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Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball travels to Auburn, SundayTennessee (19-9 | 9-6 SEC) at Auburn (10-16 | 4-11 SEC)Sunday, March 1st, 21020 | 2:05pm CT (3:05pm ET)
This will mark the first meeting of 2019-20 between the Lady Vols and AU, who stand tied for fifth and in 12th, respectively, in the SEC standings entering the final game of the regular season. The Big Orange women have bounced back from the roughest part of their schedule to emerge victorious in their last two games and equal last season’s final victory total. ![]() Tennessee Women’s Basketball looks to finish the regular season on a high note when the Lady Vols take on Auburn at Auburn Arena, Sunday. (UT Athletics) On Sunday, they’ll try to post the program’s 43rd 20-win season in the past 44 years and put themselves into more secure position for a 39th berth in the NCAA Tournament. UT currently would receive the No. 7 seed for next week’s conference tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC, but there is a possibility to move up a spot. With a win, Tennessee would climb to 10-6 and move past the loser of the Arkansas (9-6) vs. LSU (9-6) game into the No. 6 seed and face the winner of the game between the No. 11 and No. 14 seeds. UT’s first SEC Tournament game would be at approximately 7:30pm CT next Thursday in Greenville. A loss vs. Auburn, and the Lady Vols would remain the seven seed and face the No. 10 team at 5:00pm CT next Thursday. Broadcast InformationSunday’s game will be televised as part of SEC Network whip-around coverage and streamed in its entirety online with Roy Philpott (PxP) and Brooke Weisbrod (Analyst) handling the call. The contest also can be heard on Lady Vol Network radio stations and by audio stream, with Mickey Dearstone calling the action for the 21st season and Bobby Rader serving as the studio host. A link to the live audio stream can be found on each game’s Hoops Central page or the Lady Vol schedule on UTSports.com. For a list of Lady Vol Network affiliates, please click on the Fans tab at the top of UTSports.com, select Vol Network and then click on Vol Network Affiliates in the black bar at the top of the page. Air time for games on the Lady Vol Radio Network generally occurs 30 minutes prior to tip-off. SECN+ games are online broadcasts and are available only on WatchESPN via computers, smartphones and tablets. All of the games included in the ESPN package (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) and the SEC Network will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider. Connections Of InterestTennessee Lady Vols basketball head coach Kellie Harper spent two seasons working under Auburn legend Joe Ciampi, serving as an administrative assistant in 1999-2000 and moving up to assistant coach for the 2000-01 season, in which the Tigers advanced to the NCAA Second Round. Kellie Harper‘s husband and assistant coach, Jon Harper, is a 1999 graduate of Auburn. He was a manager and later intern for Coach Ciampi from 1996-99. Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy was an assistant coach from 2002-04 at (then) Southwest Missouri State. The school later changed its name to Missouri State. Jon Harper was her assistant at MSU all six years. UT assistant Jennifer Sullivan was an assistant at Missouri State from 2013-18. UT director of recruiting operations Jessica Jackson was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Harper at Missouri State in 2018-19. UT director of women’s basketball sports performance Tyler Watson was Harper’s strength and conditioning coach in 2018-19. Auburn assistant La’Keshia Frett played at Georgia from 1993-97, while UT’s Kellie (Jolly) Harper played at Tennessee from 1995-1999, allowing for a two-year overlap of their teams battling on the SEC hardwood. Lee Taylor, Tennessee’s women’s basketball strength and conditioning coordinator from 2013-19, is in his first season in the same role at Auburn. A Closer Look At TennesseeThe Tennessee Lady Vols’ only losses this season are to nine teams that appear destined for NCAA Tournament bids. Seven of those were ranked, including four that were top-10 ranked teams, when UT played them. While UT beat Notre Dame when the Irish carried a No. 15/14 ranking, the most appealing win on the résumé currently appears to be the home triumph over LSU on January 26th. UT has a two-point loss to #16/18 Texas A&M, a four-point setback at #RV/RV LSU and a six-point loss to Texas among its “Ls”. In the February 25th edition of Bracketology, Charlie Creme has the Lady Vols listed as a No. 11 seed, playing sixth-seeded Princeton in the NCAA First Round in Iowa City, as