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OVERALL RECORD: 7-3

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THE SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT (TV/WEB) TIME/RESULT

Nov. 1 Carson-Newman ^ (UT) W, 104-44 Nov. 4 Coker ^ (UT) W, 118-44Nov. 9 at Chattanooga (GoMocs.com) L, 71-80 Nov. 11 at #22/20 Georgia Tech (ESPN3) W, 71-54Nov. 15 Rice (UT) W, 101-48 Nov. 18 at #23/23 Miami (UM) W, 79-67 Nov. 25 Alcorn State (UT) W, 90-37 Nov. 28 Middle Tennessee (UT) W, 88-81 (OT)Dec. 2 #22/RV No.Carolina (FSS/MyVLT) W, 102-57 Dec. 16 at 18/20 Texas (FSN/SPSO) W, 94-75Dec. 18 at #3/3 Baylor (ESPN) L, 53-76 Dec. 22 #1/1 Stanford (SPSO/MyVLT) L, 60-73 Dec. 28 Davidson (UT) 7:00 p.m. Dec. 30 Rutgers (SPSO) 1:00 p.m. Jan. 3 at South Carolina * (SPSO/ESPN3) 9:00 p.m. Jan. 6 Georgia * (SPSO) 1:00 p.m. Jan. 10 Missouri * (SPSO) 8:00 p.m. Jan. 13 at Florida * (ESPNU) 11:30 a.m. Jan. 17 at Auburn * (CSS) 9:00 p.m. Jan. 20 Alabama * (CSS) 1:00 p.m. Jan. 24 at Vanderbilt * (SPSO) 9:00 p.m. Jan. 28 Notre Dame (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. Jan. 31 Mississippi State * (CSS) 7:00 p.m. Feb. 3 at Missouri * (CSS) 2:00 p.m. Feb. 7 at LSU * (CSS) 9:00 p.m. Feb. 10 Ole Miss * (UT) 2:00 p.m. Feb. 17 Vanderbilt * (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. Feb. 21 Auburn * (UT) 7:00 p.m. Feb. 24 at Arkansas * (SEC Network) 2:00 p.m. Feb. 28 Texas A&M * (CSS) 7:00 p.m. March 3 at Kentucky * (ESPNU) 3:30 p.m. March 6-10 SEC Tournament TBA

^ Exhibition Game (UT) UTSports.com* SEC Game All Times Eastern

2012-13 RECORD

7-3/0-0 SEC Preseason Rank: #20/16

2011-12 Record: 27-9Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2ndStarters Back/Lost: 0/5

Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5Newcomers: 5

2012-13 RECORD

4-6/1-0 SouthernPreseason Rank: NR/NR

2011-12 Record: 22-10Conf. Rec./Finish: 17-3/t1stStarters Back/Lost: 4/1

Letterwinners Back/Lost: 12/2Newcomers: 2

THE MATCHUP

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THE BASICS

STATISTICAL LEADERS

#13/15 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs.DAVIDSON WILDCATS DEC. 28 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Overall: First meeting Home: 0-0Away: 0-0Neutral: 0-0Postseason: 0-0Overtime: 0-0Streak: N/A

Last Meeting: N/A

UT All-Time Record:

1,198-268 in 68th season

SCORING#10 Meighan Simmons(17.1 ppg)

REBOUNDING#12 Bashaara Graves(8.1 rpg.)

ASSISTS#5 Ariel Massengale(3.9 apg.)

STEALS#10 Meighan Simmons(2.0 spg.)

BLOCKS#20 Isabelle Harrison(2.3 bpg.)

ON THE AIR

SCORING#21 Sophia Aleksandravicius(14.5 ppg.)

REBOUNDING#21 Sophia Aleksandravicius(10.2 ppg.)

ASSISTS #32 Barbara Sitton(4.8 apg.)

STEALS #32 Barbara Sitton(3.2 apg.)

BLOCKS#21 Sophia Aleksandravicius(3.3 bpg.)

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GAME 11 SET-UP #13/15 Tennessee (7-3/0-0 SEC) and Da-

vidson (4-6/1-0 Southern) will meet for the fi rst time, facing off on Friday at 7 p.m. East-ern time in a game that will be live streamed on UTSports.com. After forging a 2-2 record playing four-

straight games against ranked teams, the Lady Vols will battle the unranked Wildcats in UT’s fi rst contest after a fi ve-day holiday break from competition. UT is in the midst of a three-game home-

stand and will conclude it by playing host to Rutgers (8-3) on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Lady Vols are 43-21 vs. Southern Con-

ference opponents through the years. Tennessee dropped its 2012-13 opener to

Chattanooga, 80-71, and is 0-1 vs. the SoCon this season. The Lady Vols are coming off a 73-60

home setback to No. 1/1 Stanford on Dec. 22, while Davidson lost at Charlotte in its last out-ing, 69-54, on Dec. 21. Davidson is 0-2 vs. teams Tennessee has

defeated this season and lost to another squad the Lady Vols will soon play. The Wildcats lost at North Carolina (70-

59) on Nov. 9, at Rutgers (55-49) on Nov. 25 and at Miami (67-35) on Dec. 8. UT won at Miami (79-67) on Nov. 18 and

vs. North Carolina (102-57) on Dec. 2. The Lady Vols play Rutgers on Dec. 30.

TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SLATE As usual, Tennessee has played a chal-

lenging non-conference schedule. The Lady Vols are 7-3 overall, including a

4-2 mark vs. ranked teams. Three of UT’s wins over ranked teams

came on the road. Tennessee’s RPI is No. 5, and the Lady

Vols’ strength of schedule is rated No. 1. Thus far, the SEC is 8-9 vs. ranked teams,

and Tennessee has four of those wins, defeat-ing No. 22/20 Georgia Tech, No. 23/23 Miami, No. 22/RV North Carolina and No. 18/20 Texas. The losses to ranked teams came to No.

1/1 Stanford, 73-60, and No. 3/3 Baylor, 76-53. Davidson currently stands 4-6, but the

Wildcats were 22-10 a year ago and earned a share of the Southern Conference title.

NOTING THE LADY VOLS After tallying 15 points and 12 rebounds vs.

No. 1/1 Stanford, freshman Bashaara Graves now has four double-doubles this season, ty-ing her for second in the SEC. That total of four double-doubles thus far


MEDIA INFORMATION

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Novy at the Media Relations Offi ce at least a week in advance to arrange player or coach feature interviews. If you plan to cover an open practice session, please contact the Media Relations Offi ce on a daily basis to check about changes in the schedule.

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TENNESSEE ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School

1 Jasmine Phillips G 5-10 So. Hartsville, S.C./Louisburg (N.C.) College2 Jasmine Jones F 6-2 Fr. Madison, Ala./Bob Jones H.S. 4 Kamiko Williams G 5-11 Sr. Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast H.S.5 Ariel Massengale PG 5-6 So. Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook H.S.10 Meighan Simmons G 5-9 Jr. Cibolo, Texas/Byron P. Steele H.S.11 Cierra Burdick F 6-2 So. Charlotte, N.C./Butler H.S.12 Bashaara Graves F/C 6-2 Fr. Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville H.S.13 Taber Spani G/F 6-1 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Home Schooled/Metro Academy14 Andraya Carter PG/G 5-9 Fr. Flowery Branch, Ga./Buford H.S.20 Isabelle Harrison C 6-3 So. Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro H.S.21 Nia Moore C 6-3 Fr. Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook H.S.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEAndraya Carter on-DRAY-uhBashaara Graves buh-SHAR-uhJasmine Jones JAZZ-minJasmine Phillips JAZZ-minJolette Law jo-LETTKamiko Williams kuh-MEE-koKyra Elzy KYE-ruh ELL-zeeNia Moore NEE-uhTaber Spani TAY-ber SPAY-nee

COACHING STAFFHead Coach Holly Warlick Record at Tennessee (Years) 7-3Overall Record Same

Head Coach Emeritus Pat SummittAssistant Coach Kyra ElzyAssistant Coach Jolette Law Assistant Coach Dean LockwoodDirector of Basketball Operations Michael BeaumontAssistant to the Head Coach Janet McGeeGraduate Assistant Josh BaneyVideo Coordinator Michael Fahey

Eric Trainer Associate Media Relations Director Cell: 865.603.2916 Offi ce: 865.974.8173 Email: [email protected] Novy Graduate Assistant Cell: 217.899.2332 Offi ce: 865.974.1213 Email: [email protected]

2012-13 TENNESSEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS

FIRST ROW (L-R): Kamiko Williams, Andraya Carter, Ariel Massengale, Meighan Simmons, Jasmine Phillips.SECOND ROW (L-R): Taber Spani, Nia Moore, Bashaara Graves, Isabelle Harrison, Cierra Burdick, Jasmine Jones.


BY THE NUMBERS

» Tennessee’s strength of sched-ule, which factors in games vs. the No. 1 and No. 3 ranked squads, is rated No. 1 in the na-tion this week.

4» Freshman forward/center Bashaara Graves produced a double-double vs. Stanford, marking the fourth time this season she has had one.

7-0» Tennessee owns a 7-0 record this season when it scores more points in the paint than its op-ponents do.1

ranks Graves eighth among all freshman in Tennessee history. Graves was one of only two SEC players to

score in double fi gures in the fi rst eight games of the season. Her streak stopped when she had only six points vs. Baylor, but she started a new one vs. Stanford. Junior guard Meighan Simmons ranks

fi fth among active players in the SEC in career scoring with 1,069 points after ringing up 12 vs. Stanford. Simmons ranks third in the league with a

scoring average of 17.1 points per contest. One of the nation’s best free throw shoot-

ers, Meighan Simmons saw a streak of 19-con-secutive made free throws end vs. Baylor. Simmons hit two treys vs. Stanford and

now is tied for No. 7 on Tennessee’s career three-point fi eld goals made list. Only a sophomore, Ariel Massengale

stands eighth in the SEC in career assists with 201. She has a team-leading 39 in 10 games so far in 2012-13. Kamiko Williams is connecting on 45.5

percent (5-11) of her three-point attempts to lead the team in accuracy from long range. Only Meighan Simmons and Cierra

Burdick have started every game this season for Tennessee. Isabelle Harrison returned to action vs.

Stanford after missing the Baylor game with a sprained right ankle. Harrison played only 15 minutes, though,

grabbing three rebounds and going 0-2 from the fl oor. Cierra Burdick and Ariel Massengale hit

double fi gures in scoring for the fourth time this season, each tallying 11 vs. Stanford.

NOTING THE BIG ORANGE The Lady Vols are 7-0 in games where

they score more points in the paint than their opponents. UT’s only losses came where they were

even with Chattanooga (34-34) and lost the battle to Baylor (46-26) and Stanford (36-16).

Tennessee is averaging an SEC-leading 80.9 points per game, scoring more than 100 points twice and more than 90 on four occa-sions. Top-fi ve foes Baylor and Stanford held UT

to 60 or fewer points. Tennessee continues to be a strong free

throw shooting team, hitting at 72.9 percent to rank second in the SEC. Tennessee leads the SEC and NCAA in

per game home attendance with an average of 11,330 fans thus far in 2012-13 in fi ve home dates. The home contest with Stanford on Dec.

22 drew a season-best crowd of 13,016 to Thompson-Boling Arena. UT has led the nation in home attendance

average 17 times, including nine-straight sea-sons and in 15 of the past 16 years. The Lady Vols are pulling down an aver-

age of 46.1 rebounds per game, which is the second-most in the SEC this season. The Lady Vols rank second in the league

with 27.9 defensive rebounds per game.

SEC SLATE IS ALMOST UPON US Following this homestand, Tennessee em-

barks on the SEC slate, opening on the road at #19/16 South Carolina on Jan. 3 and com-ing home to host undefeated #6/7 Georgia on Jan. 6 in its fi rst two games. With no returning starters and the coach-

ing change in the off season, UT has been one of the surprise teams thus far, moving into the top 10 before dropping consecutive games to No. 3/3 Baylor and No. 1/1 Stanford last week. Tennessee was picked to fi nish fourth

in the SEC in the media poll, with Kentucky, Georgia and Vanderbilt all ranked ahead. The Lady Vols were predicted fi fth in the

coaches poll, trailing Kentucky, Georgia, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. The SEC will once again coordinate a “We

Back Pat” week that starts Jan. 13 and runs until Jan. 20, showing support for UT’s leg-endary head coach emeritus, Pat Summitt,

and helping her Pat Summitt Foundation bring awareness to Alzheimer’s.

NO. 1 PREVAILS IN KNOXVILLE In a home contest with No. 1/1 Stanford on

Dec. 22, #10/11 Tennessee was unable to pull off the upset, falling, 73-60, to the Cardinal. Freshman Bashaara Graves led UT with 15

points and 12 rebounds, while Meighan Sim-mons added 12 points. Stanford was paced by Chiney Ogwumike,

who had 21 points and a Thompson-Boling Arena opponent-record 19 rebounds. The Big Orange allowed a season-high

fi eld goal percentage of 47.5% to SU while shooting only 31.9% itself. It marked the 46th time Tennessee played

a No. 1 ranked team, and UT dropped to 14-32 in those meetings. UT now is 2-11 at home, 6-6 on the road

and 6-15 at neutral sites vs. No. 1 ranked teams. The Lady Vols have played Stanford three

times when the Cardinal was ranked No. 1 and sport a 1-2 record. Ten times in the series one of the teams

has been ranked No. 1 in the nation (UT in 1988-89, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98, 2007-08; SU in 1992-93, 1996-97, 2012-13).

YOUNGSTERS OFF TO A SOLID START Tennessee is off to a 7-3 start, which UT

posted last season en route to a 27-9 overall record. The Lady Vols have accomplished that

feat with no returning starters and with no se-niors (for the majority of games) and only one junior in the starting lineup. A veteran club was 7-3 at this point in

2011-12, with losses to unranked Virginia, No. 1/1 Baylor and No. 4/4 Stanford. Tennessee opened 4-0 vs. ranked oppo-

nents for the fi rst time since 2007-08, defeat-ing #22/20 Georgia Tech, #23/23 Miami, #22/RV North Carolina and #20/18 Texas.

TENNESSEE 4-2 VS. TOP 25 TEAMS The Southeastern Conference is 8-9 thus

far in 2012-13 vs. Top 25 teams. Tennessee has four of those victories, with three of them coming on the road. The Big Orange women defeated #23/23

Miami in Coral Gables on Nov. 18, 79-67, snap-ping the Hurricanes’ 41-game home winning streak. The Lady Vols also upended #22/20

Georgia Tech on the road, 71-54, on Nov. 11 in the fi rst women’s game played in McCamish Pavilion. The Lady Vols rolled past No. 22/RV North

Carolina, 102-57, in Knoxville on Dec. 2. The Big Orange built a 22-point lead and

overcame several Texas rallies to defeat the #20/18 Longhorns, 94-75, in Austin on Dec. 16.

Probable Starters Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHERF 11 Cierra Burdick 6-2 So. Charlotte, N.C. 8.7 6.3 2.1 apg.F 12 Bashaara Graves 6-2 Fr. Clarksville, Tenn. 14.1 8.1 50% FGC 20 Isabelle Harrison 6-3 So. Nashville, Tenn. 8.9 7.0 2.3 bpg. G 5 Ariel Massengale 5-6 So. Bolingbrook, Ill. 9.1 2.8 3.9 apg.G 10 Meighan Simmons 5-9 Jr. Cibolo, Texas 17.1 3.8 87% FT

Off The Bench Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHERG 1 Jasmine Phillips 5-10 So. Hartsville, S.C. 1.0 2.0 1.5 apg.F 2 Jasmine Jones 6-2 Fr. Madison, Ala. 4.9 4.3 43% FGG 4 Kamiko Williams 5-11 Sr. Clarksville, Tenn. 5.8 3.3 46% 3FGG/F 13 Taber Spani 6-1 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. 7.1 3.4 75% FTC 21 Nia Moore 6-3 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 3.7 2.5 100% FT

Out For The Season Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHERG 14 Andraya Carter (inj.) 5-9 Fr. Flowery Branch, Ga. 5.3 1.6 1.9 apg.

A LOOK AT THE LADY VOL LINEUP


PASSING THE BATON: PAT SUMMITT HANDS OFF TO HOLLY WARLICK

SUMMITT STEPS INTO NEW ROLE On April 18, 2012, the all-time wins lead-er among NCAA basketball coaches, Pat Summitt, announced in a press conference at Thompson-Boling Arena that she was stepping away from her head coaching position and into the role of head coach emeritus after 38 seasons (1974-2012) at the helm of the Tennessee Lady Vols. Summitt will report to Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart and will serve in a variety of endeavors. In that ca-pacity, she will continue to serve the wom-en’s basketball program and its coaching staff and as a liaison to the director of athletics, remain involved in on-campus recruiting and serve as a personal mentor to players, including life skills coaching. Summitt fi nished her head coaching ca-reer at Tennessee with a 1,098-208 record and an .841 winning percentage. The Lady Vols won an unparalleled eight national championships under her leadership (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008) and played in 13 nation-al championship games. Tennessee also won the SEC Champi-onship and SEC Tournament title 16 times

each, and Summitt was named SEC Coach of the Year eight times and NCAA Coach of the Year in seven seasons. Her sixth national championship team, the 1997-98 team, fi nished a perfect 39-0. “It is extremely diffi cult to adequately express what Pat Summitt has meant to the University of Tennessee, the sport of basketball and the growth of women’s ath-letics nationally,” said Hart. “She is an icon who does not view herself in that light, and her legacy is well-defi ned and everlasting. Just like there will never be another John Wooden, there will never be another Pat Summitt. I look forward to continuing to work with her in her new role. She is an inspiration to everyone.”

WARLICK CHOSEN TO LEAD UT After Summitt’s announcement was made, associate head coach Holly Warlick, a long-time assistant on the Tennessee staff and a three-time All-American as a player for the Lady Vols, was named Sum-mitt’s successor by Dave Hart. Warlick, who in 2011-12 completed her 27th season as an assistant coach for Ten-nessee and her 31st overall with the pro-

gram as a player or coach, is the fi rst head coach of the Lady Vols other than Summitt since 1974, when Margaret Hutson complet-ed a four-year tenure as the leader of the program (1971-74). Named associate head coach before the 2005-06 season, Warlick has been on the Tennessee coaching staff for all eight NCAA titles, and as a player or assistant, she had a role in 949 of Summitt’s 1,098 victories at Tennessee. “Holly Warlick has earned the oppor-tunity to be the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee and to lead the Lady Vol program she has em-braced as a player and a coach,” Hart said. “I watched Holly grow tremendously as a coach throughout this past season. Under unique circumstances, the job she did away from the glare of the lights and crowds was as impressive as the job she did during game action. At this time in our historic program, which Pat Summitt built from scratch, Holly Warlick, the former player and long-time assistant coach, is deserving of the head coaching position. Her mentor will be avail-able for insight and advice, but this is Holly’s team now.”

UT’s fi rst loss to a top-25 squad came on Dec. 18, as #3/3 Baylor prevailed, 76-53. Stanford handed the Big Orange a second

setback to a ranked foe, triumphing, 73-60, in Knoxville on Dec. 22.

UT ALL-TIME VS. TOP 25 TEAMS Overall: 444-170 (.723) AP Ranked 1-10: 176-127 (.581) AP Ranked 11-25: 241-38 (.864) ESPN Ranked 1-10: 136-84 (.618) ESPN Ranked 11-25: 207-27 (.885)

HOLLY WARLICK VS. TOP 25 TEAMS Overall: 4-2 (.667) AP Ranked 1-10: 0-2 (.000) AP Ranked 11-25: 4-0 (1.000) ESPN Ranked 1-10: 0-2 (.000) ESPN Ranked 11-25: 4-0 (1.000)

TOUGHEST PLACE TO PLAY Thompson-Boling Arena has long had a

reputation as a tough venue for visitors. UT began its 26th season in the venue

with 353-23 record, good for a nation-leading winning percentage of 93.9%.

The Lady Vols are 4-1 at home thus far in 2012-13, moving the overall mark to 357-24 (.937). Tennessee has posted 11 seasons with no

losses in the facility but is coming off a cam-paign with its most-ever home setbacks at 12-3.

1,000 REASONS TO LOVE SIMMONS Junior Meighan Simmons recently re-

turned to her home state for a pair of games. Simmons dropped in 18 vs. Texas and 16

vs. Baylor, leading the squad in both games. A group of 34 friends and family members

were on hand in Austin for the contest vs. Tex-as, where Simmons overcame a tough start shooting to net a team-high 18 points while adding three assists, steals and rebounds in 32 minutes. The native of Cibolo, Texas (Byron P.

Steele H.S.) ranks third in the SEC in scoring this season at 17.1 points per game and is off to the best start of her career. She scored a team-leading 13.5 points per

contest as a freshman and averaged 11.1 in 2011-12. Simmons scored a career-high 33 points

and eclipsed the 1,000-point scoring plateau in the win over North Carolina. Named espnW and SEC Player of the

Week after the performance vs. UNC. “Speedy” has scored in double fi gures 56

times during her UT career, including eight times in 2012-13. Simmons has scored 20+ points three

times this year and on 13 total occasions during her career. Simmons leads Tennessee in steals per

game at 2.0, and her embracing of defense not only has improved her game but also has bolstered the Lady Vols. Simmons ranks fourth in the SEC with a

AP TOP 25 POLLWeek 8 - Dec. 24

Rank School Prev. Record

1 Stanford (24) 1 11-0 2 Connecticut (14) 2 10-0 3 Baylor (2) 3 9-1 4 Duke 4 10-0 5 Notre Dame 5 9-1 6 Georgia 6 12-0 7 Kentucky 7 10-1 8 California 8 9-1 9 Maryland 9 8-210 Penn State 11 10-211 Purdue 13 11-112 Louisville 14 11-213 Tennessee 10 7-3

14 Oklahoma State 15 9-015 Dayton 16 12-016 North Carolina 17 11-117 UCLA 12 7-218 Oklahoma 18 9-219 South Carolina 21 11-120 Texas 20 7-221 Florida State 23 10-122 Kansas 19 9-223 Colorado 25 10-024 Texas A&M 22 8-425 Arkansas NR 11-1

USA TODAY TOP 25 COACHES POLL Week 8 - Dec. 25

Rank School Prev. Record

1 Stanford (26) 1 11-0 2 Connecticut (4) 2 10-0 3 Baylor (1) 3 9-1 4 Duke 4 10-0 5 Notre Dame 5 9-1 6 Kentucky 6 10-1 7 Georgia 7 12-0 8 California 9 9-1 9 Maryland 8 8-210 Penn State 10 10-2 11 Purdue 12 11-112 Louisville 13 11-213 Oklahoma State 14 9-014 Dayton 15 12-015 Tennessee 11 7-3

16 South Carolina 17 11-117 Oklahoma 18 9-218 UCLA 16 7-219 Nebraska 21 9-320 Kansas 19 9-221 Texas 23 7-222 Texas A&M 22 8-423 North Carolina 25 11-124 Ohio State 24 8-325 Florida State NR 10-1

NATIONAL RANKINGS


single-season steals record with 141 in 1978-79. Warlick brings vast international experience to the Lady Vols as well. A member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic basketball team, Warlick also participated in the Jones Cup, Pan American Games and World Championship competition. In addition, she was a WPBL All-Star, lead-ing the Nebraska Wranglers to the championship of the Women’s Professional Basketball League in 1981. She has served as a player representative on the USA BASKETBALL council and was a member of the USOC Advisory Council for Basketball. In recognition of being a former Olympian, Warlick earned the honor of running the Olympic torch through Knoxville on ts way to the 1996 Olympic Games in At-lanta. Prior to joining the Tennessee staff for the 1985-86 season, Warlick gained experience at two other stops on the coaching circuit. She was an assistant coach at Virginia Tech from 1981-83 and an assistant from 1983-85 at Nebraska. A native of Knoxville, Warlick earned her B.S. in marketing from Tennessee in 1981 and her master’s degree in athletic administration from Virginia Tech in 1983. Warlick added “biker” to her vitae in 2001. To com-memorate her induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, a number of Warlick’s friends got together and presented her with a Harley-Davidson “Sportster” motorcycle. Just six years later, Warlick already was using her love of the bike towards a greater cause, es-tablishing the Champions For A Cause Foundation with Caldwell.

