Preview: #12/13 Lady Vols (6-0) vs. C. Arkansas (3-1) Thu at 7pm

Preview: #12/13 Lady Vols (6-0) vs. C. Arkansas (3-1) Thu at 7pm

Posted on November 30, 2017
Kortney Dunbar – Lady Vols / Credit: UT Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TENN. — No. 12/13 Tennessee (6-0) meets Central Arkansas (3-1) at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday at Thompson-Boling Arena.

The UT-UCA game is the fourth of seven home tilts in UT’s first 10 scheduled contests. It also is the first of a four-game home stand.

The Lady Vols remain undefeated after winning all three games at the Cancun Challenge in Mexico last Thursday through Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Puerto Aventuras.

UT beat a talented No. 20/20 Marquette squad, 101-99, in overtime on Thursdaynight; held off a previously-unbeaten Oklahoma State squad, 79-69, on Fridayevening and closed with a 69-49 victory over a solid South Dakota club on Saturday.

Central Arkansas enters on the heels of a 106-23 win over NAIA Division II school Crowley’s Ridge College on Tuesday night in Conway.

The Sugar Bears also own victories over NCAA Division III Hendrix (79-22) and Alcorn State (75-52) and suffered an 86-55 loss at the hands of (then) No. 3/3 Baylor on Nov. 14.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

  • Bob Kesling (PxP), Andraya Carter (Analyst) and Maddy Glab (Reporter) will describe the action for the Tennessee-UCA online broadcast on SEC Network+ (SECN+) and WatchESPN.
  • Mickey Dearstone will handle the call for IMG College/Lady Vol Network radio/online broadcasts for the 19th season. A link to the live audio stream can be found on each Hoops Central page or the Lady Vol schedule on UTSports.com.
  • Air time for games on the Lady Vol Radio Network is generally 30 minutes prior to tip-off.

  HOME SWEET HOME

  • This is the 31st season that the Tennessee women’s and men’s basketball teams have called Thompson-Boling Arena home, and the Lady Vols own a 431-35 mark (.925) in the venue.
  • UT is 78-12 (.867) there during Holly Warlick‘s sixth season at the helm and has won five straight at T-BA, dating back to last season.
  • The Lady Vols have a 584-59 (.908) home record in contests played at Thompson-Boling Arena, Stokely Athletics Center and Alumni Gym.
  • UT finished 13-3 at home in 2016-17.
  • Capacity at Thompson-Boling Arena is 21,678.
  • UT has led the nation in attendance 19 times in the past 26 years, finishing second the past three years after an 11-season run at No. 1.
  • Tennessee ranked second in the nation in home attendance last season with an average of 9,184 through 16 dates and currently ranks fourth at 8,080 per contest.

COMING UP FOR UT

  • Following the meeting with UCA, Tennessee continues its four-game home stand with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee vs. Alabama State.
  • Next week, the Lady Vols will welcome Troy on Dec. 6 (7 p.m.) and No. 2/4 Texas on Dec. 10 (3 p.m.) before competing in their first two true road games of the season at Long Beach State on Dec. 17 and at #16/14 Stanford on Dec. 21.

TENNESSEE RESET

  • Tennessee is one of only four SEC schools remaining unbeaten this season as of Wednesday. UT, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State stand at 6-0.
  • The Lady Vols are off to their best start since the 2013-14 squad began the year 10-0 en route to a 29-6 overall record.
  • UT has four players averaging in double figures, including seniors Jaime Nared (17.5) and Mercedes Russell (17.2) and freshmen Rennia Davis (12.7) and Anastasia Hayes (12.3).
  • Jaime Nared has scored 21 or more points three times this season, including 25 vs. James Madison, 26 vs. Marquette and 21 vs. Oklahoma State.
  • Nared became the 45th Lady Vol to eclipse the 1,000-point mark, netting 21 vs. Okie State and moving her total to 1,004 in her 100th career game.
  • Against OSU, Nared recorded her third double-double this season and the 12th of her career.
  • Mercedes Russell continues to shoot at a high percentage, connecting on 68.2 percent of her shots (45 of 66). She leads the SEC with that accuracy and ranks No. 7 nationally.
  • Rennia Davis has notched double-doubles in three of the past four games.
  • Tennessee leads the SEC and ranks 10th nationally, pulling down 48.0 rebounds per game, with Jaime Nared (10.8), Mercedes Russell (8.7) and Rennia Davis (8.5) leading the way.
  • The Lady Vols are eighth in the NCAA in free throws attempted (165) and 11th in free throws made (109).
  • Reserve freshman guard Anastasia Hayes has gotten to the free throw line an average of 10 times per game, hitting 46 of 60 for 76.7 percent.
  • Hayes ranks third nationally for free throws attempted and fourth for free throws made.
  • UT is 10th nationally in three-point field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot only 22.1 from long range.
  • Tennessee has had at least one player score 20 or more points in four of six games.
  • Freshman Evina Westbrook has recorded at least six assists in three of six games and is leading UT with an average of 4.7 dimes per game.

