Postgame Notes: UT 72, BSU 61

March 21, 2015

Number of Interest

Here are a few numbers of interest:

» Ariel Massengale shot three treys, which moves her up to a season total of 67 three-pointers this season. She is one away from moving into the top-10 for most treys in a season.

» The Lady Vols outrebounded the Broncos by 18.

» Bashaara Graves scored a career-high 24 points. It was also a personal NCAA tournament high. She had just 14 points combined in last year's NCAA tourney.

POSTGAME NOTES

THE SERIES

This is the first meeting between the two programs.
Boise State marks the first team that the Lady Vols have faced from Idaho.
Tennessee now has a 1-0 record in the series with the Broncos.
UT has is 3-0 vs. current teams in the Mountain West Conference.
This season, the Lady Vols are 19-1 vs. unranked teams having only lost to Chattanooga. UTC lost in the first game of the day vs. Pitt.
The Lady Vols have a 1,275-284 all-time record in its 70th season,
Under Holly Warlick, the Lady Vols are 6-2 in NCAA tourney play.

IN THE NCAA TOURNEY

The Lady Vols are marking their 34th appearance in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship and is the only program to appear in all 34 tournaments.
Tennessee is 118-25 all-time in NCAA tournament play.
UT is 53-1 record in the first two rounds of the tournament.
The Lady Vols are 27-1 all-time in the NCAA First Round.
Tennessee is 43-0 at home in NCAA First/Second Round play.
This is the third-straight season, fifth time in six years, that UT has hosted the first and second rounds.
UT is now 55-0 all-time in home NCAA games.

SUCCESS AT HOME

The Lady Vols are 17-0 at home this season and have won 21 in a row in Thompson-Boling Arena, dating back to Feb. 20, 2014 in a win vs. Auburn.
UT is purusing its first undefeated home season since 2010-11 (17-0).
With the win over Boise State, the Lady Vols tie for the most wins at Thompson-Boling Arena (17).
The 17 home wins also tie for most in a season ever at home with the 17-1 they had in 1978-79 in Stokely Athletics Center.
With a second round win, 18 home wins would be the most ever by the team at the arena and a school record.
FOR STARTERS
- Today's starters: Bashaara Graves, Cierra Burdick, Jordan Reynolds, Andraya Carter and Ariel Massengale.
- Entering the game, this unit has played a combined 32 NCAA Tournament games.
- Not one single Lady Vol has started every game this season. Reynolds has started in all but one game.
- With this group, Tennessee is 5-2.
- The jump ball was controlled by Tennessee.
- The first Tennessee points were scored by Bashaara Graves on a jumper.

OFF THE BENCH

Jaime Nared was one of the first Lady Vols off the bench for her third straight game. It marked her 11th time being the first off the bench.
Nia Moore ccame into the game with under 14 minutes to play in the first half.
Alexa Middleton was the third Lady Vol to make an appearance. She entered with 13:23 left in the game.

OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING

Two Lady Vols scored in double digits: Bashaara Graves and Ariel Massengale.
Graves scored the first eight points of the game despite a slow scoring start for the team. She had 10 of the first 14 points.
Graves earned a personal NCAA-high and season-high 24 points on 9-for-11 shooting. She scored 14 points combined in all three games of the NCAA tourney last season.
During the SEC tournament, Massengale was 1-for-11 from beyond the arc. Tonight, she was 3-for-9. She is just one three-point shot away from moving into the top-10 for three-pointers made in a season.
Massengale also tallied a personal NCAA-high with 18 points.

REBOUNDING WINS GAMES

Freshman Jaime Nared grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds. Six of those were on the offensive end.
Cierra Burdick added 11 rebounds.
The Lady Vols outrebounded the Broncos, 46-28.
In 33 games, the Lady Vols have a 41.9 to 33.9 rebounding ratio for a margin of +8.0.

AT THE HALF

The Lady Vols led the Broncos 39-32, ending the half on a 9-2 run.
Tennessee shot 48.5 percent (16-33) while Boise State was shooting a better 50.0 percent (13-26).
Tennessee outrebounded BSU, 20-11.
BSU's Brooke Pahukoa led all scorers with 18 points on 7-for-7 shooting.

UP NEXT

The Lady Vols will face Pitt in the NCAA Second Round on Monday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN for the chance to reach the Sweet Sixteen.

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