A YEAR-BY-YEAR LOOKAT WARLICK’S CAREER

HEAD COACH HOLLY WARLICK

THE WARLICK FILE

Born: June 11, 1958Education:

Bearden High School (Knoxville, Tenn.),‘76 B.S., Tennessee, ‘81 M.S., Virginia Tech, ‘83Playing Career:

University of Tennessee (1976-80): three-time All-American, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, 1980 Olympic Team, fi rst player at UT to have her jersey (#22) retired

For more than three decades, Holly Warlick has been instrumental in the phenomenal success story that is Tennessee Lady Vols basketball. Her impact on the program stretches from her ground-breaking days as a three-time All-America point guard at UT (1976-80), to her 27 highly-productive years as a loyal assistant for Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, to her ascension to the head coaching position at UT. Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart named Warlick head coach of the Lady Vols on April 18, 2012, as Summitt stepped into the role of head coach emeritus. In a touching and symbolic gesture at a press conference announcing the changes, Summitt present-ed her coaching whistle to her long-time aide and for-mer fl oor general. While Warlick helped shape the direction of Lady Vol basketball on Summitt’s staff for more than a quar-ter of a century, the pupil took on greater responsibility and oversaw daily supervision of the basketball offi ce during the 2011-12 season. She also handled a large mea-sure of the media obligations after Summitt’s Aug. 23 announcement regarding the diagnosis of early onset dementia, “Alzheimer’s Type.” Providing an excellent example of how people rally around each other, the Tennessee staff members pulled together remarkably in the face of that adversity. The end result was a 27-9 overall record, a league-best 16th SEC Tournament Championship and advancement to the NCAA Regional Final. As Warlick embarks on her 28th season on the staff at Tennessee, it is important to note that she was by Summitt’s side, either as a player or an assistant, for 949 of the coach’s NCAA-record 1,098 wins and all eight NCAA National Championships. Her value to the program has been evident for some time, as she has held the role of associate head coach since the 2005-06 campaign. The WBCA also recognized Warlick’s contribu-tions to Tennessee’s success through the years, naming Warlick the nation’s top assistant coach after she helped lead UT to its seventh national title in 2007. The NCAA Division I women’s basketball coaches also recognized Warlick as one of the nation’s top assistants in 1998, ranking her prominently in The Women’s Basketball Journal poll. In addition to the NCAA title and coaching honor in 2007, Warlick also teamed up for the fi rst time with for-mer fellow Lady Vol player and assistant Nikki Caldwell, the current head coach at LSU, to pursue her other passion. That pursuit is riding a motorcycle and raising money for the fi ght against breast cancer. Warlick and Caldwell created the Champions For A Cause Foundation, a long haul motorcycle ride dedicat-ed to raising funds and awareness for a cure for breast cancer. The charitable organization has raised and do-nated more than $125,000, and in the spring of 2011 the

duo led a fi fth annual trip - this time from the Badlands to Las Vegas. Past trips include the inaugural ride from San Francisco to Knoxville as well as trips to Key West, Fla., New Orleans and Niagara Falls. On Feb. 10, 2008, Warlick and Caldwell presented a $10,000 check to the late N.C. State Head Coach Kay Yow and the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. With all of her accomplishments in coaching and in her charitable endeavors it might be easy to overlook the fact that Warlick left just as powerful a mark on women’s hoops as a player at UT. It doesn’t seem that long ago that the charismatic Knoxville native was fl ying up and down the court as a Lady Vol All-America point guard. For more than three decades, Warlick has been con-sidered the fi nest point guard to ever play for the Lady Vols. In addition to being selected to the CONVERSE/Lady Vol Team of the Decade for the 1980s in January of 1994, fi ve diff erent halls of fame opened their doors to her. On Feb. 27, 2004, she was inducted into the Tennes-see Sports Hall of Fame. In October 2002, she became a member of the University of Tennessee Lady Vol Hall of Fame in the second class of inductees. In June 2001, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame selected Warlick as one of 10 inductees into the Hall for the Class of 2001. For the hometown girl, who grew up in the Rocky Hill section of Knoxville and graduated from Bearden High School (where her No. 22 basketball jersey was retired on Oct. 26, 2012), it was a dream-come-true. In the summer of 1994, Warlick gained admission to her fi rst hall of fame. She was honored as one of the City of Knoxville’s fi nest all-time athletes with her inclusion in the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. Including this season, Warlick has invested 32 years in the program, having helped shape UT into a national powerhouse with tenure as both a player and a coach. Warlick’s expertise and major contributions to the team have come from her work with the guards. In 2010-11, freshman point guard Meighan Simmons was the SEC Rookie of the Year, and guard Shekinna Stricklen was the 20th Lady Vol named to the WBCA/State Farm All-America Team. Additionally, Warlick has been a highly-successful recruiter for the backcourt, attracting some of the na-tion’s fi nest players to UT to continue the excellence she helped establish as a player. The Lady Vols welcomed another top fl ight guard to the Orange and White for 2010-11 when she landed McDonald’s All-American Ariel Massengale. As a rookie in 2011-12, Massengale lived up to her billing, earning Full Court Freshman All-America and SEC All-Freshman Team honors. The point guard posted a UT freshman record of 162 assists, ranking second in the SEC in that category, and leading the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.1. Warlick’s tutelage also helped to strengthen the game of four-time All-SEC selection Angie Bjorklund, Kodak All-American and four-time Lady Vol All-SEC performer Kara Lawson and three-time All-SEC selec-tion Shanna Zolman. That trio accounts for the school records for most of UT’s three-point marks. Warlick’s association with the Lady Vols started in 1976 when she joined the program as a scholarship 400-meter track athlete who walked on to the basket-ball team. Soon, she would become the most prolifi c player in the history of Tennessee Lady Vol basketball. Warlick was the fi rst player in Tennessee athletics (men or women) to have her jersey retired (No. 22) at the end of her career in 1980. Known as a play-making wiz during her four years as UT’s point guard, Warlick was once tabbed the “best player in the South.” As a rookie, Warlick helped lead the Lady Vols to their fi rst Final Four appearance in school history in 1977. She had no trouble adjusting her enthusi-asm and knowledge of the game into the coaching role. In 19 of the past 31 years Warlick has been affi liated with UT, she has found herself at the Final Four as a player (1977, 1979, 1980) or as a coach (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008). Her best Final Four show-ing as a player was national championship runner-up in her senior season. As a coach, she has helped the Lady Vols grab the brass ring all eight times (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008). A three-time All-American while playing for Sum-mitt from 1976-80, Warlick previously held UT records for most assists in a game (14), most steals in a contest (nine), most assists in a season (225) and most games in a career (142). She continues to hold the Lady Vol

SCHOOL YEARS RECORD

at Tennessee 1976-77 28-5(player) 1977-78 27-4 1978-79 30-9 1979-80 33-5Totals 4 years 118-23

at Virginia Tech 1981-82 16-12(assistant) 1982-83 13-12Totals 2 years 29-24

at Nebraska 1983-84 16-12(assistant) 1984-85 10-18Totals 2 years 26-30

at Tennessee 1985-86 24-10(assistant) 1986-87 28-6 1987-88 31-3 1988-89 35-2 1989-90 27-6 1990-91 30-5 1991-92 28-3 1992-93 29-3 1993-94 31-2 1994-95 34-3 1995-96 32-4 1996-97 29-10 1997-98 39-0 1998-99 31-3 1999-00 33-4 2000-01 31-3 2001-02 29-5 2002-03 33-5 2003-04 31-4 2004-05 30-5(associate head) 2005-06 31-5 2006-07 34-3 2007-08 36-2 2008-09 22-11 2009-10 32-3 2010-11 34-3 2011-12 27-9(head coach) 2012-13 7-3Totals 28th year 838-125

Career Totals 36th year 1011-202

(.833)

Overall record as a head coach (at UT): 7-3Overall record as an assistant coach: 886-176 Overall record as a player: 118-23


.867 percentage (26-30) from the charity stripe.

“SPEEDY” CLIMBING UT SCORING LIST Meighan Simmons crossed the

1,000-point threshhold in her career vs. North Carolina, becoming the 37th Lady Vol to join the club. Simmons has 1,069 points entering the

Davidson game and ranks No. 36 all-time on UT’s scoring list after passing Michelle Mar-ciniak (1,004) during the UNC game. Just above Simmons on the list are Peggy

Evans (35th, 1,076), Sidney Spencer (34th, 1,088), Tiff any Woosley (33rd, 1,096) and Nicky Anosike (32nd, 1,099).

RECORD WATCH FOR SIMMONS Meighan Simmons hit two treys vs. Stan-

ford and now is tied for No. 7 on Tennessee’s career three-point fi eld goals made list with Sidney Spencer. She enters the Davidson game with 133 threes in 83 games played, 14 behind Shannon Bobbitt in sixth (147).

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE

3PM Player Years

1. 305 Angie Bjorklund 2008-09-10-11

2. 266 Shanna Zolman 2003-04-05-06

3. 256 Kara Lawson 2000-01-02-03

4. 163 Shekinna Stricklen 2009-10-11-12

5. 161 Brittany Jackson 2002-03-04-05

6. 147 Shannon Bobbitt 2007-08

7. 133 Sidney Spencer 2004-05-06-07

133 Meighan Simmons 2011-12-13

8. 132 Tiff any Woosley 1992-93-94-95

10. 128 Nikki Caldwell 1991-92-93-94

Simmons has 406 career three-point fi eld goal attempts and currently ranks sixth on UT’s career list.

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED

3PA Player Years

1. 738 Angie Bjorklund 2008-09-10-11

2. 626 Shanna Zolman 2003-04-05-06

3. 617 Kara Lawson 2000-01-02-03

4. 481 Shekinna Stricklen 2009-10-11-12

5. 443 Brittany Jackson 2002-03-04-05

6. 406 Meighan Simmons 2011-12-13

7. 368 Nikki Caldwell 1991-92-93-94

8. 366 Tamika Catchings 1998-99-2000-01

9. 362 Shannon Bobbitt 2007-08

10. 349 Abby Conklin 1994, 95, 96, 97

KAMIKO SHOWS OUT IN WACO Kamiko Williams was one of Tennessee’s

standouts in the loss at Baylor. The senior posted her fi rst career double-

double, scoring 15 points and grabbing a career-best 10 rebounds in a season-high 31 minutes of play vs. BU. Williams’ point total was the second-best

of her career, and her six assists were the most she’s ever dished out.

INJURY ENDS CARTER’S CAMPAIGN Freshman Andraya Carter underwent ar-

throscopic surgery Dec. 13 to repair a labral tear in her right shoulder. Doctors Greg Mathien and Russell Betch-

er performed the procedure to address insta-bility in Carter’s shoulder. The 5-foot-9 guard suff ered an injury to

that shoulder last year in high school and re-injured it this season vs. Miami with aggrava-tions of that ailment occuring in the Middle Tennessee and North Carolina games. Carter’s recovery is expected to take

four to six months. Tennessee will apply for a hardship waiver after the season for Carter. She is expected to meet the requirements

(playing in less than 30 percent of the team’s scheduled contests in the fi rst half of the sea-son) and would still have four years of eligi-bility remaining if the waiver is granted The rookie from Flowery Branch, Ga.,

played in Tennessee’s initial seven games in 2012-13, starting the fi rst fi ve. She was aver-aging 5.3 points, 1.9 assists, 1.6 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 20.6 minutes per contest.

CARTER-SMITH HUSTLE PLAYER With freshman Andraya Carter out for

the season, someone needs to step up and provide the hustle and determination the 5-9 dynamo brought to the court. To recognize the player who does just

that each game, the Andraya Carter-Adam Smith Hustle Player of the Game Award will be announced in the locker room afterward. The winning player is awarded a small,

stuff ed animal, dubbed the “Hustle Bear.” For coming off the bench and contribut-

ing 10 points and nine boards vs. Texas and doing her best to channel Carter’s competi-tive eff ort and energy on both ends of the fl oor in the victory, Carter’s classmate, Jas-mine Jones, was named the fi rst recipient afterward. Other winners include: Kamiko Williams

(Baylor). Adam Smith was a high school friend and

basketball player at Carter’s prep alma mater, Buford High School in Georgia. He collapsed during conditioning drills and passed away on Sept. 16, 2012. Carter had been wearing an armband

with Smith’s initials during practices and games.

BEAST MODE To say that UT freshman forward/center

Bashaara Graves has been an impact player would be an understatement. Her teammates aff ectionately call her a

“beast” for her productive play. After coming off the bench in the opener,

Graves has been a staple in the starting lineup. She was the only player on the team to

score in double fi gures in every game until the Baylor contest, when she had only six points. Graves is the team leader in rebounding

(8.1 rpg) and ranks second for UT in scoring (14.1 ppg.) and steals per contest (1.4), and she is third in minutes per game (27.4). She has been UT’s scoring leader three

times (18 vs. Ga. Tech/20 vs. Miami/15 vs. Stanford) and paced UT’s rebound eff ort vs. Georgia Tech, Middle Tennessee, Texas and Stanford, posting double-doubles of 18/10 in UT’s fi rst win of the season vs. GT, 15/12 vs. Middle Tennessee and 15/12 vs. Stanford. Graves’ eff ort vs. Georgia Tech, along with

14 points and eight rebounds vs. Chattanoo-ga, led to her being named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 12.

“MAMA” MASSENGALE Sophomore point guard Ariel Massengale

has drawn praise from coach Warlick and teammates alike for taking a more vocal lead-ership role on this team. Massengale had a season-high seven as-

sists in the wins over UNC on Dec. 2 and Texas on Dec. 16 and is averaging 3.9 per game. Massengale has stepped up her scoring

of late, scoring 14+ points in three of her last seven games. She was fi ve of seven from the fi eld and

four of four from the line vs. Texas. Her roommates Cierra Burdick and Isa-

belle Harrison call their point guard Mama Massengale and cite her “bossy” ways on and off the court as being the trait they like having in a point guard. Among Massengale’s “motherly” duties,

apparently, is keeping her roomies from grab-bing late-night snacks from the kitchen.

PHILLIPS RETURNS TO PRACTICE After not dressing for the Middle Tennes-

see and North Carolina games, sophomore guard Jasmine Phillips travelled with UT to the Texas and Baylor games. She did not play, but she is once again practicing with the team. Holly Warlick held Phillips out of workouts

and games, starting just before the Middle Tennessee contest, requiring her to make a stronger commitment to her academic work. Phillips also suff ered a strained left quad

in the preseason that has limited her to only two game appearances, coming vs. Rice and Alcorn State.

NO MERCY VS. FAMILY Holly Warlick is 1-0 as head coach vs.

teams directed by former Lady Vols and 3-0 against teams with former UT staff ers on the basketball staff payroll. Tennessee beat Alcorn State (90-37),

which was led by former UT player Tonya Ed-

NO. 2 SIGNING CLASS

During the early signing period, Tennes-see grabbed the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation, according to Dan Olson Col-legiate Girls Basketball Report. Hoop-Gurlz/ESPNU has UT signing the No. 1 player (Mercedes Russell, 6-6, post, Springfi eld, Ore.), the No. 8 player (Jan-nah Tucker, 6-0, guard, Randallstown, Md.) and the No. 42 player (Jordan Reyn-olds, 5-11, guard, Portland, Ore.). Tennes-see signed the No. 5 class in 2012 and its group of players in 2011 earned a No. 3 overall rating.


the Marquette women’s team, was in Atlanta for the Golden Eagles’ game vs. Georgia Tech. She was on hand for that contest. Summitt was in Milwaukee for Marquette’s

“We Back Pat” game on Dec. 15, so she was not on the Texas/Baylor trip.

TALES FROM THE ROAD Tennessee opened the 2012-13 campaign

with its fi rst two games on the road and three of the fi rst four contests away from Knoxville. The Lady Vols opened up at Chattanooga

on Nov. 9 and Georgia Tech on Nov. 11, los-ing the opener and bouncing back against the Yellow Jackets. The last time Tennessee opened a cam-

paign with back-to-back road games was 2004-05, when the top-ranked Lady Volun-teers defeated Chattanooga, 68-34, and NC State, 64-54, respectively, on Nov. 19 and 21. UT also played three out of its fi rst four on

the road that year as well, defeating George Washington at home on Nov. 23, 71-41, and dropping a 74-59 decision at No. 4 Texas on Nov. 25. Through the Baylor game, UT is 3-2 on the

road this season, defeating ranked foes in all three triumphs and losing to No. 3/3 Baylor and unranked Chattanooga.

DRAWING CROWDS Fans in Big Orange Country are highly

supportive of their teams. Tennessee is the only school to rank in the

top fi ve for attendance in football and wom-en’s and men’s basketball. UT helped Chattanooga draw its third-

best attendance fi gure all-time, as 8,468 came out to McKenzie Arena. Georgia Tech posted its fi fth-largest home

crowd in history (5,517), as Tennessee helped the Yellow Jackets play the fi rst women’s game in newly-built McCamish Pavilion. The Lady Vols drew 10,913 for their home

opener vs. Rice after bringing out 10,647 (Car-son-Newman) and 10,137 (Coker) for their two exhibition contests. A total of 10,609 showed up for the Al-

corn State contest and 10,768 came to watch UT and Middle Tennessee’s in-state tussle. The North Carolina game brought out a

(then) season-best 11,342 Big Orange fans. A new season-best total of 13,016 attend-

ed the Stanford game on Dec. 22, improving UT’s home average to 11,330.

INJURY UPDATE Sophomore Isabelle Harrison injured her

right ankle late in the Texas game. She missed

wards as the Lady Braves’ head coach. The Lady Vols toppled Middle Tennessee

(88-81 ot), which employs former Lady Vol Alex Fuller as an assistant coach and former UT video coordinator Dustin Edwards as di-rector of operations. UT also handled North Carolina, 102-57,

with former Lady Vol graduate assistant Syl-via Hatchell at the helm for the Tar Heels.

IZZY HAS STEPPED UP Through 10 games, Isabelle Harrison is

Tennessee’s top shot blocker (2.3), second-leading rebounder (7.0 rpg.) and ranks fourth on the team in scoring (8.9 ppg.). Harrison is second on the team in double-

doubles this season and is tied for sixth in the SEC with three. She carded totals of 13 points and 12 rebounds in the opener vs. Chattanoo-ga, tallied sums of 16 points and 12 boards vs. Rice and produced 18 points and 11 boards vs. North Carolina. She has scored in double fi gures fi ve

times in nine games played. Izzy has blocked 21 shots this season, in-

cluding a career-best six swats in the game vs. Middle Tennessee. Her 2.3 bpg. average ranks third in the SEC. Harrison scored in double fi gures only

three times all last season and averaged 3.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per contest.

BALL SECURITY Ariel Massengale led the SEC in assist-to-

turnover ratio last season as a freshman at 2.1. She’s at it again as a sophomore. Through 10 games, Massengale has 39 as-

sists and 26 turnovers and an assist/turnover ratio of 1.5. After posting 19 turnovers vs. Alcorn

State, UT committed only 13 in the overtime win over Middle Tennessee. Nine came in the fi rst half. UT had a season low of seven turnovers

vs. Rice. The Lady Vols had 20 miscues in the fast-

paced UNC game, while forcing the Tar Heels into 30. Tennessee had its second-lowest turnover

total of the season vs. Texas, committing only 12 vs. the Longhorns. Even in the loss at No. 3/3 Baylor, UT com-

mitted only 13 turnovers, one fewer than the Lady Bears. Tennessee turned the ball over only 10

times vs. No. 1/1 Stanford.

DISH NETWORK Ariel Massengale leads UT in assists

through 10 games with 39 and at 3.9 per con-test is 11th in the SEC. Massengale dished out 162 assists last

season as a freshman, the most-ever by a Lady Vol rookie and the eighth-most in school history. It was the highest total of assists in a sea-

son by a UT player since Michelle Marciniak had 204 in 1994-95. That total ranked her second in the SEC

last season with an average of 4.9 per contest, also the No. 2 all-time career average at UT at this point of her career.

WEEK GAMES PLAYED RECORD AP/ESPNOct. 29 W-CARSON-NEWMAN (EXH), W-COKER (EXH) 20/16Nov. 5 L-at Chattanooga, W-at #22/20 Georgia Tech 1-1 20/16Nov. 12 W-RICE, W-at #23/23 Miami 3-1 24/20Nov. 19 W-ALCORN STATE 4-1 20/15Nov. 26 W-MIDDLE TENN., W-#22/RV NO. CAROLINA 6-1 16/14Dec. 10 W-at #18/20 Texas 7-1 13/12Dec. 17 L-#3/3 Baylor, L-vs. #1/1 Stanford 7-3 10/11Dec. 24 Davidson, #NR/RV Rutgers ---- 13/15

2012-13 LADY VOLS WEEK-BY-WEEK AT A GLANCE

Kamiko Williams (2.5) and Cierra Burdick (2.1) also are averaging more than two assists per contest. With 25 assists vs. only seven turnovers,

Kamiko Williams has a 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio.

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Tennessee ranks among the youngest

teams in the nation this season, tying for 20th with Southern Mississippi with 1.091 years of experience per player. UT opponents with young teams include

5. Florida (9.09), t6. North Carolina (1.000), 13. Georgia Tech (1.067), 14. Texas (1.069), 19. Rice (1.083) and 39. South Carolina (1.250). The Lady Vols have fi ve newcomers, in-

cluding four freshmen, on their 11-player ros-ter.

WORKING THE BOARDS Tennessee is outrebounding its oppo-

nents, 46.1 to 40.6, thus far. The Lady Vols have outrebounded their

opponents in seven of 10 games, with Miami and Baylor being the only squads to win the battle vs. the Big Orange and Stanford equal-ling UT’s total of 41 boards. When they played, Tennessee was the

only team to outrebound Texas. Freshman Bashaara Graves is leading the

way, pulling down 8.1 per contest. Sophomore Isabelle Harrison is second,

averaging 7.0 per contest, while sophomore Cierra Burdick is tallying 6.3 per outing. Harrison had 12 boards vs. Chattanooga

and Rice, and 11 vs. North Carolina. Graves posted 12 vs. Georgia Tech, Middle

Tennessee and Stanford, and 10 vs. Texas. Jasmine Jones had 11 against Alcorn State. Burdick posted 10 vs. Miami and North

Carolina. Kamiko Williams had 10 vs. Baylor. CHANGES AT THE SUMMITT Pat Summitt attended both of UT’s ex-

hibition contests and the season opener at Chattanooga, but she was not in the crowd at Georgia Tech on Nov. 11. It marked the fi rst time the NCAA’s all-

time winningest coach was not at a Lady Vol game since Margaret Hutson was on the bench for UT in 1974. The home opener vs. Rice marked the fi rst

time someone other than Summitt has been head coach for the Lady Vols in a regular sea-son home game since the 1974 campaign. Summitt also did not attend the game at

Miami, as her son Tyler, an assistant coach for


Freshmen (2 or more)Holdsclaw, Chamique 16Frost, Sheila 11Parker, Candace 10Catchings, Tamika 9Horton, Karla 7Johnson, Tiff ani 6Johnson, Glory 5Graves, Bashaara 4Gordon, Bridgette 4Morton, Karen 4Anosike, Nicky 3Ostrowski, Mary 3Snow, Michelle 3Cain, Kelley 2Brewer, Alyssia 2Stricklen, Shekinna 2Ely, Shyra 2Evans, Peggy 2Groover, Debbie 2Thompson, Pashen 2 Sophomores (2 or more)Parker, Candace 21Holdsclaw, Chamique 16Ostrowski, Mary 11Groover, Debbie 10Horton, Karla 10Gordon, Bridgette 9Catchings, Tamika 8Ward, Vonda 8Towns, Paula 6Johnson, Glory 5Ely, Shyra 5Evans, Peggy 5Haave, Tanya 5Jackson, Gwen 5Shekinna, Stricklen 4Charles, Daedra 4Ely, Cindy 4Johnson, Dana 4Harrison, Isabelle 3Baugh, Vicki 3Cain, Kelley 3Freeman, Valerie 3Frost, Sheila 3Manning, Alicia 3Noble, Cindy 3Randall, Semeka 3Snow, Michelle 3Brewer, Alyssia 2 Juniors (2 or more)Holdsclaw, Chamique 16Parker, Candace 13Charles, Daedra 13Johnson, Glory 12Noble, Cindy 11Stricklen, Stricklen 11Johnson, Dana 9Johnson, Tiff ani 9Ostrowski, Mary 9Catchings, Tamika 8Ely, Shyra 8Frost, Sheila 8Haave, Tanya 8McCray, Nikki 8Thompson, Pashen 7Jackson, Gwen 6Groover, Debbie 5Horton, Karla 5Snow, Michelle 5Ward, Vonda 5Brogdon, Cindy 5Fluker, Tye’sha 3Towns, Paula 3Butts, Tasha 3Kelley Cain 2 Seniors (2 or more)Collins, Shelia 14Harrison, Lisa 14Johnson, Glory 14Charles, Daedra 13Ostrowski, Mary 12Holdsclaw, Chamique 9Johnson, Dana 9Webb, Lisa 9

Frost, Sheila 8Rankin, Jill 8Catchings, Tamika 7Ely, Shyra 7Anosike, Nicky 6Gordon, Bridgette 6Jackson, Gwen 6Noble, Cindy 6Stricklen, Shekinna 5Baugh, Vicki 4Butts, Tasha 3Fuller, Alex 3Robinson, Ashley 2 Most in a career (5 or more)Holdsclaw, Chamique 57Parker, Candace 45Johnson, Glory 36Ostrowski, Mary 35Catchings, Tamika 32Charles, Daedra 30Frost, Sheila 30Ely, Shyra 22Horton, Karla 22Stricklen, Shekinna 22Gordon, Bridgette 21Groover, Debbie 20Johnson, Dana 20Noble, Cindy 20Jackson, Gwen 18Harrison, Lisa 17Johnson, Tiff ani 17Collins, Shelia 15Ward, Vonda 15Haave, Tanya 14Thompson, Pashen 14Snow, Michelle 13Anosike, Nicky 11Webb, Lisa 11McCray, Nikki 10Towns, Paula 10Evans, Peggy 9Rankin, Jill 8Cain, Kelley 8Randall, Semeka 7Butts, Tasha 6Brogdon, Cindy 5 Points and Assists DDClower, Susan 1Henry, Lea 1Hornbuckle, Alexis 1Marciniak, Michelle 1Marsh, Dawn 1McGhee, Carla 1Simmons, Meighan 1Stricklen, Shekinna 1Warlick, Holly 1Zolman, Shanna 1 2012-13 Season OnlyGraves, Bashaara 4Harrison, Isabelle 3Burdick, Cierra 1Williams, Kamiko 1

LADY VOL DOUBLE DOUBLESthe Baylor game but was back in a limited role vs. Stanford. Sophomores Ariel Massengale and Jas-

mine Phillips missed both exhibition contests due to injury, but Massengale has played in all nine regular season games. Massengale played 29 minutes and had

seven points, three rebounds and two assists vs. Chattanooga in her fi rst game back. Massengale was held out of the preseason

slate as a precautionary measure after experi-encing Achilles tendinitis (left foot). Phillips was dealing with a strained quad

in her left leg. She saw her fi rst action vs. Rice, contrib-

uting four rebounds, two assists and a steal in nine minutes.

FIRST OPENER LOSS SINCE 1999 Tennessee opened its campaign on Nov.

9 at Chattanooga, dropping an 80-71 decision to the Lady Mocs in front of 8,468 at McKen-zie Arena. UT outrebounded UTC, 53-31, but 26 turn-

overs and 38-percent shooting from the fi eld (3-16 from 3FG) could not be overcome by the Big Orange. The loss in the opener was the Lady Vols’

fi rst initial-game loss since No. 2/2 UT fell at home to No. 6/6 Louisiana Tech, 69-64, on Nov. 14, 1999, in the State Farm Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic at Thompson-Boling Arena. The loss vs. Chattanooga was UT’s fi rst

to the Lady Mocs since Jan. 26, 1973, a 58-55 setback in Knoxville. Tennessee is now 25-7 all-time vs. UTC.