GETTING OFF TO A GREAT START

  • Tennessee has made a habit of getting off to great starts lately.
  • UT went up 10-0 to open the Marquette game.
  • The Lady Vols were up 6-0 on Oklahoma State en route to a 24-10 first quarter lead.
  • The Big Orange burst out to a 7-0 advantage over South Dakota on the way to a 24-9 first quarter.

BIG RUNS BY THE LADY VOLS

  • Tennessee has put together some impressive scoring runs this season, stringing together 17-straight points spanning the first and second quarters vs. East Tennessee State.
  • Against Marquette, UT opened the game on a 10-0 spurt and later used a 14-0 blitz to erase a seven-point deficit.
  • UT also added a 12-0 run vs. Wichita State (1Q-2Q) and had an 11-0 spree (3Q) as well.
  • Tennessee used an 11-0 run vs. Oklahoma State, bridging the first and second quarters, to extend its lead to 25-10 over the Cowgirls.
  • The Lady Vols had an 11-0 blitz spanning the second and third quarters vs. South Dakota.
  • Conversely, the biggest run UT has given up in 2017-18 has been a 12-0 run by Marquette spanning the second and third quarters.

RECENT LADY VOL RECOGNITIONS

  • Three Lady Vols were honored for their efforts last week.
  • Senior center Mercedes Russell was named the College Sports Madness SEC Player of the Week, freshman forward Rennia Davis was selected SEC Freshman of the Week and senior forward Jaime Nared was chosen as the MVP of the Cancun Challenge.
  • Russell averaged 17.3 ppg. and 8.3 rpg., and shot 61 percent last week, including a double-double of 17 points and 15 rebounds vs. #20/20 Marquette and a 26-point effort vs. Oklahoma State.
  • Davis averaged 12.7 ppg. and 8.3 rpg., shot 54.8 percent from the floor and had a pair of double-doubles, including a 14/10 effort vs. Marquette.
  • Nared posted 19.3 ppg., 11.3 rpg. and 4.0 apg. while shooting 45.2 percent from the field, 50 percent from beyond the arc and 88.9 percent at the charity stripe. She also had a pair of double-doubles, including a 26 pts./15 rebs./6 ast. game vs. Marquette and a 21/10 outing vs. Oklahoma State.

UT LAST TIME OUT (UT 69, USD 49)

  • Tennessee improved to 6-0 on the season and went undefeated in the Cancun Challenge, besting South Dakota 69-49 on Saturday evening at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Convention Center in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico.
  • Senior Jaime Nared was named MVP of the tournament, averaging 19.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists. The 6-foot-2 forward shot 45 percent from the field, 50 percent from the three-point arc and 89 percent from the free throw line.
  • The Lady Vols had four players in double figures against the Coyotes. Freshmen Rennia Davis and Anastasia Hayes each had 12, while Nared and Mercedes Russell finished with 11 and 10, respectively.
  • Tennessee jumped out to a quick lead, going 2-of-3 from behind the arc and shooting 69% from the field to take a 24-9 lead into the second quarter.
  • The Lady Vols continued to build on their lead, stretching it to 41-18 in the second quarter. Freshmen led Tennessee in scoring during the first half with Evina Westbrook notching nine points and Hayes tallying eight.

MEMORIES OF CANCUN

  • Most importantly, UT went 3-0 in Mexico.
  • Tennessee shot 47 percent from field last week, and improved its free shooting to 71.6 percent over the three-game tournament. UT is shooting 66.1 for the season.
  • The Lady Vols averaged 15.3 assists per contest, led by Jaime Nared and Evina Westbrook (4.0). Anastasia Hayes averaged 3.3 per contest.
  • Jaime Nared averaged a double-double of 19.3 points and 11.3 rebounds, leading the team in both categories. She also had team highs of six blocks, five assists and led UT in FT% (88.9) and 3FG% (50.0).

