Vols Fall To Purdue In Paradise Jam Final, 73-72

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - by special report to The Chattanoogan

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- Tennessee's Wayne Chism missed a three-pointer with two seconds left and the Vols lost to Purdue, 73-72, Monday night in the Paradise Jam final.

Chism led the Vols with 24 points and six rebounds. Bobby Maze added 13 points and Tyler Smith scored 10 for the No. 9-ranked Vols (4-1).

E'Twaun Moore led Purdue with 22 points and was voted tournament MVP.

The Vols will play College of Charleston on Friday.

Official Basketball Box Score
Tennessee vs Purdue
11/23/09 9:38 p.m.AST at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

VISITORS: Tennessee 4-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Smith, Tyler........ f 3-7 0-0 4-5 1 3 4 3 10 3 2 0 0 31
04 Chism, Wayne........ c 8-13 1-4 7-7 2 4 6 3 24 0 3 2 0 30
03 Maze, Bobby......... g 4-9 1-1 4-4 1 4 5 2 13 2 0 0 0 26
30 Prince, J.P......... g 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 21
32 Hopson, Scotty...... g 3-8 0-2 3-4 0 4 4 1 9 1 4 0 1 26
00 Woolridge, Renaldo.. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 McBee, Skylar....... 0-1 0-1 3-3 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 15
20 Hall, Kenny......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
21 Goins, Melvin....... 0-4 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 14
23 Tatum, Cameron...... 3-4 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 19
33 Williams, Brian..... 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 4 4 0 2 1 0 13
TEAM................ 3 2 5 1
Totals.............. 23-53 3-11 23-28 8 24 32 24 72 9 16 3 4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 10-23 43.5% Game: 43.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 27.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 12-15 80.0% 2nd Half: 11-13 84.6% Game: 82.1% 3,2


HOME TEAM: Purdue 4-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 HUMMEL, Robbie...... f 7-16 1-6 5-6 1 6 7 1 20 3 1 0 1 37
25 JOHNSON, Jajuan..... c 5-8 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 5 11 0 2 0 0 18
03 KRAMER, Chris....... g 2-5 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 1 6 2 1 1 1 31
05 GRANT, Keaton....... g 0-2 0-2 4-5 0 3 3 3 4 2 1 1 1 21
33 MOORE, E'twuan...... g 8-16 2-5 4-5 0 3 3 2 22 3 3 1 0 36
12 BARLOW, Kelsey...... 1-2 0-0 1-4 3 3 6 3 3 2 3 0 1 16
21 BYRD, D.J........... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
24 SMITH, Ryne......... 0-3 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 14
30 WOHLFORD, Mark...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
41 BADE, Patrick....... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 18
TEAM................ 1 1 2 1
Totals.............. 25-56 4-16 19-26 9 23 32 25 73 12 13 5 6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd Half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 44.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 25.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 12-15 80.0% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 73.1% 3,1


Officials: (R) Bryan Kersey, John Hughes, Jaime Luckie
Technical fouls: Tennessee-None. Purdue-None.
Attendance: 3755
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Tennessee..................... 41 31 - 72
Purdue........................ 42 31 - 73

2009 U.S. Virgin Island's Paradise Jam Men's CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
Presented by Basketball Travelers.
Purdue wins 2009 Paradise Jam Men's Basketball Tournament

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)


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