SUMMITT DROPPED OPENER TOO Not that it’s any solace for Lady Vol coach

Holly Warlick, but her mentor, Pat Summitt, also dropped her fi rst game as UT head coach. Summitt’s 1974-75 squad fell to Mercer in

Knoxville on Dec. 7, 1974, by a score of 84-83. The troops were rallied by Summitt, UT

won the next six games and the squad went on to a 16-8 mark that season. Tennessee had fi ve seniors and a junior on

that 1974-75 squad, while the 2012-13 edition includes two seniors and a junior for its up-perclass. While Summitt’s unit reeled off six straight

wins after its opening-day loss, Warlick’s club one-upped that year’s team, ripping off seven

in a row before faltering again.

EXHIBITION SUMMARY Tennessee defeated its two NCAA Divi-

sion II exhibition opponents by an average score of 111-44. The Lady Vols defeated Carson-Newman,

104-44, on Nov. 1 and followed with a 118-44 conquest of Coker on Nov. 4. The Big Orange averaged 10,392 fans for

the exhibition slate, with 10,647 attending the Carson-Newman contest and 10,137 there for Coker. Junior Meighan Simmons was the top

scorer through two preseason games, averag-ing 22 points per contest and also dishing out a team-leading six assists per outing. Freshman Bashaara Graves averaged a

double-double, scoring 19.5 points and pull-ing down 10 rebounds per game. Junior Meighan Simmons, sophomore Isa-

belle Harrison and freshman Andraya Carter started both contests. Freshman Bashaara Graves (Coker), sophomore Cierra Burdick (C-N), freshman Jasmine Jones (Coker) and senior Taber Spani (C-N) started one game.

TAKE THE BATON AND LET’S GO!! UT head coach Holly Warlick, who arrived

at UT in 1976 as a scholarship track & fi eld athlete, walked on and later earned a bas-ketball scholarship and became a three-time All-American on the hardwood, used a well-known track & fi eld prop to demonstrate to her team what the expectations are and what needs to be done in this time of transition. During a team meeting in August, Warlick

gave everyone involved with the program a white baton with inscriptions providing a sim-plifi ed explanation of what is occurring, em-phasizing that the program’s values remain the same and encouraging everyone to hit the ground running. “TENNESSEE LADY VOLS Tradition...All

we are doing is passing the baton.” “NEW TEAM, NEW STAFF, NEW GOALS...

SAME HEART, SAME PRIDE, SAME FIGHT.” “TAKE THE BATON AND LET’S GO!!”

A LOOK AT THE RANKINGS After a 1-1 opening week, UT fell to No. 24

in the AP Poll and No. 20 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

2012-13 Lineup Combinations Tennessee has utilized fi ve starting lineups in 2012-13. During the 2011-12 season, UT employed eight diff erent starting lineups.

Gms. Rec. Line-up (F-F-C-G-G)1 0-1 Burdick, Spani, Harrison, Simmons, Carter2-4 3-0 Burdick, Graves, Harrison, Simmons, Carter5 1-0 Burdick, Graves, Massengale, Simmons, Carter6-8, 10 3-1 Burdick, Graves, Harrison, Massengale, Simmons9 0-1 Burdick, Spani, Graves, Massengale, Simmons

UT’s Win/Loss Diff erentialWins: +53 (2), +45 (1), +19 (1), +17 (1), +12 (1), +7 (1)Losses: -21 (1), -13 (1), -9 (1)

Off ensive OpportunitiesTennessee shooting from the fi eld (all games):20%FG: @Baylor (.293)

30%FG: @Chattanooga (.381), Stanford (.319)40%FG: North Carolina (.481), @Texas (.468), Mid-dle Tenn. (.436), @Miami (.421), @Ga. Tech (.400) 50%FG: Rice (.568), Alcorn State (.557)

Dee --- FenseOpponents shooting from the fi eld (all games):20%FG: Alcorn State (.226)30%FG: Rice (.316), @Miami (.319), @Ga. Tech (.333), @Texas (.343), North Carolina (.344)40%FG: @Baylor (.431), Middle Tenn. (.458), @Chattanooga (.468), Stanford (.475)

Leading at the Break (6): @Georgia Tech, Rice, @Miami, Alcorn State, North Carolina, @TexasTied at the Break (1): @ChattanoogaTrailing at the Break (3): Middle Tenn., Baylor, Stan-ford

BREAKING IT DOWN


After winning its next seven contests en-tering the week, UT rose to No. 10 in the AP Poll and No. 11 in the USA Today Poll. Tennessee has been in every AP rankings

list since the 14th poll of the 1984-85 season. After week one, the Lady Vols fell outside

the top 20, however, for the fi rst time since the 13th poll of the 1984-85 campaign. UT began the campaign ranked No. 20 in

the Associated Press Preseason Poll and No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll. It marked UT’s lowest preseason AP Poll

position since not being ranked in the inau-gural AP Poll in 1976-77, Holly Warlick’s fresh-man season at Tennessee. The previous regular season low before

this season came when Tennessee dropped to 19th in the 16th AP Poll of the 2008-09 cam-paign before fi nishing in 18th position. The Lady Vols concluded the 2011-12 cam-

paign at No. 9 in the AP Poll and No. 7 in the USA Today/ESPN Poll.

COACHING ALMA MATER TO TOP 25 Holly Warlick is the 30th women’s coach

to play for and coach a team ranked in the AP Poll. She’s just the seventh to do it at the same

school.

SEC PRESEASON POLLS, ACCOLADES Tennessee was picked to fi nish fourth in the

SEC by the media and fi fth by the coaches in the preseason polls. UT ranked behind Kentucky, Georgia and

Vanderbilt in the media poll and was picked to wind up behind Kentucky, Georgia, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt by the coaches. In SEC media poll history, fourth is the

lowest the Lady Vols have been predicted behind nods for third in 1990-91, 1995-96 and 1996-97, all years in which Tennessee won NCAA titles. Junior guard Meighan Simmons was a

Preseason All-SEC First Team selection by the coaches and a second-team choice by the media, while the coaches put Ariel Massen-gale on the second team.

GOLDEN ARCHES CLUB Freshman Bashaara Graves adds to the

current list of Tennessee players who were McDonald’s All-Americans during their high school days. Also in that club are Cierra Burdick, Ariel

Massengale, Meighan Simmons and Taber Spani.

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Head coach Emeritus Pat Summitt and

former Lady Vol player Michelle Marciniak were inducted into the Tennessee Lady Vol Hall of Fame on Nov. 2. There is a 10-year post-career waiting pe-

riod for student-athletes and a fi ve-year pe-riod for coaches and staff , but the selection committee voted to waive that requirement for Summitt. Summitt and Marciniak join Holly Warlick

and a host of other hoops heroines in UT’s women’s sports hall. Warlick was inducted as a player in the

SEC STANDINGS (THROUGH 12/28/12)

SEC OVERALL

W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N L5 Stk

Georgia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 12-0 1.000 8-0 3-0 1-0 5-0 W12Arkansas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-1 .917 6-0 4-0 1-1 5-0 W8South Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-1 .917 6-1 2-0 3-0 4-1 W1Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-1 .909 7-0 3-1 0-0 5-0 W9Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-2 .846 10-0 0-0 1-2 5-0 W7Auburn 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 6-0 2-1 2-1 5-0 W7Florida 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 7-0 1-2 2-1 5-0 W5Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 6-0 3-1 0-2 4-1 L1LSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 6-1 1-2 1-0 4-1 W4Alabama 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-3 .700 5-1 2-1 0-0 2-3 W1Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-3 .700 4-1 3-2 0-0 2-3 L2

Texas A&M 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 6-2 1-1 1-1 4-1 L1Ole Miss^ 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-5 .545 6-1 0-3 0-1 2-3 L3Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-5 .545 6-1 0-1 0-3 4-1 W3

^Ole Miss self-imposed postseason ban

2002 class.

RETIRED #22 JERSEY FOR HOLLY Holly Warlick already had her #22 jersey

retired at UT, and she added another retired #22 this fall. On Oct. 26 at a home football game,

Knoxville’s Bearden High School retired her basketball jersey. A number of family, friends, colleagues,

basketball staff and players and former high school coach Buddy Fisher were on hand for the special occasion. Warlick was a two-sport star who gradu-

ated in 1976 and came to UT on a track schol-arship. She walked on to the basketball team and went on to become a three-time All-American on the hardwood for Pat Summitt.

NEW FACES, NEW ROLES In addition to Holly Warlick fi lling the

head coaching position and Pat Summitt working in the role of head coach emeritus, there are other changes to the staff . Former Lady Vol player (1996-2001) Kyra

Elzy returned to UT as an assistant coach/re-cruiting coordinator after spending the past four seasons coaching at Kentucky and serv-ing as recruiting coordinator. Former Iowa standout and Harlem Glo-

betrotter Jolette Law is UT’s second new as-sistant coach. Known as a key contributor to Rutgers’ success during her 12 seasons there, Law most recently served as head coach at Illinois from 2007-12. Elzy and Law fi ll the spots previously oc-

cupied by Warlick and Mickie DeMoss, who left after last season to take an assistant coaching job with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. Veteran assistant Dean Lockwood is back

for his ninth year with the Lady Volunteers.

ONLY THREE IN UPPERCLASS Tennessee has only two seniors this sea-

son, including 6-1 guard/forward Taber Spani and 5-11 guard Kamiko Williams. Both missed time with injuries last season. The junior class consists of Meighan Sim-

mons, a 5-9 guard who started 22 games last

season and played in all 36. There are three sophomore returnees, in-

cluding 6-2 forward Cierra Burdick, 6-3 cen-ter Isabelle Harrison and 5-6 point guard Ariel Massengale. Burdick played in all 36 games as a rookie

and got three starts, Massengale played in 33 contests and started 24, while Harrison had 31 appearances without a start. Tennessee also welcomes 5-10 sopho-

more Jasmine Phillips and freshmen Andraya Carter (5-9, point guard), Bashaara Graves (6-2 forward/center), Jasmine Jones (6-2 forward) and Nia Moore (6-3 center).

EXPERIENCED RETURNEES Sophomore Ariel Massengale, junior

Meighan Simmons and seniors Taber Spani and Kamiko Williams possess some decent experience for Tennessee. Massengale was UT’s starting point guard

in 24 games a year ago, while Simmons got the nod 22 times and Spani was on the fl oor for tipoff on 15 occasions despite dealing with a nagging knee injury. Sophomores Cierra Burdick and Isabelle

Harrison didn’t have the accolades their class-mate Massengale did in 2011-12, but their ex-perience should have them prepared to play more considerable roles in 2012-13.

SENIORS GRADUATE EARLY Seniors Taber Spani and Kamiko Williams

already have earned their degrees. Spani completed her degree in communi-

cation studies in August and now is pursuing a master’s in kinesiology with a concentration in sports psychology and motor behavior. Williams earned a degree in sociology/

criminal justice in spring 2012 and is working on a second undergraduate degree in psy-chology. Both kept UT’s 100-percent graduation

rate perfect.

WARLICK HAS FIVE NEWCOMERS Tennessee signed three players early last

year and added two more over the summer. The early signees included 6-2 forward/


center Bashaara Graves (Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville H.S.), 5-9 point guard Andraya Carter (Flowery Branch, Ga./Buford H.S.) and 6-2 forward Jasmine Jones (Madison, Ala./Bob Jones H.S.).Graves, Carter and Jones ranked No. 5, No.

21 and No. 39 on the HoopGurlz 2012 ESPNU 100 Rankings. Jones’ mom, Latrish Jones, played basket-

ball at Alabama during the late 1990s. Warlick added 5-10 guard Jasmine Phil-

lips (Hartsville, S.C./Hartsville H.S./Louisburg, N.C. College) and 6-3 center Nia Moore (Chi-cago, Ill./Bolingbrook H.S.) on May 22 and May 25, respectively. Phillips was a JUCO All-American at Lou-

isburg College. Moore, who originally signed with Illinois

and was granted a release, was a three-star recruit, according to HoopGurlz. She played at Bolingbrook High School along with cur-rent UT teammate Ariel Massengale.

SEC GROWS, TOURNAMENT EXPANDS The SEC adds Missouri and Texas A&M

this season, bringing the total of league teams to 14. Each program will play a 16-game slate. The 2013 SEC Tournament will be held in

Duluth, Ga., at the Arena at the Gwinnett Cen-ter, March 6-10. The tournament, which had been a four-

day event featuring 12 teams, has expanded to 14 teams, adding an extra day of compe-tition. The tournament will now begin on Wednesday with two additional games that feature Seeds 11 through 14.

UT FINISHES IN ELITE EIGHT During a diffi cult and emotionally-charged

season, with speculation in the air about how much longer Pat Summitt would coach, Ten-nessee was somehow able to focus on the task at hand and fi nish with a 27-9 overall re-cord and 12-4 SEC mark, good for second in the league standings. The Lady Vols recorded their 36th-con-

secutive campaign with 20 or more wins and made the NCAA tournament fi eld for the 31st-straight season. The Lady Vols reeled off NCAA tourna-

ment wins over UT Martin (72-49) and #23 DePaul (63-48) in Chicago NCAA First/Sec-ond Round games. Tennessee advanced to the Des Moines

Regional, where the Big Orange turned back Kansas, 84-73, in the Sweet 16. Appearing in its 25th NCAA Regional Fi-

nal, Tennessee saw its season, and Summitt’s head coaching career as it turned out, come to an end in the Elite Eight. Eventual NCAA champ Baylor proved too much to overcome, prevailing, 77-58, in Des Moines. The Lady Vols ended the year ranked

number nine in the AP poll and seventh in the USA Today/ESPN rankings. Seniors Glory Johnson and Shekinna

Stricklen were named to the NCAA All-Re-

gional Team for their play in Des Moines.

SEC TOURNEY CHAMPS AGAIN For the third-consecutive season, Tennes-

see reigned as SEC Tournament champions, defeating LSU in the fi nal, 70-58, in front of a partisan Big Orange crowd of 12,441 at Nash-ville’s Bridgestone Arena. It marked the 16th tourney trophy that UT

had won since the event fi rst was held in 1980. The Lady Vols also knocked off #25 South

Carolina in the semifi nals, 74-58, and defeated Vanderbilt, 68-57, in the quarterfi nal round. Seniors Glory Johnson and Shekinna

Stricklen were named to the SEC All-Tourna-ment Team, and Johnson walked away as the SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player. Johnson’s MVP recognition marked the

third-straight year a Lady Vol won, as she fol-lowed Stricklen in 2011 and Alyssia Brewer in 2010.

FOUR TAKEN IN WNBA DRAFT Lady Vols Shekinna Stricklen, Glory John-

son and Kelley Cain (fi nished UT career in 2010-11) were all taken in the fi rst round and Vicki Baugh was selected in the third round of the 2012 WNBA Draft presented by Boost Mo-bile, on Monday, April 16, at the ESPN head-quarters in Bristol, Conn. It was the best fi rst-round showing ever

in the draft for Tennessee with three players taken. The Lady Vols had two fi rst-round se-lections in 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2008. In all, 15 UT players have been fi rst-round

WNBA picks on draft day. Stricklen was taken by Seattle with the

second pick, Johnson went to Tulsa on the fourth pick, and Cain was taken by New York at No. 7. Baugh was drafted by Tulsa in the third round with the event’s 25th selection. Johnson, a 6-3 forward, made the 2012

WNBA All-Rookie Team. She averaged 11.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals per con-test while playing in 34 games and starting 28.

WBCA ALL-AMERICAN NO. 21 Glory Johnson became the 21st Lady Vol

all-time to receive kudos and earned UT’s 36th total WBCA/State Farm/Kodak All-America honor when she was named to the 2012 squad. Johnson averaged 14.2 points and 9.9 re-

bounds per game, starting all 36 contests for Tennessee.

SEC ACCOLADES Glory Johnson was named 2012 SEC De-

fensive Player of the Year and was a member of the SEC All-Defensive Team for the second season in a row. Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen were

members of the fi rst team of both the AP and Coaches All-SEC squads. Stricklen led UT in scoring (15.4 ppg.)

and was third in rebounding (6.6 rpg.), while Johnson was UT’s second-leading scorer (14.2 ppg.) and top rebounder (9.9 rpg.). Johnson also earned a spot on the SEC

Community Service Team. Point guard Ariel Massengale was named

to the SEC All-Freshman Team after tallying a

UT freshman record of 162 assists and leading the SEC with a 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

FIVE PLAYERS END CAREERS Briana Bass, Vicky Baugh, Glory Johnson,

Alicia Manning and Shekinna Stricklen con-cluded their careers at Rocky Top, with the quintet accumulating four NCAA Tournament bids, three SEC Tournament titles, an SEC regular-season crown and a record of 114-26. Baugh, Johnson and Manning completed

their undergraduate degrees early and began work on master’s degrees during their fi nal season at Tennessee.

ACADEMIC ACCLAIM Glory Johnson was a 2012 Capital One Ac-

ademic All-America Women’s Basketball First Team honoree, posting a 3.60 grade point average while working on a master’s in com-munication and information studies. Johnson and Taber Spani were named to

the Capital One Academic All-District 3 Wom-en’s Basketball Team. Briana Bass, Vicki Baugh, Glory Johnson,

Alicia Manning and Taber Spani made the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Cierra Burdick and Isabelle Harrison were

named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

A LOOK BACK TO 2011-12


PRESEASON HONORS

ARIEL MASSENGALE, PG• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team

MEIGHAN SIMMONS, G• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team • Media Preseason All-SEC Second Team

IN-SEASON HONORS

CIERRA BURDICK, F• AutoZone Player of the Game, 11/11/12

BASHAARA GRAVES, F• SEC Freshman of the Week, 11/12/12• AutoZone Player of the Game, 11/18/12• SEC Freshman of the Week, 12/3/12• AutoZone Player of the Game, 12/22/12

ISABELLE HARRISON, F• AutoZone Player of the Game, 11/15/12

ARIEL MASSENGALE, PG• AutoZone Player of the Game, 12/16/12

MEIGHAN SIMMONS, G• AutoZone Player of the Game, 11/9/12• AutoZone Player of the Game, 12/2/12• SEC Player of the Week, 12/3/12• espnW National Player of the Week, 12/3/12

TABER SPANI, G/F• AutoZone Player of the Game, 11/25/12

KAMIKO WILLIAMS, G• AutoZone Player of the Game, 11/28/12• AutoZone Player of the Game, 12/18/12

THE LAST TIME

LAST TIME A TENNESSEE PLAYER...

Scored 30 points ............................................. Dec. 2, 2012 vs. UNC, Meighan Simmons, 33, (UT 102, UNC 57)Scored 40 points ................................................Mar. 3, 1985 vs. Mississippi, Shelia Collins, 40, (UT 79, UM 71) Scored 50 points .......................................... Nov. 13, 1976 vs. Kentucky, Patricia Roberts, 51, (UT 107, UK 53)Had 20 rebounds ................................................... Mar. 19, 2012 vs. DePaul, Glory Johnson, 21, (UT 63, DU 48)Had 25 rebounds .........................................................................................................................................................NeverHad 10 assists ...................................................Jan. 26, 2012 vs. Alabama, Ariel Massengale, 11, (UT 86, UA 56)Had 15 assists .............................................................. Mar. 6, 1988 vs. Georgia, Dawn Marsh, 18, (UT 82, UG 76)Made 5+ three-points ....................................... Dec. 4, 2011 vs. Texas, Shekinna Stricklen, 5 (UT 73, Texas 57)Made 8 three-pointers ............................................Dec. 1, 2010 vs. Lamar, Meighan Simmons, 8, (UT 99, LU 55)Made 10 three-pointers ..............................................................................................................................................NeverNo Lady Vol scored in double fi gures ..............................Mar. 29, 2002 vs. Connecticut (UCONN 79, UT 56)

LAST TIME TENNESSEE...

Scored 100 points ..........................................................................................Dec. 2, 2012 vs. UNC (UT 102, UNC 57)Scored 90 points ........................................................................................ Dec. 16, 2012 at Texas (UT 94, Texas 75)Scored 60 points or less ........................................................................... Dec. 22, 2012 vs. Stanford (SU 73, UT 60)Scored 50 points or less ........................................................................ Jan. 21, 2010 at Georgia (UGA 53, UT 50)Scored 40 points or less ....................................................................Jan. 23, 2011 at Notre Dame (ND 72, UT 44)Shot 60 percent FG ...................................................... Dec. 17, 2011 vs. UCLA, .692 (36-52), (UT 85, UCLA 64)Shot 55 percent FG .............................................Nov. 25, 2012 vs. Alcorn State, .557 (34-61), (UT 90, ASU 37)Shot 40 percent FG or lower .......................................Nov. 22, 2012 vs. Stanford, .319 (22-69), (SU 73, UT 60)Shot 30 percent FG or lower ........................................... Dec. 18, 2012 at Baylor, .293 (22-75), (BU 76, UT 53)Shot 25 percent FG or lower ..........................................Dec. 14, 2010 at Baylor, .250 (18-72), (BU 65, UT 54)Won 20 games in a row .......................................................................Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakWon 15 games in a row ........................................................................Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakWon 10 games in a row........................................................................Dec.19, 2010-Mar. 28, 2011 25-game streakLost 3 games in a row ............................................................................Feb. 5, 1986-Feb. 10, 1986, 3-game streakLost 5 games in a row ........................................................................... Jan. 28, 1970-Jan. 22, 1971, 5-game streakWon 60 home games in a row ............................................................ Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streakWon 50 home games in a row ............................................................ Feb. 2, 1991-Jan. 6, 1996, 69-game streakWon 40 home games in a row ........................................................Jan. 12, 1997-Nov. 14, 1999, 40-game streakWon 10 road games in a row .......................................................... Jan. 2, 2008-Dec. 14, 2008, 19-game streak Won 15 road games in a row .........................................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakWon 20 road games in a row........................................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakWon 25 road games in a row ........................................................Jan. 23, 2000-Jan. 27, 2002, 26-game streakLost 3 road games in a row ...................................................................Jan. 24 1986-Feb. 5, 1986, 3-game streakLost 5 road games in a row ............................................................ Jan. 25, 2009-Feb. 26, 2009, 5-game streakGave up 100 points ................................................................................... Mar. 6, 1987 vs. Auburn (AU 102, UT 96)Gave up 90 points ................................................................................ Feb. 9, 2012 vs. Vanderbilt (VU 93, UT 79 )Gave up 60 points or less ...........................................................................Dec. 2, 2012 vs. UNC (UT 102, UNC 57)Gave up 50 points or less ............................................................................. Nov. 15, 2012 vs. Rice (UT 101, RU 48)Gave up 40 points or less ...........................................................Nov. 25, 2012 vs. Alcorn State (UT 90, ASU 37)

LAST TIME AN OPPOSING PLAYER...

Scored 30 points.....................................................Dec. 16, 2012, Chassidy Fussell, Texas, 31, (UT 94, Texas 75)Scored 40 points ................................................. Dec. 20, 2011, Nneka Ogumike, Stanford, 42, (SU 97, UT 80) Scored 50 points .........................................................................................................................................................NeverHad 20 rebounds ........................................................Apr. 6, 2008 vs. LSU, Sylvia Fowles, 20, (UT 47, LSU 46)Had 25 rebounds .........................................................................................................................................................NeverHad 10 assists ......................................................Feb. 9, 2012 vs. Vanderbilt, Jasmine Lister, 13, (VU 93, UT 79)Had 15 assists ................................................................................................................................................................NeverMade 5+ three-pointers ..............Nov. 28, 2012 vs. Middle Tennessee, Laken Leonard, 5, (UT 88, MTSU 81 OT)Made 8 three-pointers ......................................Dec. 21, 1992, Molly Goodenbour, Stanford, 9, (UT 84, SU 79)Made 10 three-pointers ..............................................................................................................................................NeverNo opposing player scored in double fi gures ....................................Mar. 19, 2011 vs. Stetson (UT 99, UM 34)

LAST TIME AN OPPONENT...

Shot 60 percent FG .......................................................Nov. 25, 2004, Texas, .604 (29-48), (UT 59, Texas 74)Shot 55 percent FG ......................................................... Feb. 9, 2012, Vanderbilt, .557 (39-70), (VU 93, UT 79)Shot 50 percent FG ....................................................Feb. 23, 2012, Arkansas, .500 (25-50), (AR 72, UT 71 OT)Shot 40 percent FG or lower ...........................................Dec. 16, 2012, Texas, .343 (23-67), (UT 94, Texas 75)Shot 30 percent FG or lower ...........................Nov. 25, 2012 vs. Alcorn State, .226 (12-53), (UT 90, ASU 37)Shot 20 percent FG or lower .....................................Jan. 8, 2012, Arkansas, .182 (10-55), (UT 69, Arkansas 38)


Jump Balls ControlledTennessee 8Opponents 2

Scored UT’s First PointsCierra Burdick 3Isabelle Harrison 3Bashaara Graves 2Meighan Simmons 2

How Scored First PointsJump Shot 5Lay-up 23-Pointer 2Free Throw 1

First Off UT Bench^Taber Spani 3Jasmine Jones 2Ariel Massengale 2Isabelle Harrison 1Andraya Carter 1Nia Moore 1Jasmine Phillips 1^ includes multiple subs

Points Leader* Meighan Simmons 7Bashaara Graves 3

3-Points Leader*Meighan Simmons 5Ariel Massengale 2Cierra Burdick 1Andraya Carter 1Taber Spani 1

Reb. Leader* Bashaara Graves 4Isabelle Harrison 3Cierra Burdick 1Jasmine Jones 1Nia Moore 1Kamiko Williams 1

Assists Leader* Ariel Massengale 6Kamiko Williams 3Meighan Simmons 1Andraya Carter 1

Steals Leader* Meighan Simmons 5Bashaara Graves 4Kamiko Williams 3Ariel Massengale 2Cierra Burdick 1Andraya Carter 1Isabelle Harrison 1Jasmine Jones 1Nia Moore 1

Blocks Leader* Isabelle Harrison 7Cierra Burdick 2Bashaara Graves 2Jasmine Jones 1Meighan Simmons 1Kamiko Williams 1

10+ Points Bashaara Graves 9Meighan Simmons 8Isabelle Harrison 5Cierra Burdick 4Ariel Massengale 4Taber Spani 3Jasmine Jones 2Kamiko Williams 2Andraya Carter 1Nia Moore 1

15+ PointsMeighan Simmons 6Bashaara Graves 4Cierra Burdick 2Isabelle Harrison 2Ariel Massengale 2Andraya Carter 1Taber Spani 1Kamiko Williams 1

20+ Points Meighan Simmons 3Bashaara Graves 1

10+ Rebounds Bashaara Graves 4Isabelle Harrison 3Cierra Burdick 2Jasmine Jones 1Kamiko Williams 1

5+ Assists Ariel Massengale 3Kamiko Williams 2

5+ Steals -

3+ 3-PointersMeighan Simmons 3Cierra Burdick 1Andraya Carter 1Taber Spani 1

Double-Doubles Bashaara Graves 4Isabelle Harrison 3Cierra Burdick 1Kamiko Williams 1

Charges Drawn Ariel Massengale 6Jasmine Jones 2Cierra Burdick 1Andraya Carter 1Kamiko Williams 1

Free Throws inFinal Four Minutes^ Ariel Massengale 9-10Isabelle Harrison 6-6Meighan Simmons 6-6Nia Moore 4-4Cierra Burdick 2-2Jasmine Jones 2-2Bashaara Graves 3-4Taber Spani 1-2

* Includes all ties^ Also includes all of OT

SUPERLATIVES

Starting Lineups (listed in order of positions, 1-5)W-L 0-1 Burdick, Spani, Harrison, Simmons, Carter3-0 Burdick, Graves, Harrison, Simmons, Carter1-0 Burdick, Graves, Massengale, Simmons, Carter3-1 Burdick, Graves, Harrison, Massengale, Simmons0-1 Burdick, Spani, Graves, Massengale, Simmons

Margin of Victory/Defeat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-15 16-19 20-24 25+

Wins - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 2 - 3Losses - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 -

Most First Half Points

Tennessee 49 vs. UNC (12/2/12)Opponents 41 by Baylor (12/18/12)

Fewest First Half Points

Tennessee 16 at Baylor (12/18/12)Opponents 15 by Alcorn State (11/25/12)

Largest Halftime Lead

Tennessee 25 at Miami (11/18/12)Opponents 25 by Baylor (12/18/12)

Most Second Half Points

Tennessee 56 vs. Rice (11/15/12)Opponents 52 by Chattanooga (11/9/12)

Fewest Second Half Points

Tennessee 26 at Georgia Tech (11/11/12)Opponents 21 by Rice (11/15/12)

Largest Margin of Victory

Tennessee 53 vs. Rice (11/15/12) vs. Alcorn State (11/25/12)Opponents 23 by Baylor (12/18/12)

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY

Games Totals Average

Home 5 56,648 11,330Away 5 30,542 6,109Neutral - - -Total 10 87,190 8,719

UT’s RECORD WHEN...

