Alberta Auguste

The #3-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols (24-2, 11-0 SEC) will be looking for their 12th consecutive SEC victory of the season and possibly clinching the SEC crown traveling to conference nemesis and #7-ranked Louisiana State (23-4, 9-2 SEC) in Baton Rouge, La., on President's Day. ESPN2 has the telecast.

TONIGHT'S GAME

The #3-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols (24-2, 11-0 SEC) will be looking for their 12th consecutive SEC victory of the season and possibly clinching the SEC crown traveling to conference nemesis and #7-ranked Louisiana State (23-4, 9-2 SEC) in Baton Rouge, La., on President's Day. ESPN2 has the telecast.

LADY VOLS AT A GLANCE

This is the Lady Vols' 33rd season under Head Coach Pat Summitt...She has compiled a staggering 937-179 overall record... Is just 63 wins away from a remarkable 1,000 career victories...Collected her 900th coaching win with a 80-68 decision over #19-ranked Vanderbilt on Jan. 19, 2006... She passed Dean Smith (879 wins) for most NCAA collegiate basketball wins of all-time with a 75-54 victory over Purdue on Mar. 22, 2005 ...Her 2005-06 squad advanced to the NCAA Elite 8...Finished with a 31-5 overall record and were the SEC Tournament Champions...

This season, UT returned six letterwinners, welcomed a senior manager turned player, two junior college transfers and a pair of rookies...The 2006-07 season marked the Lady Vol debut for former senior manager Elizabeth Curry, JC transfers Shannon Bobbitt and Alberta Auguste...True freshman are Cait McMahan and Nicci Moats.

AT STAKE

A UT win over LSU would clinch the SEC Championship for the Lady Vols. A loss would force Tennessee to win the final two regular season games - at Arkansas and versus #12/13-ranked Vanderbilt. The Lady Vols' last win at LSU was in 2003.

THE 4-1-1 ON THE LADY TIGERS

In the final tune-up before facing Tennessee, #7-ranked LSU (23-4, 9-2 SEC) used a 24-0 run in the second half to pull away from Arkansas in an 86-65 win on Feb. 15 in Fayetteville. With the score tied 49-49 with 10:30 left in the contest, LSU shut down UA (18-9, 3-8 SEC) for the next five minutes and went on a 24-0 run to take a 73-49 lead, the largest of the game. Sylvia Fowles sparked LSU with with 23 points and 20 rebounds -- 15 of her points came in the second half, including six during the run. Quianna Chaney added 21 points in the victory, including 10 in the run the broke the game open. Erica White tossed in 15 points and added eight rebounds and seven assists. A topsy-turvy opening, LSU led 32-28 at the half while Arkansas led 17-12 with 11:24 left in the first half. The Lady Tigers took the lead on a three-pointer by Chaney with 3:35 left in the half and closed out the first 20 minutes on a 7-3 run. The Lady Tigers then opened the second half on an 8-2 run to take a 40-30 lead, but Arkansas chipped away to tie the score at 44-44 with 11:50 left in the game.

OUR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

This week, the Lady Vols travel to #7 LSU for an ESPN2 match-up on Feb. 19...head to Arkansas on Feb. 22...and finishes the regular season at home versus #12/13 Vanderbilt on Feb. 25.

LADY VOLS ON TV

A record 21 Lady Vol regular season games are slated for national/regional television this season. Five non-televised games will be available as streaming video with voice-over from Mickey Dearstone on utladyvols.com. UT is 17-2 on TV this season.

ON THIS DAY

UT is 9-2 in games played on Feb. 19. The Lady Vols are 4-0 at home, 3-1 on the road and 2-1 on neutral courts. The last time out on Feb. 19, the Lady Vols registered an 82-65 victory at Alabama in 2006.

LOOKING BACK

Last year at this time, the Lady Vols were 24-3 and had just defeated Alabama, 82-65.

WOW, JUST THREE TO GO

It's hard to believe that there are just three games to go in the regular season. UT's stretch run to the SEC Tournament includes a dangerous slate. The Lady Vols have just one game at home -- #12/13 Vanderbilt (Feb. 25). Tennessee travels to #7 LSU (Feb. 19) and Arkansas (Feb. 22). Tennessee has an 11-0 record in SEC play and is being chased by LSU (9-2), Georgia (9-3) and Vanderbilt (8-3). The 2007 SEC Tournament will be held Mar. 1-4 in Duluth, Ga.

UT'S OFFENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES

In all games, this is how Tennessee has shot from the field: 50%FG: Chattanooga (.579), MTSU (.565), Arizona St. (.548), Kentucky (.532), UCLA (.531), ODU/UT-Martin (.509), Stanford (.500); 40%FG: Louisiana Tech (.483), GWU (.482), Alabama1 (.464), Georgia2 (.459), Vandy1 (.458), Alabama2 (.453), Ole Miss (.448), Florida (.442), WVU (.431), Texas (.429), Auburn (.403); 30%FG: Georgia1 (.396), Miss. St. (.395), Notre Dame (.381), USC (.379), UConn (.371), North Carolina (.362), Duke (.361)

DEEE ----- FENSE

In all games, this is how the opposition has shot from the field: 50%FG: none, 40%FG: Duke (.491), GWU (.472), Arizona St. (.469), Stanford (.456), MTSU (.453), UCLA (.451), North Carolina (.444), Vandy1 (.438), Kentucky (.434), UConn (.433), Chattanooga (.431), Miss. State (.409), Notre Dame (.407), Ole Miss (.406), 30%FG: ODU & Auburn (.396), Georgia2 (.380), Alabama2 (.378), Alabama1 (.369), WVU (.352), USC (.349), Florida (.345), Georgia1 (.319), Texas (.308); 20%FG: Louisiana Tech (.295), UT-Martin (.204)

2006-07 WON-LOSS DIFFERENTIAL

Wins: +56 (1), +36 (2), +30 (1), +29 (2), +24 (2), +23 (2), +22 (2), +21 (2), +17 (1), + 16 (2), +15 (1), +12 (1), +11 (1), + 10 (2), +9 (1), +6 (1). Losses: -13 (1), -4 (1)

BIRD FLIES HOME

Lady Vol junior college transfer forward, Alberta "Bird" Auguste returns to her home state for the game versus LSU. Auguste, a native of Marrero, La. (John Ehret H.S.), is Tennessee's first player ever from the state of Louisiana. Marrero is located in southeastern Louisiana near New Orleans and is 73 miles from Baton Rouge (as the crow flies).