THE SERIES VS. UCA                        

  • Tennessee and Central Arkansas have met one time previously, with a No. 4/4 Lady Vol unit taking care of the Sugar Bears in the 2015-16 season opener, 102-47, on Nov. 15.
  • UT is 6-3 all-time vs. schools from the Southland Conference.

LAST MEETING BETWEEN UT & UCA

  • Five players reached double-figures in scoring to lead No. 4/4 Tennessee to a dominating 102-47 win over Central Arkansas in the regular-season opener on Nov. 15, 2015, at Thompson-Boling Arena before a crowd of 9,709.
  • With the win, the Lady Vols extended their home winning streak to 23 consecutive games and also improved to 38-4 in season-openers over the past 42 seasons.
  • Sophomore forwards Kortney Dunbar and Mercedes Russell led the charge as Tennessee finished with a 54-18 advantage in points in the paint. Both Dunbar and Russell recorded double-doubles and posted career highs in points and rebounds on the afternoon. Dunbar finished with a game-high 24 points and pulled down 13 rebounds while Russell scored 20 points and grabbed 13 boards of her own.

CENTRAL ARKANSAS RESET

  • Central Arkansas enters at 3-1 overall and is paced by 5-6 junior guard Kamry Orr at 16.0 ppg.
  • Other double figures scorers include 6-0 senior forward Taylor Baudoin (13.3 ppg.) and 6-1 senior center Kierra Jordan (12.5).
  • Baudoin and Jordan lead the squad in rebounds at 6.5 per contest.
  • That nucleus of players has started all four games this season.
  • Central Arkansas is shooting 50.4 percent from the field and holding opponents to 33.3.
  • The Sugar Bears are averaging 10 steals per contest and forcing opponents into 18 turnovers per 40 minutes.
  • UCA coach Sandra Rushing is a 1986 Alabama graduate who led her squad to regular-season and postseason Southland Conference titles last season and an NCAA First Round berth.
  • Rushing played collegiately at Alabama, where she was a four-time Academic All-SEC selection and holds the Crimson Tide’s career free throw percentage record.
  • Central Arkansas freshman Hannah Langhi’s last name may sound familiar to UT fans. Her father, Dan, played at Vanderbilt from 1996-2000 and was the SEC Player of the Year in 2000.

UCA LAST TIME OUT (UCA 106, CRC 23)

  • Freshman center Hannah Langhi led six players scoring in double figures with 19, as Central Arkansas (3-1) blasted NAIA Division II Crowley’s Ridge College (3-6), 106-23, Tuesday night in Conway, Ark.
  • Langhi, the 6-foot-2 daughter of former Vanderbilt men’s standout Dan Langhi, connected on 8-of-11 field goal attempts and all three free throw attempts in the victory. She also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds in 22 minutes.
  • UCA led 28-5 after one and 29-12 at the half.
  • The Sugar Bears followed that up by routing CRC, 26-7, in the third and, 31-4, in the fourth.
  • UCA shot 59.4 percent for the game (41-of-69), including 48.1 percent (13-of-27) from the three-point arc.
  • Central Arkansas out-rebounded CRC, 54-25, and forced 19 turnovers by their guests, who did not have a player scoring in double figures.

-UT Athletics

 

Lady Vols talk about Cancun tournament and upcoming stretch

Lady Vols talk about Cancun tournament and upcoming stretch

Posted on November 30, 2017
Jaime Nared – Lady Vols / Credit: UT Athletics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –  Tennessee senior Jaime Nared and Head Coach Holly Warlick each met with the media on Tuesday afternoon prior to the #12/13 Lady Vols’ practice in Pratt Pavilion.

Nared was named MVP of the Cancun Challenge after averaging 19.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists over the three games. Answering questions from the media, she shared her thoughts on the freshmen and how the team as a whole performed on the road. Warlick’s answers included discussion about UT’s defensive formations and the fan support the team had in Cancun.

Tennessee will host Central Arkansas Thursday at 7 p.m. ET in Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will be carried online by SECN+ (WatchESPN).

