESPN LAST GAME’S STARTERS package (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) and the SEC Net- work will be available through WatchESPN, Tennessee Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smart- F 12 Bashaara Graves 6-2 Sr. Clarksville, Tenn. 10.3 8.7 60% FG phones and tablets via the WatchESPN app. F 31 6-2 So. Portland, Ore. 7.8 4.4 1.1 APG * Game C 21 6-6 R-So. Springfi eld, Ore. 10.7 8.4 1.9 BPG G 11 Diamond DeShields 6-1 R-So. Norcross, Ga. 15.0 5.2 2.5 APG All Times Eastern G 14 Andraya Carter 5-9 R-Jr. Flowery Branch, Ga. 5.1 2.1 1.9 APG Are you viewing these game notes on a wifi-enabled mobile device? If so, click on any game’s score above Mississippi State Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other to view the video highlights from that F 13 Ketara Chapel 6-1 Jr. Temple, Texas 6.4 3.5 54% FG F 35 Victoria Vivians 6-1 So. Carthage, Miss. 17.7 5.5 2.0 SPG contest. C 45 Chinwe Okorie 6-5 Jr. Lagos, Nigeria 7.6 6.2 59% FG G 00 Dominique Dillingham 5-9 Jr. Spring, Texas 7.1 3.6 79% FT G 2 Morgan William 5-5 So. Birmingham, Ala. 9.2 1.9 5.2 APG

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THE BASICS Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Founded: 1794 Conference: Southeastern Enrollment: 27,410 Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Lady Volunteers Mascot: Smokey Band: Pride of the Southland University President: Dr. Joe DiPietro Knoxville Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics: Dave Hart Senior Woman Administrator: Donna Thomas Athletic Department Phone: 865-974-1220 Ticket Offi ce Phone: 1-800-332-VOLS (8657) COURT FACTS Thompson-Boling Arena / The Summitt Capacity: 21,678 Record in Arena: 411-31 (.9930),30 29th season Front Row (L-R): Te’a Cooper, Andraya Carter, Jordan Reynolds, Meme Jackson, Alexa Middleton. Largest Crowd: 24,653 vs. Connecticut (1/7/06) Back Row (L-R): Jasmine Jones, Diamond DeShields, Bashaara Graves, Mercedes Russell, Nia Moore, Kortney Dunbar, Jaime Nared. 2015-16 ROSTER & CLASSROOM NOTES MEDIA INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown | Previous Schools  0 Jordan Reynolds G 5-11 Jr. Portland, Ore. | Central Catholic H.S. Note: Majoring in recreation and sport management...Made SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2013-14. CREDENTIALS 1 Nia Moore C 6-3 Sr. Chicago, Ill. | Bolingbrook H.S. Outlets interested in obtaining credentials to cover Tennessee basketball home games must apply for Note: Majoring in psychology...Will graduate in May 2016. credentials via Sports Systems. 2 Jasmine Jones F 6-2 R-Jr. Madison Ala. | Bob Jones H.S. Link: www.sportssystems.com/clients/seccredentials/ Note: Psychology major...Graduated in Dec. 2015...Member of 2014-15 SEC Academic Honor Roll. 10 Meme Jackson G/F 5-11 Fr. Mufreesboro, Tenn. | Blackman H.S. Applications for single-game credentials should Note: be submitted at least one week in advance of the Plans to major in journalism and electronic media. game(s) one plans to cover. 11 Diamond DeShields G 6-1 R-So. Norcross, Ga. | Norcross H.S. | North Carolina COVERING PRACTICE Note: Has chosen to major in communication studies. Only select Tennessee women’s basketball practices 12 Bashaara Graves F 6-2 Sr. Clarksville, Tenn. | Clarksville H.S. are open to the media. Contact women’s basketball Note: Majoring in sociology and scheduled to graduate in May 2016. SID Eric Trainer ([email protected]) for dates and times. If you would like to cover an upcoming open 13 Kortney Dunbar F 6-2 So. Edwardsville, Ill. | Edwardsville H.S. practice session, please contact Trainer to learn the Note: Business administration major...Member of SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2014-15. date of the next availability. 14 Andraya Carter G 5-9 R-Jr. Flowery Branch, Ga. | Buford H.S. WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCES Note: Aug. 2015 grad. in comm. studies...Pursuing master’s in sport psychology...On SEC Acad. Honor Roll 3 times. During SEC play, Holly Warlick will host weekly media press conferences in either the Ray and Lucy Hand 20 Te’a Cooper G 5-8 Fr. Powder Springs, Ga. | McEachern H.S. Digital Studio or at the practice venue. Call the Media Note: Majoring in communication studies with an interest in becoming a sports announcer. Relations Offi ce (865-974-8173) for information. 21 Mercedes Russell C 6-6 R-So. Springfi eld, Ore. | Springfi eld H.S. PHOTOGRAPHER CREDENTIALS Note: Majoring in communication studies...Made SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2014-15. Credentials will be issued only to accredited photog- 31 Jaime Nared G/F 6-2 So. Portland, Ore. | West View H.S. raphers or those individuals on special assignment. During regular season games, work area includes the Note: Majoring in communication studies...Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2014-15. fl oor area at both ends of the court and alongside the 33 Alexa Middleton G 5-9 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Riverdale H.S. corners of the playing fl oor opposite the team bench- Note: es. Special arrangements for strobes or catwalk access Majoring in advertising...Selected to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2014-15. must be made through the UT Media Relations and Arena Management Offi ces no later than one week in advance of the game. UT’s arena security policy STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE requires that all photographers placing strobes will go through a screening process and must be accom- Head Coach: Holly Warlick panied by a UT police offi cer or representative when Record at Tennessee: 98-27 (4th Year) Andraya Carter on-DRAY-uh placing strobes. Overall Record : 98-27 (4th Year) Te’a Cooper TAY-uh Bashaara Graves buh-SHAR-uh MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Associate Head Coach: Meme Jackson ME-ME Location: Anderson Training , Ground Level Assistant Coach: Jolette Law Jasmine Jones JAZZ-min Assistant Coach: Dean Lockwood Phone: (865) 974-1212 Nia Moore NEE-uh Fax: (865) 974-9496 Strength & Conditioning Coach: Lee Taylor Jaime Nared JAY-mee NARD Mailing Address: P.O. Box 15016 Knoxville, TN 37901 Athletic Trainer: Ashley Wilson Kyra Elzy KYE-ruh ELL-zee Shipping Address: 1551 Lake Loudoun Blvd., Anderson Video Coordinator: Josh Boucher Training Center, Knoxville, TN 37996-3110 Director of Basketball Operations: Michael Beaumont Jolette Law jo-LETT Thompson-Boling Arena Press Row: (865) 974-0110 Assistant to the Head Coach: Janet McGee Josh Boucher BOW-chur Arena Ticket Offi ce: (865) 656-HOOP Graduate Assistant: Jasmine Jones McEachern H.S. mick-EE-churn

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» After grabbing 41 caroms » True freshman Te’a Cooper aver- » Tennessee is shooting .473 from compared to Kentucky’s 38, Ten- aged 15.5 points per game in her the fi eld in its three SEC wins, nessee has outrebounded 15 of last two contests, shooting 57% compared to a .345 percentage in +5.5 19 foes this season and has a +5.5 15.5 from the fi eld and earning SEC .473 the three league games it has lost reboundng margin in SEC games. Freshman of the Week honors. this season.