Leading at halftime ................................................... 6-0Trailing at halftime ......................................................1-2Tied at halftime ........................................................... 0-1

Leading with 10:00 remaining ............................... 6-0Trailing with 10:00 remaining ..................................1-3Tied with 10:00 remaining ......................................0-0

Leading with 5:00 remaining ................................. 6-0Trailing with 5:00 remaining ....................................1-3Tied with 5:00 remaining ........................................0-0

In Overtime ................................................................... 1-0

Tennessee out-rebounds opponent.......................6-1Tennessee is out-rebounded ....................................1-1Same amount of rebounds ...................................... 0-1

Tennessee commits more turnovers .....................1-2Opponent commits more turnovers ......................6-1Same amount of turnovers .....................................0-0

Tennessee shoots 50 percent or better ............. 2-0Opponent shoots 50 percent or better ..............0-0

Tennessee shoots less than 50 percent ...............5-3Opponent shoots less than 50 percent ...............7-2

Tennessee shoots better than opponent ........... 6-0Opponent shoots better than Tennessee.............1-3Same shooting percentage ....................................0-0

Tennessee has more free-throw attempts...........4-1Opponent has more free-throw attempts ..........3-2Same amount of free-throw attempts ................0-0

Tennessee bench outscores opponent bench .....7-2Opponent bench outscores Tennessee bench .... 0-1Benches score the same ..........................................0-0

Tennessee scores less than 50 ..............................0-0Tennessee scores between 50-59 ......................... 0-1Tennessee scores between 60-69 ........................ 0-1Tennessee scores between 70-79 ..........................2-1Tennessee scores between 80-89......................... 1-0Tennessee scores between 90-99 ....................... 2-0Tennessee scores 100 or more .............................. 2-0

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CAREER HONORS• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2011-12)• SEC Freshman of the Week (2/20/12)

2012-13 - SOPHOMORE• Recorded her third double-digit scoring game as she

put up 14 points and grabbed fi ve boards at Texas.• Notched her second career double-double against UNC

as she posted 15 points and grabbed 10 boards.• Tied her career-high in rebounds as she grabbed a

team-best 10 boards at Miami, while also playing a career-best 32 minutes.

• Started her third-straight game, scoring eight points, grabbing six boards and dishing out four assists in 23 minutes of action.

• Named the Auto Zone Player of the Game in the 71-54 victory over Georgia Tech as she recorded new career highs in points (16), fi eld goals made (6) and 3-point-ers made (3).

• Contributed four points while snagging seven rebounds in 23 minutes of play in UT’s season opener at Chatta-nooga.

2011-12 - FRESHMAN• One of only four Lady Vols to play in all 36 games.• Ranked third on team in fi eld goal percentage at .463,

connecting on 63 of 136 tries.• Stood fourth on the squad, fi rst among underclassmen,

with 21 blocked shots.• Hit double fi gures in scoring fi ve times and broke into

the scoring column in 27 contests.• Averaged 5.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest in

SEC play as a rookie.• Posted her fi rst career double-double, tallying 14 points

on fi ve-of-six shooting and retrieving 10 rebounds in 26 minutes of action off the bench vs. Middle Tennessee (11/29).

• Named SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 20 after games vs. Mississippi State (2/16) and Ole Miss (2/19).

• Earned her fi rst career start at Alabama (1/26) and scored nine points and tied her high for minutes with 31.

• Came off the bench against Old Dominion (12/28) to post a career-high nine assists and added fi ve boards, a block and her fi rst career steal in the win.

• Posted a 4.00 grade point average during the spring semester and was named to the 2011-12 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Her USA U19 team was named USA Basketball’s Team

of the Year after bringing home the gold from the 2011 World Championships in Puerto Montt, Chile.

• Also won gold medals at both the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Champi-onship.

HIGH SCHOOL• Helped her Butler teams compile a three-year 86-7 re-

cord.• Averaged 23.1 ppg., 15.3 rpg., 5.4 apg., 5.0 bpg. and 4.1

spg. as a senior, while shooting 61.0 percent from the fi eld, 48.0 percent from three-point land and 85.0 per-cent from the free throw line in leading the Bulldogs to a 30-1 mark and the North Carolina Class 4A state quarterfi nals.

• McDonald’s, Parade, USA Today and WBCA High School All-American (2011).

• Parade third team and ESPN Rise All-America fi rst team (2010).

• Gatorade North Carolina Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2010, 2011).

• Associated Press North Carolina Player of the Year (2011) and Co-Player of the Year (2010).

• Charlotte Observer North Carolina Ms. Basketball, Mecklenburg County Co-Player of the Year (2010) and All-Mecklenburg First Team (2010).

• Charlotte Observer All-State fi rst team (2009, 2010, 2011).

• MVP of the North Carolina Class 4A state title game (2010), scoring 28 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.

PERSONAL• Full name is Cassidie Cierra Burdick.• Born on Sept. 30, 1993, in Charlotte, N.C.• Parents are Lisa Burdick and Derrick Heard.• Has a brother, C.J. (8), and twin sisters, Emma and Jil-

lian Heard (12).• Cierra is considering a major in communications and

would like to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.• Had open heart surgery (ASD repair) when she was two

years old.• Wears uniform number 11 because she’s “tall and lanky

like two ones.”• Says the most impressive person she ever met is her

mom, because “she’s the strongest person I know, and there isn’t an obstacle she hasn’t overcome.”

• Began her basketball career by going to the YMCA across the street from her apartment every Saturday to play in the youth league.

• A gifted student, she earned a weighted 4.28 GPA and was a member of the National Honor Society.

• Active in her community, she served as lead counselor for her school’s basketball camp and volunteered with several charities, including the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation.

• Her great grandfather, Lloyd Burdick, played tackle for the NFL’s Chicago Bears with Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski in 1931-32.

11 CIERRA BURDICK SO Forward • 1L • 6-2

Charlotte, N.C. • Butler H.S.

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

2011-12 36-3 485 13.5 63-136 .463 4-12 .333 35-46 .761 3-68-101 2.8 45-0 34 40 21 10 165 4.6 2012-13 10-10 266 26.2 34-76 .447 4-12 .333 15-24 .625 18-45-63 6.3 30-0 21 20 10 10 87 8.7Totals 46-13 751 16.2 97-212 .458 8-24 .333 50-70 .714 51-113-164 3.6 74-0 55 60 31 20 252 5.5

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Had a Double-Double 1 2Scored 10+ Points 4 9Scored 15+ Points 2 4Scored 20+ Points - -Led the Lady Vols in Scoring - 1Led the Lady Vols in 3-Pointers Made 1 1Led the Lady Vols in Rebounding 1 2Led the Lady Vols in Steals 1 2Made 3+ 3-Pointers 1 1Had 3+ Steals - 1

Points: 16 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Rebounds: 10 // UNC, 12/2/12*Assists: 4 // Miami, 11/18/12*Steals: 2 // Rice, 11/15/12Blocks: 2 // MTSU, 11/28/12*Field Goals: 7 // Texas, 12/16/123-Pointers: 3 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Free Throws: 4 // UNC, 12/2/12*Minutes: 32 // Miami, 11/18/12

Points: 16 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Rebounds: 10 // UNC, 12/2/12*Assists: 9 // Old Dominion, 12/28/11Steals: 3 // DePaul, 12/11/11Blocks: 3 // MTSU, 11/29/11Field Goals: 7 // Texas, 12/16/123-Pointers: 3 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Free Throws: 7 // DePaul, 12/11/11Minutes: 32 // Miami, 11/18/12

Points: 15 // LSU, 1/19/12*Rebounds: 9 // Vanderbilt, 2/9/12Assists: 3 // Miss. State, 2/16/12*Steals: 1 // Arkansas, 2/23/12*Blocks: 2 // Miss. State, 2/16/12*Field Goals: 5 // Miss. State, 2/16/12*3-Pointers: 1 // S. Carolina, 3/3/12*Free Throws: 4 // LSU, 1/19/12Minutes: 31 // Alabama, 1/26/12*

Points: 2 // DePaul, 3/19/12Rebounds: 4 // DePaul, 3/19/12Assists: N/ASteals: 1 // Kansas, 3/24/12Blocks: 2 // DePaul, 3/19/12Field Goals: 1 // DePaul, 3/19/123-Pointers: N/AFree Throws: N/AMinutes: 15 // UT Martin, 3/17/12


2012-13 - FRESHMAN• Had surgery on her right shoulder on Dec. 13 to repair

a labral tear and is out for the season.• Led the Lady Vols in threes, going 4-5 from the arc and

4-4 from the line at Miami.• Notched fi ve points against Rice.• Started her second-straight game, playing a team-lead-

ing 36 points in the 71-54 victory over Georgia Tech. • Became the 17th freshman to start her fi rst career game

as a Lady Vol, as she notched four points, two rebounds and two steals against Chattanooga.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Member of 2010 USA Youth Olympic Games Team that

went 6-1 and captured a bronze medal in Singapore.• Participated in the 2009 USA U16 National Team Trials.• Played AAU ball for Georgia Elite.

HIGH SCHOOL• Ranked No. 21 on HoopGurlz Class of 2012 ESPNU 100

Rankings.• Honored as a 2010 ESPN Rise Underclass All-American.• Missed more than half of her senior season while re-

covering from a torn ACL in her left knee and played last few games of her career with a partially-separated shoulder.

• Had career highs of 31 points (2009) and 13 rebounds (2010).

• Averaged 14.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.7 steals as a junior.

• Numbers included 17.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.2 blocks as a sophomore.

• Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State First Team (2009, 2010, 2011), Honorable Mention (2012) and GSWA Player of the Year (2010, 2011).

• Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-State (2009-12) and GACA Player of the Year in (2011).

• Atlanta Tip-Off Club All-Metro (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).• Atlanta Journal Constitution All-Gwinnett County First

Team (2009, 2010, 2011) and Second Team (2012).• Gainesville Times Player of the Year (2011) and All-Area

Team (2009, 2010, 2011).• Gwinnett Tip-Off Club Player of the Year (2010, 2011).• 6AA All-Region (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and Region

6AA Player of the Year (2010, 2011). • Led Buford to AA state titles from 2009-11 and a run-

ner-up fi nish in 2012.

PERSONAL• Full name is Andraya Nichole “Draya” Carter.

• Born on Nov. 12, 1993, in Decatur, Ga., and signed with UT on her 18th birthday.

• Parents are Gary “Tyke” and Jessica Lhamon.• Siblings include Alli, Zoey and Curt Lhamon and Chris

and Shay Carter.• Interested in majoring in communications.• Honor graduate from BHS.

14 ANDRAYA CARTER FR Point Guard/Guard • HS • 5-9

Flowery Branch, Ga. • Buford H.S.


2012-13 7-5 144 20.6 11-30 .367 6-16 .375 9-10 .900 3-8-11 1.6 14-0 13 10 1 9 37 5.3Totals 7-5 144 20.6 11-30 .367 6-16 .375 9-10 .900 3-8-11 1.6 14-0 13 10 1 9 37 5.3

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Points: 16 // Miami, 11/18/12Rebounds: 4 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Assists: 4 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Steals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Blocks: 1 // Rice, 11/15/12Field Goals: 4 // Miami, 11/18/123-Pointers: 4 // Miami, 11/18/12Free Throws: 4 // Miami, 11/18/12Minutes: 36 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12

Points: 16 // Miami, 11/18/12Rebounds: 4 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Assists: 4 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Steals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Blocks: 1 // Rice, 11/15/12Field Goals: 4 // Miami, 11/18/123-Pointers: 4 // Miami, 11/18/12Free Throws: 4 // Miami, 11/18/12Minutes: 36 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12

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CAREER HONORS• SEC Freshman of the Week – 2012-13 (11/12/12)• SEC Freshman of the Week – 2012-13 (12/3/12)

2012-13 - FRESHMAN• Named AutoZone Player of the Game against Stanford

as she earned her fourth double-double, leading the Lady Vols in points (15) and rebounding (12). It was her third game with 12 rebounds this season.

• Recorded her third double-double as she posted 14 points and a team-best 10 rebounds against Texas.

• Honored for the second time this season as the SEC Freshman of the Week after posting her seventh dou-ble-digit scoring eff ort in as many games this year.

• Played a career-best 39 minutes in UT’s 88-81 OT vic-tory over MTSU, as she notched her second double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

• Is the only Lady Vol to score in double-digits every game this season.

• Racked up a team-best and career-best 20 points at Miami.

• Tied her career high of 18 points against Rice, while grabbing six boards.

• Earned SEC Freshman of the Week following her fi rst career start in the Orange and White, when she posted her fi rst double-double with a team-leading 18 points and 12 rebounds vs. Georgia Tech.

• Was UT’s second-highest scorer in her debut as a Lady Vol, notching 14 points at Chattanooga while grabbing eight rebounds.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Played on the gold-medal-winning USA Basketball U18

National Team at the 2012 FIBA Americas Champion-ship for Women in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, on Aug. 15-19.

• Averaged 7.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 19.4 minutes over fi ve contests.

• Previously was a member of the gold medal-winning Team USA U16 team at FIBA Americas and U17 squad at FIBA World Championships.

• Played AAU ball with the Clarksville Lady Shox.

HIGH SCHOOL• Ranked No. 5 on HoopGurlz Class of 2012 ESPNU 100

Rankings.• ESPN, McDonald’s, Parade and WBCA All-American

(2012).• All-USA First Team by USA Today and MaxPreps All-

America Third Team (2012).

• Parade All-America Fourth Team (2010).• ESPN Rise Underclass All-American (2010).• During her four-year career, she started all 135 games

and amassed 2,397 points, 1,591 rebounds, 493 assists, 297 steals and 348 blocked shots.

• Averaged 21.3 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.3 blocks as a senior while shooting 63.9 percent from the fi eld and 73.7 percent from the free throw line.

• Had points/rebounds averages of 17.9/13.9 as junior, 14.0/12.0 as a sophomore and 15.3/10.1 as a freshman.

• Tallied 12 rebounds and seven points in 2012 McDon-ald’s All-American Game, hitting a free throw with 0.3 seconds remaining to give the East a 79-78 victory.

• Played in 2012 WBCA All-American Game, joining UT teammate Jasmine Jones on the victorious White squad.

• Gatorade Tennessee Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2012).

• Tennessee Sports Writers Association Class 3A All-State Team (2010, 2011, 2012).

• The Leaf-Chronicle All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2011, 2012).

• District 10AAA and Region 9AAA MVP (2011, 2012) and four-time All-District 10AAA.

• Led her team to a 37-1 record as a senior, with the lone loss coming in the Class 3A state semifi nals.

• Had 28 points and 22 rebounds in Clarksville’s 2012 TSSAA AAA state quarterfi nal game.

PERSONAL• Full name is Bashaara Keyana Graves.• Born on March 17, 1994, in Clarksville, Tenn.• Mother is Keinya Graves.• Siblings include brothers Donovan Young and Giovanni

Marshall and sisters Ke’Undrea Ogburn and Semajia Ogburn.

• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.• Admires Clarksville native and U.S. Olympian Wilma

Rudolph.

12 BASHAARA GRAVES FR Forward/Center • HS • 6-2

Clarksville, Tenn. • Clarksville H.S.


2012-13 10-9 274 27.4 55-111 .495 0-1 .000 31-49 .633 42-39-81 8.1 19-1 8 13 2 14 141 14.1 Totals 10-9 274 27.4 55-111 .495 0-1 .000 31-49 .633 42-39-81 8.1 19-1 8 13 2 14 141 14.1

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Points: 20 // Miami, 11/18/12Rebounds: 12 // Stanford, 12/22/12*Assists: 3 // Rice, 11/15/12Steals: 4 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Blocks: 2 // Texas, 12/16/12Field Goals: 9 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/123-Pointers: -Free Throws: 6 // Chattanooga, 11/9/12Minutes: 39 // MTSU, 11/28/12

Points: 20 // Miami, 11/18/12Rebounds: 12 // Stanford, 12/22/12*Assists: 3 // Rice, 11/15/12Steals: 4 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Blocks: 2 // Texas, 12/16/12Field Goals: 9 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/123-Pointers: -Free Throws: 6 // Chattanooga, 11/9/12Minutes: 39 // MTSU, 11/28/12




CAREER HONORS• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2011-12).

2012-13 - SOPHOMORE• Put up a career-high 18 points and grabbed a team-

best 11 rebounds for her third career double-double against UNC, leading UT in rebounds for the fourth time this year.

• Blocked a career-high six shots in a career-best 28 minutes against Middle Tennessee State.

• Tied her career high in blocks (3) and minutes played (20), while setting new career highs in steals (4) against Alcorn State.

• Leads the team in double-doubles as she recorded her second in three contests with 16 points and a team-best 12 rebounds against Rice.

• Contributed six points and brought down four re-bounds in UT’s 71-54 win over Georgia Tech, matching her career-high in blocks with two.

• Was the only Lady Vol to notch a double-double in her fi rst career start, the season opener at Chattanooga, as she recorded 13 points and grabbed 12 boards, lead-ing the team in rebounds.

2011-12 - FRESHMAN• Scored in double fi gures three times as a freshman

while appearing in 30 games.• Ranked fi fth on the team with 17 blocked shots.• Came off the bench against Chattanooga (1/3) to

knock down a career-high 13 points against the Lady Mocs and tie her career best with fi ve fi eld goals in a season-best 20 minutes of duty.

• Recorded 10 points against Old Dominion (12/28), ty-ing a career best with fi ve fi eld goals in 14 minutes.

• Saw 19 minutes in reserve at Alabama (1/26), record-ing 10 points and six rebounds in the win.

• Was credited with being the spark that helped the Lady Vols pull away from #7 Miami (11/15), scoring four points and adding two boards and a block in nine minutes off the bench.

• Came up with fi ve points, four rebounds and a blocked shot in eight minutes off the bench against Auburn (2/5) and was called the catalyst in the win by Coach Summitt.

• Carded 19 minutes of action against Middle Tennessee (11/29), registering seven points and nine rebounds.

• Had seven boards vs. both Virginia (11/20) and Baylor (11/27).

• Saw fi rst action as a Lady Vol against Pepperdine (11/13), pulling down eight boards in the winning eff ort

and scored fi ve points for UT, making fi ve of six shots from the charity stripe.

• Earned action in the NCAA First Round, entering the contest to tally three points and four rebounds in 11 minutes vs. UT Martin (3/17).

• Started attending classes at UT in June, enabling her to get in the weight room and also play in the Pilot Rocky Top League, where she got experience compet-ing with and against former and current Lady Vols.

• Named to the 2011-12 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Harrison was an AAU teammate of fellow Lady Vol

Ariel Massengale, playing for the Tennessee Flight.• The Flight won the 2010 Nike Nationals in Augusta,

Ga., going undefeated in the process.• USA Basketball U17 team trial invitee (2010).

HIGH SCHOOL• Helped Hillsboro to a 36-1 record en route to the 2009

Tennessee AAA State Championship.• Shot 61.0 percent from the fi eld as a senior, averaging

19.3 ppg. (491 points) and 13.1 rpg. (255 rebounds) with 7.1 blocks per contest (131 blocked shots).

• Garnered all-district and second-team all-state acco-lades (2011).

• Averaged 14.6 ppg. and 9.6 rpg. with 38 blocks and 51 steals as a junior.

• All-District and All-Region (2010).• Tallied 430 points, averaging 11.6 ppg, in addition to

posting 255 rebounds, 78 steals and 52 blocks as a sophomore in 2008-09.

• Was a middle blocker for the HHS volleyball team.

PERSONAL• Full name is Isabelle Hannah “Izzy” Harrison.• Born on Sept 27, 1993, in Nashville, Tenn.• Parents are Dennis and Ida Harrison.• Considering psychology as a major.• Would like to teach and coach one day.• Family includes 11 siblings: Idette, 33, Dennis, Jr., 32,

Danielle, 31, David, 29, Dianne, 27, Daniel, 25, Della, 23, DeeDee, 22, Isaiah, 19, Ian, 16 and Dorie, 13.

• Two of her older brothers, D.J. and David, play basket-ball overseas.

• Older sister, DeeDee, is a 6’3” senior middle blocker on the Lady Vol volleyball team.

• Her father played in the NFL for 10 seasons with the

20 ISABELLE HARRISON SO Center • 1L • 6-3

Nashville, Tenn. • Hillsboro H.S.


2011-12 31-0 259 8.4 33-90 .367 0-1 .000 36-58 .621 38-45-83 2.7 40-1 3 23 17 7 102 3.32012-13 9-8 163 19.2 34-71 .479 0-0 .000 12-17 .706 27-33-63 7.0 24-0 8 24 21 8 80 8.9 Totals 40-8 432 10.8 67-161 .416 0-1 .000 48-75 .640 65-81-146 3.7 64-1 11 47 38 15 182 4.6

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Points: 18 // UNC, 12/2/12Rebounds: 12 // Rice, 11/15/12*Assists: 2 // Miami, 11/18/12Steals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Blocks: 6 // MTSU, 11/28/12Field Goals: 8 // UNC, 12/2/12*3-Pointers: -Free Throws: 7 // Chattanooga, 11/9/12Minutes: 28 // MTSU, 11/28/12

Points: 3 // UT Martin, 3/17/12Rebounds: 4 // UT Martin, 3/17/12Assists: N/ASteals: 1 // UT Martin, 3/17/12Blocks: 1 // UT Martin, 3/17/12Field Goals: 1 // Baylor, 3/26/12*3-Pointers: N/AFree Throws: 1 // UT Martin, 3/17/12Minutes: 11 // UT Martin, 3/17/12

Points: 10 // Alabama, 1/26/12Rebounds: 6 // Alabama, 1/26/12Assists: -Steals: 1 // Georgia, 1/29/12*Blocks: 2 // Alabama, 1/26/12Field Goals: 3 // Alabama, 1/26/123-Pointers: N/AFree Throws: 4 // Alabama, 1/26/12Minutes: 19 // Alabama, 1/26/12

Points: 18 // UNC, 12/2/12Rebounds: 12 // Rice, 11/15/12*Assists: 2 // Miami, 11/18/12Steals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Blocks: 6 // MTSU, 11/28/12Field Goals: 8 // UNC, 12/2/12*3-Pointers: -Free Throws: 7 // Chattanooga, 11/9/12Minutes: 28 // MTSU, 11/28/12


2 JASMINE JONES FR Forward • HS • 6-2

Madison, Ala. • Bob Jones H.S.


2012-13 10-0 140 14.0 21-49 .429 0-1 .000 7-12 .583 18-25-43 4.3 15-0 6 13 1 7 49 4.9 Totals 10-0 140 14.0 21-49 .429 0-1 .000 7-12 .583 18-25-43 4.3 15-0 6 13 1 7 49 4.9

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2012-13 - FRESHMAN• Was one rebound shy of recording a double-double

against Texas, tallying 10 points and grabbed nine re-bounds in the Lady Vols’ 94-75 win.

• Was one of six Lady Vols to score in double digits against Alcorn State, as she set new career highs in points (10), assists (2) and fi eld goals (2).

• Grabbed one board in three minutes of play at Miami.• Went 3-4 from the fi eld, scoring six points against Rice. • Snagged 11 rebounds in UT’s win over Georgia Tech

while also going 2-2 from the line in 18 minutes of play.• Shot 50 percent from the fi eld in her fi rst career game

as a Lady Vol, tallying four points and grabbing fi ve re-bounds, while blocking one shot against Chattanooga.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Played AAU ball for the Southern Starz.

HIGH SCHOOL• Ranked No. 39 on HoopGurlz ESPNU 100 Rankings.• WBCA All-American (2012).• Played in 2012 WBCA All-American Game, joining UT

teammate Bashaara Graves on the victorious White squad.

• Gatorade State Player of the Year (2012).• 6A Player of the Year (2011, 2012).• 6A All-State First Team (2010, 2011, 2012).• 6A State Championship MVP (2011).• North/South All-Star MVP (2011).• Alabama Miss Basketball (2012).• Huntsville Times Elite Basketball POY (2010, 2012).• Birmingham Super 5 (2010, 2011, 2012).• Averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three

blocks as a senior and shot 57 percent from the fl oor.• Produced averages of 14 points, 15 rebounds and four

assists as a junior and 17, 10 and two, respectively, as a sophomore.