After defeating No. 20 Marquette, Oklahoma State and South Dakota at the Cancun Challenge, Tennessee is looking to improve to 7-0 on the season. The Lady Vols are 1-0 all time against the Sugar Bears, winning 102-47 on Nov. 15, 2015.

Lady Vols Head Coach Holly Warlick 

On her checklist of things the players need to work on:

“One-on-one defense, consistency and rebounding. It was great competition (Cancun Challenge), great energy for us, great wins, so I know we got what we wanted out of it, but there’s always room for improvement.”

On if one-on-one defense is one of the hardest things for new players to learn:

“One-on-one is difficult because you aren’t allowed to touch the player, and there’s better athletes who are quicker. It’s hard, and it’s just getting down, getting in the stance, knowing where you are, playing angles. We’re good. We’ve gotten better, but we’ve got to be great at it. We’ve done a lot better job of helping (one another). We’ve just got to learn to keep people in front of us and (force them to) make shots over us. The Marquette game was a little different because they had great three-point shooters, so we limited our help. I’ve been pleased with our help-side defense. We’ve just got to get better on one-on-one, and that’s all year, and you can always get better at that. We have the capability of doing it, but we’ve just got to be more disciplined.”

On if this needs to be a good multiple defense team all season:

“I think it can be a great multiple defensive team. We use it to disrupt. Our man defense has gotten better, our zone defense is getting better. We’ve done a 2-3, and we’ve done a 3-2, so it matters with who we play and who we’re going to use. We’re athletic so we cover a lot of ground.”

On communication within the defense:

“We’re playing with each other and getting used to each other. Communication is huge – knowing that I can defend a little tighter, knowing that I have help behind me is our communication, and knowing what we’re doing on the defensive end. Basketball is really five people guarding one ball, if you do it correctly.”

On if missing free throws is a mental thing right now:

“It’s mental for us, and we’re very capable of making free throws. We’ve just got to get up to the line and focus. We’re doing a lot in practice, but we probably need to be more focused in practice, but we work on it everyday. It’s repetition and muscle memory.”

On rebounding numbers:

“We’re giving up too many rebounds. We’ve got to keep our opponents off the boards. We’re doing better with rebounding, but we can do better.”

On what she learned about the team after spending a lot of time with them during the Cancun Challenge:

“Our resilience was huge, and how they worked and played together. We were around each other quite a bit, but we really needed to lean on each other for three games. Three games is tough against the opponents that we had. I thought we rose to the occasion and stood up to the challenge, and it took all of us. Our coaches were outstanding. (It was) a different environment, but the younger kids handled it with the great leadership of our upperclassmen.”

On if you learn more about a team during these destination tournaments:

“We try our best to keep them focused, but we want them to enjoy the trip. We swam with dolphins, and then we went back and had practice. Then the next three days we played. Our freshmen have a maturity about them. They’re still young and don’t know certain things, but I’m really proud of them for getting focused. You go back to the upperclassmen making sure these guys are on the same page, are ready, and know what’s expected of them. We, as coaches, talked about that a lot as well.”

On the fan turnout at the Cancun Challenge:

“We had a great turnout. We always have a good following, and our fans want us to go overseas or somewhere warm every year. A lot of our fans that went to Italy with us came (to Cancun), so we kind of reunited with some of them. It was a great turnout, loud… just typical Tennessee fans. They loved it.”

Senior Guard Jaime Nared

On team’s play in Mexico:

“I just liked how we competed. I think in our first game, it was a tough game. I think (Marquette) was our first game where we really had to compete. I just like how we played down the stretch and battled, even when things weren’t going our way or maybe we weren’t playing our best, we still found different ways to win the game.”

On if she learned anything about team being on the first road trip:

“It was strictly basketball. I thought everybody did a good job of staying focused. Obviously we’re in Cancun, so there’s so much to do. It was nice to see how everybody stayed focused and really paid attention to the task at hand, and that was winning games. I thought that was just great to see – the level of maturity, especially from the freshmen. I mean, your freshman year, especially in Mexico, it’s overwhelming. There’s so much you can do and see. I thought they handled themselves really well.”

