1990-91 Lady Vols

One of the lowest points in Lady Vols history was their overtime, 79-75 loss to Virginia in the 1990 East Regional final. A victory would have put the Lady Vols in the Final Four, which was being held in Knoxville that year. But 1991 was a new year and the Lady Vols responded with a new result. After dispatching Stanford, the previous season's champion, 68-60 in the semifinals in New Orleans, Tennessee battled the Cavaliers from Virginia for the title. This time the Lady Vols got the job done, albeit in overtime again, defeating the Wahoos 70-67 to earn Pat Summitt and Tennessee their third NCAA Championship in five years.

The game was close throughout, with UT leading at the half, 27-26. The Lady Vols pulled ahead in the second half, but UVA, behind the inspired play of the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, Dawn Staley, came surging back to knot it at 60 at the end of regulation time. The overtime period was Dena Head's chance to shine for Tennessee, though, and the Lady Vols prevailed, 70-67.

Head and Staley both totaled 28 points in the final while Daedra Charles single-handedly outscored Virginia's heralded duo of Heather and Heide Burge with 19 points to their combined 18. Charles also grabbed 12 rebounds while Lisa Harrison snagged 13. Wade Trophy winner Charles joined Head on the All-Championship squad.

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1990-91 ROSTER

NO. NAME            POS. HT.    YR.  HOMETOWN        HIGH SCHOOL
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 3  Jody Adams       G   5-4    So   Cleveland, TN   Bradley Co.
 5  Regina Clark     G   5-8    Jr   Saginaw, MI     Buena Vista
11  Dena Head        G   5-10   Jr   Canton, MI      Plymouth-Salem
15  Marlene Jeter    C   6-0    So   Carlisle, SC    Union
20  Peggy Evans      C   6-0    Fr   Detroit, MI     Country Day
21  Lisa Harrison    F   6-0    So   Louisville, KY  Southern
32  Daedra Charles   C   6-3    Sr   Detroit, MI     St. Martin de Porres
33  Nikki Caldwell  G-F  5-10   Fr   Oak Ridge, TN   Oak Ridge
34  Kelli Casteel    C   6-2    Jr   Maryville, TN   Maryville
50  Tamara Carver #  G   5-6    Fr   Cosby, TN
52  Debbie Hawhee    F   6-1    Jr   Greenville, TN  So. Greene
      # left team to transfer

Assistant Coaches: Mickie DeMoss
                   Holly Warlick
                   Angela Lawson (GA)
                   Pam Tanner (GA)

THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

Opening Round:    defeated Southwest Missouri State, 55-47
Mideast Regional: defeated Western Kentucky, 68-61
                  defeated Auburn, 69-65
Semifinals: Tennessee 68, Stanford 60
            Virginia 61, Connecticut 55
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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME STATISTICS

VIRGINIA    FG-FGA  FT-FTA  REB PF  PTS
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Evans        0-0     0-0     0   1    0
Ward         0-0     1-2     1   0    1
Wagener      1-1     0-1     6   3    2
Cardoza      4-11    2-2     1   5   11
Staley      11-26    3-4    11   5   28
Burge, Hea   5-11    0-3    11   4   10
Reiss        3-12    1-4     1   2    7
Burge, Hei   4-5     0-1     6   5    8
Smith        0-0     0-2     5   2    0
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TOTALS      28-66    7-19   45   27  67
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TENNESSEE   FG-FGA  FT-FTA  REB PF  PTS
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Adams        0-7     2-4     2   3    2
Clark        0-1     0-0     0   0    0
Head         9-17   10-14    9   3   28
Evans        3-5     1-3     2   5    7
Harrison     3-10    2-3    13   3    8
Charles      7-13    5-7    12   5   19
Caldwell     1-1     0-1     3   2    2
Casteel      1-7     2-3     5   2    4
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TOTALS      24-61   22-35   49   23  70
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SITE: New Orleans
ATTENDANCE: 7,865
HALFTIME: Tennessee 27, Virginia 26
3-POINTERS: Virginia (4-8) - Staley 3-5,Cardoza 1-2, Reiss 0-1
            Tennessee (0-3) - Adams 0-3
OFFICIALS: Patti Broderick, Lou Pitt