TEAM NOTES “QUOTABLE” Holly Warlick, Head Coach UT-MSU MEET FOR THE 37TH TIME “They’ve (Lady Vols) got the eff ort. They  No. 19/23 Tennessee (12-7, 3-3 SEC) and work hard. You just can’t fault them for that. We’ve just got to clean up some DID No. 13/13 Mississippi State (17-4, 4-3 SEC) meet things. They never think they’re out of Thursday night at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, it. I love their energy, I love their inten- Miss. It will mark the 37th meeting between these sity and I love their will to stay in a game. schools. I think you probably saw that today (in UT’s late comeback from a 10-point defi cit  The Lady Vols and Bulldogs face off at 8:05 p.m. YOU in a 64-63 loss to UK Monday night).” Central (9:05 Eastern) in a match-up televised by the SEC Network and streamed via WatchESPN. It marked the second straight game (the fi rst KNOW?  Tennessee enters on the heels of a 64-63,  Monday night loss at #12/9 Kentucky, where UT two times in her career) when Cooper was UT’s held the Cats to their second-lowest point total of leading scorer. She had 13 vs. Vanderbilt last Thurs- the season. day on 6-of-12 shooting to pace the squad.  The Lady Vols also bring a three-game road  Cooper was rewarded for her consecutive losing skid into Starkville, dropping decisions at strong showings, being named the SEC Freshman Arkansas (64-59) on Jan. 14 and at #3/3 Notre Dame of the Week on Tuesday. (79-66) on Jan. 18 before the loss to UK.  She was the fi rst UT player to earn that honor  Mississippi State, meanwhile, comes into since Mercedes Russell did so the week of Dec. 23- Thursday night’s match-up on a two-game tailspin, 30, 2013. dropping a road tilt at Georgia (47-43) on Jan. 21  Cooper has scored in double fi gures seven and coming up short in a marquee home contest on times and is fourth on the team in scoring at 8.4 DIAMOND DESHIELDS AN SEC DELEGATE Sunday night to #2/2 South Carolina (57-51). per game. She ranks second in three-pointers and FOR THE 2016 NCAA CONVENTION  Under Holly Warlick, Tennessee is 30-14 in road is third in assists and steals. games, 58-8 at home and 10-5 at neutral sites for a  On Thursday night, UT will try to avoid its fi rst- Tennessee’s Diamond DeShields, Ole Miss base- total of 98-27. ever loss to Mississippi State and its fi rst consecu- ball player Brady Bramlett and former Mississippi tive SEC regular-season losses since 1996-97. State football player Jay Hughes represented the BROADCAST INFORMATION  Tennessee is led in scoring by redshirt sopho- SEC on proposed governance rule changes under  Paul Sunderland (PxP) and Carolyn Peck (An- more guard Diamond DeShields, who is averaging the NCAA’s Division I autonomy process at the alyst) will describe the action for the Tennessee- 15.0 points per game. NCAA Convention in San Antonio on Jan. 14-15. The three student-athletes represented the SEC Mississippi State game. The broadcast will be car-  DeShields has scored in double fi gures in 10 as part of the Autonomy Conferences (ACC, Big ried by the SEC Network and available online via straight games and in 16 of 19 contests. Ten, Big 12, Pac 12, SEC) to “engage and empower WatchESPN.  Sophomore center Mercedes Russell and senior student-athletes by giving them both a voice and  Mickey Dearstone will have the call for the forward Bashaara Graves also hit for 10 or more vote within a transparent decision-making process.” Lady Vol Network radio/online broadcast. points per game at 10.7 and 10.3, respectively. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors voted  Graves (8.7) and Russell (8.4) are Tennessee’s in August of 2014 to restructure how schools and LADY VOLS AT A GLANCE top active rebounders, followed by DeShields at 5.2. conferences govern themselves, paving the way for Defensively, Tennessee is allowing only 58.6 student-athletes to have a voice at every level of  Tennessee played well in stretches at Kentucky  decision-making. on Monday night, but turnovers and a scoring dry points per contest, which would tie as the sixth- The new model grants fl exibility to schools in the spell once again doomed the Big Orange. best eff ort in school history. Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12 and Southeast-  The Lady Vols committed 21 miscues vs. the  Off ensively, however, the Lady Vols are putting ern conferences to change rules for themselves in a Wildcats, resulting in 18 direct UK points. up only 66.0 points per game, which would replace list of specifi c areas within Division I. The legislative  Those mistakes helped UT lose a 10-point sec- 69.3 (1983-84) as the lowest in UT annals. process for these 65 schools includes three student- ond quarter lead and a seven-point halftime edge.  After facing #13/13 Mississippi State on Thurs- athlete representatives from each conference who will vote on rule changes. Voting on autonomy issues  UT found itself trailing by 10 with 4:48 to go in day night, UT returns home to host to Alabama (13- 7, 2-5 SEC) on Sunday at 3 p.m. on the SEC Network. includes 15 student-athletes (three from each of the the game and erased nearly all of that defi cit before Five Conferences) who, collectively, will cast votes in failing to capitalize on several last-second opportu- greater number than four of the Five Conferences. nities to tie or take the lead. UT IN THE LAST FIVE GAMES “The participation of student-athletes is critical  Tennessee did get a positive performance from  UT is 2-3 in its last fi ve contests, including 0-3 and central to the new autonomy structure and we rookie guard T’ea Cooper, who posted a team-high on the road. are well-represented by these three SEC student- 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 3-of-4 ac-  The Lady Vols have suff ered three straight road athletes,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. “Our curacy from beyond the three-point arc. losses for the fi rst time since Jan. 25-Feb. 26, 2009. young people are well-equipped to make important In Tennessee’s last fi ve games, Diamond decisions about NCAA matters and I look forward  to seeing their participation at the convention when  STAY UPDATED DeShields is the team’s only player scoring in dou- they will be side-by-side with athletics administra- ble fi gures, averaging 16.0 points per contest. tors and other leaders in intercollegiate athletics.”  DeShields is shooting 44% from the fi eld and The NCAA Convention in San Antonio was the 86% from the line. second for DeShields and Hughes to serve as SEC @LadyVol_Hoops  Bashaara Graves is shooting 62.5% from the student-athlete voting members and the fi rst for fi eld over the last fi ve contests. Bramlett.  Jordan Reynolds is shooting 52% from the fi eld, www.facebook.com/BallWithTheLadyVols averaging 6.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and has 19 as- BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE sists and eight turnovers.  Like Tennessee, Mississippi State comes into the  UT is averaging 65.0 points to 61.6 for its foes. game with a losing taste in its mouth.  Tennessee is +5.2 in rebounding, 39.4-34.2.  The Bulldogs’ only loss had been to Texas, by LadyVolHoops  UT is outscoring its opponents 88-74 in the fi rst six in early December, until Georgia shocked MSU in period, 77-62 in the second quarter and 101-87 in Athens on Jan. 21, 47-43. the fourth stanza of its last fi ve games. UT, though,  Then, in a nationally-televised aff air at “The utsports.com is being outscored, 85-59, in the third frame during Hump” on Sunday night, #2/2 South Carolina held that same span.

2015-16 LADY VOLS BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @LADYVOL_HOOPS LADY VOLS BASKETBALL off a hard charge by the home team to remain un- March 8, 2003, when UT’s Kara Lawson hit a buzz- 1/11/2004 5/nr 5/nr A W 61-53 beaten in league play, 57-51. er-beater to give the #3/3 Lady Vols a 76-75 SEC 3/5/2004 1/nr 1/nr N101 W 67-57  Mississippi State has only one player scoring in Tournament victory over #10/11 Mississippi State. 2/24/2005 5/nr 5/nr H W 78-56 double fi gures, sophomore guard/forward Victoria  Holly Warlick’s squad claimed the last meeting 1/15/2006 1/nr 1/nr A W 79-56 Vivians, averaging 17.7 points and 5.5 rebounds. between these schools in Starkville, as the Lady 1/18/2007 4/nr 4/nr H W 73-44  The rest of the team is very balanced, with 10 Vols staved off an MSU upset bid at Humphrey 2/7/2008 2/nr 2/nr A W 87-69 players getting the bulk of minutes. Coliseum, 67-63, on Jan. 16, 2014. 2/24/2008 3/nr 3/nr H W 72-46  Guard Morgan William has been very effi cient  That four-point win by UT was its narrowest 1/15/2009 13/nr 15/nr A W 63-56 with the ball, dishing out 109 assists vs. only 52 margin of victory in Starkville since a two-point 2/22/2009 13/nr 19/nr H W 82-68 turnovers. win on Feb. 14, 2002, 80-78. 1/10/2010 4/nr 4/nr A W 75-48  MSU has a sizeable +22.8 scoring margin over-  MSU has had only one game in Knoxville during 1/27/2011 5/nr 6/nr H W 81-55 all, but it’s only +7.4 in conference play. the series where it kept the margin of defeat at seven 2/16/2012 13/nr 10/nr A W 57-41  UT and MSU each have played Florida, Auburn, points or less, and that 66-59 UT win came on Jan. 1/31/2013 9/nr 10/nr H W 88-45 Arkansas and Missouri, with the Bulldogs going 3-1 15, 2001. 