CELEBRATING PRESIDENT'S DAY

Tennessee and Louisiana State square-off in Baton Rouge in a President's Day meeting on ESPN2. In the mid-1800's, president's from the two states served a majority of time in the White House. The state of Tennessee supplied three of the nation's presidents (No. 7 Andrew Jackson, 1829-37; No. 11 James K. Polk, 1845-49 and No. 17 Andrew Johnson, 1865-69) while one served from the state of Louisiana (No. 12 Zachary Taylor, 1849-50). Since the mid-1800's, neither the state of Tennessee nor the state of Louisiana has seen a president elected from their home state. Tennessee's Al Gore came close in the 2000 presidential race.

LSU NOTEBOOK

LSU is 23-4 overall and 9-2 in the SEC this season. Defeating Tennessee in Baton Rouge on Feb. 19 would keep the Lady Tigers chances alive for a piece of the SEC crown. LSU has lost four games this season with a countdown margin: 4-3-2-1. In order of defeat, Baylor won by 4 (64-60), Ole Miss won by 3 (77-74), Georgia won by 2 (53-51) and Connecticut by a point (72-71).

LSU SERIES

This marks the 44th meeting between the two schools dating back to the 1977-78 season with the Lady Vols holding a 34-9 advantage. The two teams began the series at the 1977 Miss. Univ. for Women Xmas Tournament and have played every year since that time. The nine LSU wins have occurred in the following fashion: Win 1- in 1978, the Lady Tigers took a 72-62 win in Baton Rouge; Win 2-in 1979, LSU claimed an 85-80 OT win at home in a shortened, Dale Brown-inspired running clock overtime; Win 3-in 1991, LSU won the SEC Tourney with an 80-75 win over UT; Win 4-in the final 1997 regular season game in Baton Rouge, Sue Gunter grabbed her second win (ever) over UT with an 83-78 victory; Win 5-in 1999, the Lady Tigers upset #1 UT 72-69 in the final game of the regular season, Win 6- in 2002, unranked LSU bounces #3 UT out of the SECs, 81-80, win 7-LSU outlasts UT in the 2003 SEC Final, 78-62, win 8- In 2005, LSU beats UT in Baton Rouge, 68-58, in front of the largest women's crowd ever at the PMAC and wins the SEC regular season title, and win 9-LSU finally defeats the Lady Vols in Knoxville for the first time ever, 72-69. For quite a few years, Tennessee dominated the LSU Lady Tigers, winning 29 of 34 games between 1977 and 2002. But over the past few seasons, the LSU-Tennessee series has grown into the SEC's most anticipated match-up. The Lady Vols went 1-1 against LSU in 2004-05 and 2005-06 losing the regular season and winning the SEC Tournament title.

OUR LAST MEETING

Lady Vol rookie Candace Parker made a driving one-hander from the left side of the lane with 17 seconds left, and #8-ranked Tennessee held on to beat #3-ranked Louisiana State, 63-62, in the SEC tournament championship on Mar. 5, 2006 in N. Little Rock, Ark. The Lady Vols (28-4) won their 12th SEC tournament title and second in a row. They beat a top-seeded LSU team in the 2005 finals as well, 67-65. During the 2005-06 regular season, LSU became the first SEC team to win at Tennessee in 10 years, edging the Lady Vols 72-69 on Feb. 9, 2006. In the first meeting, LSU superstar Seimone Augustus scored 32 points in the win. In the SEC finals, UT limited her to 24 points. The Lady Tigers (27-3) led 62-58 with less than a minute remaining, but UT senior Shanna Zolman's 3-pointer with 35.5 seconds to play cut Tennessee's deficit to one. LSU's Erica White missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 33 seconds left, giving the Lady Vols a chance to take the lead. Tennessee chose not to call time out or hold for the last shot. Instead, the 6-4 Parker, the SEC freshman of the year, took the ball near the top of the key on an isolation play and drove to the left against the Tigers' best defender - Scholanda Hoston - to toss in the game winner. UT junior Sidney Spencer scored 21 points and Parker, the tournament's most valuable player, finished with 20 for the Lady Vols. Zolman added 14. Sylvia Fowles added 16 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks for LSU. Fowles made her first four shots and had 12 points, six rebounds and six blocks in the first half. But Tennessee went on an 11-0 run late in the half and led 36-33 at the break. Spencer made all four of her 3-point attempts before the break. Fowles and Augustus combined to score LSU's first 16 points but went scoreless for the last 8:12 before halftime. LSU led 55-48 with 8:23 remaining, but Tennessee called time and went on a 10-0 run capped by Zolman's 3-pointer. Tennessee went 10-of-19 from 3- point range - Spencer made five and Zolman four. UT held a 40-31 rebounding advantage in the game and finished with a 122-80 advantage on the boards for the three-game weekend.

FACING THE RANKED

Tennessee faced their 11th ranked opponent of the 2006-07 season in the win over #9/14-ranked Georgia on Feb. 5. UT is 9-2 in games versus ranked teams out of 26 total contests. Meanwhile Louisiana State will be taking on their seventh ranked opponent in 28 games when they face #3 Tennessee. LSU is 3-3 vs. ranked teams: LSU defeated (then) #5 Ohio State75-51, #18 Michigan State,65-50, and #15 Georgia, 57-55. The Lady Tigers lost to #15 Baylor, 64-60, #14 Georgia, 53-51 and #5 Connecticut, 72-71. Tennessee will be the highest ranked team the Lady Tigers have played this season.

2006 REGULAR SEASON MEETING VERSUS LSU

The LSU Lady Tigers became the first SEC team to win at Tennessee in nearly 10 years with a 72-69 victory Feb. 9, 2006 and moved closer to winning a second straight regular season league title. Seimone Augustus scored 32 points, Scholanda Hoston added 18 and Sylvia Fowles had 10 points and 15 rebounds for LSU (21-1, 9-0). The fifth-ranked Lady Vols (21-3, 7-2) had not lost a league game in Thompson-Boling Arena since a loss to Georgia on Dec. 8, 1996, a span of 64 games. LSU was 0-16 in Knoxville. "It's not a time for us to be feeling sorry for ourselves. We did a lot of good things, particularly in the second half. We have to get back tomorrow and keep things pointed in the right direction as a basketball team," commented Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt. Tennessee needed to beat LSU to get back into the conference race. The Lady Vols have lost two league games for the first time since 1996-97 when they were 8-4. The Lady Tigers became only the third SEC team and eighth team overall to win in Knoxville, joining Duke, Connecticut, Louisiana Tech, Georgia, Texas, Stanford and Auburn. It was Tennessee's 15th loss in the arena which opened in the 1987-88 season. The Lady Vols' first two losses this season came in consecutive games at Duke and at Kentucky. Against LSU, Lady Vol senior guard Shanna Zolman scored her 1,500th career point in the loss. LSU got off to a big lead early, going up 11-1 in the opening minutes. The Lady Tigers led by as many as 13 in the first half before taking a six point lead into the break. The Lady Vols were ahead 67-66 with 2:19 remaining, before Augustus gave LSU the lead for good. Hoston pushed it to 70-67 with another basket, and rookie sensation Candace Parker pulled Tennessee within one with 46.8 seconds to go. Fowles got open on the next possession and scored easily with 20 seconds left for the final margin. Tennessee's Dominique Redding had a shot blocked in the final seconds, and Parker fouled Augustus on the rebound. Augustus missed both free throws with 6.2 remaining to give the Lady Vols some hope. Zolman dribbled up the court and passed the ball as she was falling down to Redding, who couldn't get off a shot. Parker led the Lady Vols with 23 points. Tye'sha Fluker had 14 and Hornbuckle added 11. Zolman was just 2-for-11 from the field. LSU owned the rebounding margin, 41-36.