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1990-91 SEASON STATISTICS

RECORD: Overall (30-5); SEC (6-3)

PLAYER    GP-GS  FGM  FGA   PCT 3FGM  3FGA  PCT  FTM  FTA   PCT   TP   AVE
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Charles   35-35  243  433  .561    0    0  .000  121  207  .585  607  17.3
Head      35-34  163  323  .505   25   58  .430  107  150  .713  458  13.1
Caldwell  33-22   94  239  .393   51  128  .398   44   67  .657  283   8.6
Evans     35-9   117  218  .537    0    0  .000   64   86  .744  298   8.5
Adams     35-20   97  211  .460   42  110  .382   60   78  .769  296   8.5
Casteel   35-27  118  225  .525    0    0  .000   41   61  .672  277   7.9
Harrison  34-21  114  287  .397    0    1  .000   31   61  .508  259   7.6
Jeter     21-0    29   70  .414    0    1  .000   20   33  .606   78   3.7
Hawhee    31-7    38   94  .404    0    1  .000   17   31  .548   93   3.0
Clark     32-1    37   95  .390    0    1  .000   21   32  .656   95   3.0
Carver     4-0     2    4  .500    0    0  .000    0    0  .000    4   1.0
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TENNESSEE  35   1052  2199 .478  118  293  .403  526  806  .653 2748  78.5
OPPONENTS  35    877  2052 .427  123  349  .352  427  636  .671 2304  65.8
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PLAYER      REB-AVG   PF-DQ   AST   TO  BK   ST   MIN
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Charles     322-9.2   103-6    41   86  38   75  1059
Head        200-5.7    79-1   129  127  11   59  1048
Caldwell     53-1.6    65-0    78   63   5   33   801
Evans       198-5.7    91-5    12   61   9   25   675
Adams        81-2.3    78-1    98   68   1   35   948
Casteel     145-4.1    84-3    13   90   2   22   812
Harrison    193-5.7    71-1    75   67  12   31   872
Jeter        51-2.4    19-0    13   18   0   10   194
Hawhee       58-1.9    36-0    30   28   3   10   370
Clark        29-0.9    21-0    30   20   3   13   256
Carver        1-0.3     1-0     0    2   0    0    12
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TENNESSEE  1462-41.8  648-17  519  610  84  313   ---
OPPONENTS  1186-33.9  724-26  399  695  88  276   ---
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PER-GAME AVERAGES

                                                   A/TO
PLAYER      FG   FGA   3G  3GA  FT   FTA  AST  TO  RATIO  BK  ST   MIN
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Charles     6.9 12.4    0    0  3.5  5.9  1.2  2.5  0.5  1.1  2.1  30.3
Head        4.7  9.2  0.7  1.7  3.1  4.3  3.7  3.6  1.0  0.3  1.7  29.9
Caldwell    2.8  7.2  1.5  3.9  1.3  2.0  2.4  1.9  1.2  0.2  1.0  24.3
Evans       3.3  6.2    0    0  1.8  2.5  0.3  1.7  0.2  0.3  0.7  19.3
Adams       2.8  6.0  1.2  3.1  1.7  2.2  2.8  1.9  1.4  0.0  1.0  27.1
Casteel     3.4  6.4    0    0  1.2  1.7  0.4  2.6  0.1  0.1  0.6  23.2
Harrison    3.4  8.4  0.0  0.0  0.9  1.8  2.2  2.0  1.1  0.4  0.9  25.6
Jeter       1.4  3.3  0.0  0.0  1.0  1.6  0.6  0.9  0.7    0  0.5   9.2
Hawhee      1.2  3.0  0.0  0.0  0.5  1.0  1.0  0.9  1.1  0.1  0.3  11.9
Clark       1.2  3.0  0.0  0.0  0.7  1.0  0.9  0.6  1.5  0.1  0.4   8.0
Carver      0.5  1.0    0    0    0    0    0  0.5  0.0    0    0   3.0
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TENNESSEE  30.1 62.8  3.4  8.4 15.0 23.0 14.8 17.4  0.85 2.4  8.9  ----
OPPONENTS  25.1 58.6  3.5 10.0 12.2 18.2 11.4 19.9  0.57 2.5  7.9  ----
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1990-91 SCHEDULE