1/16/2014 12/nr 10/nr A W 67-63 vs. that group and Tennessee going 2-2.  In the 2012 matchup in Starkville, won by Ten- 2/1/2015 6/18 6/18 H W 79-67  Mississippi State is 11-1 at home this season. nessee, 57-41, UT scored its fewest points in the  Vic Schaefer is a coach noted for coaching solid series, while State posted its second-lowest total. THE LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET defensive teams, and his squad is allowing only 52.8  Tennessee remained perfect against Missis- SERIES VS. MISS. STATE UT LEADS 36-0 points per game overall and 55.9 in league play. sippi State on Feb. 1, 2015. The #6 Lady Vols beat  Schaefer is 79-34 in his fourth season in 2/22/1986 15/nr 12/nr A W 72-51 the #18 Bulldogs for the 36th-consecutive time, Starkville and is 159-152 overall in his 11th year as 2/21/1987 9/nr 8/nr H W 84-53 winning 79-67 at Thompson-Boling Arena. a head coach. 2/8/1988 4/nr 4/nr A W 81-74  Senior led Tennessee with a 1/16/1989 2/nr 2/nr H W 79-54 career-high 24 points, as she made 9-of-15 from THE SERIES VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE 2/7/1990 5/nr 5/nr A W 76-55 the fl oor. She also handed out a season-high six  This marks the 37th meeting between the Lady 1/2/1991 5/nr 7/nr H W 91-63 assists and grabbed eight rebounds. Vols and MSU, with UT possessing a 36-0 record 2/12/1992 3/nr 3/nr A W 78-56  For the second game in a row, a Lady Vol in the series. 1/9/1993 2/nr 2/nr H W 109-62 scored her 1,000th career point. Bashaara Graves  This is the second-ever meeting between these 1/22/1994 1/nr 1/nr A W 82-62 scored 17 points, with the 1,000th coming on a free schools on Jan. 27, with (then) #5/6 UT winning in 1/21/1995 2/nr 2/nr H W 81-58 throw in the fi nal seconds of the game. Knoxville in 2011, 81-55. 2/10/1996 6/nr 6/nr A W 92-76  scored 11 and grabbed a  UT is 16-0 vs. Mississippi State in Starkville and 2/9/1997 9/nr 9/nr H W 104-39 game-high 10 rebounds for her sixth double-dou- has a 4-0 mark in games played at neutral sites. 2/9/1998 1/nr 1/nr A W 74-52 ble of the season and 30th of her career.  Tennessee owns a 16-0 record in Knoxville af- 2/27/1998 1/nr 1/nr N82 W 88-60  The Lady Vols shot a season-best 56.9 per- ter last year’s 79-67 win over #18/18 MSU by #6/6 2/6/1999 1/nr 1/nr H W 94-53 cent, topping their previous mark of 55.6 vs. LSU UT at Thompson-Boling Arena. 2/17/2000 2/22 3/18 A W 79-75 on Jan. 22.  The Lady Vols are 4-0 in the postseason vs. 3/5/2000 2/17 2/19 N65 W 70-67  Off to their best start in school history, Missis- the Bulldogs, and the teams have never gone to 1/15/2001 2/21 2/21 H W 66-59 sippi State fell to 22-3 overall and 7-3 in the SEC. overtime. 2/14/2002 3/nr 4/nr A W 80-78 The Bulldogs saw their four-game win streak come  This marks the seventh time these schools 1/26/2003 4/14 4/13 H W 82-68 to an end. It marked their third loss in their last have met when both teams were ranked, but it’s 3/8/2003 3/10 3/11 N107 W 76-75 seven games after starting the year with 18 con- only the second time that has happened since secutive wins. NATIONAL POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL TRACKING TENNESSEE IN THE POLLS Updated: Jan. 25 Updated: Jan. 26 AP COACHES RECORD (TOTAL) Rank School Record Points Rank School Record Points Pre #4 #4 1-0 1 Connecticut (32) 18-0 800 1 Connecticut (31) 18-0 799 11/16&17 #4 #5 3-0 (4-0) 2 South Carolina 19-0 765 2 South Carolina (1) 19-0 769 11/23&24 #4 #5 1-1 (5-1) 3 Notre Dame 19-1 739 3 Notre Dame 19-1 735 11/30&12/1 #8 #8 1-1 (6-2) 4 Baylor 19-1 700 4 Baylor 19-1 702 5 Maryland 17-2 659 5 Maryland 17-2 664 12/7&8 #16 #15 1-0 (7-2) 6 Texas 18-1 651 6 Texas 18-1 649 12/14&15 #14 #16 1-1 (8-3) 7 Ohio State 15-4 592 7 Ohio State 15-4 597 12/21&22 #14 #16 DNP 8 Arizona State 17-3 582 8 Oregon State 16-3 577 12/28&29 #13 #16 1-0 (9-3) 9 Oregon State 16-3 539 9 Arizona State 17-3 537 1/4&5 #12 #11 2-1 (11-4) 10 Texas A&M 14-5 473 10 Texas A&M 14-5 475 11 Florida State 16-4 467 11 Florida State 16-4 471 1/11&12 #13 #15 0-1 (11-5) 12 Kentucky 14-3 434 12 Kentucky 15-3 450 1/18&19 #18 #22 1-1 (12-6) 13 Mississippi State 17-4 408 13 Mississippi State 17-4 374 1/25&26 #19 #23 0-1 (12-7) 14 Louisville 14-5 352 14 Louisville 15-5 358 2/1 15 UCLA 14-5 317 15 Michigan State 14-4 319 2/8 16 Stanford 15-5 290 16 Stanford 15-5 284 2/15 17 Miami (FL) 17-3 240 17 Miami (FL) 17-3 255 18 Michigan State 14-4 219 18 South Florida 13-5 226 2/22 19 Tennessee 12-6 209 19 UCLA 14-5 213 2/29 20 South Florida 13-5 193 20 Oklahoma 13-5 185 3/7 21 Oklahoma 13-5 143 21 DePaul 16-6 182 Final 22 Missouri 16-4 140 22 Green Bay 17-2 71 23 DePaul 16-6 123 23 Tennessee 12-7 69 24 West Virginia 16-4 108 24 Missouri 16-4 62 25 Washington 15-4 80 25 Seton Hall 16-4 39

Others receiving votes: Florida 46, Green Bay 34, George Wash- Others receiving votes: Florida 37, Duquesne 36, West Virginia ington 18, Purdue 17, Oklahoma State 15, Duke 10, UTEP 10, San 34, Washington 33, Syracuse 33, Duke 32, George Washington Diego 9, Colorado State 8, BYU 7, Albany 2, Syracuse 1 29, St John’s 22, Northwestern 19, Western Kentucky 18, BYU 17, Oklahoma State 14, NC State 5, Villanova 3, Albany 2, Florida Gulf Dropped from rankings: Florida 22 Coast 1, UTEP 1, Tulane 1, Princeton 1 Dropped from rankings: Northwestern 20, Florida 23, Syracuse 24

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Lady Vols had one more chance with 4.5 seconds 2015-16 SEC STANDINGS (through Jan. 25) left. Cooper sprinted down the fl oor but could not W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N L5 Strk fi re a shot off before the clock hit zero.  Cooper led the Lady Vols with 18 points on 7-of- South Carolina 7-0 1.000 3-0 4-0 19-0 1.000 9-0 7-0 3-0 5-0 W19 11 shooting. She was 3-of-4 from 3-point range and Texas A&M 4-2 .667 3-0 1-2 14-5 .736 9-1 2-2 3-2 3-2 W1 also dished out three assists. Diamond DeShields Kentucky 4-3 .571 3-1 1-2 15-3 .823 11-1 4-2 0-0 3-2 W1 scored 13 points and had four rebounds. Mercedes Florida 4-3 .571 2-2 2-1 16-4 .800 9-2 5-2 2-0 3-2 L1 Russell posted a double-double with 12 points and Mississippi State 4-3 .571 3-1 1-2 17-4 .809 11-1 2-3 4-0 2-3 L2 10 boards. Arkansas 4-3 .571 3-0 1-3 9-11 .450 8-2 1-6 0-3 3-2 L1  UT lost the battle, committing 21 to UK’s 10. The Lady Vols held a slight edge on the Vanderbilt 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 14-5 .736 10-1 3-4 1-0 3-2 W1 glass at 41-38, with Graves collecting a game-high Tennessee 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 12-7 .631 9-3 3-4 0-0 2-3 L1 12 rebounds. Auburn 3-4 .428 3-1 0-3 13-7 .650 7-2 3-5 3-0 2-3 W1 Missouri 3-4 .428 2-1 1-3 16-4 .800 10-1 5-3 1-0 2-3 W1 SEC WINS/LOSSES COMPARISON Ole Miss 2-4 .333 2-1 0-3 10-9 .526 8-4 2-5 0-0 1-4 W1  In its three SEC victories, Tennessee has shot Alabama 2-5 .285 2-1 0-4 13-7 .650 11-1 0-6 2-0 1-4 L2 .473 from the fi eld, led by Bashaara Graves at .706.  In their three losses, the Lady Vols have hit only Georgia 2-5 .285 1-3 1-2 14-6 .700 10-3 3-3 1-0 2-3 L1 .345. LSU 2-5 .285 1-2 1-3 8-12 .400 5-3 2-7 1-2 1-4 W1  UT’s -to-turnover numbers are 43 to 47 in wins, and it is 34 to 66 in losses.  The SEC’s leading freshman scorer Victoria  Both totals were SEC bests in points for the  The Lady Vols limit opponents to .326 shooting Vivians (14.5 ppg) continued her sensational sea- rookie and the fi rst times all season she had led the from the fi eld in wins and allow a .386 rate in their son, leading the Bulldogs with 17. Breanna Rich- team in scoring. losses. ardson added 13.  She was named SEC Freshman of the Week for  Tennessee gives up only 52.0 points per game averaging 15.5 points per game last week. in wins and surrenders 67.3 in losses, while the Lady LAST TIME THEY MET IN STARKVILLE  Tennessee has posted turnover totals of 20+ in Vols score 69.3 in wins and 62.7 in losses.  Tennessee remained perfect all-time against six games this season, with four of those coming in  Bashaara Graves averages 11.3 points and 6.3 Mississippi State, but it didn’t come without a the last six games. UT is 2-4 during that span. rebounds in SEC wins and produces only 6.3 points fi ght. The #12/10 Lady Vols withstood the feisty  Mercedes Russell has shot 50% or better in 17 of but 12.7 rebounds in losses. Bulldogs to post a 67-63 victory at The Hump on 19 games this season. Her seven double-doubles by  In SEC losses, UT is getting outscored 67-35 in Jan. 16, 2014. a sophomore are tied for ninth in Tennessee wom- the third quarter and 57-51 in the fourth after win-  Tennessee improved to a perfect 35-0 all-time en’s basketball history. ning the fi rst two periods, 60-49 and 42-29, respec- vs. Mississippi State, including a 16-0 record on the  Bashaara Graves recorded her fi fth double- tively. Bulldogs home fl oor. double of the season and 26th of her career with 13  Bashaara Graves (13), Ariel Massengale (13) points and 10 rebounds vs. Notre Dame. She ranks WARLICK NEARING 100 VICTORIES and Isabelle Harrison (10) topped Tennessee’s second in the SEC in career double-doubles.  