HOW COACH POKEY FARED AS A PLAYER VS. TENNESSEE

Everyone knows how feisty and intense LSU Coach Pokey Chatman is on the sidelines which begged the question - how did she do as a player against the Lady Vols? Going into her final game against UT as a senior in 1991, then "Dana" Pokey Chatman was 0-4 against the Lady Vols during her LSU career. Chatman exacted her revenge in her final game against UT pouring in 30 points in the 1991 SEC Championship game as LSU won 80-75. Current Lady Vol assistant coach Nikki Caldwell was a rookie for UT on the 1991 team and went 0-6 from behind the arc in 20 minutes of action in the SEC title game. Caldwell would enjoy the final gotcha of the 1991 campaign - the rookie went on to help Tennessee win the 1991 NCAA Final Four in New Orleans, La., just 15 miles from Chatman's hometown of Ama, La.

LSU SERIES TIDBITS

Since 2000, UT has won 10 of the last 14 meetings with LSU. Tennessee's four losses during that time? In the 2005 regular season meeting in Baton Rouge, 68-58, the 2006 regular season meeting in Knoxville, 72-69, and twice in the SEC Tournament - Mar. 2, 2002, LSU 81-80 and Mar. 9, 2003, LSU 78-62.

LATELY, KEEP RUNNING INTO LSU IN THE POSTSEASON

Since 2002, Tennessee and LSU have faced each other every year in post-season action. In 2002 and 2003, a lower ranked LSU team defeated the Lady Vols in the SEC Tournament. UT was ranked #3 in 2002 when an unranked LSU team upset the Lady Vols, 81-80. In 2003, UT was once again ranked #3 when #6-ranked LSU won convincingly, 78-62. UT and LSU dodged each other in the 2004 SEC Tournament but met in the Final Four semifinals in Atlanta. The #2-ranked Lady Vols defeated the #19-ranked Lady Tigers, 52-50. Tennessee has won the last two SEC Tournament title meetings with LSU. In 2005, #5-ranked Tennessee upset #1 LSU, 67-65. In 2006, #8-ranked UT's Candace Parker hit the game winner over #3-ranked LSU, 63-62.

UT-LSU, CLOSENESS COUNTS

Twenty-five of the 43 all-time meetings between the two schools have been decided by 10 or less points. There is no other team to record that stat against the Lady Vols in as many meetings.

HOW 'BOUT THIS?

Going into tonight's game, UT and LSU have met 27 times while both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. Tennessee has been the higher ranked team 21 times.

UT'S FIRST HOME GAME WITH 10,000 IN THE STANDS WAS VS. LSU

On a bitter cold night on Feb. 6, 1978, 10,000 fans braved the frigid weather to heat-up Stokely Athletics Center in Knoxville, Tenn., when #1 LSU and #3 Tennessee faced off in an SEC women's basketball game. The Lady Vols prevailed 86-68 as the throng of 10,000 chanted "We're Number One." It marked the first time that 10,000 fans had ever attended a Lady Vol game.

STUFF THE RIVALRY IS MADE OF...

On Jan. 29, 1979, the Tennessee Vols and the Lady Vols were in Baton Rouge at the PMAC, for a double-header with LSU. The women played first and the game ended in a 74-74 tie. Then-LSU men's coach Dale Brown suggested that the women's teams finish their overtime in the auxiliary gym so the men could get their game started on time. After much bantering back and forth with then-LSU BenGals skipper Jinks Coleman and UT's Pat Head, Brown allowed the women's teams to finish the overtime with a shortened running clock. The Lady Vols managed just six points in the three-minute overtime while LSU scored 11 to win, 85-80. Five days later in Stokely Athletics Center in Knoxville, on Jan. 29, #7 UT thumped #17 LSU, 92-48. Current Lady Vol Assistant Coach Holly Warlick was UT's junior point guard that night in Baton Rouge - Warlick tallied seven points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished four assists and had nine steals in a weird 43 minutes.

I'M AN LSU GRAD BUT MY PAYCHECK HAS ORANGE INK

UT Women's Athletics Director Joan Cowart Cronan was a 1966 graduate of Louisiana State University and a native of Opelousas, La. Cronan has been onboard as the Women's Athletics Director at the University of Tennessee since 1983 and was a 1995 inductee into the LSU's Alumni Hall of Distinction.

UPCOMING OPPONENT - ARKANSAS

Before entertaining the Lady Vols in Fayetteville on Feb. 22, the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks traveled to face the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington on Feb. 18. In their last contest, rookie Donica Cosby scored 15 points to lead Arkansas but the double-digit effort was not enough as the Lady'Backs fell to the #7-ranked LSU Tigers at Bud Walton Arena on Feb. 15, 86-65. The loss dropped the Lady Razorbacks to 18-9 on the year and 3-8 in SEC action while LSU improved to 23-4 overall and 9-2 in league play. Arkansas enjoyed as much as a five point lead in the opening stanza controlling the tempo and the cold-shooting Tigers managed just 27 percent from the floor in the first 10 minutes of play. UA led 17-12 at the 11:22 mark. LSU rallied and scored the final four points of the half to take a 32-28 lead into the break. The score was knotted at 44-all with 11:50 to go before LSU went on a 24-0 run. That was the ballgame as Arkansas could never get back on track. Besides Cosby's 15 points, the Lady'Backs placed two others in double figures. Rookie post Lauren Ervin scored 11 and Sarah Pfeifer, 10 in the loss. LSU's Sylvia Fowles hit a game high 23 points and grabbed 20 rebounds for the Tigers.

SEC TWOSIES

The SEC plays a 14-game regular season schedule with each team playing everyone in the league once, a natural rival twice and designated rotating teams from the SEC East and West once extra time. The Lady Vols face Vanderbilt twice each season as its natural rival and this year once again face Georgia and Alabama twice. Last season, Tennessee went 6-0 in these games during the regular season.