• Career highs include 38 points (2010) and 20 rebounds (2012).

• Led her team to a state title in 2011 and a runner-up fi nish in 2012.

PERSONAL• Full name is Jasmine Daishawn Jones.• Born on Sept. 29, 1993, in Huntsville, Ala.• Mother is Latrish Jones, a former standout player at Alabama.• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.• Member of honor roll at Bob Jones High School.• Was a 5-8 high jumper for the BJHS track team.

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Had a Double-Double - -Scored 10+ Points 2 2Scored 15+ Points - -Scored 20+ Points - -Led the Lady Vols in Scoring - -Led the Lady Vols in 3-Pointers Made - -Led the Lady Vols in Rebounding 1 1Led the Lady Vols in Steals 1 1Made 3+ 3-Pointers - -Had 3+ Steals - -

Points: 10 // Texas, 12/16/12*Rebounds: 11 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Assists: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Steals: 2 // Texas, 12/16/12*Blocks: 1 // Chattanooga, 11/9/12Field Goals: 4 // Texas, 12/16/12*3-Pointers: -Free Throws: 2 // Texas, 12/16/12*Minutes: 20 // Rice, 11/15/12

Points: 10 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Rebounds: 11 // Georgia Tech, 11/11/12Assists: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Steals: 2 // UNC, 12/2/12Blocks: 1 // Chattanooga, 11/9/12Field Goals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/123-Pointers: -Free Throws: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Minutes: 20 // Rice, 11/15/12




CAREER HONORS• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team (2012).• Full Court Freshman All-America First Team (2012).• SEC All-Freshman Team (2012).• SEC Freshman of the Week (12/5/11, 1/16/12).

2012-13 - SOPHOMORE• Grabbed a career-best six rebounds in 33 minutes of ac-

tion at Baylor.• Named the AutoZone Player of the Game after scoring

15 points and dishing out a team-best seven assists in UT’s 94-75 win over Texas.

• Scored a season-best 15 points while dishing out a team-best four assists against Middle Tennessee.

• Set a career-high in free throws as she went a perfect 10-10 from the line at Miami, totaling 14 points and snagged four rebounds.

• Went 2-2 from the fi eld, scoring four points and dishing out three assists against Rice.

• Recorded nine points and three rebounds while going 5-6 from the line in UT’s 71-54 victory over Georgia Tech.

2011-12 - FRESHMAN• Appeared in 33 games, getting 24 starts and scoring in

double fi gures on 10 occasions.• Named to FullCourt.com Freshman All-America First

Team and SEC All-Freshman Team.• Started in opener vs. Pepperdine (11/13), becoming only

the 14th freshman to start her fi rst game as a Lady Vol after being anointed UT’s point guard in March by Pat Summitt while she was still in high school.

• Recorded 162 assists as a rookie, the most-ever by a UT freshman and the eighth-best total in school history.

• Ranked second in the SEC with that total, as well, with an average of 4.9 per game.

• Led the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.1.• Fourth-best free throw shooter in the SEC at .776 (66-

85).• Named SEC Freshman of the Week on Jan. 16 after dish-

ing out a Lady Vol rookie-record 12 assists in a home win over Vanderbilt (Jan. 15).

• Also named SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 5 after scoring 14 vs. Middle Tennessee and 10 vs. Texas and dishing out fi ve assists in each game.

• Shot a perfect 6-6 from the fl oor (4-4 from three) to col-lect a career-high 19 points against Chattanooga (1/3).

• Contributed 12 points, fi ve assists, three boards, two steals in the NCAA Regional semifi nal victory over Kan-sas (3/24).

• Returned to her hometown during the NCAA Tourna-

ment, seeing considerable time as a reserve as UT picked up wins in the fi rst and second rounds in Chicago vs. UT Martin (3/17) and DePaul (3/19).

• Helped UT to SEC Tourney championship game win, sinking nine of 10 free throws vs. LSU (3/4).

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• In the summer of 2011, won a gold medal at the 2011

USA Basketball U19 World Championships (7.2 ppg./4.3 apg./4.3 rpg.) in Puerto Montt, Chile, playing alongside UT teammate Cierra Burdick.

• Broke a USA U19 record with 39 assists for the tourna-ment and was fourth among all players at the World Championships.

• Also won gold medals at both the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship (10.1 ppg./5.4 apg.) and 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship (12.0 ppg./4.8 apg./3.4 rpg.).

• On the AAU circuit, she played for Tennessee Flight Sil-ver in 2010; played for Illinois Dream Team from 2007-2009.

HIGH SCHOOL• Averaged 16.0 ppg., 7.0 apg. and 4.0 spg. as a senior.• Helped BHS capture back-to-back-to-back state titles

(2009, 2010, 2011).• McDonald’s High School All-American and WBCA High

School All-American (2011).• USA Today All-USA First Team (2011) and Second Team

(2009, 2010).• Parade All-American (2011) and Parade Second Team

(2010), ESPN Rise All-America First Team (2010 and 2011).

• Gatorade Illinois Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2011).

• Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA), Associ-ated Press and Champaign News Gazette 3A/4A All-State First Team (2010, 2011).

• Chicago Tribune All-State (2010) and All-Area (2009).• Herald News Co-Player of the Year (2010) and All-Area

(2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).

PERSONAL• Full name is Ariel Chanel Massengale.• Born on June 10, 1993, in Downers Grove, Ill.• Parents are Carvel and Anita Massengale.• Older brother, Avery, is 28.• Her brother Avery played college football, as did her

dad.

5 ARIEL MASSENGALE SO Point Guard • 1L • 5-6

Bolingbrook, Ill. • Bolingbrook H.S.


2011-12 33-24 936 28.4 77-199 .387 25-75 .333 66-85 .776 13-64-77 2.3 61-1 162 76 2 45 245 7.42012-13 10-6 286 28.6 26-69 .377 9-28 .321 30-38 .789 3-25-28 2.8 14-0 39 26 0 12 91 9.1Totals 43-30 1222 28.4 103-268 .384 34-103 .330 96-123 .780 16-89-105 2.4 75-1 201 102 2 57 336 7.8

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Points: 19 // Georgia, 1/5/12*Rebounds: 6 // Baylor, 12/18/12Assists: 12 // Vanderbilt, 1/15/12Steals: 4 // Auburn, 2/5/12Blocks: 1 // Baylor, 3/26/12*Field Goals: 8 // Georgia, 1/5/123-Pointers: 4 // Chattanooga, 1/3/12Free Throws: 9 // LSU, 3/4/12Minutes: 40 // S. Carolina, 2/2/12

Points: 12 // Kansas, 3/24/12Rebounds: 3 // Kansas, 3/24/12Assists: 5 // Kansas, 3/24/12Steals: 2 // Kansas, 3/24/12Blocks: 1 // Baylor, 3/26/12*Field Goals: 3 // Kansas, 3/24/12*3-Pointers: 2 // Kansas, 3/24/12*Free Throws: 4 // Kansas, 3/24/12*Minutes: 35 // Kansas, 3/24/12

Points: 19 // Georgia, 1/5/12Rebounds: 5 // Auburn, 2/5/12Assists: 12 // Vanderbilt, 1/15/12Steals: 4 // Auburn, 2/5/12Blocks: N/AField Goals: 8 // Georgia, 1/5/123-Pointers: 2 // Georgia, 1/29/12*Free Throws: 9 // LSU, 3/4/12Minutes: 40 // S. Carolina, 2/2/12

Points: 15 // Texas, 12/16/12*Rebounds: 6 // Baylor, 12/18/12Assists: 7 // Texas, 12/16/12*Steals: 3 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Blocks: -Field Goals: 5 // Texas, 12/16/12*3-Pointers: 2 // MTSU, 11/28/12*Free Throws: 10 // Miami, 11/18/12Minutes: 37 // Texas, 12/16/12*



2012-13 - FRESHMAN• Set career highs in points (10), rebounds (7), blocks (2),

fi eld goals (4), free throws (2) and minutes played (18) against Alcorn State.

• Recorded four points and grabbed one rebound in 15 minutes of action against Rice.

• Saw three minutes of action in her fi rst game action as a Lady Vol in UT’s 71-54 win over Georgia Tech.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Played summer ball with the Illinois Dream Team.

HIGH SCHOOL• Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 3A-4A All-State

Second Team (2012).• Chicago Tribune All-State special-mention selection.• Rated a three-star recruit by HoopGurlz and the 82nd-

best forward in her class nationally.• Labeled as a shot-blocker/changer by HoopGurlz.• Averaged nine points, seven rebounds and 2.2 blocks as

a senior.• Was one of seven players on that team to sign with an

NCAA Division I school.• Played with her twin sister, Annaya, and Lady Vol team-

mate Ariel Massengale at Bolingbrook High School.• Helped BHS win at state title in 2010-11 after transfer-

ring from Morgan Park High School.• Originally signed with Illinois, but asked for, and was

granted, a release.

PERSONAL• Full name is Nia Amina Moore.• Born Sept. 11, 1993, in Chicago, Ill.• Mother is Ayanna Moore.• Twin sister, Annaya, plays basketball at Troy (Ala.) Uni-

versity.• Other siblings include Cameron, Kalil and Jeff .• Interested in psychology as a major.

21 NIA MOORE FR Center • HS • 6-3

Chicago, Ill. • Bolingbrook H.S.


2012-13 6-0 63 10.5 8-19 .421 0-0 .000 6-6 1.000 10-5-15 2.5 8-0 1 4 3 4 22 3.7 Totals 6-0 63 10.5 8-19 .421 0-0 .000 6-6 1.000 10-5-15 2.5 8-0 1 4 3 4 22 3.7

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Had a Double-Double - -Scored 10+ Points 1 1Scored 15+ Points - -Scored 20+ Points - -Led the Lady Vols in Scoring - -Led the Lady Vols in 3-Pointers Made - -Led the Lady Vols in Rebounding 1 1Led the Lady Vols in Steals 1 1Made 3+ 3-Pointers - -Had 3+ Steals - -

Points: 10 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Rebounds: 7 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Assists: 1 // Rice, 11/15/12Steals: 1 // Baylor, 12/18/12*Blocks: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Field Goals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/123-Pointers: -Free Throws: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Minutes: 18 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12

Points: 10 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Rebounds: 7 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Assists: 1 // Rice, 11/15/12Steals: 1 // Baylor, 12/18/12*Blocks: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Field Goals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/123-Pointers: -Free Throws: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Minutes: 18 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12




2012-13 - SOPHOMORE• Scored her fi rst basket of the year against Alcorn

State, while notching a steal from the Braves.• In her Lady Vol debut against Rice, she grabbed four

boards and dished out two assists in nine minutes of action.

• Missed the fi rst two games of the season due to a left quad strain.

LOUISBURG COLLEGE• Spent the 2011-12 season at Louisburg College in

North Carolina.• Averaged 16.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.7 steals

per game.• Earned NJCAA All-America First Team honors

(2012).• Helped Louisburg fi nish third at the 2012 NJCAA Di-

vision II Tournament.• Spurred her team to a fi nal season record of 31-2 in

2011-12.

HIGH SCHOOL• Averaged 21.5 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.3 steals, 3.1

assists and 3.0 blocks as a senior.• South Carolina 3A Player of the Year (2011).• South Carolina 4A Player of the Year (2008).• All-state and all-region honoree (2007-2011), begin-

ning varsity play as a seventh grader.• Produced 35 points, 24 rebounds, fi ve blocks, four

assists and four steals in the third round of state playoff s in 2011.

• Scored 50 points and 27 rebounds in a contest as a sophomore.

• Averaged 20.8 points and 10.7 rebounds as a junior and 21.2 and 13.7 as a sophomore.

• Played in the Carolinas Classic All-Star Game (2011).• Morning News Player of the Year (2011).

PERSONAL• Full name is Shemiah Jasmine Phillips.• Born on March 9, 1993, in Hartsville, S.C.• Mother is Sharon Edwards.• Siblings include Shavonne Seymore, Whitney Rus-

sell and Anthony Anderson.• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.• Wears No. 1 because she was Holly Warlick’s fi rst

signee as head coach at Tennessee.• Is only the fourth JUCO player since 1977 to sign

with the Lady Vols.• Related to former UT football standout Tony Mc-

Daniel.

1 JASMINE PHILLIPS SO Guard • TR • 5-10

Hartsville, S.C. • Hartsville H.S. • Louisburg (N.C.) College


2012-13 2-0 18 9.0 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2-4 2.0 1-0 3 1 0 2 2 1.0 Totals 2-0 18 9.0 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2-4 2.0 1-0 3 1 0 2 2 1.0

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Points: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Rebounds: 4 // Rice, 11/15/12Assists: 2 // Rice, 11/15/12Steals: 1 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12*Blocks: -Field Goals: 1 // Alcorn State, 11/25/123-Pointers: -Free Throws: -Minutes: 9 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12


Points: 2 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Rebounds: 4 // Rice, 11/15/12Assists: 2 // Rice, 11/15/12Steals: 1 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12*Blocks: -Field Goals: 1 // Alcorn State, 11/25/123-Pointers: -Free Throws: -Minutes: 9 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12


CAREER HONORS• SEC Player of the Week - 2012-13 (12/3/12)• espnW National Player of the Week - 2012-13 (12/3/12)• Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team (2012).• Media Preseason All-SEC Second Team (2012). • AP Honorable Mention All-American (2011).• AP & Coaches All-SEC Second Team (2011).• Coaches SEC Freshman of the Year (2011).• AP SEC Newcomer of the Year (2011).• Coaches SEC All-Freshman Team (2011).• Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team (2010).• SEC Freshman of the Week – 2010-11 (12/6, 12/20, 2/10).• Naismith Award Candidate (2011-12).• Naismith Award Top-30 Candidate (2010-11).• Preseason All-SEC First Team (2011-12).

2012-13 - JUNIOR• Led the Lady Vols in scoring for the sixth time this sea-

son, tallying 15 points against Texas.• Earned SEC Player of the Week and espnW National

Player of the Week honors following her 33-point scor-ing eff ort in UT’s 102-57 win over UNC, becoming the 37th Lady Vol to score 1,000 points in her career.

• Contributed seven points and grabbed three boards in UT’s 79-67 win at Miami.

• Garnered her 12th 20-point scoring game, racking up a team-best 22 points against Rice.

• Went 2-3 in 3-pointers while contributing nine points and two steals in UT’s win over Georgia Tech.

• Recorded her 11th career 20+ point game, leading the Lady Vols against Chattanooga with 23 points. Named AutoZone Player of the Game for that eff ort.

2011-12 - SOPHOMORE• Preseason All-SEC First Team.• Naismith Award Candidate.• Team’s third-leading scorer as a sophomore, and the

top underclass point-producer, averaging 11.1 per con-test.

• Scored at a 15.0 clip during the NCAA Tournament.• One of four Lady Vols appearing in all 36 games, start-

ing 22 of them.• Team’s second-leading three-point shooter, drilling 51

in 164 tries.• Scored in double fi gures on 21 occasions, including

three out of four NCAA Tournament games, and ended her sophomore season with 48 career double-digit scoring outputs at UT.

2010-11 - FRESHMAN• Nicknamed “Speedy” and called “one of the fastest

players I’ve ever coached” by legendary coach Pat Summitt.

• Led Tennessee in scoring at 13.5 ppg and assists at 2.8 apg.

• Scored in double fi gures 27 times, with fi ve games of 20 or more points.

• Shot 92.3 percent from the line (24-26) in conference play.

• Only Chamique Holdsclaw began her UT career with more consecutive double-digit contests (14 in 1995-96).

• Set a Lady Vol single-game record with eight threes (in 15 attempts) and scored a career-high 28 points vs. La-mar (12/1).

• Named SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 6, after that showing vs. Lamar (12/1) and 14 points vs. Old Domin-ion (12/5).

• Set a then-Lady Vol freshman record with 11 assists against Alabama (Jan. 6).

• Starting her fi rst game at point guard, she became the 10th Lady Vol ever to record a points-assists double-double, scoring 15 points along with her 11 helpers ver-sus the Crimson Tide.

• Captured SEC Freshman of the Week accolades on Dec. 20, following a week that saw her average 22.5 ppg as UT split against a pair of top-three teams in No. 3/2 Stanford and No. 2/3 Baylor.

• Scored 23 points in 37 minutes versus Stanford (Dec. 19), sending the game to overtime with a three-pointer that knotted the game at 70-70 with 48 seconds left in regulation.

HIGH SCHOOL• Shattered the 25-year-old San Antonio Metro Area ca-

reer scoring record by tallying 3,406 points over four years at Byron P. Steele II High School in Cibolo, Texas.

• During her senior season in 2009-10, she scored a career-best 25.4 ppg., including a career-high 45-point outing against Alamo Heights, and averaged 6.1 rpg., 2.6 apg. and 4.1 spg.

PERSONAL• Full name is Meighan Sharee Simmons.• Born on Jan. 25, 1992, in Fayetteville, N.C.• Parents are Wayne and Karolyn Simmons.• Has two sisters, Tawanda Perry (31) and Tynessa (27),

and four brothers, Wayne (25), Erin (24), Ryan (19) and Matthew (17).

• Meighan is majoring in psychology.

10 MEIGHAN SIMMONS JR Guard • 2L • 5-9

Cibolo, Texas • Byron P. Steele H.S.


2010-11 37-36 974 26.3 183-438 .418 63-187 .337 71-96 .740 24-77-101 2.7 69-1 104 104 7 24 500 13.52011-12 36-22 901 25.0 143-381 .375 51-164 .311 61-83 .735 22-59-81 2.3 47-0 47 72 12 30 398 11.12012-13 10-10 303 30.3 63-155 .406 19-55 .345 26-30 .867 10-28-38 3.8 21-0 19 28 2 20 171 17.1Totals 83-68 2178 26.2 389-974 .399 133-406 .328 158-209 .756 56-164-220 2.7 137-1 170 204 21 74 1069 12.9

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Had a Double-Double - 1Scored 10+ Points 8 56Scored 15+ Points 6 30Scored 20+ Points 3 13Scored 30+ Points 1 1Led the Lady Vols in Scoring 7 27Led the Lady Vols in 3-Pointers Made 5 31Led the Lady Vols in Rebounding - -Led the Lady Vols in Steals 5 13Made 3+ 3-Pointers 3 16Had 3+ Steals 4 6

Points: 25 Kentucky, 2/13/12Rebounds: 5 // Ole Miss, 2/19/12*Assists: 11 // Alabama, 1/6/11Steals: 3 // Vanderbilt, 1/15/12Blocks: 1 // Vanderbilt, 3/2/12*Field Goals: 10 // Kentucky, 2/13/123-Pointers: 4 // Vanderbilt, 1/15/11*Free Throws: 7 // Vanderbilt, 2/9/12*Minutes: 38 // Georgia, 1/29/12*

Points: 33 // UNC, 12/2/12Rebounds: 6 // UNC, 12/2/12*Assists: 4 // UNC, 12/2/12Steals: 4 // Rice, 11/15/12Blocks: 1 // Baylor, 12/18/12*Field Goals: 12 // UNC, 12/2/123-Pointers: 3 // Texas, 12/16/12*Free Throws: 6 // UNC, 12/2/12Minutes: 41 // MTSU, 11/28/12

Points: 22 // Kansas, 3/24/12Rebounds: 6 // Baylor, 3/26/12Assists: 5 // Ohio State, 3/26/11Steals: 2 // UT Martin, 3/17/12*Blocks: 2 // Ohio State, 3/26/11Field Goals: 9 // Kansas, 3/24/123-Pointers: 4 // UT Martin, 3/17/12Free Throws: 3 // DePaul, 3/19/12Minutes: 40 // Ohio State, 3/26/11

Points: 33 // UNC, 12/2/12Rebounds: 8 // Louisville, 11/12/10Assists: 11 // Alabama, 1/6/11Steals: 4 // Rice, 11/15/12Blocks: 2 // Chattanooga, 1/3/12*Field Goals: 12 // UNC, 12/2/123-Pointers: 8 // Lamar, 12/1/10Free Throws: 8 // Baylor, 12/14/10Minutes: 41 // MTSU, 11/28/12


CAREER HONORS• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12).• Earned 2012 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award

2012-13 - SENIOR• Tallied her third double digit scoring game in the last

four contests as she put up 15 points against Texas in a season-best 31 minutes of action, recording her 100th career 3-pointer.

• Hit two baskets behind the arc to contribute 10 points in the Lady Vols’ 102-57 win over the Tar Heels.

• One of six players to hit double digits in scoring against Alcorn State, as she totaled 10 points, her fi rst double-digit game since last December.

• Sunk her fi rst trey of the season to send UT over the century mark in the Lady Vols’ 101-48 win over Rice.

• Recorded two points, two rebounds and two steals in the Lady Vols’ 71-54 win over Georgia Tech.

• Started the season-opener of her fi nal year donning the Orange and White, putting up two points and grabbing six boards.

2011-12 - JUNIOR• Played in 27 games, starting 15 for Tennessee, while bat-

tling injuries.• Had six double-fi gure scoring outputs in the fi rst nine

games of the season before a balky knee limited her playing time and productivity.

• Improved her total to 23 games in double fi gures for points through her junior season.

• Was averaging 12.2 points through nine contests and after playing the 10th one vs. Stanford (12/20), she missed the next eight games before resuming action vs. Notre Dame (1/23).

• Tied a career high with 22 points against Virginia (11/20), going 8-17 from the fl oor, hitting four from long range and adding two rebounds and a block in a career-high 42 minutes of action.

• Put up a team-high 20 points against #7 Miami (11/15), dropping four of eight shots from behind the arc and contributing fi ve boards and three assists in 39 minutes.

• Played 31 minutes against #1 Baylor (11/27), chipping in 10 points and two rebounds against the Lady Bears.

• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third time in her career.

2010-11 - SOPHOMORE• Started 26 games and averaged 8.0 points and 4.1 re-

bounds as a sophomore.• Scored in double fi gures on 13 occasions.

Tennessee was 16-0 when Spani scored in double fi g-ures until the NCAA Tournament Dayton Regional Final loss to Notre Dame (March 28).

• Spani scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed six boards versus Rutgers on Dec. 30.

• The game before, versus ETSU, Spani notched her fi rst career double-double, totaling 15 points and 12 boards.

• Tallied 18 points in 37 minutes against Mississippi State (Jan. 27) on her 20th birthday.

• Scored 18 points for second straight game on at Arkan-sas (Jan. 30) in a career-best 39 minutes.

• Scored 15 points on 4-of-7 shooting and dished out a career-high fi ve assists versus Alabama (Jan. 6).

• Dropped 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in 20 minutes versus Ole Miss (Jan. 9).

• An academic standout, she was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Second Team for District 4 and to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2009-10 - FRESHMAN• Became 15th Lady Vol to start her fi rst game at Rocky

Top and the 58th freshman to start during her rookie campaign.

• Played in 33 games and got the starting nod 16 times.• Tallied averages of 5.8 ppg., 2.7 rpg. and 1.3 apg. in all

contests and averaged 4.1 ppg., 1.7 rpg. and 0.9 apg. in SEC outings.

• Battled turf toe and saw limited action the second half of the season.

• Scored a game-high and season-best 18 points to go with six rebounds and two assists against Texas Tech.

• Came off the bench, made her fi rst seven shots and torched the nets for 17 points in only 16 minutes against Dayton in the NCAA Tournament Second Round.

• Scored a team-high 16 points and added six rebounds in a season-best 32 minutes against UCLA.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Played on USA’s gold-medal-winning team at the 2009

U19 World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, aver-aged 4.8 ppg. and 3.2 rpg.

HIGH SCHOOL• The fi rst player from the state of Missouri to play bas-

ketball for the Lady Vols.• McDonald’s, Parade and WBCA All-American and Gato-

rade Kansas Player of the Year (2009).• DiRenna Award winner (2008) and Pete Maravich

Award as the top homeschooled athlete in the nation (2008).

• Competed for Metro Academy (Olathe, Kansas), where she started all 185 games and compiled 4,113 points, 1,758 rebounds, 825 assists, 488 steals and 426 blocked shots during her fi ve-year prep career.

• As a senior in 2008-09, started all 35 games and aver-aged 32.5 ppg. and 10.6 rpg.

PERSONAL• Full name is Taber Chalee Spani.• Born Jan. 27, 1991, in Independence, Mo.• Parents are Gary and Stacey Spani.• Has four sisters: Shalin (24), Tanis (20), Sajel (18) and

Taris (14).• Completed her degree in communication studies in

Aug. and is pursuing a master’s in kinesiology with a concentration in sports psychology and motor behavior.

• Father (Gary) had a 10-year NFL career as a linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs (still holds the record as the all-time leading tackler).

• Sister Tanis is a junior and plays basketball for South-west Baptist University.

• Older sister Shalin played basketball at Kansas State.