Holly Warlick began the campaign just 14 wins scoring chart, as the Lady Vols improved to 14-3  Jordan Reynolds continues to be UT’s most ef- short of 100 coaching victories and now is two shy overall and 3-2 in the conference. fi cient with the basketball, tallying 45 assists to 32 with 98.  Mississippi State (14-4, 1-3 SEC) was led by turnovers. Andraya Carter and Alexa Middleton are  Only 16 coaches have achieved 100 victories in Kendra Grant’s 21 points. Katia May (14) and Mar- second and third at 36/34 and 29/28, respectively. their fi rst four seasons of coaching an NCAA Div. I tha Alwal (10) also scored in double fi gures.  Diamond DeShields was recently named to the program. Only three have won 30+ twice or more.  The Lady Vols led for the fi nal 34 minutes of John R. Wooden Award Women’s Midseason Top  Surprisingly, is not high on the the game, but MSU was within eight points for the 20 and the USBWA Drysdale Midsea- list, ranking 36th with 92 wins in the fi rst four years entire second half. The Bulldogs cut their defi cit to son Watch List. UT competed at the NCAA level instead of AIAW. three in the fi nal minute at 62-59 on a jumper by  Six Lady Vols have combined to miss 43 games May with 53 seconds left. But, the Lady Vols got this season due to injuries, making it a slow process NAME YR 1 YR 2 YR 3 YR 4 TOTAL hot from the fi eld to secure the win. for UT to develop on-court chemistry and continu- 35 31 30 29 125  Tennessee made nine of their fi nal 11 fi eld goal ity this season. 35 30 32 28 125 attempts -- including six in row -- late in the game  After knocking off undefeated Missouri on Jan. Matt Bollant 26 29 28 34 117 to continue to maintain a narrow advantage. 4, Tennessee had handed six teams their fi rst loss 31 30 29 27 117  Andraya Carter’s layup on a back-door cut this season (Central Arkansas, Penn State, Syracuse, Karl Smesko 29 27 26 31 113 with 35 seconds left off a feed from Harrison gave Albany, Oregon State, Missouri). 25 29 30 28 112 the Lady Vols a 64-59 lead. 23 31 24 29 107  Breanna Richardson converted two free throws UT RALLIES, FALLS AT #12/9 KENTUCKY 21 27 30 29 107 for the Bulldogs with 26.4 on the clock to close the  No. 19/22 Tennessee attempted to rally back 27 26 24 29 106 margin to three again at 64-61. from a 10-point fourth-quarter defi cit with a furious 22 29 24 31 106  Graves made one of two foul shots with 23.7 late surge, but the Lady Vols came up short in the Tom Collen 24 33 23 25 105 on the clock to put UT up 65-61. Then Massengale closing seconds, falling to No. 12/9 Kentucky, 64-63, 23 31 29 21 104 made a pair with 20.3 left to put the Lady Vols on Monday at Memorial Coliseum. Paul Sanderford 22 21 28 32 103 ahead 67-61. Savannah Carter knocked down a  The Lady Vols (12-7, 3-3 SEC) outscored Ken- Joan Bonvicini 24 24 25 28 101 jumper with six seconds left, but it was too little tucky (15-3, 4-3 SEC) in the fi rst, second and fourth 20 30 22 28 100 too late for MSU. quarters, but the Wildcats dominated the third, 21- Bill Fennelly 25 25 24 26 100  Tennessee out-rebounded Mississippi State, 9. 35-31, but no Lady Vol corralled more than fi ve  Tennessee stormed back to within one posses- WARLICK LEADS SEC COACHES IN WIN PCT. boards. Five diff erent players had fi ve. sion in the fi nal three minutes. After trailing 57-47  Holly Warlick entered the league schedule with 5:36 remaining, UT pulled to within 63-61 with with the highest winning percentage in SEC games TENNESSEE TRENDING TOPICS 30 seconds left when Te’a Cooper sliced through among active coaches and has built upon it.  Tennessee has the nation’s No. 1 ranked strength the lane for a layup. Andraya Carter stole the in-  Warlick is 45-9 in the regular season vs. confer- of schedule this season, according to the NCAA. bounds pass and made one of two free throws to ence teams for a top winning percentage of .833.  UT’s opponents thus far have a .717 winning pull UT to within one point. With 23 seconds left,  Kentucky’s Matthew Mitchell began the season percentage (243-96), and UT’s future opponents Janee Thompson missed her fi rst free throw but a distant second (.653), followed by South Caro- are winning at a .669 rate (117-58). made her second to extend Kentucky’s lead to 64- lina’s (.609) and Vandy’s Melanie Bal-  The Lady Vols are still No. 13 in the RPI after the 62. comb (.593). loss to Kentucky.  Cooper went to the free-throw line with 10.7  Warlick already ranks sixth out of the 14 coaches  Te’a Cooper, who hadn’t scored more than sev- seconds remaining and made her fi rst shot and for SEC victories despite it being her fourth season. en points in a game since Dec. 30, fi red in a game- missed the second. Carter grabbed the  Ahead of Warlick are Balcomb (118-82, 14th yr.), high 13 points for Tennessee in last Thursday’s and missed a layup and Bashaara Graves missed Gary Blair (92-91 at TAMU & ARK, 14th yr.), Mitchell night’s victory over Vanderbilt and then followed it the follow-up shot. After Kentucky’s Batouly Ca- (85-46, 9th yr. at Ky.), Dawn Staley (74-43, 8th yr. with 18 in the loss to Kentucky on Monday. mara missed two free throws at the other end, the at S.C.) and (60-71, 9th yr. at Fla.).

2015-16 LADY VOLS BASKETBALL | UTSPORTS.COM | @LADYVOL_HOOPS LADY VOLS BASKETBALL BREAKING IT DOWN 2015-16 Lineup Combinations Dee -- Fense Opponents shooting from the fi eld (all games): Gms. Rec. Line-up (F-F-C-G-G) 10%FG: None 1-2 2-0 Dunbar, Russell, Carter, Cooper, Middleton 20%FG: UCA (.265); AUB (.294) 3 1-0 Graves, Russell, Carter, Cooper, Reynolds 30%FG: TEX, UALB (.396); WSU (.389); ARK (.373); VAN1 (.370); UK (.362); STET 4-6 2-1 Graves, Jones, Russell, Cooper, Reynolds (.350); MIZ (.328); SU (.318); OSU (.308) 7-9 2-1 Graves, Russell, Carter, DeShields, Reynolds VT (.422): UTC (.438); PSU (.435); FLA (.448); ETSU (.459) 10, 13-19 3-5 Graves, Nared, Russell, Carter, DeShields 40%FG: 11 1-0 Graves, Dunbar, Russell, Nared, Carter 50%FG: STAN (.500); N.D. (.519) 12 1-0 Graves, Dunbar, Russell, DeShields, Carter Leading at the Break (14): UCA (+43); UTC (+19); OSU (+17); AUB (+15); ARK (+11); Wins (12): UCA (+55); ETSU (+36); STET (+34); AUB (+27); MIZ (+16); PSU, VAN (+9); STET (+10); ETSU (+9); MIZ, UK (+7); FLA (+6); PSU (+5); VT, VAN1 (+3); UALB (+2) UALB (+8); WSU (+7); OSU (+3); SU, UTC (+2) Tied at the Break (2): SU, WSU Losses (7): VT, STAN (-14); N.D. (-13), TEX (-11); FLA (-8); ARK (-5); UK (-1) Trailing at the Break (3): STAN (-15); N.D. (-7); TEX (-5) Off ensive Opportunities Tennessee shooting from the fi eld (all games): 20%FG: FLA (.293); 30%FG: TEX (.304); VT (.309); STAN (.317); ARK (.348); UTC (.393); WSU (.396) 40%FG: SU (.400); MIZ, VAN1 (.407); PSU (.417); UK (.418); UALB (.426); N.D. (.429); OSU (.439); ETSU (.486) 50%FG: AUB (.596); UCA (.542); STET (.530) 60%FG: None

WARLICK IN GOOD COMPANY  Kortney Dunbar had career highs with her ell), 3-0 vs. Ole Miss (Alex Fuller Simmons), 2-2 vs.  Following a legend is a nearly-impossible task, double-double vs. Central Arkansas, tallying 24 South Carolina (Nikki McCray) and 2-0 vs. Wichita but yet Holly Warlick is making her way as Pat points and 13 rebounds in 34 minutes. State (Jody Adams, ). Summitt’s hand-picked successor.  Diamond DeShields posted season bests of  Against teams with former Lady Vols on  Now in her fourth season as Tennessee’s head 24 points and 11 rebounds for her fi rst Lady Vol staff , Warlick is 14-5, including 4-1 vs. LSU (Nikki coach, Warlick has produced an 98-27 overall re- double-double to go with one when she was at [Caldwell] Vargas, Tasha Butts), 2-2 vs. South cord and a 45-9 mark in SEC contests. North Carolina. Carolina (Nikki McCray), 1-0 vs. Middle Tennes-  Her 86-20 mark and .811 winning percentage see (Dustin Edwards, Alex Fuller), 3-0 vs. Ole Miss to open the season placed Warlick fi fth among all WARLICK 26-18 VS. TOP 25 TEAMS (Alex Fuller Simmons), 1-0 vs. Alcorn State (Tonya active NCAA Division I women’s basketball coach-  During the Holly Warlick era, Tennessee is 26- Edwards), 2-0 vs. Wichita State (Jody Adams, es after only three years as a head coach. 19 vs. ranked teams. Bridgette Gordon) and 1-2 vs. Kentucky (Shalon  Entering 2015-16, the only NCAA Division I  The Lady Vols had a 9-5 record vs. top 25 Pillow). coaches ranked ahead of Warlick were Geno Au- squads in 2014-15 and are 3-4 in 2015-16.  Against teams with former Tennessee staff riemma of UConn (.873, 30 yrs.), of members coaching, Warlick is 12-4, including 4-3 Baylor (.829, 15 yrs.), Tara VanDerveer of Stanford  AP Top 25: 26-19 (.619) vs. Kentucky (Matthew Mitchell), 2-0 vs. Lipscomb (.815, 36 yrs.) and Karl Smesko of Florida Gulf  AP Ranked 1: 0-1 (.000) (Greg Brown), 4-1 vs. LSU (Nikki [Caldwell] Vargas, Coast (.812, 16 yrs.).  AP Ranked 2: 0-3 (.000) Tasha Butts) and 2-0 vs. North Carolina (Sylvia  In her fi rst three seasons at Tennessee, Warlick  AP Ranked 3: 0-3 (.000) Hatchell). was 48-8 vs. SEC schools, including 42-6 vs.  