UT WINNING STREAKS VS. SEC TEAMS

Alabama, 32 in a row, since 3-23-1984
Arkansas, 12 in row, since 1-1-1998
Auburn, 16 in a row, since 2-14-1998
Florida,1 in a row, since 1-11-2007
Georgia, 6 in a row, since 1-31-2005
Kentucky, 1 in a row, since 2-11-2007
LSU, 1 in a row, since 3-5-2006
Mississippi, 13 in a row, since 3-2-1996
Mississippi St., 26 in a row, since 2-22-1986
South Carolina, 33 in a row, since 3-7-1980
Vanderbilt, 12 in a row, since 2-16-2002

THE SEC REGULAR SEASON STORY

UT's last SEC win at home: Ole Miss, 81-69, 2-15-07
UT's last SEC win away: Auburn, 72-62, 2-8-07
UT's last SEC loss at home: Florida, 95-93 OT, 2-26-06
UT's last SEC loss away: Kentucky, 66-63, 1-26-06

AGAINST THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

Tennessee owns a 376-57 record all-time record vs. 12 teams from the Southeastern Conference. The Lady Vols maintain a winning record against every team in the SEC.

UT IS AMAZING AT HOME VERSUS THE SEC

Since Tennessee began contesting games with Southeastern Conference opponents, the Lady Vols have produced a 156-11 record in all games played at home. Only six SEC teams have ever managed a victory over the Lady Vols in Knoxville - Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Ole Miss. Georgia has won three games on UT's turf while Auburn, Kentucky and Ole Miss have registered two wins each and LSU and Florida one win. Georgia was the only team to defeat UT at home in the 1990s - the Lady Bulldogs turned the trick in 1991 and 1996. LSU and Florida are the only SEC teams to defeat UT at home in the 21st century.

WOW--14 SEASONS OF AT LEAST 10 SEC VICTORIES

In the win over Kentucky on Feb. 11, 2007, Tennessee claimed its 10th SEC victory of the 2006-07 season. The Lady Vols have now registered double-digit victories in conference play an incredible 14 times. Since the 1991-92 season when SEC play expanded, the Lady Vols have won at least 10 games in the following years: 1992-10 wins, 1993-11 wins, 1994-11 wins, 1995-11 wins, 1998-14 wins, 1999-13 wins, 2000-13 wins, 2001- 14 wins, 2002- 13 wins, 2003- 14 wins, 2004-14 wins, 2005- 13 wins, 2006-11 wins and 2007- 11 wins (3 to go).

SPOILED, I TELL YOU

Prior to last season, it had been nine years since the Lady Vols dropped three SEC league games during a season. In the 1996-97 HBO documentary campaign of "The Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back," Tennessee went 8-4 in the SEC. All-time in 25 years of league play, Tennessee has lost two or more SEC games just seven times. Conversely, the Lady Vols have tallied seven perfect league campaigns in SEC play.

SEC LEAGUE PLAY

UT owns a league best record of 250-33 against all SEC teams dating back to the 1982-83 season.

THIS IS AMAZING

From 1980-1997, the Lady Vols claimed a total of six SEC regular season titles in 17 years. From 1998-2004, Tennessee captured seven consecutive SEC regular season crowns producing an amazing 109-4 record. UT's only league losses were to Vandy, Georgia and LSU (twice) during this stretch.

AP POLL NOTES

This is the 31st year of the Associated Press women's basketball rankings. The first Associated Press poll released of the 2005-06 season marked the 500th all-time poll. Since the poll was started in 1976, UT has failed to appear in just 14 of the total of 532 polls through the years. Currently, UT has been ranked in 390 consecutive polls. Since the 1986-87 season, the Lady Vols have been in the top 10 for all but one poll. UT is the only team to have been ranked every year for the last 31 years of the poll. UT has appeared at least once per season over the poll's history.

WARLICK SELECTED AS SEC GREAT FOR 2007

Featuring former outstanding student-athletes and administrators from all 12 Southeastern Conference member institutions, the 2007 class of the SEC Greats program will be honored at the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament March 1-4 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga. The 2007 class includes Tennessee Lady Vol Associate Head Basketball coach Holly Warlick, Shelly Pyles Cunningham (Basketball), Alabama; Kimberly Wilson Jenkins (Basketball), Arkansas; Lauretta Freeman-Horn (Basketball), Auburn; Ann Marie Rogers (Assoc. Athletics Director), Florida; Bernadette Locke Mattox (Basketball), Georgia; Lea Wise Prewitt (Basketball), Kentucky; Marie Ferdinand Harris (Basketball), LSU; Alisa Scott (Basketball), Ole Miss; Laura Springer (Basketball), Mississippi State; Lisa Misipeka (Track & Field), South Carolina and Ryan Tolbert Jackson (Track & Field), Vanderbilt. Each Great will be introduced during half-time of their teams first game of the tournament, all 12 individuals will also be introduced as a group between games of the second session on Friday, March 2. This marks the seventh year of the Greats program. The previous Tennessee honorees were: 2001- Bridgette Gordon, 2002-Daedra Charles, 2003-Michelle Marciniak, 2004-Jill Rankin Schneider, 2005-Tamika Catchings and 2006-Kara Lawson.

FROM THE TRAINING ROOM

Tennessee finished the game with Ole Miss on Feb. 15 with just eight players. Rookie point guard Cait McMahan left the game after taking a hard fall on her left elbow and sophomore forward Alex Fuller went to the bench after she took a shot to her previously injured right eye. Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine, Jenny Moshak, announced Fri. Feb. 16 Fuller will practice and play as her right eye allows. Fuller took stitches to the area of the eye on Jan. 25 versus Vanderbilt. X-rays determined that McMahan had not sustained a fracture and a MRI revealed no structural damage to her left elbow. Moshak will treat McMahan's elbow symptomatically on a day-to-day basis.

UT'S CIRCUS ACT GOING TO LSU

The Tennessee Lady Vols continues to have the "circus coming to town" effect on away attendance. Remarkably, all 15 away games have produced some kind of attendance mark. Tennessee's appearance produced the largest attendance mark of the season (all venues) for Arizona State, Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, Connecticut; the largest mark at home for North Carolina (tie), Texas, Florida, Vanderbilt, Auburn, and the largest home and away crowds for both Alabama and Georgia.

