Tennessee Lady Vols Notes
- Loss breaks Tennessee’s streak of 12 straight wins in NCAA Tournament play the Lady Vols won the NCAA National Championship in both 2007 and 2008
- Tennessee, a participant in every NCAA Women’s Championship Tournament (all 28 of them), was a perfect 21-0 in first/opening round games, dating back to 1982, before tonight.
- Eight of Tennessee’s 11 losses have come at the hands of nationally ranked teams; the other two included a 10-point loss at Kentucky and a two-point loss at LSU ... Ball State has not been nationally ranked all season.
- 16-point differential equaled UT’s widest margin of loss this season (a 16-point setback at Vanderbilt on Jan. 11.
- Scoring output (55 points) second lowest of the season (lost 62-54 to Duke at home on Feb. 16).
Ball State Cardinals Notes
- Ball State’s only win of season against a team in NCAA Tournament field
- Ball State’s only win over a nationally ranked team this season (in only other contest against a nationally ranked team, the Cardinals dropped an 82-51 decision at Louisville
- With this victory, Ball State is 18-2 when leading at the half (led UT 29-28 at the intermission)
- Ball State is now 19-0 this season when holding its opponents to 70 points or less
- Ball State’s second win on Diddle Arena floor this season; the Cardinals defeated tourney host western Kentucky 72-71 in overtime in Diddle Arena on Dec. 20
- Ball State has now won 12 games in a row and is 19-2 since Jan. 4.
- Eighth time this season including the last 4 games in a row that Ball State has held its opposition to 55 points or less.
Tournament Notes
- Game matched women’s college basketball’s all-time winningest coach (Pat Summitt 1,005-192) against Ball State’s rookie coach Kelly Packard (now 26-8 in his first season as a college head coach)
- Game was also a matchup of a school with a record 104 wins in its participation in a record 28 NCAA Tournaments (every one all 28 since 1982) Tennessee against a school making its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament -- Ball State.