AP Ranked 1-5: 1-7 (.125) Against former Lady Vols as head coaches, AP Ranked 1-10: 8-12 (.400)  league foes during the regular season.  Warlick is 7-1, including 4-1 vs. Nikki [Caldwell] Var-  AP Ranked 11-25: 18-7 (.720)  That 42-6 mark equaled a winning percentage gas (LSU), 1-0 vs. (Alcorn St.) and of .875, which is No. 1 among active SEC coaches.  USA TODAY Top 25: 25-19 (.568) 2-0 vs. Jody Adams (Wichita State).  She has led the Lady Vols to a pair of SEC  USA TODAY Ranked 1: 0-1 (.000) regular season championships (2013, 2015) and an  USA TODAY Ranked 2: 0-2 (.000) UT IN SEC-ONLY STATISTICAL RANKINGS SEC Tournament title (2014), winning at least one  USA TODAY Ranked 3: 0-3 (.000)  Tennessee is No. 1 in rebound margin at +5.5 league trophy in each of her fi rst three seasons.  USA TODAY Ranked 1-5: 1-9 (.100) and No. 2 in rebounds per game in league play at USA TODAY Ranked 1-10: 6-14 (.300)  All three of the squads she previously has di-  43.0.  USA TODAY Ranked 11-25: 19-5 (.792) rected have made the NCAA Tournament, with the  UT is No. 1 in blocked shots (5.8) and No. 2 in 2013 and 2015 teams advancing to the Elite Eight LADY VOLS ALL-TIME VS. TOP 25 TEAMS off ensive boards per game (16.7) and No. 3 in fi eld and the 2014 edition making it to the Sweet 16.  Overall: 467-187 (.714) goal percentage defense (.362).  Since becoming head coach, fi ve of her play-  AP Ranked 1-10 : 184-137 (.573)  Bashaara Graves ranks No. 2 in free throw per- ers have gone in the WNBA Draft. Three, including  AP Ranked 11-25: 254-45 (.849) centage in SEC games at .882 (15-17). fi rst-rounder Isabelle Harrison, were 2015 picks.  USA TODAY Ranked 1-10: 142-96 (.597)  Bashaara Graves (9.5) and Mercedes Russell  Warlick has a 26-19 record vs. ranked teams,  USA TODAY Ranked 11-25: 222-32 (.874) (8.8) rank third and sixth in SEC games in re- including 3-4 this season and 9-5 in 2014-15. bounding. UT IN SEC PLAY UNDER WARLICK  Russell would rank No. 2 in the SEC in confer- CEDES LEADS DOUBLE-DOUBLE BRIGADE  UT is 362-53 all-time in SEC regular-season ence games in fi eld goal percentage (.537) if she  In 19 games, Tennessee has had players post a games, winning 18 championships. had enough makes, and Jordan Reynolds (.500) total of 14 double-doubles.  Holly Warlick has guided UT to a 24-3 home would be fourth.  Mercedes Russell has seven, Bashaara Graves mark and a 21-6 road record vs. conference oppo-  Russell is No. 3 in blocks per game (2.2). has fi ve, and Diamond DeShields and Kortney nents since taking the reins, good for 45-9 overall  Diamond DeShields (15.0 ppg.) ranks sixth in Dunbar have one each. vs. league regular-season foes during that time. scoring in league games.  After posting the 26th double-double of her  Until losing to Florida on Jan. 7, Tennessee had career with 13 points and 10 rebounds in 30 min- won its last 10 Southeastern Conference games in STARTING FIVE STATS utes vs. #3/3 Notre Dame, Graves is second in the a row at home, following a 75-71 loss to Kentucky  UT has used seven diff erent combinations, but SEC behind South Carolina’s (31). on Feb. 16, 2014. the combination of Bashaara Graves, Jaime Nared,  That tally also ranks Graves ninth at UT. Mercedes Russell, Andraya Carter and Diamond  The senior forward opened her fi nal collegiate IT’S NOT PERSONAL; IT’S BUSINESS DeShields has started the last seven games and is campaign with three consecutive double-doubles.  Against teams with former Lady Vol players 3-5 in eight total contests together in 2015-16.  Sheila Frost and (t7th, 30), and/or staff ers, Warlick is 21-6, including 1-0 vs.  Ten diff erent players have drawn starting nods represent the next milestone for double-doubles. Alcorn State (Tonya Edwards), 4-3 vs. Kentucky for this UT squad.  Russell played 35 games as a freshman with- (Matthew Mitchell, Shalon Pillow), 2-0 vs. Lip-  Mercedes Russell is the only Lady Vol to start out a double-double and now has seven as a red- scomb (Greg Brown), 4-1 vs. LSU (Nikki [Caldwell] every game this season. shirt sophomore to stand ninth all-time among UT Vargas, Tasha Butts), 1-0 vs. Middle Tennessee sophomores. (Alex Fuller), 2-0 vs. North Carolina (Sylvia Hatch-

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CAREER FREE THROWS MADE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS FTM Player Years 1. 526 2005-08 OPPONENT 1 2 3 4 5 2. 523 1995-99 3. 493 Glory Johnson 2008-12 Central Arkansas (L1) F-Dunbar C-Russell G-Carter G-Cooper G-Middleton 4. 471 1997-2001 Penn State (L1) F-Dunbar C-Russell G-Carter G-Cooper G-Middleton 5. 439 Semeka Randall 1997-2001 Syracuse (L2) F-Graves C-Russell G-Carter G-Cooper G-Reynolds 6. 423 Bridgette Gordon 1985-89 Chattanooga (L3) F-Graves F-Jones C-Russell G-Cooper G-Reynolds 7. 381 Nicky Anosike 2004-08 8. 377 Dana Johnson 1991-95 UAlbany (L3) F-Graves F-Jones C-Russell G-Cooper G-Reynolds 9. 371 Tonya Edwards 1986-90 Texas (L3) F-Graves F-Jones C-Russell G-Cooper G-Reynolds 10. 369 Bashaara Graves 2012-16 ETSU (L4) F-Graves C-Russell G-Carter G-DeShields G-Reynolds Virginia Tech (L4) F-Graves C-Russell G-Carter G-DeShields G-Reynolds FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED FTA Player Years at Wichita State (L4) F-Graves C-Russell G-Carter G-DeShields G-Reynolds 1. 796 Glory Johnson 2008-12 at Stanford (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-Carter G-DeShields 2. 738 Candace Parker 2005-08 at Oregon State (L6) F-Graves F-Dunbar C-Russell G-Nared G-Carter 3. 731 Chamique Holdsclaw 1995-99 4. 618 Semeka Randall 1997-2001 Stetson (L7) F-Graves F-Dunbar C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter 5. 611 Tamika Catchings 1997-2001 at Missouri (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter 6. 610 Bridgette Gordon 1985-89 7. 586 Nicky Anosike 2004-08 Florida (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter 8. 584 Dana Johnson 1991-95 Auburn (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter 9. 539 Daedra Charles 1988-91 at Arkansas (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter 10. 512 Bashaara Graves 2012-16 512 Michelle Snow 1998-2002 at Notre Dame (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter Vanderbilt (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter CAREER REBOUND AVERAGE at Kentucky (L5) F-Graves F-Nared C-Russell G-DeShields G-Carter (MIN. 30 GAMES) at Mississippi State RPG Player Years Alabama 1. 14.2 Trish Roberts 1976-77 2. 8.8 Candace Parker 2005-08 Arkansas 8.8 Chamique Holdsclaw 1995-99 at Texas A&M 4. 8.6 Glory Johnson 2008-12 at Vanderbilt 5. 8.2 Daedra Charles 1988-91 South Carolina 6. 8.0 Mary Ostrowski 1979-84 7. 7.9 Tamika Catchings 1996-2001 Ole Miss 8. 7.7 Karla Horton 1984-87 at LSU 9. 7.6 Sheila Frost 1985-89 at Alabama 10. 7.5 Bashaara Graves 2012-16 11. 7.3 Jill Rankin 1979-80 Georgia GAMES STARTED INJURED PLAYERS (6) -- MISSED GAMES (43) Starts Player Years FINDING CONTINUITY 1. 147 Chamique Holdsclaw 1995-99  Holly Warlick has yet to have her full comple- Jasmine Jones – 14 (head) Still out -- non contact work only 2. 138 2008-12 ment of players available this season, due to injury, Nia Moore – 11 (ribs) 3. 137 Kara Lawson 1999-2003 but she is closer to having a complete lineup, with Jaime Nared – 9 (broken left hand) 4. 133 Nicky Anosike 2004-08 5. 127 2010-14 only Jasmine Jones remaining sidelined. Alexa Middleton – 4 (left ankle) 5. 126 Tamika Catchings 1997-2001  Nia Moore’s return to the fl oor came in the Kortney Dunbar – 3 (right ankle) 6. 123 Lea Henry 1979-83 fourth quarter vs. Auburn, bringing UT’s active Meme Jackson – 2 (left Achilles) 7. 121 Bridgette Gordon 1985-89 players list to 11 on Jan. 10. 8. 119 2004-08 119 Semeka Randall 1997-2001  After Alexa Middleton returned, Warlick had 10 GRAVES MOVING UP CAREER LISTS 10. 118 Glory Johnson 2008-12 players active for the Stetson game and beyond,  Bashaara Graves now has 928 career rebounds -- 115 Bashaara Graves 2012-16 and all 10 scored and got at least one rebound in and stands ninth on UT’s all-time list. the victory.  Graves passed Nicky Anosike (10th, 914) and B, DRAYA AMONG ACTIVE SEC CAREER LEADERS  Tennessee played nine players at Stanford and Bridgette Gordon (9th, 915) with six boards vs.  Bashaara Graves is fi rst among active SEC Oregon State, getting starts out of Jaime Nared in Vandy and now aims for (8th, 940). players in career rebounds at 928. both games in her fi rst action of the season after  On the all-time scorers list, Graves ran her total  Graves is third in active career scoring at 1,355 missing nine games with a broken left hand. to 1,355 with fi ve points vs. Kentucky. Next up the and fourth in fi eld goals at 493.  Kortney Dunbar returned to action vs. Wichita list is Shelia Collins in 25th at 1,423.  