SCORING FIELD DAY FOR SEC FOES

In UT's first eight SEC games of the season, no Lady Vol opponent had scored more than 58 points on Tennessee. Actually, winless Florida managed 58 points against Tennessee in the second conference game of the season on Jan. 11. In the initial eight games SEC foes scored 36 points (Alabama1 and South Carolina), 41 points (Georgia1), 44 points (Mississippi St.), 51 points (Alabama2), 57 points (Vanderbilt1 and Georgia2) and 58 by Florida. In games one-eight, UT averaged 71.1 ppg while giving up just 47.5 ppg in SEC games (+23.6 winning margin). In the last three games, SEC opponents have averaged 64.3 ppg. Auburn started the floodgate on Feb. 8 scoring 62 points, Kentucky followed in the next game with 62 points and Ole Miss tallied 69 points in the most recent contest to be the SEC leader in the clubhouse against UT. During the same time, UT has increased its scoring average to 79.0 ppg for a 14.7 ppg winning margin.

ONLY FOUR IN THE 70'S

Only four teams have managed to score 70 points (or more) against Tennessee this season. Arizona State and Duke both scored a season high 74 points against the Lady Vols. Chattanooga scored 72 points and North Carolina tallied 70 against Tennessee.

FYI ON PARKER

Just to clear things up... Redshirt sophomore All-American Candace Parker is on track to graduate with honors from Tennessee in December 2007 during her junior season. Since Parker sat out her original rookie year, she could choose to play for Tennessee in the 2008-09 season while working on her masters or she has the option of playing in the WNBA since her original class would have graduated.

LEX HAS NATION'S BEST STREAK

Lady Vol junior guard Alexis Hornbuckle has a streak of 62 consecutive games with at least one steal. A leading candidate for Defensive Player of the Year, Hornbuckle averages 3.3 steals per game. She started the 2006-07 season with a career high seven steals against Chattanooga. Hornbuckle has 85 steals on the season to date and will easily surpass her 2005-06 total of 91 thefts.

WENT OVER 200,000 AT HOME

Tennessee broke the 200,000 home attendance mark for the 10th time in the game against Ole Miss on Feb.15. A nation leading 210,594 have clicked thru the turnstiles in 15 home games. The Lady Vols home attendance eclipsed 180K against Georgia with 13,475 in the stands. This already marks the Lady Vols' 11th consecutive season going over 150,000 at home.

VANDY TIX GOING FAST

Tennessee's final home game of the 2006-07 season against Vanderbilt on Feb. 25, may become a sell-out. To date, 20,210 tickets have been sold for "Senior Day." Gates for the 1:00 p.m. tip-off will open 30 minutes earlier at 11:30 a.m.

UT OUTLASTS FIESTY OLE MISS

On Feb. 15, the Tennessee Lady Vols quickly saw why Ole Miss was able to defeat both LSU and Vanderbilt. The Rebs were just plain aggravating on defense playing gnat-like and covering every inch of the floor. Offensively, Mississippi scored 69 points on the Lady Vols - the most of any SEC team to date. UT's five-point halftime lead over Ole Miss was UT's smallest margin over an SEC opponent this season. The victory marked the 24-win plateau for the 27th time in Pat Summitt's career and the 21st time in a row. The win also gave UT at least 11 SEC wins in a season for the 12th time. Individually, Candace Parker...scored her 1,100th career point...scored in double figures for the 24th time this season and the 57th time of her career...scored 20+ points for the 12th time this season and the 23rd time in her career...earned a double-double for the 14th time this season and the 24th time in her career and recorded a career-high-tying seven assists; Shannon Bobbitt...Scored in double figures for the seventh time this season and the second game in a row...set a career high with 14 field-goal attempts; Alexis Hornbuckle... extended her streak of games with a steal to 62 -- she now has at least one steal in 83 of 90 career games...moved past Pat Hatmaker and into 15th place in the UT record books for career assists (332)...reached double figures for the 13th time this season and the 45th time of her career and scored all 12 of her points in the second half.

PARKER'S A FOUL MAGNET

Lady Vol sophomore All-American Candace Parker has been a foul magnet in 2006-07. With all of the double and triple-teaming she has seen this season, almost one-third of the opponent's 477 total fouls have been inflicted on her. In 25 games this season, Parker has drawn 149 fouls. In the game against Vanderbilt, she was fouled a dozen times by the Commodores (out of 22 total team fouls). Previously against Notre Dame, she was fouled 10 times by the Irish, eclipsing nine fouls whistled against players from Arizona State, Stanford and North Carolina. To date, Parker has visited the charity stripe 166 times this season - about six times a game. Against UConn, seven of the Huskies total of 13 fouls came while trying to stop Parker.

SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

This week, Lady Vol All-American Candace Parker was selected as the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 5-11). She earned the award for the fourth time this season and the fifth time in her career. In three games last week, Parker averaged 26.0 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest. She shot a sizzling 62 percent from the field and went 22 of 25 from the line for an 88 percent clip. The Naperville, Ill., native earned double-doubles against Georgia and Auburn to up her total to 13 on the season. On Feb. 8 versus Auburn, she eclipsed the 500-rebound plateau to join former Lady Vol four-time Kodak All-Americans Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika Catchings as the only three UT players to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks. She dropped in 31 points against the Kentucky Wildcats - it was her second most of the season and marked the third most prolific scoring game of her career. She owns four 30+ points games. Parker was also named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV first team during the week, which makes her eligible for Academic All-America later in the season.

KEEP THE SEC MAGIC GOING

In 11 SEC games this season, the Tennessee Lady Vols have forced their conference foes into 25.7 turnovers per outing It has resulted in a total of 287 points scored off of turnovers for the Lady Vols against SEC teams - or an average of 26.0 ppg. So for every turnover an SEC team has committed against UT, the Lady Vols have scored a point.

UNDEFEATED SEC SEASONS

All-time, Tennessee has turned in seven undefeated league seasons in SEC play. The 2003-04 team was the last to run the SEC table with a 14-0 record.

10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF AT LEAST 10 SEC WINS

With the win over Kentucky on Feb. 11, 2007, it marked the 10th SEC win of the season and was the 10th consecutive year of at least 10 SEC victories and 14th overall. The Lady Vols have registered double-digit victories in conference play an incredible 14 times. Since the 1991-92 season when SEC play expanded, the Lady Vols have won at least 10 games in the following years: 1992-10 wins, 1993-11 wins, 1994-11 wins, 1995-11 wins, 1998-14 wins, 1999-13 wins, 2000-13 wins, 2001- 14 wins, 2002- 13 wins, 2003- 14 wins, 2004-14 wins, 2005- 13 wins, 2006-11 wins and 2007-11 wins with three games to go.

GOTTA BRING UP THE BOARDS...