DATE	OPPONENT	W-L	SCORE	ATTEND	LEADING SCORER	LEADING REBOUNDER
11-25	STANFORD	W	95-80	7550	Evans-Cald. 20	Charles 10
12-01	at N.C. State	L	77-90	7340	Head 17	Evans 10
12-03	at Virginia Tech	W	64-54	745	Charles 20	Evans-Head 7
12-06	at Vanderbilt	L	66-80	5200	Charles 28	Charles 6
12-09	MARYLAND	W	82-71	2682	Charles 17	Evans-Charles 5
12-13	atMaine	W	77-64	2281	Charles 16	Charles 9
12-16	UCLA	W	113-86	3071	Head 19	Charles-Adams 8
12-21	at Illinois	W	85-52	507	Harrison 14	Charles 8
12-29	vs. Ohio State	W	85-69	500	Charles 21	Harrison 10
12-30	vs. Stanford	W	84-77	600	Head 21	Head-Evans-Charles 7
1-02	MISSISSIPPI ST.	W	91-63	1461	Charles 16	Harrison 9
1-06	at Old Dominion	W	93-62	918	Caldwell 17	Charles-Head 9
1-09	at Alabama	W	86-61	6024	Charles 25	Harrison 8
1-12	KENTUCKY	W	80-70	8270	Head 24	Charles 13
1-14	RICHMOND	W	80-54	2942	Charles 27	Charles 9
1-16	at Florida (OT)	W	71-70	458	Head 16	Evans 10
1-19	at Auburn	L	65-70	5230	Head 15	Charles 8
1-21	at LSU	W	79-77	2308	Head 15	Charles 10
1-24	SOUTH CAROLINA	W	77-61	4341	Harrison 18	Charles 9
1-26	MISSISSIPPI	W	74-64	4964	Adams-Evans 14	Charles 9
1-28	GEORGIA	L	74-81	7453	Head 30	Charles 9
2-02	TENNESSEE TECH	W	94-67	5123	Head 19	Charles 12
2-05	at Louisiana Tech	W	77-74	2383	Charles 28	Charles 13
2-09	NOTRE DAME	W	88-71	3052	Evans-Head 14	Charles 9
2-13	DePaul	W	105-43	2524	Adams 22	Charles-Head 9
2-21	MEMPHIS STATE	W	93-46	4674	Charles 22	Charles 12
2-23	at Texas	W	64-55	8225	Charles 21	Charles 12
	SEC Tournament at Albany, GA
3-2	vs. Vanderbilt	W	62-60	3223	Charles 27	Charles 10
3-3	vs. Auburn	W	70-62	4029	Adams 19	Head 12
3-4	vs. LSU	L	75-80	3399	Charles 20	Charles 10
	NCAA Tournament at Knoxville
3-16	Southwest Missouri St.	W	55-47	5093	Charles 25	Charles 22
	NCAA Mideast Regional at Knoxville
3-21	Western Kentucky	W	68-61	6023	Cldwl, Cast, Head 13	Casteel 13
3-23	Auburn	W	69-65	6588	Adams 17	Charles 16
	NCAA Final Four at New Orleans, LA
3-30	Stanford	W	68-60	7931	Charles 18	Harrison 12
3-31	Virginia (OT)	W	70-67	7865	Head 28	Harrison 13

1990-91 Tennessee Lady Vols

THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

1990-91 SEASON STATISTICS

PER-GAME AVERAGES

1990-91 SCHEDULE