Andraya Carter is fi fth in active career steals State after missing three games with a right ankle  Against Missouri, Graves moved into Tennes- at 176. sprain and earned a start vs. Oregon State, her see’s career top 10 in free throws made. She now third of the season. has 369 to stand 10th. DESHIELDS CHASING 1,000 & ELITE COMPANY  Jasmine Jones (head) remains sidelined, hav-  Versus Kentucky, Graves joined UT’s career  Diamond DeShields is moving toward 1,000 ing played in only fi ve games this season. free throws attempted top 10, tying Michelle Snow career points. She has 933 in 55 career games (19  Tennessee played with only seven vs. Virginia in 10th at 512. at UT; 36 at North Carolina) for a 17.0 average. Tech and had only six available for the season-  Graves is three away from moving into UT’s  DeShields scored 648 points in 2013-14 at opener vs. Central Arkansas. top 10 in career games started. She has 115 starts North Carolina and has 285 this season at Tennes-  Tennessee returned three starters and nine to- in 124 career games. see in 19 games. tal letterwinners this season, but it lost three valu-  Graves entered the season tied for 10th in ca-  Below is a list of Lady Vols with the highest able seniors in Isabelle Harrison, Cierra Burdick reer rebounds per game at 7.3 and is currently sit- point totals through their second collegiate play- and Ariel Massengale who were taken in the ting at 7.5 per contest. ing seasons while at Tennessee WNBA Draft.  The team welcomed freshmen guards Te’a CAREER REBOUNDS 1. Chamique Holdsclaw – 1,386 Cooper and Meme Jackson, redshirt sophomore FTM Player Years 2. Candace Parker – 1,328 center Mercedes Russell returned from an injury 1. 1,295 Chamique Holdsclaw 1995-99 3. Tamika Catchings – 1,274 2. 1,218 Glory Johnson 2008-12 4. Semeka Randall – 1,068 redshirt season and redshirt sophomore guard Di- 3. 1,043 Sheila Frost 1985-89 5. Bridgette Gordon – 1,040 amond DeShields became eligible after sitting out 4. 1,004 Tamika Catchings 1997-01 last season after transferring from North Carolina. 5. 994 Mary Ostrowski 1980-84 6. Diamond DeShields – 933 (Played fi rst season at N. Carolina)  Getting used to one another has been com- 6. 972 Candace Parker 2005-08 7. Meighan Simmons – 898 plicated by injuries that have limited only four 7. 957 Debbie Groover 1977-81 8. Kara Lawson – 890 players (DeShields, Russell, Cooper and Andraya 8. 940 Shyra Ely 2001-05 9. Daedra Charles – 888 Carter) to being available for all 19 games. 9 928 Bashaara Graves 2012-16 10. Shekinna Stricklen – 869 10. 915 Bridgette Gordon 1985-89  Only six players have logged duty in 18 games or more.

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DESHIELDS’ 30-POINT GAMES  In games Tennessee has won, Graves and Rus-  Diamond DeShields has recorded two 30+ sell have averaged 12.1 and 11.8 points per contest, LADY VOL DOUBLE DOUBLES point games this season, with 31 vs. East Tennes- shooting .761 and .578, respectively, from the fi eld.  see State on Dec. 2 and 30 vs. Stetson on Dec. 30.  In the seven losses, Russell and Graves have  That ties her for 13th all-time for most in a sea- averaged 9.0 and 7.6 points, respectively.  FRESHMEN (2 OR MORE)  SENIORS (2 OR MORE) son by a Lady Vol. Holdsclaw, Chamique 16 Collins, Shelia 14 WATCH LISTS & NOMINEES Frost, Sheila 11 Harrison, Lisa 14 30+ POINT GAMES IN A SEASON Diamond DeShields is on watch lists for the Graves, Bashaara 10 Johnson, Glory 14  Parker, Candace 10 Charles, Daedra 13 15 – Patricia Roberts (1976-77) Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and the USBWA 6 – Chamique Holdsclaw (1997-98) Catchings, Tamika 9 Ostrowski, Mary 12 4 – Candace Parker (2006-07) Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, given for national Horton, Karla 7 Burdick, Cierra 9 4 – Jill Rankin (1979-80) player of the year. Johnson, Tiff ani 6 Holdsclaw, Chamique 9 4 – Gail Dobson (1974-75)  DeShields was named to the Wooden Midsea- Johnson, Glory 5 Johnson, Dana 9 3 – Meighan Simmons (2013-14) son Top 20 List on Jan. 15 and the Meyers Drysdale Gordon, Bridgette 4 Webb, Lisa 9 3 – Candace Parker (2007-08) Midseason List on Jan. 25. Morton, Karen 4 Frost, Sheila 8 3 – Chamique Holdsclaw (1996-97) Anosike, Nicky 3 Rankin, Jill 8 3 – Chamique Holdsclaw (1998-99)  Bashaara Graves is on the Naismith Trophy Ostrowski, Mary 3 Harrison, Isabelle 7 3 – Bridgette Gordon (1988-89) Watch List with DeShields. Snow, Michelle 3 Catchings, Tamika 7 3 – Bridgette Gordon (1987-88)  Andraya Carter was one of 103 women’s bas- 3 – Shelia Collins (1984-85) Cain, Kelley 2 Ely, Shyra 7 2 – Diamond DeShields (2015-16) ketball student-athletes named as nominees for Brewer, Alyssia 2 Anosike, Nicky 6 2 – Kara Lawson (2002-03) the WBCA Allstate Good Works Team. Stricklen, Shekinna 2 Gordon, Bridgette 6 2 – Tamika Catchings (1998-99) Ely, Shyra 2 Jackson, Gwen 6 2 – Sheila Frost (1987-88) LADY VOL STARS OFF THE COURT Evans, Peggy 2 Noble, Cindy 6 2 – Tanya Haave (1982-83)  Associate head coach Kyra Elzy again has her Groover, Debbie 2 Graves, Bashaara 5 2 – (1980-81) Thompson, Pashen 2 Stricklen, Shekinna 5 2 – Sue Thomas (1975-76) SEC Win Challenge underway, asking fans and coaches to pledge money for each league win by  SOPHOMORES (2 OR MORE) Baugh, Vicki 4 Parker, Candace 21 Thompson, Pashen 4 LADY VOLS SCORING 20+ POINTS UT toward helping the Pat Summitt Foundation. Holdsclaw, Chamique 16 Butts, Tasha 3  Five Lady Vols have combined to score 20  During the fi rst semester Andraya Carter Ostrowski, Mary 11 Fuller, Alex 3 points or more in a game nine times this season. coached youth basketball at the Tennessee School Groover, Debbie 10 Groover, Debbie 3 for the Deaf in Knoxville, putting the sign language Horton, Karla 10 Robinson, Ashley 2  Diamond DeShields and hoops skills she learned at UT to very good use. Gordon, Bridgette 9 Snow, Michelle 2 31 vs. East Tenn. State, 30 vs. Stetson,  Diamond DeShields spent Jan. 14 and 15 at the Catchings, Tamika 8 Williams, Kamiko 2 25 vs. Auburn, 24 vs. Texas NCAA Convention in San Antonio, serving as one of Ward, Vonda 8  MOST IN CAREER (5 OR MORE) Russell, Mercedes 7  Bashaara Graves three student-athlete representatives from the SEC Holdsclaw, Chamique 57 24 vs. Penn State Harrison, Isabelle 6 Parker, Candace 45 and one of 15 overall.  Kortney Dunbar Towns, Paula 6 Johnson, Glory 36 24 vs. Central Arkansas  DeShields fl ew to Texas on Jan. 13 and attended Burdick, Cierra 5 Ostrowski, Mary 35  Te’a Cooper a session at the convention on Jan. 14 before fl y- Johnson, Glory 5 Catchings, Tamika 32 23 vs. East Tenn. State, 22 vs. C. Arkansas ing to Fayetteville for UT’s game at Arkansas that Ely, Shyra 5 Harrison, Isabelle 31  Mercedes Russell evening. After the game, she traveled back to San Evans, Peggy 5 Charles, Daedra 30 20 vs. Central Arkansas Antonio so she could attend meetings on Jan. 15 Haave, Tanya 5 Frost, Sheila 30 before fl ying back to Knoxville. Jackson, Gwen 5 Graves, Bashaara 26 Prior to the Central Arkansas game, the last Holly Warlick continues to join forces with LSU Cain, Kelley 4 Ely, Shyra 22   Charles, Daedra 4 Horton, Karla 22 time three UT players scored 20 or more points in head coach Nikki (Caldwell) Fargas to raise money Ely, Cindy 4 Stricklen, Shekinna 22 the same game was Feb. 26, 2006, in a loss to SEC and awareness in the fi ght against breast cancer via Johnson, Dana 4 Burdick, Cierra 21 foe Florida when Candace Parker (34), Tye’sha their Champions For A Cause organization. Shekinna, Stricklen 4 Gordon, Bridgette 21 Fluker (22), Shanna Zolman (22) combined for 78 Baugh, Vicki 3 Johnson, Dana 20 of the team’s 93 points in a loss to the Gators. LADY VOL REUNION (JAN. 8-10) Freeman, Valerie 3 Groover, Debbie 20  DeShields has 18 games of 20 or more points  Approximately 50 alums returned to campus Frost, Sheila 3 Noble, Cindy 20 in her career and four games of 30 or more. Jan. 8-10 for a Lady Vol reunion. Manning, Alicia 3 Jackson, Gwen 18 As a Lady Vol, DeShields has two 30+ game Candace Parker, Glory Johnson, Isabelle Har- Noble, Cindy 3 Harrison, Lisa 17   Randall, Semeka 3 Johnson, Tiff ani 17 and two others of 20 or more. rison, Michelle Marciniak, Shyra Ely Gash, Ashley Snow, Michelle 3 Collins, Shelia 15  Graves’ 24-point game vs. Penn State was the Robinson, Shelia Collins and Tonya Edwards are Graves, Bashaara 3 Thompson, Pashen 15 ninth of 20 or more in her career. just a few who made it back to Rocky Top. Pat Brewer, Alyssia 2 Ward, Vonda 15 Summitt also attended Sunday’s events.  JUNIORS (2 OR MORE) Haave, Tanya 14 PLAYING THAT “D” THE TENNESSEE WAY  Alums took part in a reception on Friday night; Harrison, Isabelle 18 Snow, Michelle 13  Coaches always want their defense to be bet- attended practice, a men’s game and a dinner on Holdsclaw, Chamique 16 Anosike, Nicky 11 ter, but Tennessee has been pretty stingy to op- Saturday and came to the pregame meal and the Parker, Candace 14 Webb, Lisa 11 UT-Auburn game on Jan. 10. Charles, Daedra 13 McCray, Nikki 10 ponents, allowing only 58.6 per contest to the na- Johnson, Glory 12 Towns, Paula 10 tion’s No. 1-ranked schedule, per the NCAA.  