...Or, lack thereof. The Lady Vols have been outrebounded in 11 games this season. When Kentucky pulled off the +16 rebounding advantage (40-24) on Feb. 11, 2007, it was a season worst for UT. Granted, Tennessee shot 53.2 percent for the game but it was a huge disparity as the Wildcats grabbed 16 offensive and 24 defensive caroms. Until that game, the Lady Vols had been on a four-game streak of outrebounding the opposition. Only two other teams produced a double-digit differential on the boards this season against UT-North Carolina and UT-Chattanooga (+10). The Lady Vols shot 36% against UNC and 58% against UTC.

FACING THE UNRANKED

When taking on an unranked opponent such as Mississippi, the odds have typically tipped in Tennessee's favor. In her 33 years at the helm of the Lady Vols, UT head coach Pat Summitt has fashioned a 559-32 (.947) record when going up against unranked teams.

TENNESSEE ALLOWING JUST 52.1 PPG IN SEC GAMES

The Tennessee Lady Vols have fashioned some pretty serious stats in SEC play this season. Defensively, the Lady Vols have been stingy...very stingy. Incredibly, when Auburn and Kentucky scored 62 points and Ole Miss 69 points against Tennessee in the Lady Vols' three most recent games, it marked the most points UT has allowed by an SEC opponent this season. Currently, Tennessee is holding SEC opponents to just 52.1 ppg while scoring 73.3 or a +21.2 differential.

TAMED THE WILDCATS

After enduring the miserable loss at Kentucky last season, Tennessee took care of business on Feb. 11, 2007 with an 84-62 drubbing of UK. Kentucky, however, completely controlled the glass and registered a +16 advantage over Tennessee on the boards (40-24). The win gives the Lady Vols 10 or more SEC wins for the 10th consecutive season and 14th overall. The 1987 Lady Vol National Championship team was honored before tip-off of the Kentucky game. The ceremonies marked the 20th anniversary of UT's first NCAA basketball title in 1987. All 14 of the former players were in attendance. Interesting in game note-- With her second free throw at the 1:40 mark in the first half, Candace Parker scored her 22nd point of the game, one more than Kentucky team had at that point in the game (21 points). UT's first half field goal percentage (.576) was its highest since shooting 63.6 percent against MTSU on Nov. 26, 2006. Kentucky's 62 points tie the most by an SEC opponent this season (with Auburn). Individually, Alexis Hornbuckle... Extended her streak of games with a steal to 61. She now has at least one steal in 82 of 89 career games. Hornbuckle moved past Michelle Marciniak and into ninth place in the UT record books for career thefts (240). UT's best rebounding guard didn't get a rebound against the Wildcats, marking the first no-rebound game of her career. Her previous low was one board, which she has grabbed twice in her career; Sidney Spencer...Moved past Tamika Catchings and into seventh place in the UT record books for career three-pointers (123). Spencer moved into a tie with Tasha Butts for eighth place in the UT record books for career three-point attempts (290); Candace Parker... Scored in double figures for the 23rd time this season and the 56th time in her career. She surpassed 20 points for the 11th time this season and the 22nd time in her career. Produced the second highest scoring game of her career and reached 30 points in a game for the third time this season and the fourth time of her career and Shannon Bobbitt...moved into fifth place in the UT record books for career three-point percentage (.410)

LADY VOLS: THE BEST AND THE WORST OF 2006-07

MOST POINTS BY TENNESSEE IN A GAME:1 02 points ....vs. Chattanooga (11/12)
LEAST POINTS BY TENNESSEE IN A GAME: 52 points .........at Georgia (1/14)
MOST POINTS BY AN OPPONENT IN A GAME: 74 points ....Duke, at Arizona St.
LEAST POINTS BY AN OPPONENT IN A GAME: 29 points ...... vs. UT-Martin (12/5)

BIGGEST TENNESSEE LEAD:
57 points............85-28 vs. UT-Marin (12-5)
BIGGEST TENNESSEE DEFICIT:
21 points .............28-7 vs. Duke (1/22)
BIGGEST TENNESSEE LEAD IN A LOSS: 5 points.....9-4 at UNC (12/3)
BIGGEST TENNESSEE DEFICIT IN A WIN: 8 points ......17-9 vs. Vandy (1/25)

BIGGEST TENNESSEE HALFTIME LEAD: 30 points.....43-13 vs. UT-Martin (12-5)
BIGGEST TENNESSEE HALFTIME DEFICIT: 11 points..38-27 vs. Duke (1/22)
5 points...25-30 at UNC (12/3)

BEST TENNESSEE 1ST HALF FG%:
.636 (21-33) ....... vs. MTSU (11/26)
WORST TENNESSEE 1ST HALF FG%:
.297(11-37) ............. vs. Duke (1/22)
BEST TENNESSEE 2ND HALF FG%:
.609 (14-23) .............. vs. Stanford (11/24)
WORST TENNESSEE 2ND HALF FG%:
.333 (9-27) ...........vs. South Carolina (2/1)

MOST POINTS BY TENNESSEE IN 1ST HALF: 59 points ......vs. Chattanooga (11/12)
LEAST POINTS BY TENNESSEE IN 1ST HALF: 25 points ... at UNC (12/3) & UGA (1/14)
MOST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 1ST HALF: 38 points.......vs. Duke (1/22) and
at Arizona St. (11/19)
LEAST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 1ST HALF: 11 points ... vs. South Carolina (2/1)

MOST POINTS BY TENNESSEE IN 2ND HALF: 49 points .....vs. Notre Dame(12/30)
LEAST POINTS BY TENNESSEE IN 2ND HALF: 27 points ........at Georgia (1/14) MOST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 2ND HALF: 41 points .........vs. Chattanooga (11/12)
LEAST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 2ND HALF: 16 points ........vs. UT-Martin (12-5)

TENNESSEE has led in the first half of 25 games ...
TENNESSEE has never trailed in the first half of 19 games...
TENNESSEE has led at halftime of 24 games...
TENNESSEE has trailed at halftime of 2 games
TENNESSEE has led in the second half of 24 games...
TENNESSEE has never led in the second half of 2 games...
TENNESSEE has led in rebounding in 15 games...
TENNESSEE has been outrebounded in 11 games (40-24 vs. Kentucky, 37-32 at Alabama, 36-33 at Georgia, 44-40 vs. UConn, 34-32 vs. Alabama, 40-39 vs. Notre Dame, 34-30 at ODU, 38-36 vs. WVU, 43-33 at UNC, 46-37 at La Tech and 37-27 vs. Chattanooga)...