On how the freshmen are playing and her role as a leader:

“One of them just got (SEC) Freshman of the Week, so I mean, they’re doing pretty good. I think it’s obviously an adjustment, but I think they’re doing really well adjusting to it. Evina (Westbrook) is doing great at the point guard position. Annie (Anastasia Hayes) is doing great at the point guard position. With so much to learn there, they’re just doing great with it. You have someone that’s that athletic in Rennia (Davis), and Kasi (Kushkituah) just keeps on getting better. I like how they’re just adjusting into the new team and different things we’re kind of teaching them, and really following after Mercedes (Russell) and I, and trusting that the situations we’ve been in before, we don’t want to be in again. I think we’re just working really well together.”

On whether freshmen have exceeded her expectations:

“I knew they were going to be great contributors. I mean, we have 10 people on our team. They are highly touted freshmen. I didn’t really know much about them in high school, or anything, really. I played with Evina (Westbrook) my senior year, her freshman year, so I’ve seen her play a little bit. I didn’t really know what they were going to bring. I didn’t know what to expect, but practices in preseason and seeing what they each could do, I think they have done such a great job and really helped us. I think their maturity level and them just helping us in different ways, they keep getting better. They’re in the gym still, and it’s nice to see them improve.”

On how freshmen handled ups and downs of Marquette game:

“That was obviously their first game that was competitive like that. I think they understand how much we need each other. I think that’s something you kind of learn, especially as games get tougher. You really need to rely on each other. Especially when games are close, and toward the end of games. I think they kind of learned that in that game. When Annie (Hayes) maybe was struggling making free throws, and our team was picking her up, and maybe another team was trying to get in her head, you really have to rely on your teammates… defensively, especially with getting stops, and offensively with just working the ball around and just being smart. I think they really saw that, and they’re going to continue to see that in the course of the season.”

-UT Athletics

 

Vols Cruise to 84-60 Win Over Mercer

Vols Cruise to 84-60 Win Over Mercer

Posted on November 30, 2017
Yves Pons – Vols / Credit: UT Athletics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Grant Williams scored 21 points and James Daniel IIIdished out 10 assists to lead Tennessee to an 84-60 victory over Mercer on Wednesdaynight at Thompson-Boling Arena.

In their first game since returning from the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, the Vols (5-1) used a strong defensive effort to force 20 turnovers and hold the Bears (5-3) to a season-low in points.

The first half was highlighted by a balanced attack for Tennessee, as seven players recorded at least a point. After keeping Mercer scoreless for more than six minutes, a Jordan Bone alley-oop to Jordan Bowden quickly followed by an Admiral Schofield 3-pointer put the Vols ahead by 20. Schofield hit three of his four shots in the half for seven points, while Williams added 10 points and three assists.

Bowden was locked in from the tip, knocking down four 3-pointers over the frame to lead UT with 16 points. The Vols shot 66 percent as a team from 3-point range and made 11 of their last 12 field goals to gain a 46-27 advantage at the break. Jordan Strawberry led Mercer with 14 points.

Lamonte Turner turned it on in the early stages of the second half, hitting three 3-pointers before the 12-minute mark. Turner finished with nine points in 17 minutes of action. UT’s staunch defense carried over into the final 20 minutes, as it gave up just 10 field goals over the half. Tennessee also recorded 26 assists on 30 buckets in the game, led by Daniel’s 10.

Also appearing for the Vols in the second half was freshman Yves Pons. The athletically gifted forward from Fuveau, France, played the final six minutes of the game, and threw down two thunderous dunks which brought the Thompson-Boling crowd to its feet.

Strawberry finished with 20 points and Demetre Rivers recorded six boards for Mercer.

DANIEL DROPPING DIMES: For the second time this season, James Daniel III dished out 10 assists in a game, becoming the first Vol in the last decade to accomplish the feat multiple times in the same season.

BOWDEN CONTINUES STRONG OFFENSIVE SEASON: Heading into halftime, Mercer was doing all it could to attempt to halt sophomore shooting guard Jordan Bowden on the offensive side of the floor. Bowden, the SEC’s leading 3-point shooter heading into the contest, totaled 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor and four 3-pointers in the half to lead all scorers. He finished with 18 points in 27 minutes of action

VOLS’ HOT SHOOTING STREAK: UT started Wednesday’s game shooting lights out from the floor, connecting on 65 percent (17-26) of its shots during the first period. To end the half, the Volunteers hit 11 of their last 12 shots to take a 19-point advantage into intermission.