The group was recognized at halftime and got Noble, Cindy 11 Evans, Peggy 9  That mark would rank as the No. 6 points al- together for a group photo. Stricklen, Stricklen 11 Rankin, Jill 8 lowed average in school history. Johnson, Tiff ani 9 Cain, Kelley 8  Eight of UT’s last 13 opponents and 12 of 19 this DIAMOND GETTING MORE POLISHED Ostrowski, Mary 9 Russell, Mercedes 7 season have scored 57 or fewer points, and six of  Diamond DeShields wasn’t able to practice full Graves, Bashaara 8 Randall, Semeka 7 those have been at 52 or fewer. speed until the season began and has started to Catchings, Tamika 8 Butts, Tasha 6 Ely, Shyra 8 Brogdon, Cindy 5  The Lady Vols gave up 79 points to #3/3 Notre see her work pay off in games. Through three games, she stood at 5.3 ppg. Frost, Sheila 8  POINTS AND ASSISTS DD Dame, 74 to Florida, 66 points to Penn State, 64 to  Haave, Tanya 8 Massengale, Ariel 3 #5/5 Texas on Nov. 29, 69 to #15/14 Stanford and  Over the next fi ve games, DeShields averaged McCray, Nikki 8 Clower, Susan 1 64 to Arkansas and #12/9 Kentucky. No other team 19.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.8 assists. Thompson, Pashen 8 Henry, Lea 1 has had more than 57.  Her season averages now stand at 15.1 ppg., 5.3 Burdick, Cierra 6 Hornbuckle, Alexis 1  UT has held 12 opponents to 41% shooting rpg., 2.5 apg. and 2.1 spg in 18 games. Jackson, Gwen 6 Marciniak, Michelle 1 from the fi eld or lower.  DeShields has scored in double fi gures in 10 Johnson, Dana 6 Marsh, Dawn 1  The Lady Vols are averaging 10.1 steals and straight games and in 15 of her last 16 games and Groover, Debbie 5 McGhee, Carla 1 Horton, Karla 5 Middleton, Alexa 1 scoring 18.8 points per contest off those eff orts. in 16 of 19 contests this season. She leads the team in scoring, fi eld goals, Snow, Michelle 5 Simmons, Meighan 1  After generating 23 turnovers vs. Vandy, UT  Ward, Vonda 5 Stricklen, Shekinna 1 now has caused eight diff erent opponents to turn three-pointers, steals and assists, and is third in Brogdon, Cindy 5 Warlick, Holly 1 the ball over 20+ times. rebounding among active players. Fluker, Tye’sha 3 Zolman, Shanna 1  DeShields has a pair of 30+ point games, in- Towns, Paula 3 GET THE BALL TO THE BIGS cluding 31 vs. ETSU and 30 vs. Stetson. Butts, Tasha 3  Bashaara Graves is shooting .600 from the  Diamond posted a double-double of 24 points Moore, Nia 2 fi eld (69-115) as UT enters its 20th game. and 11 rebounds vs. #8/8 Texas on Nov. 29. Massengale, Ariel 2  She had a career-high seven assists vs. Central Gordon, Bridgette 2  Mercedes Russell is knocking down .556 (85- Cain, Kelley 2 153) of her shots from the fl oor. Arkansas and matched it vs. Auburn.

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MERCEDES HAS FOUND HER GROOVE  Before that, Russell’s 15 vs. Va. Tech were tops. vs. both Alabama (Feb. 2, 2014) and LSU (March  After playing 35 games without a double-dou-  UT had a season-best 15-rebound advantage 7, 2014). ble two seasons ago as a true freshman, redshirt vs. Stetson on Dec. 30 and the Lady Vols were +14  The biggest halftime defi cit overcome (12) sophomore Mercedes Russell posted her seventh vs. Arkansas, +12 vs. Auburn and +11 vs. East Ten- during the Warlick era was against Middle Tennes- double-double of the 2015-16 season vs. Kentucky. nessee State. see on Nov. 8, 2013.  She leads the team in double-doubles this sea-  The Lady Vols had a season-best rebound to-  The largest positive turnaround (31 points) of son, two ahead of Bashaara Graves, and is ninth tal of 54 in the loss to Florida and held ETSU to a the Warlick era occured when Alabama led Ten- all-time among UT sophomore players. season low (26). nessee by 15 in the fi rst half and then trailed UT  The 6-foot-6 center tallied 12 points and 10 re- by as many as 16 in the second half en route to a bounds on 4-of-9 shooting vs. Kentucky. LEADS, DEFICITS, COMEBACKS 10-point UT win.  Russell had 12 key points vs. Oregon State in  Tennessee has fi ve wire-to-wire wins (UCA,  The largest negative turnaround game under the upset win over the #7/7 Beavers and followed UTC, Stetson, Missouri, Vanderbilt) and has trailed Warlick occurred vs. #2/2 Notre Dame on Jan. 20, with 11 points and eight rebounds vs. Stetson and in 14 of its 19 games, coming from behind to win 2014 (29), when UT led by 12 in the fi rst half and 11 and seven vs. #20/RV Missouri. seven times. trailed by as many as 17 in the second half on its  She has scored in double fi gures in 13 games.  UT has led at halftime 14 times with its largest way to a 16-point loss. On Jan. 18, 2016, UT led by  Russell put up a career-high 20 points vs. Cen- margin being 43 over UCA (63-20) and the least four and trailed by 25 before winning by 13. tral Arkansas in the season opener. being two vs. Albany (30-28).  Tennessee’s largest margin of victory under  The redshirt sophomore is averaging 10.7  UT’s largest lead over a ranked team this sea- Holly Warlick was 68 (110-42) vs. Lipscomb on points and 8.4 rebounds per contest and is the son was by 19 (9:36, 3rd) at #7/7 Oregon State. Dec. 29, 2013. only Lady Vol to start every game so far.  Tennessee has been tied twice at the break,  UT’s highest point total scored under Warlick  She is shooting 56 percent from the fi eld with matching Syracuse (31-all) and Wichita St. (23-all) was 111 vs. Saint Francis on Dec. 3, 2014, and that 1.9 blocked shots per game, averaging 29.9 min- and are 2-0. 67-point margin of victory is second most. utes per contest.  The Lady Vols have trailed at the half three  Tennessee’s largest margin of defeat during  Russell averaged 6.3 points and 5.0 rebounds times (Stan-15, N.D.-13, Texas-5) and are 0-3 in the Warlick era was 23 at #3/3 Baylor (53-76) on as a true freshman in 2013-14. that scenario. Dec. 18, 2012. That game also produced the worst  UT had a lead in all seven losses (UK 10/2nd, halftime defi cit in school history (25). JORDAN FINDS HER MOJO 2:54; VT 9/1st, 3:27; Texas 6/1st, 2:19; N.D. 4/2nd,  The lowest point total in UT’s modern day his-  Since UT lost to Stanford, Jordan Reynolds has 5:44; Stan. 2/1st, 9:50; Fla. 11/1st, 2:30; Ark. 11/half. tory came vs. Virginia Tech (43) on Dec. 6, 2015. played her best basketball of the season, elevating  UT’s largest fi rst-half defi cit of the year was 15 her scoring average to 4.4 points per contest. vs. Stanford, while ND led by 25 in the second half. TENNESSEE POINTS OF PRIDE  The junior guard had season bests of nine  The largest defi cit UT overcame to win in 2015-  The Lady Vol basketball program has a 100 points and seven assists in the loss to Notre Dame, 16 was vs. Syracuse (down seven, 3:30/3Q), and percent graduation rate for players who complet- and had a career-high eight boards vs. Arkansas. UT has overcome two fourth-quarter defi cits (to ed their playing careers at Tennessee. She also scored nine on 4-of-6 shooting vs. UK. Wichita State (-2) and Penn State (-1), while fall-  Redshirt junior Andraya Carter already is in  Reynolds began her spree of playing well with ing after trailing in the fi nal stanza in seven other graduate school (sport psychology), while redshirt a (then) season-best eight points at Oregon State games (Texas 11/lost by 11; VT 14/lost by 14; Stan junior Jasmine Jones (sociology) graduated in De- in UT’s victory over the #7/7 Beavers. 21/lost by 14; Fla. 8/lost by 8; Ark. 11/lost by 5; ND cember and seniors Bashaara Graves (sociology)  The junior guard has been UT’s safest player 25/lost by 13; UK 10/lost by 1). and Nia Moore (psychology) graduate in May. with the ball, tallying 45 assists compared to 32  UT has trailed in the second half in 11 games  UT is the winningest program in women’s col- turnovers for a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio. this season (PSU, Syr., Tex., Alb., VT, WSU, Stan., lege basketball at 1,289-293 in its 71st season. Fla., Ark., N.D., UK), with UT winning fi ve of those.  UT is the only school to play in all 34 NCAA REBOUNDING CONTINUES TO BE A STRENGTH  The Lady Vols are 2-7 when trailing in the Tournaments, posting a 120-26 record in postsea-  Tennessee has won the rebounding battle in 15 fourth quarter, and 25 (by N.D.) was their biggest son play and winning eight NCAA Championships. of 19 games in 2015-16. decifi t of the season.  The Big Orange women also lead the way in  The Lady Vols had not been out-rebounded all  The biggest defi cit (23) and halftime defi cit the SEC, winning 35 combined SEC Champion- season until Stanford won the battle of the boards, (20) ever overcome for a victory by UT were vs. ships, including 18 during the regular season. 42-31, on Dec. 16. Oregon State followed suit, 48- Rutgers (55-51) on Jan. 3, 2009. 33, as did Vandy in Knoxville, 36-29. Virginia Tech  The largest defi cit overcome for a win with SUMMER SUCCESS tied in its game with UT on Dec. 6, 35-all. Warlick as coach was vs. Gonzaga in Spokane,  Tennessee went 3-0 on a summer tour of Italy.  Bashaara Graves (8.7) and Mercedes Russell Wash., on March 28, 2015, with UT trailing by 17,  Holly Warlick was an assistant coach, and (8.4) are Tennessee’s top rebounders. 57-40, with 6:34 remaining. Mercedes Russell and Diamond DeShields were  Graves lassoed a career-best and 2015-16 Lady  The biggest fi rst-half defi cits overcome for members of the USA squad that struck gold at the Vol season high of 19 rebounds vs. Florida. wins during the Warlick era were 15 in the fi rst half World University Games in South Korea.