LADY VOLS BY DOUBLE DIGITS

1987 NCAA CHAMPS HONORED ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY

The Tennessee Lady Vols welcomed back the basketball alums Feb. 10-11 with a weekend of activities. A total of 57 former players and more than 150 family members were in attendance for Tennessee game versus Kentucky. On Sun., Feb. 11, the Lady Vols celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first NCAA Championship team - the 1987 squad. All 14 members of the team were in attendance and were honored in pre-game ceremonies of the UT-Kentucky game. They were dubbed "The Corn-Fed Chicks" by Long Beach State All-American Cindy Brown after the Lady Vols handled her team in the NCAA Final Four semis, 74-64. The Chicks, er Lady Vols, went on to defeat Louisiana Tech, 67-44, in the NCAA title game in Austin, Texas. Coach Pat Summitt won her first national title in her eighth trip to the Final Four and in her 13th season of coaching. Remarkably, the 1987 team led Summitt to her 300th coaching victory.

LADY VOLS EARN ACADEMIC KUDOS

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Feb. 8, 2007, that Lady Vols Candace Parker, Sidney Spencer and Nicky Anosike had been named to the CoSIDA District IV All-Academic Teams. Parker and Anosike were named to the first team, while Spencer picked up second team honors. Spencer and Anosike earned the award for the second straight year, while this was Parker's first opportunity. Parker earned a 3.65 GPA during the fall semester and boasts a 3.29 cumulative average. The 2006 Kodak All-American and sport management major leads the SEC in scoring and blocks. On Jan. 28 she became the fastest Lady Vol in program history to amass 1,000 career points. Spencer posted a perfect 4.0 in the fall and owns a 3.75 cumulative GPA. She is pursuing a degree in sport management and makes time to volunteer in the Knoxville community on a weekly basis. She ranks fourth in the NCAA in three-point shooting percentage. Anosike is on pace to graduate in four years with a triple major in sociology and criminal justice, political science, and legal studies. She has a 3.76 cumulative GPA at UT, including a 4.0 mark during the 2006 fall term. She ranks second on this year's squad in rebounding and blocks and is a two-time member of the All-SEC Academic Team. The Academic All-America team will be announced on Feb. 27 and is selected from the All-District first teams in each of the eight districts.

PARKER ECLIPSED 500 BOARDS

Less than two weeks after scoring her 1,000th career point, sophomore All-American Candace Parker eclipsed the 500 rebound plateau versus Auburn. Grabbing 11 boards against the Tigers.

DOUBLED-UP ALABAMA AND GEORGIA IN SEC PLAY

The Lady Vols have picked up two wins over Alabama and Georgia this season. Tennessee has already picked up one win over Vanderbilt and will face the Commodores again on Feb. 25.

WHEATIES HONORS LADY VOLS

Wheaties® unveiled its newest Breakfast of Champions® box on Feb. 1, 2007, at halftime of the Tennessee-South Carolina game. The special-edition, 18-ounce Wheaties package, features the UT women's basketball program and coach Pat Summitt. The Tennessee package features an image of Thompson-Boling Arena, "The Summitt," a prominent school logo and Coach Summitt on the front of the package. The back of the package showcases an image of Summitt as well as the school mascot. "It is a great honor to be the first women's collegiate basketball coach to be featured on the front of a Wheaties box," said Summitt. "This makes a tremendous statement, not only for me, the Lady Vols and the University of Tennessee, but for women's basketball in general."

"The Tennessee women's basketball team has left a distinctive mark in the world of college basketball by showcasing unparalleled performance, a competitive drive, a sense of pride, and dedication over the years," said Dan Stangler, Wheaties brand manager. Launched in 1924, Wheaties is the No. 1 whole-grain wheat flaked breakfast cereal in the country.

PARKER -- FASTEST TO 1,000

In Tennessee's game versus Alabama on Jan. 28, 2007, Lady Vol sophomore All-American Candace Parker scored her 1,000th career point during the 56th game of her career, making her the fastest Lady Vol in history to amass 1,000 points. Former Lady Vol All-Americans Chamique Holdsclaw did it in 57 games and Tamika Catchings in 58 games. Parker is the 30th 1,000-point scorer at Tennessee.

STILL...WORST REBOUNDERS

UT Coach Pat Summitt's teams have always been noted for tough defense and board play. Kudos to the 2006-07 team for tough defensive play thus far - holding the opposition to 56.2 ppg. However, the current squad needs to hang their collective heads in shame for being the worst rebounding team in Lady Vol history. Currently at 37.4 rebounds per game, this team has dipped below the 2005-06 squad who earned the "worst" moniker last season managing just 39.4 rpg in 36 games - breaking a 28-year old record (1977-78 squad who managed just 39.7 rpg in 31 contests).

SURPRISE! UT IS #1 IN SOS/RPI

I know it is a huge surprise but the Tennessee Lady Vols hold a large percentile advantage in both the Ratings Percentage Index and the Strength of Schedule through 26 games. Also

UT IS 'DUNK U'

Tennessee Lady Vol sophomore Candace Parker leads a group of five women who have dunked in a collegiate women's basketball game. Parker, with six career dunks, ranks ahead of former Lady Vol Michelle Snow (1998-2002) who recorded three dunks during her career at Tennessee.

Candace Parker, Tennessee (6)
Jan. 6, 2007: at Connecticut
Dec. 20, 2006: vs. West Virginia
Nov. 24, 2006: vs. Stanford
Nov. 12, 2006: vs. Chattanooga
March 19, 2005: vs. Army*
March 19, 2005: vs. Army*
Michelle Snow, Tennessee (3)
Nov. 25, 2000: vs. Illinois (at Maui)
Jan. 23, 2001: at Vanderbilt
Jan. 17, 2002: at South Carolina
Georgeann Wells, West Virginia (2)
Dec. 21, 1984: vs. Charleston (W.Va.)
Dec. 29, 1984: vs. Xavier
Sancho Lyttle, Houston (1)
Nov. 21, 2003: vs. Gonzaga (at Iowa)
Charlotte Smith, North Carolina (1)
Dec. 4, 1994: vs. North Carolina A&T

* NCAA Tournament, first round

NO MUSICAL CHAIRS THIS SEASON

Tennessee Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt has utilized just three line-ups this season. She probably would have stayed with just one line-up (Candace Parker, Sidney Spencer, Nicky Anosike, Alexis Hornbuckle and Shannon Bobbitt) if junior college transfer Bobbitt hadn't missed the game at Louisiana Tech on Nov. 28 to take a test and Parker hadn't fallen ill prior to the Mississippi State game on Jan. 18. Rookie Cait McMahan started in place of Bobbitt for the La Tech game while Parker was replaced by Alex Fuller for the Miss. State contest. Using essentially one line-up is a far cry from previous seasons. Last year, Summitt employed seven different combinations with Candace Parker as the only common denominator in 36 games. In 2004-05, Summitt utilized 10 different looks with no player starting all 35 games. UT's line-up saw four different looks in 2003-04 with Shyra Ely and Ashley Robinson starting 35 games. In 2002-03, three starting line-ups were used as Gwen Jackson, Kara Lawson and Loree Moore were constants in the 38 game schedule.

