Graves’ double-double, Williams’ points help Lady Vols pound Carson-Newman

November 2, 2012 |

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The No. 20 Lady Vols opened the 2012-13 season with a dominating 104-44 victory over Carson-Newman on Thursday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game marked the debut for longtime Tennessee assistant Holly Warlick as head coach of her alma mater before 10,647.

Junior Meighan Simmons led the Lady Vols with 24 as five players scored in double-figures.

Sophomore Isabelle Harrison scored 19 and grabbed seven rebounds.

Freshman Bashaara Graves had a double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds in her first game as a Lady Vol. Fellow newcomer Jasmine Jones tallied 16 in her debut in Orange & White, as she made the first six of her field goal attempts.

Senior Taber Spani netted 11 points.

Sophomore Cierra Burdick had a well-rounded game with nine points, seven rebounds and six assists

Tennessee was superior in all areas of the game. UT captured the rebounding battle, 55-32 while the Lady Vols shot 55.2from the floor and limited Carson-Newman to just 20.0 from the floor. Tennessee forced the Division II Eagles into 25 turnovers and recorded 16 steals.

UT outscored C-N 54-6 in the paint and had 21 fastbreak points to just two for the Eagles.

Carson-Newman was led by Chante Markus, who had 12 points.

Simmons had 16 of her points in the second half. Harrison and Graves each had 12 points in the final 20 minutes.

The second half was more of the same for the Lady Vols as the margin moved to 40 at 58-18 on a free throw by Simmons with 15:19 left in the second half. Tennessee finished a 34-11 spurt on a Spani 3-pointer with 8:00 left to lead 84-29.

The lead surpassed 60 on Jones’ jumper with 4:25 left, putting UT ahead 96-35.

UT broke the 100-point barrier as Jones put home her sixth consecutive shot without a miss with 3:08 left in the game, making it 100-38.

The Lady Vols busted out to a 47-15 lead at halftime led by Jones’ 11 points. UT shot 55.2 percent in the first half while the defense held the Eagles to just four field goals and 14.3 from the floor.

Tennessee dominated from the start, jumping out a 10-0 lead in the first 4:17 and never looked back. The Lady Vols expanded the lead to 20 for the first time on a Jones jumper with 9:11 left in the first half, putting UT up 24-4. Kamiko Williams’ fastbreak lay-up moved the margin to 26 at 32-6 with 5:51 left in the half. The lead hit 30 for the first time at 45-15 on a Taber Spani layup with 2:17 left in the half.

The Lady Vols return to action on Sunday as they play the second of two exhibition games as Coker College of South Carolina comes to Thompson-Boling Arena for a 2 p.m. tip-off. Tennessee officially opens the 2012-13 regular-season next Friday, Nov. 9 as the Lady Vols travel to Chattanooga to take on the Mocs at 7 p.m.

Lady Vols 104, Carson-Newman 44

Official Basketball Box Score
Carson-Newman vs Tennessee
11/01/12 7:00 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)

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VISITORS: Carson-Newman 0-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
25 Moody,Whitney....... f  0-5    0-1    2-2    1  2  3   1   2  0  2  0  0  24
34 Miles,Courdne....... f  0-3    0-0    1-2    2  3  5   3   1  2  5  0  1  26
02 Peacher,Lashawnda... g  2-8    2-4    4-4    0  2  2   1  10  3  3  0  0  17
04 Brown,Shyra......... g  3-9    1-1    0-0    1  5  6   5   7  0  4  0  3  23
10 McLaughlin,Jai Jai.. g  0-2    0-1    3-4    0  2  2   3   3  2  3  0  0  26
01 Miller,Lacy.........    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  1  5  0  0  15
03 Markus,Chante.......    3-5    3-4    3-5    2  1  3   1  12  2  2  0  1  16
11 Gilmore,Takyah......    3-12   0-1    3-8    1  1  2   0   9  1  0  0  0  15
24 Burstrom,Tatum......    0-8    0-6    0-0    1  1  2   2   0  0  1  0  1  14
32 James,Nikki.........    0-1    0-1    0-1    1  1  2   4   0  0  0  0  1  15
42 Coffelt,Haley.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   9
   TEAM................                         3  2  5
   Totals..............   11-55   6-19  16-26  12 20 32  23  44 11 25  0  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  4-28 14.3%   2nd Half:  7-27 25.9%   Game: 20.0%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-9  11.1%   2nd Half:  5-10 50.0%   Game: 31.6%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-12 50.0%   2nd Half: 10-14 71.4%   Game: 61.5%    5

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HOME TEAM: Tennessee 0-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
11 Burdick, Cierra..... f  3-6    0-1    3-4    3  4  7   2   9  6  3  1  2  24
13 Spani, Taber........ f  4-6    2-3    1-2    1  3  4   3  11  1  3  0  2  22
20 Harrison, Isabelle.. c  8-12   0-0    3-5    3  4  7   2  19  0  1  3  3  24
10 Simmons, Meighan.... g  8-16   2-5    6-8    1  4  5   3  24  5  1  0  1  27
14 Carter, Andraya..... g  0-1    0-1    0-2    0  2  2   4   0  5  1  0  3  23
02 Jones, Jasmine......    6-7    0-0    4-5    0  2  2   4  16  2  1  0  0  21
04 Williams, Kamiko....    2-2    0-0    0-1    0  1  1   1   4  2  1  0  3  15
12 Graves, Bashaara....    4-9    0-0    9-12   7  8 15   1  17  0  1  0  0  23
21 Moore, Nia..........    2-8    0-0    0-0    3  2  5   3   4  0  3  2  2  21
   TEAM................                            7  7
   Totals..............   37-67   4-10  26-39  18 37 55  23 104 21 15  6 16 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-29 55.2%   2nd Half: 21-38 55.3%   Game: 55.2%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-7  28.6%   2nd Half:  2-3  66.7%   Game: 40.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 13-19 68.4%   2nd Half: 13-20 65.0%   Game: 66.7%    5

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Officials: Brian Hall, Kelly Johnson, Carla Fountain
Technical fouls: Carson-Newman-None. Tennessee-None.
Attendance: 10647
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Carson-Newman.................   15   29  -   44
Tennessee.....................   47   57  -  104
Exhibition Game One of 2012-2013 season.

Points in the paint-C-N 6,UT 54. Points off turnovers-C-N 13,UT 35.
2nd chance points-C-N 3,UT 15. Fast break points-C-N 2,UT 21.
Bench points-C-N 21,UT 41. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-C-N 2nd-01:40, UT 2nd-01:21.
Largest lead-C-N None, UT by 64 2nd-02:28.

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