13 TABER SPANI SR Guard/Forward • 3L • 6-1

Lee’s Summit, Mo. • Homeschooled (Metro Academy)


2009-10 33-16 635 19.2 69-167 .413 26-71 .366 28-37 .757 41-49-90 2.7 40-0 43 41 8 11 192 5.82010-11 37-26 842 22.8 108-250 .432 35-95 .368 44-55 .800 51-102-153 4.1 44-0 51 51 8 17 295 8.02011-12 27-15 562 20.8 61-164 .372 34-85 .400 23-30 .767 25-44-69 2.6 21-0 34 39 6 11 179 6.62012-13 10-2 195 19.5 25-68 .368 9-32 .281 12-16 .750 15-19-34 3.4 13-0 8 7 1 7 71 7.1Totals 107-59 2234 20.9 263-649 .405 104-283 .367 107-138 .775 132-214-346 3.2 118-0 136 138 23 46 737 6.9

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Points: 17 // Dayton, 3/22/10Rebounds: 7 // Notre Dame, 3/28/11Assists: 2 // Ohio State, 3/26/11*Steals: 2 // Baylor, 3/27/10Blocks: 1 // Stetson, 3/19/11*Field Goals: 7 // Dayton, 3/22/103-Pointers: 3 // Notre Dame, 3/28/11*Free Throws: 2 // Baylor, 3/26/12*Minutes: 28 // Notre Dame, 3/28/11

Points: 22 // Virginia, 11/20/11Rebounds: 12 // Miss. State, 2/16/12*Assists: 5 // Pepperdine, 11/13/11*Steals: 3 // Ole Miss, 2/19/12Blocks: 2 // Pepperdine, 11/13/11*Field Goals: 8 // Virginia, 11/20/113-Pointers: 4 // UCLA, 12/17/11Free Throws: 4 // Arkansas, 2/23/12*Minutes: 42 // Virginia, 11/20/11

Points: 18 // Arkansas, 1/30/11*Rebounds: 6 // Georgia, 3/5/11*Assists: 5 // Alabama, 1/6/11Steals: 3 // Ole Miss, 2/19/12Blocks: 2 // Vanderbilt, 3/6/10Field Goals: 7 // Mississippi St., 1/27/11*3-Pointers: 3 // Arkansas, 1/20/11)*Free Throws: 7 // Alabama, 1/6/11Minutes: 39 // Arkansas, 1/30/11

Points: 15 // Texas, 12/16/12Rebounds: 6 // Texas, 12/16/12*Assists: 3 // Rice, 11/15/12Steals: 2 // UNC, 12/2/12*Blocks: 1 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Field Goals: 5 // Texas, 12/16/123-Pointers: 3 // Texas, 12/16/12Free Throws: 3 // Rice, 11/15/12Minutes: 31 // Texas, 12/16/12


2012-13 - SENIOR• Recorded her fi rst career double-double, as she scored

15 points and grabbed a career-best 10 boards at Bay-lor, earning the AutoZone Player of the Game honor for the second time this season.

• Named the AutoZone Player of the Game against Middle Tennessee after producing big plays in the fi -nal 10 minutes of action, including overtime, where she produced two steals, two assists, three rebounds, nine points and took a charge.

• Tied her career high in steals (4) against Alcorn State.• Contributed two points and grabbed two rebounds in

UT’s 79-67 win at Miami.• Notched 12 points and tied her career-high with six as-

sists against Rice. • Contributed two points and dished out one assist at

Georgia Tech.

2011-12 - JUNIOR• Appeared in 22 games after rehabbing from ACL sur-

gery during the summer.• Hit 10 of 11 free throws for the campaign and posted 29

assists compared to 13 turnovers.• Made her fi rst appearance against Chattanooga (1/3),

dishing out a team-high four assists in her 2011-12 de-but.

• That eff ort pushed UT’s record to 15-0 all-time when Williams reaches double fi gures in scoring.

• Recorded eight points and fi ve rebounds in the win over Mississippi State (2/16), seeing a season-high 25 minutes of action.

• Saw 17 minutes off the bench versus South Carolina (2/2) and put up seven points.

• Also recorded 17 minutes in the NCAA First Round game vs. UT Martin (3/17), tallying six boards and four points.

• Provided a spark off the bench in the NCAA Regional Semifi nal, tallying four points, three assists and a re-bound in six minutes vs. Kansas (3/24).

2010-11 - SOPHOMORE• Averaged 6.8 points in 17.9 mpg. while playing in all 37

contests and making four starts.• Tied a season high with 14 points on 7-for-12 shooting

at Kentucky on Feb. 7.• Was named Lady Vol Player of the Game versus

Vanderbilt on Jan. 15, scoring 13 points and tallying eight boards.

• Nabbed her fi rst starting assignment of the season ver-sus Lamar on Dec. 1 and fi nished with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 2-of-3 from behind the arc, along with three steals, two assists and two blocks.

• Snatched a career-best eight boards and scored 12 points on a perfect 6-for-6 shooting in an effi cient 17 minutes off the bench versus Chattanooga on Nov. 15.

• Blocked a career-best four shots in consecutive games versus Alabama and Ole Miss on Jan. 6 and Jan. 9, re-spectively.

• Recorded a career-high nine rebounds in same contest

against the Crimson Tide.• At Texas on Dec. 12, Williams logged a career-best 37

minutes and scored a season-best 14 points while mak-ing a career-best seven fi eld goals (in 15 attempts).

2009-10 - FRESHMAN• Averaged 4.0 ppg and 1.9 rpg as a rookie and recorded

three double-digit scoring games.• Turned in two career starts, which came in consecu-

tive games against Arkansas (Feb. 4) and at Vanderbilt (Feb. 8).

• Finished with eight points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in 15 minutes off the bench in SEC Cham-pionship Game against Kentucky.

• Played one of her best games of the season at South Carolina, knocking down 6-of-11 shots from the fl oor for a career-high 17 points to go along with four assists.

• Was 4-of-5 from the free throw line, including two key tosses with 19 seconds left, to provide the fi nal margin.

• Played a great all-around game against Old Dominion, fi nishing with 11 points, a season-best six assists, three rebounds and two steals in 21 minutes.

• Tallied 14 points, eight rebounds, four steals and two blocks at San Francisco, where she was 6-of-8 from the fl oor and added three assists.

USA/AAU BASKETBALL• Was the starting point guard for her GA/LINA 76ers

Nike Elite Team in 2008.• 2007 AAU All-American from the 16U/JE Division Na-

tional Championship games• At 15, she was a starting combo guard for the 16U Ten-

nessee Team Pride national runner-up team against “Boo Williams” in the AAU Division I Final.

HIGH SCHOOL• Was the 66th signee for Pat Summitt from the state of

Tennessee.• Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High

School Honorable Mention All-America Team (2009).• Earned TSSAA All State First Team (2007, 2009),

TSSAA All State Tournament (2007) and All-District 10 First Team (2007).

• During her senior year, she averaged 19.4 ppg., 8.1 rpg. and 3.3 apg.

• Had a 35-point career-high outburst against 10-AAA foe Rossview as a senior.

• European Slammers Basketball Scholarship Service Camp MVP (2006).

PERSONAL• Full name is Kamiko Mercedes Williams.• Born on April 6, 1991, in Fayetteville, N.C.• Her parents are United States Army Master Sergeant

Vincent and Angelita Williams.• Has one sibling, Keynante (12).• Earned a degree in sociology/criminal justice in spring

2012, and is working on a second undergraduate de-gree in psychology.

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Points: 15 // Baylor, 12/18/12Rebounds: 10 // Baylor, 12/18/12Assists: 6 // Baylor, 12/18/12*Steals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Blocks: 1 // Stanford, 12/22/12*Field Goals: 7 // Baylor, 12/18/123-Pointers: 2 // Rice, 11/15/12Free Throws: 3 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12Minutes: 31 // Baylor, 12/18/12

Points: 17 // South Carolina, 1/31/10Rebounds: 10 // Baylor, 12/18/12Assists: 6 // Baylor, 12/18/12*Steals: 4 // Alcorn State, 11/25/12*Blocks: 4 // Ole Miss, 1/9/11*Field Goals: 7 // Baylor, 12/18/12*3-Pointers: 2 // Rice, 11/15/12*Free Throws: 6 // Virginia, 11/18/10Minutes: 37 // Texas, 12/12/10

Points: 6 // Ohio State, 3/26/11*Rebounds: 6 // UT Martin, 3/17/12Assists: 3 // Kansas, 3/24/12*Steals: 1 // Marquette, 3/21/11Blocks: 1 // UT Martin, 3/17/12*Field Goals: 3 // Ohio State, 3/26/11*3-Pointers: N/AFree Throws: 2 // Kansas, 3/24/12*Minutes: 20 // Notre Dame, 3/28/11

Points: 17 // South Carolina, 1/31/10Rebounds: 9 // Alabama, 1/6/11Assists: 5 // Alabama, 1/26/12*Steals: 2 // Kentucky, 2/13/12*Blocks: 4 // Ole Miss, 1/9/11*Field Goals: 7 // Kentucky, 2/7/11*3-Pointers: 2 // Vanderbilt, 1/15/11*Free Throws: 4 // South Carolina, 1/31/10Minutes: 29 // South Carolina, 1/31/10



INDIVIDUAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS


CIERRA BURDICK2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

*Chattanooga 4 7 0 0 1*Georgia Tech 16 6 3 2 1*RICE 8 6 4 1 2*Miami 7 10 4 1 1*ALCORN STATE 4 4 3 1 1*MTSU 6 5 3 2 1*UNC 15 10 2 1 1*Texas 14 5 1 1 1*Baylor 2 6 1 0 1*STANFORD 11 4 0 1 0

2011-12 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

PEPPERDINE 7 1 2 2 0MIAMI 0 0 0 0 0at Virginia 0 1 1 0 0BAYLOR 0 0 0 0 0MIDDLE TENN. 14 10 0 3 0TEXAS 0 3 3 0 0DePaul 15 2 0 0 3Rutgers 0 1 0 1 0UCLA 4 0 0 0 0Stanford 2 0 0 0 0OLD DOMINION 4 5 9 1 1Auburn 2 2 0 0 1CHATTANOOGA 8 3 2 1 0GEORGIA 3 2 0 0 0Arkansas 6 2 1 1 0KENTUCKY 0 1 0 1 0VANDERBILT 6 0 0 0 0LSU 15 6 1 1 1Notre Dame 4 5 2 0 2*Alabama 9 3 2 0 0*Georgia 4 6 1 1 0*S. CAROLINA 4 1 0 1 0AUBURN 4 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 7 9 2 2 0KENTUCKY 2 5 3 0 0Mississippi State 10 7 3 2 0Ole Miss 10 6 2 1 0ARKANSAS 4 3 0 0 1FLORIDA 6 3 0 0 0Vanderbilt 4 2 0 0 0South Carolina 5 2 0 0 0LSU 4 1 0 0 0UT Martin 0 2 0 1 0DePaul 2 4 0 2 0Kansas 0 2 0 0 1Baylor 0 1 0 0 0*indicates game started

ANDRAYA CARTER2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

*Chattanooga 4 2 0 0 2*Georgia Tech 3 4 4 0 1*RICE 5 0 1 1 1*Miami 16 3 3 0 0*ALCORN STATE 7 2 2 0 4MTSU 2 0 2 0 1UNC 0 0 1 0 0*indicates game started

BASHAARA GRAVES2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

Chattanooga 14 8 0 0 1*Georgia Tech 18 12 0 0 4*RICE 18 6 3 0 0*Miami 20 6 0 0 3*ALCORN STATE 10 3 2 0 1*MTSU 15 12 1 0 3*UNC 11 8 2 0 1*Texas 14 10 0 2 0*Baylor 6 4 0 0 1*STANFORD 15 12 0 0 0*indicates game started

ISABELLE HARRISON2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

*Chattanooga 13 12 0 1 0*Georgia Tech 6 4 1 2 1*RICE 16 12 1 2 0*Miami 4 6 2 3 1*ALCORN STATE 10 7 1 3 4*MTSU 10 5 1 6 0*UNC 18 11 0 3 1

*Texas 3 3 1 1 1*STANFORD 0 3 1 0 0


PEPPERDINE 5 8 0 1 1MIAMI 4 2 0 1 0Virginia 6 7 0 2 0BAYLOR 0 7 1 0 0MIDDLE TENN. 7 9 0 1 1TEXAS 1 4 0 2 0DePaul 6 2 0 1 0Rutgers 0 1 0 0 0UCLA 0 0 0 1 1Stanford 0 1 0 0 0OLD DOMINION 10 3 1 0 1Auburn 2 2 0 0 0CHATTANOOGA 13 8 1 2 0GEORGIA 4 1 0 0 0Arkansas 2 3 0 0 0KENTUCKY 0 3 0 0 0VANDERBILT 2 0 0 0 0LSU 2 1 0 0 1Notre Dame 2 0 0 1 0Alabama 10 6 0 2 0Georgia 0 1 0 0 1AUBURN 5 4 0 1 0Vanderbilt 1 0 0 0 0KENTUCKY 5 3 0 0 0ARKANSAS 2 1 0 0 0FLORIDA 2 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 2 0 0 0 0South Carolina 2 0 0 1 0LSU 2 0 0 0 0UT Martin 3 4 0 1 1Baylor 2 2 0 0 0*indicates game started

JASMINE JONES2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

Chattanooga 4 5 1 1 0Georgia Tech 6 11 1 0 0RICE 6 0 0 0 1Miami 0 1 0 0 0ALCORN STATE 10 7 2 0 1MTSU 7 4 0 0 0UNC 4 2 1 0 2Texas 10 9 1 0 2STANFORD 0 1 0 0 1*indicates game started

ARIEL MASSENGALE2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

Chattanooga 7 3 2 0 0Georgia Tech 9 3 4 0 1RICE 4 0 3 0 1Miami 14 4 5 0 1*ALCORN STATE 6 0 2 0 3*MTSU 15 1 4 0 2*UNC 3 3 7 0 1*Texas 15 3 7 0 1*Baylor 7 6 0 0 1*STANFORD 11 5 5 0 1


*PEPPERDINE 2 3 5 0 2*MIAMI 11 4 9 0 1*Virginia 2 4 7 0 4*BAYLOR 4 1 4 0 0*MIDDLE TENN. 14 4 5 0 2*TEXAS 10 3 5 0 2Stanford 0 1 1 0 0*OLD DOMINION 11 1 5 0 4*Auburn 4 4 2 0 1*CHATTANOOGA 19 1 2 0 2*GEORGIA 19 3 9 0 0*Arkansas 7 2 5 0 1*KENTUCKY 6 4 5 0 1*VANDERBILT 6 2 12 0 2*LSU 8 2 3 0 3*Notre Dame 3 1 4 0 2*Alabama 1 2 11 0 2*Georgia 16 4 3 0 1*S. CAROLINA 12 3 3 0 0*AUBURN 14 5 4 0 4*Vanderbilt 2 2 7 0 1*KENTUCKY 7 1 7 0 0

*Mississippi State 0 3 1 0 3*Ole Miss 4 2 7 0 2*ARKANSAS 9 2 6 0 1*FLORIDA 8 2 5 0 0Vanderbilt 3 1 3 0 0South Carolina 6 3 3 0 2LSU 9 2 6 0 0UT Martin 8 2 4 0 0DePaul 4 0 3 1 0Kansas 12 3 5 0 2Baylor 4 0 1 1 0*indicates game started

NIA MOORE2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 0RICE 4 1 1 0 1ALCORN STATE 10 7 0 2 1UNC 6 2 0 0 1Texas 0 0 0 1 0Baylor 2 5 0 0 1*indicates game started

JASMINE PHILLIPS2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

RICE 0 4 2 0 1ALCORN STATE 2 0 1 0 1*indicates game started

MEIGHAN SIMMONS2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

*Chattanooga 23 6 3 0 3*Georgia Tech 9 1 2 0 2*RICE 22 5 0 0 4*Miami 7 3 2 0 1*ALCORN STATE 12 2 2 1 1*MTSU 19 4 3 0 2*UNC 33 6 4 0 3*Texas 18 3 3 0 3*Baylor 16 5 0 1 1*STANFORD 12 3 0 0 0


PEPPERDINE 13 3 1 1 0MIAMI 18 4 3 0 1*Virginia 3 1 0 1 0*BAYLOR 2 3 3 0 2*MIDDLE TENN. 5 1 2 0 2*TEXAS 10 1 1 1 2*DePaul 9 3 2 0 2*Rutgers 13 6 1 1 0*UCLA 18 4 3 1 1*Stanford 13 2 4 0 0*OLD DOMINION 12 0 1 0 1*Auburn 20 4 2 0 1*CHATTANOOGA 10 2 2 2 0*GEORGIA 10 2 1 0 0*Arkansas 7 1 1 0 0*KENTUCKY 3 2 1 0 0*VANDERBILT 10 3 1 1 3*LSU 19 5 4 0 2*Notre Dame 13 2 0 0 0Alabama 9 1 0 0 0*Georgia 9 0 1 0 0*S. CAROLINA 4 2 0 0 0*AUBURN 13 1 1 0 2*Vanderbilt 20 0 1 0 1*KENTUCKY 25 2 3 1 2*Mississippi State 6 1 2 0 0*Ole Miss 9 5 1 0 0*ARKANSAS 7 2 2 0 0FLORIDA 12 4 0 0 1Vanderbilt 11 0 0 1 2South Carolina 5 0 1 0 1LSU 0 1 1 0 0UT Martin 20 2 0 1 2DePaul 13 1 0 0 1Kansas 22 4 0 0 1Baylor 5 6 1 1 0


Louisville 22 8 3 0 1*CHATTANOOGA 26 2 4 0 3*VIRGINIA 12 4 2 0 1*ARIZONA ST. 12 4 2 0 1*Missouri 14 2 3 0 1

CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS


*Georgia Tech 14 0 0 0 0*Georgetown 11 5 4 1 2*LAMAR 28 2 5 1 2*Ole Dominion 14 2 4 0 2*Texas 18 3 1 0 1*Baylor 22 5 0 0 1*STANFORD 23 7 2 0 0*ETSU 13 0 2 0 0*RUTGERS 7 2 1 1 1*Louisiana St. 9 0 1 0 0*ALABAMA 15 1 11 0 0OLE MISS 18 4 3 0 0*Florida 14 4 1 0 1*VANDERBILT 17 2 3 0 0*South Carolina 16 3 4 0 0*Auburn 5 4 3 0 0*MISS. STATE 12 5 4 0 2*Arkansas 0 2 3 1 0*Kentucky 15 4 4 0 0*FLORIDA 4 0 3 0 0*Vanderbilt 9 1 3 0 1*S.CAROLINA 17 5 4 0 0*GEORGIA 14 2 4 0 0*Ole Miss 5 2 3 0 0*LSU 10 3 0 0 0*Florida 5 0 0 0 0*Georgia 18 4 5 0 1*Kentucky 16 3 3 0 1*STETSON 9 1 2 0 0*MARQUETTE 18 2 3 0 0*Ohio St. 18 5 5 2 2*Notre Dame 2 1 1 0 1*indicates game started

TABER SPANI2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

*Chattanooga 2 6 0 0 0Georgia Tech 2 2 1 0 2RICE 6 3 3 0 1Miami 9 4 0 0 1ALCORN STATE 10 1 1 1 1MTSU 5 2 0 0 0UNC 10 4 2 0 2Texas 15 6 1 0 0*Baylor 3 3 0 0 0STANFORD 9 3 0 0 0


*PEPPERDINE 11 4 5 2 2*MIAMI 20 5 3 0 1*Virginia 22 3 0 1 0*BAYLOR 10 2 0 0 0*MIDDLE TENN. 8 4 2 0 1*TEXAS 4 5 1 1 0*DePaul 8 4 1 0 0*Rutgers 13 5 3 0 0*UCLA 14 0 4 0 0*Stanford 9 5 2 0 0Notre Dame 0 2 1 0 0Georgia 3 1 2 1 1S. CAROLINA 8 4 1 0 0AUBURN 9 2 0 0 1*Vanderbilt 4 3 0 0 0*KENTUCKY 6 3 2 1 1*Mississippi State 2 5 0 0 0*Ole Miss 8 2 2 0 3*ARKANSAS 7 0 0 0 0FLORIDA 0 1 1 0 0Vanderbilt 0 1 0 0 0South Carolina 2 1 0 0 0LSU 3 0 0 0 0UT Martin 3 4 1 0 0DePaul 0 1 1 0 1Kansas 3 0 1 0 0Baylor 2 2 1 0 0


Louisville 0 1 0 0 0CHATTANOOGA 14 3 3 0 1VIRGINIA 14 4 1 0 0ARIZONA ST. 12 4 2 0 1Missouri 10 6 2 0 1Georgia Tech 8 1 0 1 1Georgetown 0 4 1 1 0*LAMAR 6 6 1 0 0Old Dominion 4 5 0 0 1Texas 7 5 0 0 0Baylor 5 6 0 0 0*STANFORD 10 4 2 0 1

*ETSU 15 12 3 1 0*RUTGERS 22 6 2 1 1*LSU 0 0 0 1 1*ALABAMA 15 6 5 1 0*OLE MISS 14 2 1 0 0*Florida 4 4 3 0 0*VANDERBILT 0 5 2 0 1*South Carolina 9 5 1 0 0*Auburn 8 3 1 0 2*MISS. STATE 18 5 1 0 0*Arkansas 18 5 3 0 0*Kentucky 2 1 2 0 1*FLORIDA 5 5 1 0 0*Vanderbilt 2 3 1 0 1*S. CAROLINA 5 1 1 0 0*GEORGIA 11 2 3 1 0*Ole Miss 4 4 0 0 0LSU 4 1 2 0 0*Florida 1 4 0 1 0*Georgia 8 6 1 0 1*Kentucky 6 1 0 0 1*STETSON 8 9 2 1 0*MARQUETTE 7 3 1 0 1Ohio State 6 4 2 0 1*Notre Dame 13 7 1 0 0


*BAYLOR 2 4 1 0 0Texas Tech 18 6 2 0 0*Virginia 8 4 1 1 0*Middle Tenn. 5 3 1 0 0*UCLA 16 6 1 0 1*GEORGE WASH. 9 3 1 1 0*TEXAS 6 5 3 0 1*Rutgers 5 3 0 0 0*LOUISVILLE 7 6 3 1 1*Stanford 4 6 0 0 0*San Francisco 3 0 0 1 0*OLD DOMINION 8 1 4 0 0*OKLAHOMA 3 4 2 0 0*S. CAROLINA 8 4 0 1 0*Mississippi State 12 2 2 0 0*Florida 2 0 1 0 0*VANDERBILT 3 0 2 0 0Georgia 0 1 0 0 0Louisiana State 0 1 0 0 0AUBURN 2 2 3 0 0Vanderbilt 2 0 0 0 0Ole Miss 3 2 0 0 1FLORIDA 5 3 0 0 0Alabama 4 1 1 0 0LSU 2 1 2 0 0KENTUCKY 9 1 1 0 2OLE MISS 6 6 1 0 0Ole Miss 2 4 3 0 0Vanderbilt 4 3 4 2 1Kentucky 2 1 0 0 0AUSTIN PEAY 9 2 2 1 1DAYTON 17 3 2 0 1Baylor 6 2 0 0 2*indicates game started

KAMIKO WILLIAMS2012-13 Opp. Pts. Reb. Asts. Blk Stl.

Chattanooga 0 0 0 0 0Georgia Tech 2 0 1 0 0RICE 12 4 6 1 2Miami 2 2 1 0 1ALCORN STATE 9 2 4 1 4MTSU 9 5 3 0 3UNC 2 3 2 0 1Texas 5 1 0 0 0Baylor 15 10 6 0 1STANFORD 2 6 2 1 0


CHATTANOOGA 2 3 4 0 2GEORGIA 2 2 2 0 1Arkansas 0 1 1 0 0KENTUCKY 4 3 1 1 2VANDERBILT 0 1 0 0 0LSU 0 0 0 0 0Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 10 1 5 0 1S. CAROLINA 7 2 0 1 0AUBURN 4 1 2 0 0Vanderbilt 3 1 1 0 0KENTUCKY 6 5 1 2 2Mississippi State 8 5 2 1 1

Ole Miss 0 0 1 1 1ARKANSAS 6 3 1 0 0Vanderbilt 2 1 1 0 1South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0LSU 0 1 0 2 0UT Martin 4 6 3 1 0DePaul 0 1 0 0 0Kansas 4 1 3 0 0Baylor 0 1 1 0 0


Louisville 2 3 2 0 1CHATTANOOGA 12 8 2 1 0VIRGINIA 8 2 1 0 1ARIZONA ST. 12 5 2 0 2vs. Missouri 10 1 3 1 0vs. Georgia Tech 6 2 1 2 1vs. Georgetown 7 2 0 0 0*LAMAR 13 0 2 2 3Old Dominion 10 3 0 0 3*Texas 14 7 4 2 0*Baylor 5 3 1 0 1STANFORD 6 1 1 0 0ETSU 9 4 2 0 0RUTGERS 4 2 1 0 2LSU 13 4 1 1 1 ALABAMA 7 9 1 4 0OLE MISS 4 3 2 4 2Florida 6 2 2 1 1VANDERBILT 13 8 1 0 1South Carolina 0 2 0 0 0Auburn 1 3 4 0 1*MISS. STATE 10 2 1 2 0Arkansas 10 4 1 0 1Kentucky 14 4 1 0 1FLORIDA 2 3 2 0 1Vanderbilt 6 5 1 0 0S. CAROLINA 5 4 2 0 0GEORGIA 5 7 2 0 0Ole Miss 2 2 1 0 1LSU 4 2 3 0 1vs. Florida 9 2 4 1 1vs. Georgia 3 1 0 0 0vs. Kentucky 0 1 2 0 1STETSON 2 4 3 0 0MARQUETTE 6 0 1 1 1vs. Ohio State 6 3 0 0 0vs. Notre Dame 5 2 2 0 0


BAYLOR 4 2 1 1 2Virginia 0 1 0 0 0Middle Tenn. 2 1 0 0 0UCLA 4 1 0 0 1GEORGE WASH. 5 4 1 1 0TEXAS 2 1 2 1 2Rutgers 0 2 1 0 0LOUISVILLE 4 4 4 2 1Stanford 0 2 0 0 0San Francisco 14 8 3 2 4OLD DOMINION 11 3 6 1 2OKLAHOMA 7 3 0 1 2S. CAROLINA 2 3 3 0 0Mississippi State 2 2 4 2 1Florida 6 1 3 0 0VANDERBILT 5 0 0 0 1Georgia 4 0 3 0 1LSU 2 0 1 0 0AUBURN 2 2 5 0 1South Carolina 17 1 4 2 0*ARKANSAS 3 2 2 0 0*Vanderbilt 4 1 0 0 1Ole Miss 0 4 0 0 1FLORIDA 2 2 1 1 0Alabama 8 1 2 0 2LSU 2 1 0 0KENTUCKY 2 2 0 1 0OLE MISS 5 2 1 0 0Ole Miss 0 0 1 2 0Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 8 4 3 1 2AUSTIN PEAY 4 1 2 0 0DAYTON 6 2 1 0 1Baylor 0 0 0 0 0* - Indicates games started


2012-13 CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (10 GAMES)


2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS

GAME 1#20/16 UT at Chattanooga // Nov. 9, 2012

Tennessee 71 • 0-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Burdick, Cierra f 2-5 0-0 0-2 1 6 7 1 4 0 1 0 1 2313 Spani, Taber f 1-4 0-1 0-1 4 2 6 1 2 0 2 0 0 2120 Harrison, Isabelle c 3-8 0-0 7-10 8 4 12 3 13 0 6 1 0 1710 Simmons, Meighan g 9-25 1-8 4-5 2 4 6 3 23 3 4 0 3 3814 Carter, Andraya g 1-4 0-3 2-2 1 1 2 4 4 0 3 0 2 1702 Jones, Jasmine 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 1 4 1 3 1 0 1804 Williams, Kamiko 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 805 Massengale, Ariel 2-6 2-4 1-2 0 3 3 2 7 2 3 0 0 2912 Graves, Bashaara 4-7 0-0 6-7 3 5 8 5 14 0 1 0 1 29

Team 1 3 4 1Totals 24-63 3-16 20-29 22 31 53 21 71 6 26 2 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-24 37.5%3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7%

2nd half: 15-39 38.5%2nd half: 1-8 12.5%2nd half: 12-17 70.6%

Game: 24-63 38.1%Game: 3-16 18.8%Game: 20-29 69.0%

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Chattanooga 80 • 1-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min31 HALL, Taylor f 9-12 3-5 3-5 3 6 9 3 24 5 0 3 4 3134 DUPREE, Faith f 3-8 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 6 0 1 0 0 2403 CHRISTOPHER, Kayla g 3-8 1-3 4-4 1 1 2 1 11 3 2 0 0 2921 BLACK, Alex g 4-10 2-4 4-6 1 3 4 3 14 2 4 0 1 3222 LAMBERT, Kylie g 2-6 0-2 3-4 1 5 6 4 7 5 4 0 2 3301 PAYNE, Alicia 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 711 TOWNS, Ka'Vonne 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 912 DOWNES, Meghan 3-8 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 1733 JACKSON, Tatianna 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 244 DEWART, Ashlen 5-7 0-1 0-1 0 2 2 5 10 0 0 1 0 16

Team 1 3 4Totals 29-62 7-19 15-23 8 23 31 24 80 17 13 4 7 200


FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%


Game: 29-62 46.8%Game: 7-19 36.8%Game: 15-23 65.2%

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Officials: Tommy Salerno, Mark Hardcastle, Lori JonesTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Chattanooga-None.Attendance: 8468Tonight's attendance is the 3rd Largest in Lady Mocs History

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 28 43 71Chattanooga 28 52 80

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Tennessee opened the 2012-13 season with a tough 80-71 defeat at Chattanooga on Friday night at McKenzie Arena. The Lady Vols were led by Meighan Simmons, who scored 23 points -- 21 in the second half -- as the Lady Vols attempted to rally. Sophomore Isabelle Harrison had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Freshman Bashaara Graves had 14 points and eight rebounds in her debut.