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en’s Basketball Coach of the Year. their first Final Four berth in school history in 1977. HEAD COACH HOLLY WARLICK • Served as an assistant coach for the gold-medal- • A three-time All-American while playing for Sum-  winning 2015 USA World University Games Team mitt from 1976-80, Warlick previously held UT re- cords for most assists in a game (14), most steals in 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS a contest (nine), most assists in a season (225) and • Tennessee carded a 30-6 record in 2014-15 most games in a career (142). against the nation’s toughest schedule, marking • She continues to hold the Lady Vol single-season the first 30-win season by the Lady Vols since the steals record with 141 in 1978-79. 2010-11 squad went 34-3. • Warlick was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic • The Lady Vols finished the season ranked sixth in basketball team and also participated in the Jones both the AP Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll after Cup, Pan American Games and World Champion- falling to #4/3 Maryland in the NCAA Elite Eight. ship competition. • The Big Orange women fashioned a 15-1 record • Professionally, she was a WPBL All-Star, lead- in league play, tying for the program’s 18th SEC ing the Nebraska Wranglers to the championship regular-season championship. of the Women’s Professional Basketball League in • Warlick guided UT’s women to their best home 1981. record in school history at 18-0 and the team car- • She served as a player representative on the USA ried a 22-game home winning streak into 2015-16. BASKETBALL council and was a member of the • UT ran its streak of victories vs. SEC foes to 20 in USOC Advisory Council for Basketball. a row before the Lady Vols fell at South Carolina. • In recognition of being a former Olympian, THE WARLICK FILE • Isabelle Harrison and Cierra Burdick were All-SEC Warlick earned the distinct honor of running the  First Team selections and AP Honorable Mention Olympic torch through Knoxville as it made its way All-Americans. to the 1996 in Atlanta, Ga. Born: June 11, 1958 • Jordan Reynolds and Burdick were named to the Education: SEC All-Tournament Team, while Burdick and Ariel WARLICK CO-FOUNDS CHAMPIONS FOR A CAUSE Bearden High School (Knoxville, Tenn.),‘76 Massengale were selected for the NCAA Spokane • In 2007, Warlick teamed up with former fellow B.S., Tennessee, ‘81 Regional All-Tournament Team. Lady Vol player and assistant Nikki Caldwell, the M.S., Virginia Tech, ‘83 • Burdick was named a CoSIDA Academic All- current head coach at LSU, to create the Champi- Playing Career: American (2nd Team) and chosen for the SEC ons For A Cause Foundation. (1976-80): three-time Community Service Team. • The organization holds motorcycle rides dedi- All-American, Women’s Basketball Hall of cated to raising funds and awareness for a cure for Fame inductee, 1980 Olympic Team, fi rst RECRUITING PROWESS breast cancer. player at UT to have her jersey (#22) retired • Warlick has continued the Lady Vols’ success on • The charitable organization has raised and do- the recruiting trails, assisting with the #1 class in nated more than $150,000 and plays a prominent HOLLY WARLICK -- LADY VOL FOR LIFE 2011 and following with the #5, #3 and #6 classes role in UT’s annual “Live Pink, Bleed Orange” game. • Holly Warlick has committed 35 years of her life in 2012, 2013 and 2014, as ranked by the espnW • Past trips include the inaugural ride from San to Lady Vol basketball, including the past four HoopGurlz Class Rankings. Francisco to Knoxville as well as trips from the Bad- (2012-16) as the head coach, following in the foot- • Her 2013 class included #1 Mercedes Russell, #3 lands to Las Vegas and from Knoxville to Key West, steps of her friend, mentor, colleague and former Diamond DeShields (transfer from North Carolina) Fla., New Orleans, Niagara Falls and, most recently college coach Pat Summitt. and #8 Jannah Tucker. in 2013 and 2014, Panama City, Fla. • Prior to being named head coach, she spent 27 • Other top-10 espnW signees include #5 Bashaara seasons on Tennessee’s staff as an assistant coach Graves in 2012 and #6 Jaime Nared in 2014 as well WARLICK’S CAREER (1985-2005) and associate head coach (2005-12) as 2015 signee Te’a Cooper, who is ranked only #12 for Summitt and also played four seasons for the by espnW but top five by everyone else, including SCHOOL YEARS RECORD hall of famer as a (1976-80). #4 by FullCourt. at Tennessee 1976-77 28-5 • UT Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave • Tennessee will have seven McDonald’s All-Ameri- (player) 1977-78 27-4 1978-79 30-9 Hart named Warlick head coach of the Lady Vols cans on its roster in 2015-16. 1979-80 33-5 on April 18, 2012. Totals 4 years 118-23 • In a touching and symbolic gesture the following ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS AN ASSISTANT COACH day at a press conference announcing the changes, • Warlick was by Pat Summitt’s side, either as at Virginia Tech 1981-82 16-12 Summitt presented her coaching whistle to her a player or an assistant, for 949 of the coach’s (assistant) 1982-83 13-12 long-time aide and former point guard. NCAA-record 1,098 wins and all eight NCAA Na- Totals 2 years 29-24 • The transition came about after the 2011-12 sea- tional Championships. at Nebraska 1983-84 16-12 son, which Summitt began by announcing she had • The WBCA recognized Warlick’s contributions (assistant) 1984-85 10-18 been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, “Al- to Tennessee’s success through the years, naming Totals 2 years 26-30 zheimer’s type,” on Aug. 23, 2011. Warlick the nation’s top assistant coach after she helped lead UT to its seventh national title in 2007. at Tennessee 1985-86 24-10 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS HEAD COACH • The NCAA Division I women’s basketball coaches (assistant) 1986-87 28-6 also recognized Warlick as one of the nation’s top 1987-88 31-3 • Warlick has continued UT’s proud tradition of 1988-89 35-2 graduating 100 percent of the women’s basketball assistants in 1998, ranking her prominently in The 1989-90 27-6 players who complete their eligibility at the school. Women’s Basketball Journal poll. 1990-91 30-5 • By August 2015, all four of the undergraduate de- 1991-92 28-3 gree-seeking seniors she has coached (and an un- WARLICK KNOWS FINAL FOURS 1992-93 29-3 dergrad) earned theirs, improving UT’s total to 127 • In 19 of the past 34 years Warlick has been af- 1993-94 31-2 all-time. There will be three more at season’s end. filiated with UT, she has found herself at the Final 1994-95 34-3 1995-96 32-4 • She had an 86-20 record and an .811 winning per- Four as a player (AIAW: 1977, 1979, 1980) or as a 1996-97 29-10 centage in her fi rst three seasons as head coach coach (NCAA: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997-98 39-0 (No. 5 among active Division I women’s coaches). 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 1998-99 31-3 • She has led the Lady Vols to a pair of SEC regu- 2007 and 2008). 1999-00 33-4 lar season championships (2013, 2015) and an • Her best Final Four showing as a player was na- 2000-01 31-3 SEC Tournament title (2014), winning at least one tional championship runner-up as a senior. 2001-02 29-5 2002-03 33-5 league trophy in each of her first three seasons. • As a coach, she has helped the Lady Vols win all 2003-04 31-4 • All three of the squads she has directed have eight times (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007 2004-05 30-5 made the NCAA Tournament, with the 2013 and and 2008). (associate head) 2005-06 31-5 2015 teams advancing to the Elite Eight and the 2006-07 34-3 2014 edition making it to the Sweet 16. ONE OF THE BEST TO WEAR ORANGE & WHITE 2007-08