UP NEXT: Tennessee heads to Atlanta to face its second ACC foe of the season in Georgia Tech in a 6 p.m. tip on Sunday, Dec. 3. That game will be televised on ESPNU and will be available online through WatchESPN. After that, the Vols return home for three games beginning with Lipscomb on Saturday, Dec. 9.

-UT Athletics

 

With a Little Help From Their Friends, Nash Morning Show “Ty, Kelly & Chuck” Reaches Goal of 100,000 Thank Yous for the Troops

With a Little Help From Their Friends, Nash Morning Show “Ty, Kelly & Chuck” Reaches Goal of 100,000 Thank Yous for the Troops

Posted on November 29, 2017

When Nash morning show Ty, Kelly & Chuck decided to partner with the USO on Nov. 1 for an initiative to send 100,000 thank you cards to overseas troops, the co-hosts had no idea the outpouring of support they would receive from the country music community, including stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Cole Swindell, Lee Brice, Chase Rice and Old Dominion.

Today (Nov. 29), Garth Brooks stopped by the show to read the letter that helped Ty, Kelly & Chuck reach their goal of 100,000 thanks yous.

“First of all, [reading this card] is an honor I do not deserve, so thank you for what you’re doing,” said Garth. “I can’t think of anybody who deserves [these letters] more than our military men and women—past, present and future.”

Below, watch Garth get emotional as he reads the 100,000th letter.

And the letters are still coming in, thanks, in part, to the hard work of the morning show co-hosts, producer Glenn Johnson and digital coordinator Bryan Webb.

“Setting the goal of 100,000 was intimidating, but we felt like if we hadn’t pushed for so many, we’d only be lowering the ultimate result,” says co-host Ty Bentli. “The response has been incredible, and the stories from the soldiers have show how much these letters mean to them.”

Letters have come from as far away as North Pole, Alaska, and from organizations like the NFL’s New York Giants and Tennessee Titans. In addition, thousands of letters have poured in from elementary schools across the country.

“I love seeing all the cards come in from elementary schools,” says co-host Chuck Wicks. “Nothing is better than seeing a card made by a kid. Those are the sweetest thank yous.”

The country music community has show its support as well—in a big way.

“Having so many country stars—Tim, Faith, Blake, Keith and many more—come to the show to drop off personalized cards has been amazing,” added co-host Kelly Ford. “It just goes to show the love and support our listeners and the country music community have for our troops.”

Randy Travis Gets Waxed at Madame Tussauds Nashville [Photo Gallery]

Randy Travis Gets Waxed at Madame Tussauds Nashville [Photo Gallery]

Posted on November 29, 2017

Following in the waxy footprints of Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire and more, Randy Travis will be the newest country music icon to have a wax likeness on display at Madame Tussauds Nashville.

Randy’s wax figure will be unveiled on Dec. 1 at 10:30 a.m. CT at Madame Tussauds Nashville in Opry Mills Mall. The public is invited to attend.

Madame Tussauds Nashville houses more than 50 artists representing all genres of music, including Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Waylon Jennings, Minnie Pearl, Patsy Cline, Kid Rock, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Taylor Swift, Rhianna, George Strait, Little Jimmy Dickens, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Reba, Alan Jackson, Eric Church, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Muddy Waters, Rayna Jaymes and Deacon Claybourne of Nashville and more.

Check out our photo gallery of Madame Tussauds below.

Randy Travis photo courtesy of Madame Tussauds

Watch Blake Shelton’s Cozy Performance of “I’ll Name the Dogs” With Jennifer Hudson on “The Voice”

Watch Blake Shelton’s Cozy Performance of “I’ll Name the Dogs” With Jennifer Hudson on “The Voice”

Posted on November 29, 2017

Coaches got cozy on The Voice on Nov. 28 as Jennifer Hudson joined Blake Shelton to sing his current single, “I’ll Name the Dogs.”

With a fireplace ablaze, Blake picked his guitar and crooned while Jennifer added her soulful flair.

The traditional-sounding tune, which was penned by Matt Dragstrem, Ben Hayslip and Josh Thompson, is currently No. 5 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart after seven weeks.

Watch Blake and Jennifer perform “I’ll Name the Dogs” below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbHmmgLiWU

photo by Jason Simanek

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