The loss came in the debut of Holly Warlick as head coach of the Lady Vols (0-1). A long-time assistant, Warlick replaced Hall of Famer Pat Summitt, who stepped down as coach during the off season after 38 years at the helm of the Lady Vols.

The Lady Mocs (1-0) were led by Taylor Hall, who had 24 points and nine rebounds as Chattanooga beat the Lady Vols for the fi rst time in 20 meetings. UTC’s last win over Tennessee came in 1973.

UTC had three others in double fi gures: Alex Black (14), Kayla Christopher (11) and Ashlen Dewart (10).

With the game tied at 28 at halftime, Chattanooga opened the second half out-scoring the Lady Vols 15-7, as they took a 43-35 lead on a Dewart jumper with 16:13 left in the game.

The Lady Mocs continued to maintain the lead throughout the second half. The lead moved to 10, at 52-42, on Black jumper with 11:37 left in the half. Tennessee battled back to within six (53-47) and seven on several occasions, but was never able to overcome the defi cit.

Freshman Jasmine Jones hit a jumper with 1:11 left to cut the margin to seven, 72-65, forcing UTC to call a timeout.

The Lady Mocs made their free throws down the stretch to secure the win. Chat-tanooga made all eight foul shots in the fi nal minute for the nine-point win.

The Lady Vols stood tied at 28 all at halftime as Massengale sank a half-court shot at the buzzer. Graves had nine points and seven rebounds in the fi rst half of her debut as a collegian.

Chattanooga went on a 13-0 run to rally from a 20-11 defi cit to lead 24-20 with 1:52 left in the fi rst half as Kylie Lambert made a free throw. The Lady Vols were held scoreless for more than six minutes before Graves hit a layup with 1:31 left in the fi rst half.

Tennessee pounded UTC on the glass in the fi rst half, 25-12, but committed 17 turnovers to even out the advantage.

GAME 2#20/16 UT at #23 Georgia Tech // Nov. 11, 2012


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Burdick, Cierra f 6-8 3-4 1-3 1 5 6 4 16 3 3 2 1 2712 Graves, Bashaara f 9-20 0-0 0-2 7 5 12 0 18 0 4 0 4 2720 Harrison, Isabelle c 3-9 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 4 6 1 2 2 1 1810 Simmons, Meighan g 3-8 2-3 1-1 0 1 1 2 9 2 4 0 2 2214 Carter, Andraya g 1-7 0-3 1-2 2 2 4 2 3 4 1 0 1 3602 Jones, Jasmine 2-8 0-0 2-2 3 8 11 1 6 1 1 0 0 1804 Williams, Kamiko 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 705 Massengale, Ariel 2-4 0-2 5-6 0 3 3 0 9 4 1 0 1 2813 Spani, Taber 1-5 0-2 0-0 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1421 Moore, Nia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Team 2 3 5Totals 28-70 5-14 10-17 20 28 48 15 71 17 17 4 12 200


FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%


Game: 28-70 40.0%Game: 5-14 35.7%Game: 10-17 58.8%

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Georgia Tech 54 • 0-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min10 Hamilton-Carter,D f 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 5 0 3 1 2 3215 Marshall,Tyaunna f 7-17 0-1 4-6 5 3 8 3 18 1 1 0 2 3311 Taylor,Nariah c 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1401 Maye,Dawnn g 5-15 1-6 1-2 0 4 4 3 12 2 3 0 5 3323 Wallacce,Sydney g 3-10 2-7 0-0 1 5 6 3 8 0 2 0 1 2100 Jackson,Brittany 3-5 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 7 1 3 0 0 1002 Whiteside,Aaliyah 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 603 Taylor,Sharena 0-4 0-3 1-2 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1612 Fogdemark,Frida 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 120 McDonald,Breana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 Bivins,Shayla 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 944 Blain,Jasmine 1-2 0-1 0-1 2 2 4 0 2 1 5 0 1 1254 Rogers,Roddreka 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 11

Team 1 1 2Totals 21-63 4-21 8-15 16 27 43 17 54 8 20 2 14 200


FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1%


Game: 21-63 33.3%Game: 4-21 19.0%Game: 8-15 53.3%

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Officials: Bryan Enterline, Lawson Newton, Billy SmithTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Georgia Tech-None.Attendance: 55175th largest home crowd

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 45 26 71Georgia Tech 30 24 54

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 40 17 17 17 19GT 24 21 12 13 10

Last FG - UT 2nd-04:32, GT 2nd-00:15.Largest lead - UT by 24 2nd-04:32, GT by 2 1st-18:53.

Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 2 times.

ATLANTA -- Freshman Bashaara Graves scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Sunday, and fellow Tennessee forward Cierra Burdick added a career-high 16 points as the No. 20 Lady Volunteers beat No. 22 Georgia Tech 71-54 to spoil the Yellow Jackets’ debut in McCamish Pavilion.

The Yellow Jackets (0-1) trailed 45-30 at halftime before starting the second half with a 13-0 run. The Lady Vols (1-1) bettered that with an 18-0 knockout streak to even their record in their second game under new head coach Holly Warlick.

Junior Tyaunna Marshall scored 18 and Dawnn Maye added 12 for Georgia Tech in its new on-campus arena.

The second game of the post-Pat Summitt era went a lot better for Tennessee than the fi rst.

Tennessee lost 80-71 Friday at Chattanooga after the Mocs broke a halftime tie with a 52-point second half in which they shot 56.3 percent. The Lady Vols had 26 turnovers and just six assists in that game.

Sunday, the Lady Vols had 17 of each, and it was the Yellow Jackets who were loose with the ball in their fi rst game. Tech had 20 turnovers and just eight assists.

Summitt, who announced last year that she has early-onset dementia before stepping down in April, sat fi ve rows behind the Tennessee bench at the game with Chattanooga, but was not at Georgia Tech.

Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick, who played for Summitt and then was an assistant for her for 27 seasons, said after the Chattanooga game that her inexperienced team did not yet appreciate the importance of playing earnest defense.

Without a starter back from the team that lost an NCAA regional fi nal to eventual national champion Baylor last spring, Tennessee defended more passionately at Georgia Tech.

The Lady Vols also dominated the paint in the fi rst half. They led 45-30 at intermission on the strength of 15 points by Burdick and 14 points and eight rebounds from Graves.

Georgia Tech starting power forward Danielle Hamilton-Carter and starting center Nariah Taylor, meanwhile, were each scoreless in the fi rst half without attempting a shot.

The Yellow Jackets, however, rallied furiously at the start of the second half. Marshall got to the rim for seven points during their 13-0 run, and Maye’s layup with 15:25 remaining pulled Georgia Tech within 45-43.

Then, the Lady Vols snapped back to life.

A jumper by Jasmine Jones ended Tennessee’s scoreless streak a minute later and started an 18-0 run for the visitors.

When Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph called for a timeout with nine minutes left, the Lady Vols led 60-43 after Ariel Massengale’s layup off of Tennessee’s ninth steal of the game.

The Yellow Jackets to that point had seen Marshall, Maye and Wallace -- two returning starters and a sophomore who become a starter late last season and then made 19 3-point shots in Tech’s three NCAA tournament games -- take 40 of their team’s fi rst 51 shots and score 38 of the fi rst 43 points.

When Hamilton-Carter scored from point-blank range with 6:46 left in the game, that ended a score-less streak of 8:38, but the Jackets trailed 63-45.



GAME 3#24/20 UT vs. Rice // Nov. 15, 2012

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min30 Kuster,Jessica f 7-13 0-0 2-3 1 4 5 2 16 1 0 1 0 2631 Porter,Christal f 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 4 4 3 3 0 2 0 1 2440 Palmer,Megan f 5-13 0-0 5-6 2 1 3 2 15 0 2 0 0 2705 Goswitz,Jessica g 1-8 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 3021 Maduka,Nakachi g 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 2700 Allen,Breion 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 615 Shafer,Megan 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1222 Adetula,Maya 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 523 Moussa,Reem 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 324 Gumbs,Elena 1-5 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 1 4 1 4 0 0 1232 Lang,Alyssa 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 2 0 2 1 0 2343 Rogers,Zoe 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

Team 5 3 8 1Totals 18-57 2-6 10-13 12 20 32 17 48 4 22 2 1 200


FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5%


Game: 18-57 31.6%Game: 2-6 33.3%Game: 10-13 76.9%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Burdick, Cierra f 3-8 0-2 2-4 2 4 6 2 8 4 0 1 2 2312 Graves, Bashaara f 8-13 0-0 2-2 2 4 6 1 18 3 1 0 0 2620 Harrison, Isabelle c 8-12 0-0 0-0 5 7 12 1 16 1 0 2 0 1810 Simmons, Meighan g 8-12 3-4 3-4 0 5 5 2 22 0 2 0 4 2314 Carter, Andraya g 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1 1401 Phillips, Jasmine 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 902 Jones, Jasmine 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 2004 Williams, Kamiko 5-9 2-3 0-0 3 1 4 2 12 6 0 1 2 1905 Massengale, Ariel 2-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 1 1113 Spani, Taber 1-7 1-5 3-4 0 3 3 0 6 3 1 0 1 2221 Moore, Nia 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 15

Team 1 2 3 1Totals 42-74 7-15 10-16 15 29 44 15 101 24 7 5 14 200


FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3%


Game: 42-74 56.8%Game: 7-15 46.7%Game: 10-16 62.5%

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Officials: Beverly Roberts, Brian Garland, Roy GulbeyanTechnical fouls: Rice-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 10913

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalRice 27 21 48Tennessee 45 56 101

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchRICE 16 0 6 0 9UT 56 32 20 20 32

Last FG - RICE 2nd-01:39, UT 2nd-01:54.Largest lead - RICE by 6 1st-11:42, UT by 54 2nd-04:15.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee rallied from an early six-point defi cit to blow out Rice, 101-48, in the 2012-13 home opener before 10,913 at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Senior Meighan Simmons tallied 22 points as she shot 8-of-12 from the fl oor. It was her 12th-career game with 20-plus points with the Lady Vols (2-1).

Sophomore Isabelle Harrison scored a career-high 16 points and grabbed a career-high tying 12 rebounds for her second-career double-double.

Freshman Bashaara Graves scored in double-fi gures for the third time in three college games with 18.

Senior Kamiko Williams had her best-scoring game in two seasons with 12 points.

The game marked Tennessee’s fi rst 100-point game since a 110-45 win over Alabama on Jan. 6, 2011.

Tennessee outscored Rice 49-10 bridging the halves over a span of 16:36 to blow open the game and built a 30-point plus advantage.

After Rice had 22 points in the game’s fi rst 8:18. As Tennessee’s defense buckled up, Rice was limited to 26 points for the remainder of the game, covering nearly 32 minutes.

Rice (1-1) was led by Jessica Kuster (16) and Megan Palmer (15).

Tennessee shot 57 percent from the fl oor for the game including 66 percent in the second half (23-of-35).

Tennessee outscored the Owls, 32-0, off turnovers and 20-0 on fastbreak points. The Lady Vols had just seven turnovers, including just one in the fi rst half.

The second half featured lots of spurts.

Freshman Nia Moore scored her fi rst-career points on a bucket during a 16-0 run that put UT up 93-41 with fi ve minutes left.

An 8-0 run closed by a Williams 3-pointer with 10:28 left, gave the Lady Vols a 77-38 lead.

A 9-0 spurt put Tennessee ahead by 30 at 63-32 on a lay-up by Ariel Massengale.

Tennessee led 45-27 at halftime as the Lady Vols outscored Rice 29-5 to end the fi rst half. Sim-mons punctuated the half with a bank-shot 3-pointer to end the half. Harrison led all UT scorers with 12 points while Kuster led the Owls, also with a dozen.

The Lady Vols scored 18 unanswered points over a span of six minutes midway through the fi rst half to rally from down by as many as six to lead by 12 at 34-22 with 5:02 left in the half on a Graves layup.

Tennessee held Rice without a fi eld goal for nearly nine minutes

Tennessee rallied from down by as many as six to take the lead at 23-22 on a Cierra Burdick jumper with nine minutes left in the half.

The game started out up-tempo as Rice held a 22-16 lead with 11 minutes left in the fi rst half. Kuster tallied 12 of the Owls’ fi rst 16.

The Lady Vols head to No. 23 Miami (Fla.) for a Sunday matchup in Coral Gables, Fla. The game can be heard on the Lady Vol Network with a 2 p.m. tipoff .

GAME 4#24/20 UT at #23 Miami // Nov. 18, 2012

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min10 Simmons, Meighan * 3-7 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 4 7 2 3 0 1 2411 Burdick, Cierra * 2-9 0-3 3-4 3 7 10 4 7 4 3 1 1 3212 Graves, Bashaara * 7-14 0-0 6-9 2 4 6 2 20 0 1 0 3 3114 Carter, Andraya * 4-6 4-5 4-4 0 3 3 3 16 3 3 0 0 2820 Harrison, Isabelle * 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 4 4 2 3 3 1 1702 Jones, Jasmine 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 304 Williams, Kamiko 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1105 Massengale, Ariel 2-7 0-2 10-10 1 3 4 2 14 5 3 0 1 3313 Spani, Taber 3-5 1-2 2-4 1 3 4 1 9 0 1 0 1 21

Team 2 3 5Totals 24-57 6-17 25-31 10 34 44 25 79 17 18 4 9 200


FT % 1st Half: 12-16 75.0%


Game: 24-57 42.1%Game: 6-17 35.3%Game: 25-31 80.6%

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Miami 67 • 2-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 Stefanie Yderstrom * 2-10 1-5 4-4 0 1 1 4 9 3 1 0 1 3010 Michelle Woods * 6-13 1-4 4-7 1 3 4 4 17 2 4 0 1 3112 Krystal Saunders * 1-10 0-6 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1732 Morgan Stroman * 4-13 0-0 5-7 6 2 8 4 13 2 1 1 2 2540 Shawnice Wilson * 0-3 0-0 5-6 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 1601 Caprice Dennis 2-7 2-5 0-2 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 1520 Keyona Hayes 3-4 0-0 1-6 3 3 6 2 7 1 1 1 2 1925 Jessica Capers 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 833 Suriya McGuire 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 3 2 1 2 0 3 2450 Maria Brown 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 7 8 2 4 1 2 0 0 15

Team 7 2 9 1Totals 22-69 4-21 19-32 19 27 46 25 67 10 13 2 9 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9%


Game: 22-69 31.9%Game: 4-21 19.0%Game: 19-32 59.4%

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Officials: Eric Brewton, Carla Fountain, Maj ForsbergTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Miami-None.Attendance: 2524

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTennessee 46 33 79Miami 21 46 67

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 34 18 13 13 25UM 30 9 7 8 21

Last FG - UT 2nd-01:31, UM 2nd-01:18.Largest lead - UT by 27 2nd-19:31, UM None.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 0 times.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Bashaara Graves had 20 points, Ariel Massengale hit big free throws at the end and the No. 24/20 Lady Vols survived No. 23 Miami’s two big second-half runs to defeat the Hurricanes, 79-67.

With the win, UT ended Miami’s 41-game home winning streak.

“A game like that will age you real quick,” UT head coach Holly Warlick said. “I’m just pleased with our team. I’m glad to see that we got off to a pretty strong lead. In the fi rst half, our defense was pretty solid. Our off ense - we got good looks and then in the second half, I thought Miami adjusted. They started attacking us and we fouled, stopped the clock and they hit big shots. They didn’t have a quit to them and, fortunately, we didn’t have a quit as well. I’m very pleased with the win and our overall team eff ort.”

After storming out of the gate to a 46-21 halftime advantage thanks to Graves and Andraya Carter, Tennessee (3-1) watched Miami (2-1) mount a huge comeback in the second half as the Hurricanes climbed to within six points.

Graves scored 10 points in each half to lead the Lady Vols with 20 points to go with six rebounds. Carter did much of her work from long distance, totaling 16 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range and 4-of-4 work from the free-throw line.

Massengale added 14 points off the bench, going a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe and dishing out a team-best fi ve assists. Cierra Burdick led UT with 10 rebounds.

Trailing 51-25 three minutes out of halftime, Miami went on 18-7 run climb back into the game. Maria Brown sparked the run on a jumper in the paint at 16:14 and Michelle Woods scored Miami’s next nine points.

With 9:35 left in the game and Tennessee’s lead at 58-43, the Lady Vols responded by trading baskets with the Hurricanes over the next minute and a half to keep the lead at 16 points. Then, with 6:28 remaining, UM’s Morgan Stroman hit a jumper on a fast break that opened a 14-4 run that pulled the Hurricanes to within 71-65 with 2:30 left.

UT closed out the game with an 8-2 run thanks to Massengale’s clutch shooting at the line (6-of-6) in the fi nal minute to halt Miami’s comeback attempt.

At the half, Tennessee had a 46-21 advantage with Carter (11 points) and Graves (10 points) leading the way. UT never trailed in the fi rst half, but the Hurricanes stayed within six points for the fi rst 16:40 of the game. Up 23-17 with 6:53 until halftime, the Lady Vols broke loose as a layup by Massengale sparked a 23-4 run to close out the period.

Tennessee’s defense limited the Hurricanes and minimized their outside game. Miami shot just 31.9 percent from the fl oor and a 19.0 percent (4-of-21) from beyond the arc. The Canes also struggled from the free-throw line, hitting just 59.4 percent (19-of-32).

UT shot 42.1 percent from the fl oor and went 6-of-17 from 3-point range. The Lady Vols also shot a crisp 80.6 percent from the stripe (25-of-31).

The Lady Vols return to Thompson-Boling Arena on Nov. 25 to take on Alcorn State at 2 p.m., opening a three-game homestand.


GAME 5#20/15 UT vs. Alcorn State // Nov. 25, 2012


Alcorn State 37 • 0-4Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Richmond, Renelle f 3-7 0-0 1-1 3 1 4 3 7 0 2 0 0 3520 Andrew, Au-Juvan c 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 703 Crumbly, Carolinsia g 1-10 0-3 4-5 3 1 4 3 6 0 4 0 1 2510 Smith, Isis g 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 4 0 5 11 0 1 3424 Frost, Tierro g 3-15 1-5 2-2 0 0 0 1 9 1 5 0 2 2414 Whitfield, Breanna 1-5 0-2 2-2 2 2 4 3 4 1 5 0 1 2415 Cep, Ather 3-5 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 7 0 3 0 0 1321 Ambrose, Rosemane 1-6 0-0 2-2 2 6 8 4 4 0 1 1 2 3123 Tuset, Anastasia 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7

Team 5 3 8 1Totals 12-53 2-11 11-12 17 18 35 20 37 7 34 1 7 200


FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%

2nd half: 6-27 22.2%2nd half: 1-5 20.0%2nd half: 9-9 100.0

Game: 12-53 22.6%Game: 2-11 18.2%Game: 11-12 91.7%

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#20/15 Tennessee 90 • 4-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Burdick, Cierra f 2-5 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 4 4 3 5 1 1 2612 Graves, Bashaara c 3-6 0-0 4-8 0 3 3 0 10 2 1 0 1 1605 Massengale, Ariel g 2-3 2-3 0-2 0 0 0 3 6 2 2 0 3 1610 Simmons, Meighan g 4-10 1-5 3-3 1 1 2 4 12 2 2 1 1 1814 Carter, Andraya g 2-5 1-2 2-2 0 2 2 1 7 2 3 0 4 2401 Phillips, Jasmine 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 902 Jones, Jasmine 4-6 0-0 2-2 1 6 7 3 10 2 0 0 1 1604 Williams, Kamiko 3-5 0-0 3-4 1 1 2 0 9 4 1 1 4 2313 Spani, Taber 4-5 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 0 10 1 2 1 1 1420 Harrison, Isabelle 5-7 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 2 10 1 2 3 4 2021 Moore, Nia 4-7 0-0 2-2 5 2 7 1 10 0 0 2 1 18

Team 0 3 3Totals 34-61 4-11 18-26 13 25 38 18 90 20 19 9 22 200


FT % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3%


Game: 34-61 55.7%Game: 4-11 36.4%Game: 18-26 69.2%

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Officials: Cameron Inouye, Joe Cunningham, Dennis DemayoTechnical fouls: Alcorn State-None. #20/15 Tennessee-None.Attendance: 10609

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalAlcorn State 15 22 37#20/15 Tennessee 36 54 90

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchASU 14 6 11 4 15UT 50 37 17 15 51

Last FG - ASU 2nd-00:48, UT 2nd-02:01.Largest lead - ASU None, UT by 55 2nd-02:01.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The scoring started with a Meighan Simmons 3-pointer 24 seconds into the action and it never stopped as #20/15 Tennessee cruised to a 90-37 victory on Sunday at Thompson-Boling Arena. Simmons led six Lady Vols in double-fi gures with 12 points.

All 11 Lady Vols scored for the fi rst time all season for Tennessee (4-1). Five players fi nished with 10 points including three freshmen: Bashaara Graves, Jasmine Jones and Nia Moore. Also scoring 10 were Taber Spani and Isabelle Harrison.

The win by 53 points and defense limiting Alcorn to 37 points, equalled last season’s 90-37 win over Old Dominion on Dec. 28, 2011.

Alcorn (0-4) was led by Tierro Frost, who had nine points. The game marked the return of former Lady Vols star Tonya Edwards, who is in her fi fth year as the head coach of the Lady Braves. Edwards was the Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Final Four when the Lady Vols won their fi rst title in 1987.

Tennessee shot 55.7 percent for the game while Alcorn was limited to 22.6 percent from the fl oor. UT forced the Lady Braves into 34 turnovers, which the Lady Vols converted into 37 points.

Three Lady Vols grabbed seven rebounds: Jones, Spani and Harrison.

The Lady Vols opened the second half scoring the fi rst 13 to build a 49-15 advantage.

Tennessee led 36-15 at halftime as Spani led all scorers with 10 points. The Lady Vols limited Alcorn to just 23 percent from the fl oor over the fi rst 20 minutes.

The Lady Vols opened a 16-4 lead with 12 minutes left in the fi rst half as Andraya Carter knocked home a 3-pointer as she fi nished a 9-0 run. UT’s defense kept Alcorn scoreless for a span of more than six minutes.

Another run of 8-0 put Tennessee up 26-9 with 6:35 left in the fi rst half. Al-corn was limited to single-fi gures for the fi rst 16 minutes of the game before Carolinsia Crumbley hit a jumper to make it 26-11.

The Lady Vols continue their three-game homestand on Wednesday night as Middle Tennessee State comes to Thompson-Boling Arena for a 7 p.m., tipoff . That game can be viewed on UTSports.com and heard on the Lady Vol Network.

