Gillespie is the ninth player—first from SEC, second in last 30 years—with 29p/9a/3s in NCAA Tournament.
Joins Markquis Nowwell (‘23), Stephon Marbury (‘96), Anderson Hunt (‘90), Tim Hardaway (‘89), Billy Donovan (‘87), Magic Johnson (‘79), Rickey Green (‘77), Sam McCants (‘74).
With @Vol_Hoops headed to the NCAA Tournament for the eighth straight time, Rick Barnes now owns 30 total berths as a head coach.
Barnes ties Roy Williams for the third-most NCAA Tournament trips all-time. Mike Krzyzewski (36) and Jim Boeheim (35) are the only others at 30-plus.
.@Vol_Hoops’ Ja’Kobi Gillespie is the first SEC player ever with two eight-steal outings in league action. He did it in a four-game span.
Gillespie is also the only DI player in the last 15 years (2011-26) with 26 points, eight steals, seven assists and five rebounds in a game.
In last night's @Vol_Hoops win over Oklahoma, Ja'Kobi Gillespie became just the eighth player in the last 20 seasons (2006-26) with 16 points, eight assists & eight steals against a DI foe.
He's the only one to log that stat line versus a Power Five team in the past two decades.
In last night's win��against Oklahoma, @Vol_Hoops connected on a 3-pointer for the 500th consecutive game.
The streak started over 14 years ago and dates to Nov. 22, 2011.
Since SEC Freshman of the Week was reinstated in 2005-06, Nate Ament is the sixth freshman with six SEC weekly honors (POTW/FOTW) in a season.
Joins Darius Acuff Jr. (2025-26), Brandon Miller (2022-23), Jabari Smith (2021-22), Bradley Beal (2011-12) & Brandon Knight (2010-11).
for the fifth time this season, Nate Ament is the SEC Freshman of the Week
he averaged 28.5 ppg and 7.0 rpg in two games last week
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Per @JaredBerson, Nate Ament's 29 points for @Vol_Hoops last night were the most by a freshman on the road at Kentucky in nearly 36 years, since Auburn's Ronnie Battle had 30 on 2/24/90.
Nate Ament went 12-of-15 at the line @Vol_Hoops' win over Auburn last night. He is the first Vol with that many FTM and/or FTA since Grant Williams on 1/23/19.
He is the second SEC freshman in the last five years (2021-26) with 15+ FTA in a game, joining Anthony Black on 1/7/23.
Nate Ament is the sixth SEC freshman in last 20 years with 29p/7r/3a. Joins Tre Johnson, Anthony Edwards, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ben Simmons (2x) & Terrence Jones.
Only other DI freshman with 29p/7r/3a on the road versus ranked foe in past 20 years is Chase Budinger (2/10/07).
With last night's 83-62 win over No. 11 Louisville, @Vol_Hoops is now 16-5 at home against AP top-15 teams in the Rick Barnes era, including 14-2 since Jan. 30, 2021.
The Volunteers are also now 21-5 at Food City Center in AP top-25 matchups under Barnes.
Joey Aguilar became the fifth @Vol_Football player to throw for 3,000 yards in a regular season.
The others: - Peyton Manning (1996, ’97)
- Erik Ainge (2007) - Tyler Bray (2012) - Hendon Hooker (2022)
Nya Robertson's 10 made 3-pointers against Coppin State Sunday set a new single-game program record.
Her 32-point performance powered @LadyVol_Hoops to it's milestone 1500th total win, as it the became the first program in NCAA history to eclipse the mark.
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Nate Ament is the fifth SEC freshman—third in regulation—in the last 10 years (2016-26) with at least 15 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST & 4 STL in a game.
Joins Collin Murray-Boyles (3/9/24 [OT]), Anthony Edwards (2/26/20 [OT]), Keyontae Johnson (3/15/19) & Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (3/15/18).
Nate Ament is the fifth SEC freshman—seventh instance—in the last 20 years (2006-26) with 19 points, nine rebounds, five assists, two steals and one block in a game.
He joins Ben Simmons (3x in 2015-16), James Young (1/8/14), Archie Goodwin (11/23/12) and John Wall (3/27/10).
In her @LadyVol_Hoops debut, guard Jaida Civil scored 13 points against #9/8 NC State.
She is the first freshman to score in double figures for UT in their collegiate debut since Marta Suarez did so against Western Kentucky on Nov. 28, 2020.
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Troy Henderson is the first @Vol_Hoops freshman with five-plus assists since Julian Phillips on 1/25/23 versus Georgia.
He is the first to do so with no turnovers since Kennedy Chandler on 3/13/22 in the SEC Tournament title game victory over Texas A&M in Tampa, Fla.
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. @Vol_Football receivers Chris Brazzell II (138 yds), Mike Matthews (107 yds) and Braylon Staley (105 yds) are just the second trio in program history to all collect 100+ rec. yards in a game.
They join Palmer/Jennings/Callaway, who did so against Mizzou in 2019.
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DeSean Bishop's 25-yard rushing TD in overtime vs. Mississippi State is now the longest rushing play in OT in @Vol_Football history.
It is the fifth one-play OT drive in program history. All four previous one-play drives were 25-yard passes.
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