part of the Dallas Regional. The winner would meet No. 3 Iowa or No. 14 Marist in the second round. Road Leading Up To ThisTennessee has won its last two contests, defeating Vanderbilt (67-63) and Ole Miss (77-66) in back-to-back home games to improve to 19-9 overall and 9-6 in league play. Despite its substantial personnel losses from a year ago, UT has managed to improve upon its 19-13/7-9 outcome of 2018-19. The past two wins have been critical bounce-back contests after UT dropped five straight during a brutal stretch that included No. 1 South Carolina, No. 8 Mississippi State, LSU (receiving votes), No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 22 Arkansas in succession. UT had won six straight SEC contests and stood at 7-1 before dropping those five consecutive contests. Tennessee’s Rennia Davis is averaging 18.1 ppg. in all games and 19.7 ppg. in SEC play, shooting 49.5 percent (109-220) from the field and 83.3 (45-54) percent at the charity stripe vs. league foes. Burrell has started the past six games after coming off the bench the previous 22. She is averaging 14.7 ppg. and 7.0 rpg. over her last six contests and 15.7 ppg. and 7.3 rpg. over her last three. Horston has come off the bench and has produced 10.3 ppg. and 5.3 apg. the past three games. Auburn’s record belies its talent and play in the latter part of the season. In three of their last four games, the Tigers have beaten LSU, lost to No. 10 Mississippi State in overtime and scored 95 points in a road win at Missouri on Thursday night. AU began SEC play 0-5 but is 4-6 since then, including a seven-point road loss at No. 15 Kentucky. Where Do We Go From HereThe SEC Tournament is next. It will be held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville, SC, March 4th-8th. Play begins on Wednesday, and Tennessee will see action on Thursday evening. The SEC Network will broadcast all games from Wednesday through Friday, while ESPNU will carry Saturday’s semifinal games and ESPN2 will televise the title game on Sunday. This marks the second straight season, third time in four years and fourth time overall that Greenville as served as host. Recapping Tennessee Lady Vols Last GameThe Tennessee Lady Vols prevailed over an upset-minded Ole Miss team on Thursday, taking a 77-66 win on Senior Night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Junior Rennia Davis was Tennessee’s (19-9, 9-6 SEC) high scorer, recording her 28th career double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Freshman Tamari Key and sophomore Rae Burrell were also in double figures, with Key scoring a career high of 17 points and Burrell finishing with 14 in the final regular-season home game of the 2019-20 campaign. Ole Miss (7-21, 0-15 SEC) was led by Deja Cage and Mimi Reid, who posted 22 and 21 points, respectively.
Notes From The Ole Miss GameSenior Salute Explosive First Half Jessie…From Downtown Cashing In At The Line: Lou Taking Charge Double-Double Davis Tennessee-Auburn Series NotesTennessee Lady Vols basketball holds a 45-11 all-time record vs. Auburn, dating back to February 9th, 1980, and has won 29 of the past 32 games in the series. The Lady Vols are 14-5 in games played at Auburn, 22-2 vs. the Tigers in games held in Knoxville, and 9-4 at neutral sites. UT has won in 14 of its last 16 trips to The Plains after getting a “W” there on February 14th, 2019. UT is 2-0 vs. AU in overtime games, winning extra-frame contests in Knoxville vs. the Tigers in 1996 and 2004. Tennessee has limited Auburn to 66 points or fewer 12 of the last 14 times they’ve met and to 61 or less on nine of those occasions. Tennessee and Auburn played for the 1989 NCAA Championship in Tacoma, WA, with the Lady Vols prevailing, 76-60. UT and AU four times played for SEC Tourney titles from 1985 to 1990, with the Lady Vols winning three of those (1985, 1988, 1989). Chamique Holdsclaw scored a career-high 39 points vs. the Tigers on February 14th, 1998, marking the sixth-highest point total in Lady Vol history. AU coach Terri Williams-Flournoy beat UT and Pat Summitt while coaching Georgetown on November 27th, 2010, 69-58, at the Paradise Jam tourney in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kellie Harper is 1-2 all-time vs. Auburn and 1-1 vs. Terri Williams-Flournoy as a head coach. She is 1-0 vs. Terri Williams-Flournoy while she has been at AU, beating the Tigers, 85-71, in Raleigh, NC, while coaching at NC State. Harper’s Wolfpack team fell to Coach Flo’s Georgetown team in Washington, D.C., 67-66, on December 22nd, 2009. Harper was 0-2 vs. Auburn, then coached by Nell Fortner, while at Western Carolina. About the Auburn Tigers
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