The Official Tennessee vs. #17 Auburn Game Thread, 12:00 PM ET, ESPN2

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Tennessee Volunteers: 17-13 (9-8 SEC)

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#17 Auburn Tigers: 24-6 (11-6 SEC)

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GAME 31 | TENNESSEE vs. AUBURN - March 7, 2020 | 12:01 p.m. ET | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)

Line: UT -2.5
O/U: 137

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Auburn Game Notes

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THE SERIES
• Tennessee leads its all-time series with Auburn, 78-42, dating to 1927.
• The Vols have a 48-8 edge when the series is played in Knoxville.
• Tennessee has won 11 of the last 16 meetings in the series.
• The Tigers won this season's first meeting back on Feb. 22 by a score of 73-66 at Auburn Arena.
 
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A WIN WOULD...
• Give Tennessee a three-game win streak to end the regular season (against teams who occupied the top three spots in the SEC standings last Saturday morning when this three-game stretch began).
• Snap UT's four-game losing skid in this series.
• Give the Vols four wins this season over top-25 opponents.
 
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STORYLINES
• Senior guards Lamonté Turner and Jordan Bowden will be honored Saturday during a pregame Senior Day ceremony.
• The Vols are 3-1 on Tennessee's Senior Day during the Barnes era.
• Tennessee ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance, drawing 18,854 fans per game this season.
• UT is holding opponents to 58.1 points per game at Thompson-Boling Arena this season.
• In SEC home games, junior forward John Fulkerson leads the Vols in scoring (15.4 ppg), rebounding (6.9 rpg) and field-goal percentage (.614).
• Josiah-Jordan James had a plus/minus of +19 Tuesday at Kentucky and controlled the second half.
• During SEC play, freshmen account for 40.0 percent of Tennessee's total minutes played.
 
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LAYUP LINES
• During SEC play, Tennessee leads the league in blocks (5.7 bpg) and owns the conference's best scoring defense (66.7 ppg).
• SEC Defensive Player of the Year candidate Yves Pons has blocked at least one shot in every game this season.
• Yves Pons leads the SEC and ranks 24th nationally with 2.4 bpg. His 2.4 bpg during SEC play also leads the league.
• Barring injury or illness, senior guard Jordan Bowden will finish his career in the top five on Tennessee's list for career games played. Saturday will be the 132nd game in which he's appeared—tying him with former teammate and current NBA rookie Admiral Schofield for fifth-most all-time.
• Saturday will be Jordan Bowden's 99th career start. Only 13 Vols have ever logged 100 starts
 
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ABOUT AUBURN
• Auburn is coming off consecutive losses for the third time this season after falling on the road at Kentucky (73-66) on Saturday and at home against Texas A&M (78-75) Wednesday night. The Tigers' loss on Wednesday was their first home defeat of the season. Auburn currently sits at 24-6 (11-6 SEC).
• As the regular season comes to a close on Saturday, the Tigers have already clinched a double-bye to the quarterfinals of next week's SEC Tournament in Nashville. Auburn is the defending SEC Tournament Champion after winning four games in four days at last year's event.
• On offense, Auburn is led by senior guard Samir Doughty. Doughty's 16.2 ppg not only leads the Tigers, but also ranks 10th in the SEC. This year he has been a consistent threat, scoring 20+ points on 10 different occasions, while pouring in a career-high 33 points back in November.
• Underneath the rim is Auburn's senior center Austin Wiley. Wiley leads the Tigers and ranks second in the SEC in rebounding with 9.3 boards per game. He's also been a force on the defensive end, ranking fifth in the SEC with 1.6 blocks per game. Along with crashing the glass, he has also been an effective scorer, recording 13 double-doubles this season.
• Since returning from injury in Auburn's win over Ole Miss, the Tigers' second-leading scorer and rebounder, Isaac Okoro, has made an instant impact, averaging 11.3 points per game in those contests.
• The Auburn football team was coached by the famous John Heisman, the namesake of college football's premier individual award, from 1895-1899.
 
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Yup yup thanks you for the page this year, would love to get a win today but have we played well two games in a row this year? Not complaining, it's a sincere question lol. Hopefully the refs are legit this time, and we gotta keep the fouls down, Auburn loves to penetrate and sling a shot up and during all of that act as if a full loaded Mack Truck just ran over them.

Go Big Orange!
 
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Hate typing this, but it's as close to a must win game as we've had this season.
 
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A-RodWiLks said:
Hopefully Bowden shows up today and Pons is ready to battle with Okoro
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Just a nagging feeling AU goes nuts from 3 and they press the crap out of us leading to a big orange turnover fest. Tenn cup runs deep I guess.
 
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We need to keep them in front of us on the drive penetrations and guard the 3 line, keep Fulky out of foul trouble and have Bowden & Pons step up. Also, handling their ball pressure will be key. I want this win!
 
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chuckb1448 said:
Yup yup thanks you for the page this year, would love to get a win today but have we played well two games in a row this year? Not complaining, it's a sincere question lol. Hopefully the refs are legit this time, and we gotta keep the fouls down, Auburn loves to penetrate and sling a shot up and during all of that act as if a full loaded Mack Truck just ran over them.

Go Big Orange!
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Yes, the last 2 games. Lol.
 
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I really hate the SEC scheduled this game right after at UK. We need this W and we should win IMO but we're also prime for a letdown after the UK win.

But no excuses. We should have beaten them 2 weeks ago, it's a must win, it's Senior Day, and a packed house. A loss and it's 99% a certainty we're NIT bound (the 1% for an SECT Championship).
 
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TBA needs to be the sixth man today! We need to show Pearl and the AU people how we support our team on Rocky Top!
 
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Lamonte is there and warming up.... think it’s possible Barnes puts him out there for 30 seconds or something as one last chance to be on the floor?
 
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I'm thinking Lamonte actually might see some limited mins today. I saw him in some of the pre-game vids on twitter with the team.
 
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