Game Notes: Florida vs. Tennessee University of Tennessee Athletics

Game Notes: Florida vs. Tennessee

Feb. 8, 2009

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Notes...

Today's starters: Angie Bjorklund, Alex Fuller, Glory Johnson, Alicia Manning and Shekinna Stricklen.
Redshirt-sophomore Cait McMahan has decided to not play the rest of the season, accepting a role as a student assistant coach and will remain on the sidelines.
With McMahan having decided to not play the rest of the season, Fuller has chosen to honor her teammate by wearing No. 2.
Two Lady Vols scored in double figures: Bjorklund (16) and Cain (12).
Cain notched a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. It is the first double-double of her career.
The Lady Vols held the Gators without a field goal from the 12:37 mark of the first half to the 8:08 point, building a 21-15 lead.
The first half saw six ties and seven lead changes.
Tennessee led at the half for the 17th time this season. In those games the Lady Vols own a 15-2 record.
Florida held the Lady Vols without a field goal from the 6:31 mark of the second half to the 2:08 point, going on an 11-1 run, to build a 57-53 lead.
Today's crowd of 8.060 is the second largest crowd to see a women's game at the O'Connell Center. The largest crowd was on Feb. 11, 2001, when 12,222 fans saw a 103-73 Lady Vol victory.
The Lady Vols made a three-pointer for the 363rd consecutive game.
The Lady Vols have shot an average of 23.7 free throws per game, making 67.8 percent. Tonight they shot eight, making two.

The loss tonight...

Ends a three-game Lady Vol winning streak in the series with Florida.
Drops Tennessee's record to 37-3 against Florida, including a 15-2 record in Gainesville.
Gives UT an 11-6 record in TV games this season.
Moves Tennessee to 2-6 against ranked foes this season and 400-156 all-time versus opponents ranked by the AP.
Drops the Lady Vols record to 404-62 against SEC opponents and a 276-37 mark in league play.
Head Coach Pat Summitt's career record now stands at 1,000-188 (.842) all time.

Up next...

The Lady Vols return home to host the Alabama Crimson Tide in a 7 p.m. match-up on Thursday, Feb. 12. The game will be televised on CSS.

Freshman Kelley Cain:

Had the first field goal of the game - a three-pointer at the 18:46 mark of the first half
With a three-pointer at the 18:40 mark of the second half, Bjorklund passed Tasha Butts and Jody Adams for No. 10 on UT's all-time three-pointers made list. She currently has 105

Senior Alex Fuller:

Will wear No. 2 for the rest of the season in honor of teammate Cait McMahan, who has decided to take on a student assistant role for the rest of the season