GAME 6#16/14 UT vs. Middle Tennessee State // Nov. 28, 2012

Middle Tennessee 81 • 4-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Elie, Icelyn f 10-17 1-5 0-0 1 6 7 4 21 4 4 2 1 4521 Rowe, Ebony f 8-20 0-0 3-4 7 5 12 4 19 2 0 0 0 4542 Stewart, KeKe c 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 205 Cason, Shanice g 4-9 1-3 4-6 1 7 8 5 13 2 7 1 5 4424 Jones, Kortni g 4-12 0-2 1-2 0 4 4 3 9 8 2 0 1 4502 Brinkley, Janay 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 152 Leonard, Laken 6-13 5-8 0-0 2 3 5 2 17 0 3 0 3 43

Team 3 1 4Totals 33-72 7-18 8-12 16 26 42 20 81 17 17 3 10 225


FT % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5%


OT: 4-8 50.0%OT: 0-1 0.0%OT: 0-0 0.0%

Game: 33-72 45.8%Game: 7-18 38.9%Game: 8-12 66.7%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Burdick, Cierra f 1-3 0-0 4-4 1 4 5 3 6 3 1 2 1 2112 Graves, Bashaara f 7-10 0-0 1-4 9 3 12 1 15 1 1 0 3 3920 Harrison, Isabelle c 4-9 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 3 10 1 3 6 0 2805 Massengale, Ariel g 5-15 2-6 3-4 0 1 1 1 15 4 3 0 2 3710 Simmons, Meighan g 7-18 1-3 4-4 3 1 4 0 19 3 1 0 2 4102 Jones, Jasmine 3-7 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 1 7 0 2 0 0 1304 Williams, Kamiko 4-7 1-1 0-0 1 4 5 1 9 3 2 0 3 1813 Spani, Taber 2-5 0-1 1-1 2 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 814 Carter, Andraya 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 20

Team 1 6 7Totals 34-78 4-13 16-21 21 24 45 12 88 17 13 8 12 225


FT % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%


OT: 4-9 44.4%OT: 0-1 0.0%OT: 7-8 87.5%

Game: 34-78 43.6%Game: 4-13 30.8%Game: 16-21 76.2%

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Officials: Bob Trammell, Frank Steratore, Luis GonzalezTechnical fouls: Middle Tennessee-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 10768

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT TotalMiddle Tennessee 39 34 8 81Tennessee 35 38 15 88

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMT 38 18 12 15 19UT 48 28 25 12 23

Last FG - MT OT-00:07, UT OT-00:33.Largest lead - MT by 12 1st-09:11, UT by 8 OT-00:33.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Senior Kamiko Williams came up huge on both ends of the court to lead the #16/14 Lady Vols to an 88-81 overtime win over in-state foe Middle Tennessee State for UT’s fi fth win in a row before 10,768 at Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday night.

Even through she didn’t post the biggest numbers on the stat sheet, Williams’ clutch shooting and defense spurred the Lady Vols in the second half and overtime. She fi nished with nine points, fi ve rebounds and three assists to go along with numerous intangible plays.

Junior Meighan Simmons topped the scoring charts for Tennessee (5-1), as she netted 19 points. Freshman Bashaara Graves, who has scored in double-fi gures in all six of her college games, had 15 points. She also corralled 12 rebounds for her second double-double in her rookie season.

Sophomore Ariel Massengale, who started for the second time this season, tallied a season-best 15 points. Sophomore Isabelle Harrison scored 10 points and swatted a career-high six blocks.

MTSU (4-2) had four players score in double-fi gures led by Icelyn Elie, who had 21. She was joined by Ebony Rowe (19), Laken Leonard (17) and Shanice Cason (13), to top the Blue Raid-ers.

Tennessee used a 10-0 overtime run keyed by Williams’ all-around play to secure the win.

Sophomore Cierra Burdick put UT ahead for good, 79-77, with a pair of free throws with 2:04 left in OT. Then Williams’ stole the ensuing possession from MTSU and set up Simmons for a layup with 1:52 left to move the lead to 81-77. Williams fi nished the next sequence with a layup to make it 83-77 with 40 seconds left. Then Williams drew a charge seconds later. Harrison’s bank shot was the fi nal dagger fi nishing the run of 10 points in a row.

After being down for the game’s fi rst 35-plus minutes, Tennessee fi nally grabbed a lead for the fi rst time late in the second half. Williams’ steal and bankshot put the Lady Vols ahead at 64-63 -- their fi rst lead of the game with 4:24 left in regulation. Massengale hit a jumper to put UT ahead by three and the Lady Vols never trailed after that.

Tennessee was on the cusp of taking a lead several times, getting to within one possession four times in the second half before fi nally breaking through as Williams used her defense to create off ense and UT’s fi rst advantage.

The Lady Vols pressured MTSU and used a 10-2 run to comeback from a 63-60 defi cit to lead 70-65 on a Simmons jumper.

MTSU cut the margin to two at 70-68 on Leonard’s fi fth 3-pointer of the game with 1:26 left in the second half.

Williams nailed a 3-pointer with 55 seconds left to put the Lady Vols up fi ve at 73-68. But MTSU scored the fi nal fi ve points of regulation to send the game to overtime as Elie canned a 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left, tying the game at 73.

MTSU scored the game’s opening basket and led for the entire fi rst half, taking a 39-35 lead into the locker room. Cason topped all scorers with 10 points while Simmons led UT’s scoresheet with nine.

MTSU jumped out to an 18-9 lead on the Lady Vols early on after back-to-back 3-pointers by Leonard. The lead increased to double-fi gures on Leonard’s third trey of the half midway through the fi rst stanza, making it 26-16. The Blue Raiders also started strong on the boards, grabbing 17 of the game’s fi rst 24 off the glass.

A drawn charge by Jasmine Jones with six minutes in the fi rst half energized the Lady Vols as they went on a 9-0 run to cut their defi cit to 31-29 on a 3-pointer by Massengale a minute later with 5:01 left in the half.

Tennessee has never lost to MTSU, leading the all-time series, 20-0.



GAME 7#16/14 UT vs. #22 North Carolina // Dec. 2, 2012

North Carolina 57 • 7-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min21 Gross,Krista f 1-5 0-2 1-2 2 6 8 3 3 3 3 1 2 2334 McDaniel,Xylina f 6-13 0-1 7-10 5 8 13 4 19 0 8 1 6 3832 Rolle,Waltiea c 6-13 0-0 1-4 3 1 4 2 13 1 2 4 1 3111 Rountree,Brittany g 2-5 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 3 4 2 5 0 1 2444 Ruffin-Pratt,Tierra g 3-8 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 1 0 1102 Coleman,Latifah 0-7 0-1 4-7 1 1 2 1 4 3 4 0 1 3003 Buckland,Megan 1-3 0-1 0-2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 1310 Butts,Danielle 1-3 1-1 1-6 1 4 5 2 4 1 2 0 4 1513 Fuller,Hillary 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 315 Bannister,Antoinette 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 522 Bryant,N'Dea 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7

Team 2 2 4 1Totals 21-61 1-11 14-31 16 24 40 19 57 11 30 7 17 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5%


Game: 21-61 34.4%Game: 1-11 9.1%Game: 14-31 45.2%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Burdick, Cierra f 5-12 1-1 4-4 3 7 10 1 15 2 4 1 1 2512 Graves, Bashaara f 4-9 0-0 3-5 2 6 8 3 11 2 1 0 1 2520 Harrison, Isabelle c 8-12 0-0 2-3 4 7 11 4 18 0 5 3 1 2605 Massengale, Ariel g 0-4 0-0 3-4 0 3 3 0 3 7 2 0 1 3010 Simmons, Meighan g 12-22 3-7 6-6 2 4 6 1 33 4 4 0 3 3502 Jones, Jasmine 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 0 2 1304 Williams, Kamiko 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 1913 Spani, Taber 4-8 2-6 0-0 2 2 4 3 10 2 0 0 2 1414 Carter, Andraya 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 521 Moore, Nia 1-3 0-0 4-4 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 0 1 8

Team 4 1 5Totals 37-77 6-14 22-27 20 34 54 19 102 21 20 4 13 200


FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8%


Game: 37-77 48.1%Game: 6-14 42.9%Game: 22-27 81.5%

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Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Mark Zentz, Metta RobertsTechnical fouls: North Carolina-None. Tennessee-None.Attendance: 11342

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalNorth Carolina 28 29 57Tennessee 49 53 102

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchNC 34 16 8 10 12UT 38 36 24 20 22

Last FG - NC 2nd-03:26, UT 2nd-00:44.Largest lead - NC None, UT by 46 2nd-00:44.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 0 times.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- In the fi rst meeting between longtime foes in fi ve years, No. 16/14 Tennessee dominated No. 22 North Carolina, 102-57. UT handed UNC its fi rst loss of the season before 11,342 at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Lady Vols (6-1) extended their winning streak to six games while the Tar Heels fell to 7-1 overall.

Junior Meighan Simmons, who scored her 1,000th career point in the game, led all scorers with a career-high 33. Her point total was the most since All-American Candace Parker scored 34 vs. Notre Dame on March 30, 2008.

Sophomore Isabelle Harrison scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her third double-double this season.

Freshman Bashaara Graves tallied 15 points, as she has scored in double-fi gures in all seven of her college games.

Sophomore Cierra Burdick netted 15 and grabbed 10 rebounds for her second-career double-double. Taber Spani had 10 points.

The 45-point margin of victory over a ranked team was the largest since UT beat No. 22 Illinois, by 49 points (111-62) in Hawaii on Nov. 25, 2000.

The 102 points vs. the 22nd-ranked Tar Heels were the most by UT against a ranked team since beating No. 15 DePaul, 102-68, on Jan. 2, 2008.

The Lady Vols opened the game with a 10-2 lead and never looked back. A Sim-mons’ 3-pointer just over seven minutes into the action put the Lady Vols ahead by 10 at 17-7 and UT never let UNC cut the margin below double-fi gures for the remainder of the game.

Tennessee led by as many as 46 on a 3-pointer by Burdick with 44 seconds left in the second half. The closest the Tar Heels got in the second half was 16 points on two occasions, but UT opened up the jets midway in the second half to blow open the game.

Tennessee controlled the boards outrebounding UNC, 54-40 with Harrison leading the way with 11 boards.

The Lady Vols closed the fi rst half on a 14-4 run to lead 49-28 at intermission. Simmons had 22 points in the fi rst half on the way to her career day.

Simmons became the 37th Tennessee player to score 1,000 career points with a free throw with 11:44 left in the fi rst half. She achieved the plateau in just her 80th college game.

Lady Vols went on an 8-0 run capped by a Taber Spani 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to put Tennessee ahead, 22-7, with 12:36 left in the fi rst half.

Sunday’s game was the fi rst meeting since Lady Vols beat UNC, 83-79, fi ve years ago to the date on Dec. 2, 2007.

GAME 8#13/12 UT vs. #18/20 Texas // Dec. 16, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas - Meighan Simmons scored a team-high 18 points to lead six Lady Vols in double fi gures as the No. 13/12 Tennessee women’s basketball team crushed No. 18/20 Texas, 94-75, on Sunday at the Frank Erwin Special Events Center.

Tennessee (7-1) enjoyed a balanced off ensive attack in the win with strong shooting from the fi eld (46.8 percent), beyond the arc (8-of-15) and the free-throw line (14-of-18). Bashaara Graves posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Ariel Massengale had 15 points and a game-high seven assists. Taber Spani scored 15 points, Cierra Burdick had 14 points and Jasmine Jones head a big second half to fi nish with 10 points off the bench.

Chassidy Fussell led Texas (6-2) with a 31-point eff ort that included a 10-of-10 showing from the char-ity stripe. Nneka Enemkpali added 15 points and eight boards for the Longhorns.

Tennessee led 45-27 at the break and the teams traded baskets over the fi rst two minutes of the second half. Burdick hit a jumper at the 17:35 mark push Tennessee’s lead to 20 points at 53-33.

Texas focused on attacking the paint in the second half. The Longhorns went on a 7-3 run with points from fouls drawn inside and layups to pull to within 56-40 by the fi rst media timeout of the second half at 15:39.

The Longhorns drew to within 14 points on a Enemkpali layup, but Simmons pushed the Lady Vols’ lead back to 20 points with a three pointer from the left wing and a drive from the right side for a three-point play. Tennessee led 62-42 with 13:45 remaining.

Ashley Roberts’ 3-pointer with 12:55 on the clock sparked an 11-2 Texas run that also featured two treys from Chassidy Fussell. The Longhorns found themselves within 66-53 after Imani McGee-Staff ord sunk two free throws at the 11:37 mark.

Jones helped keep Tennessee’s lead at or over 13 points with an aggressive layup on the Lady Vols’ ensuing possession and a pair of free throws with 11 minutes remaining.

Tennessee’s lead was down to 70-59 when Enemkpali put in a layup with 9:38 on the clock. After a 3-pointer from Kamiko Williams, Enemkpali tipped in a missed shot and later drove the paint for a layup to cut the Lady Vols’ lead to 10 points at 73-63.

The teams traded buckets over the next three minutes. With 6:29 left, McGee-Staff ord missed a jumper and Isabelle Harrison was injured in the tussle for the rebound. Harrison left the game and did not return.

Tennessee squashed the Texas comeback attempt after that. The Lady Vols went on a 15-7 run after Harrison’s injury to close out the game. Massengale scored six points over that stretch.

Due to a Tennessee technical foul prior tipoff , Fussell made two free throws to give the Longhorns a 2-0 advantage before the clock even started. That did not phase Tennessee as the Lady Vols responded with a 15-4 run over the next six minutes. Graves and Spani had six points each over that stretch and were the off ensive catalysts for Tennessee in the fi rst half.

Empress Davenport made a layup at the 13:53 mark and Brady Sanders hit two jumpers as Texas made a 6-3 run to draw within 18-12 by the second media timeout.

Graves came up big for Tennessee after the timeout, scoring off an off ensive board with 11:12 left and making a layup a minute later to push the Lady Vols’ lead to eight points at 24-16.

Tennessee followed with an 8-2 run. Massengale found Burdick for a jumper on Tennessee’s next pos-session and Spani hit a jumper at the 5:30 mark to push the Lady Vols’ lead back to 10 points at 32-22. Simmons made a jumper in transition with 3:54 left in the half for her fi rst points of the game after she started 0-of-7 from the fl oor. Burdick hit a dagger from the right side to with 3:28 left to give Tennes-see a 36-24 advantage and force Longhorns head coach Karen Aston to take a timeout.

The Lady Vols closed out the fi rst half on fi re. After the Texas timeout, Tennessee went on a 9-2 run to take a 45-27 lead into halftime. Spani made two free throws and nailed her third trey of the game from the right wing during the fi nal three minutes of the period. Graves had 10 points and four boards and Spani led all scorers with 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the fi rst half.



GAME 9#10/11 UT vs. #3/3 Baylor // Dec. 18, 2012

WACO, Texas - Third-ranked Baylor raced out to a 17-0 lead as the Bears ended Tennessee’s seven-game win streak, handing the No. 10 Lady Vols a 76-53 defeat on Tuesday night.

Baylor moved to 9-1 overall, as Brittney Griner tallied 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Kimetria Hayden netted 16 points. Brooklyn Pope corralled a game-best 16 rebounds to go along with 11 points.

Tennessee (7-2) was led by Meighan Simmons, who scored 16 points. Kamiko Williams had a season-high 15 points, two off her career high of 17. Williams posted her fi rst career double-double with a career-high 10 rebounds.

Tennessee played without 6-3 center Isabelle Harrison, who was sidelined with a sprained ankle.

The loss of 23 points equaled the eighth-largest in school history.

Baylor out-rebounded the Lady Vols, 54-47.

The Lady Vols missed their fi rst 11 shots of the game before scoring for the fi rst time, with 13:05 left in the fi rst half, on a Cierra Burdick jumper to make it 17-2.

Tennessee tried to climb out of the early hole, but it proved to be too tall of a mountain.

UT cut the defi cit to 12 at 21-9 and 23-11, but Baylor continued its sharp shooting in the fi rst half and regained a 21-point lead at 32-11 on a 3-pointer by Hayden with 6:49 left in the fi rst half. The run expanded to 13-0 to give Baylor a 36-11 lead with fi ve minutes left in the half. Taber Spani ended the drought with a 3-pointer at the four-minute mark.

Tennessee trailed 41-16 at halftime. The 25-point defi cit was the largest at halftime in school history. The previous largest margin was 20 against Rutgers in 2009, as the Lady Vols rallied from down 33-13 to win 55-51 on the road.

Both Griner and Hayden had 11 points at halftime.

The Lady Vols began the second half scoring eight of the fi rst 12 points, as Simmons canned a 3-pointer to cut the defi cit to 45-24.

Tennessee continued to battle and chip away, but the margin never got below 19 points in the second half. A Williams jumper made the score 70-50 with three minutes left. Nia Moore’s layup with 93 seconds left cut the score to 72-53.

GAME 10#10/11 UT vs. #1/1 Stanford // Dec. 22, 2012

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Taking on the No. 1 team in the nation, just days after falling at the No. 3 team, the Lady Vols battled, but fell to undefeated Stanford, 73-60 at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday before 13,016.

Stanford moved to 11-0 overall with a powerful post presence and strong defense limiting the Lady Vols to just 31.9 percent from the fl oor. Tennessee made just 4-of-18 shots from 3-point range.

Tennessee (7-3) was led by freshman Bashaara Graves, who tallied 15. Graves has scored in double-fi gures in nine of her 10 college games. She also grabbed 12 rebounds for the fourth double-double of her career. Meighan Simmons (12), Cierra Burdick (11) and Ariel Massengale (11) also scored in double-fi gures.

The Lady Vols fell at third-ranked Baylor on Tuesday night, 76-53, as their seven-game win streak came to end. Tennessee is 7-3 overall for the second year in a row. Last season, UT fi nished 27-9 and advanced to the Elite Eight.

Chiney Ogwumike posted a double-double with 21 points and 19 rebounds. She had double-fi gures in both categories before halftime.

Her rebounds are the most by an opponent ever at Thompson-Boling Arena. The record of 18 was held by JoKeirra Sneed of Louisiana Tech set in 2007. Ogwumike came up two boards short of the record for most rebounds against the Lady Vols. Back on March 3, 1978 Linda Street grabbed 21 boards for Memphis State.

Four other Cardinal players scored in double-fi gures: Amber Orrange (14 along with six as-sists), Tony Kokenis (11), Bonnie Samuelson (11) and Joslyn Tinkle (10).

Down by as many as 19 with 15 minutes left, Massengale and Simmons converted back-to-back 3-pointers to bring UT within 10 at 65-55 with 2:27 left. But Stanford closed the game making four free throws in the fi nal 41 seconds to seal the win.

Stanford pounded the ball inside to start the second half and used an 11-2 run to expanded its lead to 44-25 on a Mikaela Ruef layup with 15 minutes left in the game.

The Lady Vols continued to claw back. Burdick’s driving layup with 10 minutes left in the second half brought UT within 10 at 50-40.

The margin was sliced to single-digits for the fi rst time since the 9:18 mark of the fi rst half on a Burdick free throw with 8:21 left, making it 52-43. Stanford quickly answered with the next three buckets by Ogwumike, Kokenis and Tinkle to take a 58-43 advantage with 6:40 left.

The Cardinal built a 33-21 lead at halftime thanks to a double-double by Ogwumike (13 points, 12 rebounds) in the fi rst 20 minutes. Tennessee did not make a 3-pointer in the half, missing all 10 trifecta attempts. UT shot 10-of-39 (26 percent) from the fl oor against Stanford’s towering roster.

Stanford pounded the ball in the post early on to take a 21-10 lead with 9:22 left in the fi rst half. Stanford scored 10 of fi rst 21 points in the paint as Ogwumike piled up nine points and 10 rebounds in the game’s fi rst 10 minutes.

UT has now lost fi ve straight to No. 1 teams dating to its last win over a top-ranked team in 2005. The Lady Vols’ last win over a No. 1 team came on March 6, 2005 as UT knocked off LSU, 67-65 in the SEC Championship game in Greenville, S.C.

Tennessee has also lost six consecutive home games against No. 1 teams dating to a 77-72 win over top-ranked Louisiana Tech on Jan. 22, 1996. Prior to last year’s loss to No. 1 Baylor at home, UT had not played a No. 1 team in Knoxville since 2007 (losing to Duke 74-70).


BROADCAST MEDIA SHEET (probable starters noted with orange numbers)

JASMINE PHILLIPS So. • G • 5-10 • Hartsville, S.C./Hartsville HS/Louisburg (NC) College GP/GS PPG RPG SPG BPG FG% FT%

12-13 2/0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 .500 .000

Career Highs Pts: 2 Reb: 4 Blk: - Stl: 1 Min: 91Name Pronounced: JAZZ-min

• Scored her fi rst basket of the season against Alcorn State, while grabbing four boards• Missed the fi rst two games of the season due to a left quad strain• Sophomore transfer from Louisburg College in North Carolina, where she averaged 16.8 ppg, 6.4 rbg and 2.7 spg• Wears No. 1 because she was Holly Warlick’s fi rst recruit to sign

JASMINE JONES Fr. • F • 6-2 • Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG BPG FG% FT%

12-13 10/0 4.9 4.3 0.7 0.1 .429 .583

Career Highs Pts: 10 Reb: 11 Blk: 1 Stl: 1 Min: 202Name Pronounced: JAZZ-min

KAMIKO WILLIAMS Sr. • G • 5-11 • Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT%

12-13 10/0 5.8 3.3 1.2 .490 .455 .600

Career Highs Pts: 17 Reb: 10 Blk: 4 Stl: 4 Min: 374Name Pronounced: kuh-MEE-ko

ARIEL MASSENGALE So. • PG • 5-6 • Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook HS GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT%

12-13 10/6 9.1 2.8 3.9 .377 .321 .789

Career Highs Pts: 19 Reb: 6 Stl: 4 Ast: 12 Min: 405MEIGHAN SIMMONS Jr. • G • 5-9 • Cibolo, Texas/Byron P. Steele HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT%

12-13 10/10 17.1 3.8 2.0 .406 .345 .867

Career Highs Pts: 33 Reb: 8 Stl: 4 Ast: 11 Min: 4010CIERRA BURDICK So. • F • 6-2 • Charlotte, N.C./Butler HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG BPG FG% FT%

12-13 10/10 8.7 6.3 1.0 1.0 .447 .625

Career Highs Pts: 16 Reb: 10 Blk: 3 Stl: 3 Min: 3211BASHAARA GRAVES Fr. • F/C • 6-2 • Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG APG FG% FT%

12-13 10/9 14.1 8.1 1.6 0.8 .495 .633

Career Highs Pts: 20 Reb: 12 Blk: 2 Stl: 4 Min: 3912Name Pronounced: buh-SHAR-uh

TABER SPANI Sr. • F • 6-1 • Lee’s Summit, Mo./Homeschooled (Metro Academy) GP/GS PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT%

12-13 10/2 7.1 3.4 0.7 .368 .281 .750

Career Highs Pts: 22 Reb: 12 Blk: 2 Stl: 3 Min: 4213Name Pronounced: TAY-ber SPAY-nee

ANDRAYA CARTER Fr. • PG/G • 5-9 • Flowery Branch, Ga./Buford HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT%

12-13 7/5 5.3 1.6 1.3 .367 .375 .900

Career Highs Pts: 16 Reb: 4 Blk: 1 Stl: 4 Min: 3614Name Pronounced: on-DRAY-uh

ISABELLE HARRISON So. • C • 6-3 • Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG BPG FG% FT%

12-13 9/8 8.9 7.0 0.9 2.3 .479 .706

Career Highs Pts: 18 Reb: 12 Blk: 6 Stl: 4 Min: 2820NIA MOORE Fr. • C • 6-3 • Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook HS GP/GS PPG RPG SPG BPG FG% FT%

12-13 6/0 3.7 2.5 0.7 0.5 .421 1.000

Career Highs Pts: 10 Reb: 7 Blk: 2 Stl: 1 Min: 1821Name Pronounced: NEE-uh

• Snagged 11 rebounds in UT’s win over Georgia Tech while also going 2-2 from the line in 18 minutes of play• Shot 50 percent from the fi eld in her fi rst career game as a Lady Vol, tallying four points and grabbing fi ve rebounds, while blocking one shot against Chattanooga• Mother is Latrish Jones, a former standout player at Alabama• Was a 5-8 high jumper for the track team at BJHS

• Recorded her fi rst double-double, scoring 15 points and grabbing a career-best 10 boards at Baylor• Instrumental in UT’s 88-81 OT win over MTSU, where she had nine points, three rebounds, three steals and a charge in the fi nal 10 minutes of play, including overtime• Earned a degree in sociology/criminal justice in spring 2012 and is working on a second undergraduate degree in psychology

• Grabbed a career-best six rebounds at Baylor• Dished out seven assists in back-to-back games against UNC and Texas• Leads the squad in charges this season, drawing fi ve• Set a career high in free throws as she went a perfect 10-10 from the line at Miami• Has fi ve relatives who have played collegiate sports, including her brother and dad who played football

• Earned SEC Player of the Week and espnW National Player of the Week honors after putting up a career-high 33 points in UT’s 102-57 win over North Carolina, where she became the 37th Lady Vol to score 1,000 points in her career• Sits in seventh place on the all-time UT three-point fi eld goals made list with 133 now in her career• Knows sign language

• Tied her career high in rebounds (10) while playing a career-best 32 minutes at Miami• Named AutoZone Player of the Game against Georgia Tech as she recorded career highs in points (16), fi eld goals made (6) and 3-pointers made (3) • Wears teammate Andraya Carter’s armband with initials “AS” in honor of Draya’s late high school friend, Adam Smith, who passed away in September (Carter out for season after shoulder surgery)

• Is averaging a team-best 8.1 rebounds per game and has grabbed a team-best 81 boards this season• Has earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors twice this year (11/12/12; 12/2/12)• Has four double-doubles and has scored in double fi gures in nine of 10 games.• Hails from Clarksville, Tenn., the same town as senior Kamiko Williams, but went to rival high schools

• Made her 100th career 3-pointer in UT’s 94-75 win at Texas• Has scored in double digits in three of the last six games - Texas (15), UNC (10) and Alcorn State (10)• Hit her fi rst three of the season to send UT over the century mark in the Lady Vols’ 101-48 win over Rice• Father Gary had a 10-year NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs where he still holds the record as the all-time leading tackler; has four sisters, two of whom play or have played collegiate basketball

• Out for the season after having surgery on her right shoulder (labral tear) on Dec. 13• Shot 90 percent from the line, as she connected on nine of 10 free throws this season• Became the 17th Tennessee freshman to start her fi rst career game as a Lady Vol • Wore armband with initials “AS” in honor of her late high school friend, Adam Smith, who passed away this September. Teammate Cierra Burdick will wear the armband for the remainer of the season

• Has recorded three double-doubles this season, and is the ninth Lady Vol sophomore to record at least three double-doubles in her second season at Tennessee• Has a team-best 21 blocks this season, as she racked up a career-best six blocks against MTSU• Grabbed 63 boards in nine games, averaging 7.0 rebounds per game, third-best on the team• Has 11 siblings, including DeeDee who plays volleyball for Tennessee

• Is a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line • Set career highs in points (10), rebounds (7), fi eld goals (4) and minutes played (18) against Alcorn State• Recorded four points and grabbed one rebound in 15 minutes of action against Rice• Former high school teammates with Ariel Massengale at Bolingbrook High School• Twin sister, Annaya, plays basketball at Troy (Ala.) University

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