LADY VOL STREAKS

The last time the Lady Vols lost at home was against Duke, 74-70, on Jan. 22, 2007, -- since then, UT has won four home games. The last time UT lost on the road was on Dec. 3, 2006 at UNC, since then, UT is 8-0 on the road. The last time the Lady Vols lost on a neutral court was against North Carolina, 75-63, in the NCAA Elite 8 game on Mar. 28, 2006. Since that time, UT has not played on a neutral court.

OVER 500 GAMES VS. RANKED

Tennessee's game versus #13 Georgia on Feb. 16, 2006 was the Lady Vols' 500th all-time versus a ranked team since the inception of the polls in 1976. UT is an amazing 378-147 (.700) versus ranked teams. This season, UT is 9-2 in ranked meetings. Last year, Tennessee was 13-3 versus ranked teams.

DOING BETTER IN THE SEC SLATE THIS SEASON

The Tennessee Lady Vols hope to turn in a better showing in the Southeastern Conference regular season slate in 2006-07. Currently, the Lady Vols lead the league with a 11-0 record. Last season, UT lost an uncharacteristic three games in the SEC - at Kentucky (66-63), at home to LSU (72-69) and Florida (95-93 OT). Eight points separated UT from a perfect 14-0 mark to a nine-season low 11-3 SEC record. In fact, from the 1997-98 season until the 2004-05 campaign, Tennessee lost a total of four SEC games in the regular season.

UT LEADS IN HOME ATTENDANCE

Tennessee, once again, leads the NCAA women's basketball attendance race. UT passed the 200,000 attendance mark against Ole Miss on Feb. 15. UT eclipsed 100,000 mark in home attendance before the new year with 19,092 versus Notre Dame. The current attendance standings: 1. Tennessee 14,040 (210,59415), 2. UConn11,152 (156,126/14), 3. Texas Tech 10,696 (128,353/12), 4.Oklahoma 10,213 (91,917/9), 5.New Mexico 9,427 (122,545/13).

SUMMITT GETS 937TH WIN

While Texas Tech's Bobby Knight finally reached 880 wins on the men's side, Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt recorded her 937th victory with a 84-62 win over Kentucky on Feb. 11 2007. Summitt recorded her 880th win, passing North Carolina's Dean Smith on Mar. 22, 2005 with a 75-54 victory over Purdue in the NCAA Tournament. Summitt has registered 57 wins since then. Summitt is a season and a half of wins ahead of Coach Knight.

TENNESSEE TOPS AP ALL-TIME

The Tennessee Lady Vols are the top-ranked team in the history of the Top 25 rankings in the Associated Press poll. The poll, now in its 31st season, has found Pat Summitt's Tennessee Lady Vols ranked in 518 of a possible 532 polls. Through the poll released on Feb. 12, the top five team poll rankings are: 1. Pat Summitt, TENNESSEE - 518 (missed just 14 polls in entire AP history) 2. Andy Landers, Georgia - 410 3. Jody Conradt, Texas - 396 4. C.Vivian Stringer (Cheyney, Iowa, Rutgers) - 350 5. Rene Portland (St. Joseph, Penn St.) - 336

THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA

WELCOME TO "THE SUMMITT"

The playing court in the Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee campus donned a new look for the 2005-06 season. After Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt passed Dean Smith for most NCAA collegiate basketball wins of all-time with a 75-54 win over Purdue on Mar. 22, 2005, UT named the TBA court, "The Summitt." The floor had a complete overhaul with permanent logos of both the Lady Vols and Vols painted directly in front of the scorer's table; the free throw lanes were painted orange with "SEC" reversed out; the giant jump circle/mid-court TENNESSEE was given a new brighter color scheme, and "The Summitt," Coach Summitt's actual signature adorns the sidelines opposite the team benches.

ON OUR WAY TO 300 WINS

Tennessee recorded its 200th win in Thompson-Boling Arena when the Lady Vols defeated the University of Southern California on Nov. 18, 2001, 106-66. UT has now amassed a 279-17 (.943) record since the Orange and White moved into the Thompson-Boling Arena to start the 1987-88 season 19-years ago. Along the way, the Lady Vols have produced nine flawless home records in 1988-89 (15-0), 1991-92 (14-0), 1992-93 (13-0), 1993-94 (15-0), 1994-95 (15-0), 1997-98 (16-0), 1998-99 (14-0), 2000-01 (15-0) and 2002-03 (16-0). UT also registered an NCAA record 69-game home court-winning streak from Feb. 1, 1991 thru Jan. 2, 1996.

JUST 17 LOSSES

The Tennessee Lady Vols rarely lose at home. In fact, since moving to the Thompson-Boling Arena for the 1987-88 campaign, UT has lost two games in one season just six times. UT lost two games in TBA during the inaugural 1987-88 campaign, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04 and the 2005-06 seasons. The 17 all-time losses at Thompson-Boling Arena have come at the hands of just nine teams: Florida (2006), LSU (2006), Duke (2004 and 2007), Connecticut (2004, 2002, 2000, 1996), Louisiana Tech (1999, 1989), Georgia (1996, 1991), Texas (2003, 2002, 1987), Stanford (1996) and Auburn (1988).

HOME SWEET HOME -- 400th HOME WINS

The victory over Georgia on Jan. 31, 2005, was the Lady Vols 400th home win since Pat Summitt took over as head coach in 1974. Summitt has won 91.4 percent of all home games in 33 years producing a 430-41 overall record. Home losses (in the Summitt era) include: six in Alumni Gym from 1974-76; 18 in Stokely Athletics Center from 1976-87; and 17 in Thompson-Boling Arena since 1987.

LAST LOSS TO AN UNRANKED TEAM?

Florida became the second unranked team in the 2005-06 season to knock off the Lady Vols, when they won 95-93 OT on Feb. 26, 2006. Exactly one month earlier, unranked Kentucky turned the trick with a 66-63 win over #1/3-ranked Tennessee on Jan. 26, 2006 at Rupp Arena. Previously, it had been four years since an unranked team upset the Lady Vols. So before Florida and Kentucky had their way with UT, when was the last time Tennessee lost to an unranked team? That would have been to LSU on Mar. 2, 2002 at the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. LSU had been in and out of the Top 25 polls in late January and February. Prior to that, UT's last loss to an unranked team was five years previous (to the day) losing to Auburn on Mar. 2, 1997 at the SEC Tournament.

100 POINT GAMES

Since 1974, the Lady Vols have gone over the century mark 72 times. Last season, UT eclipsed 100 points in two games - Princeton, 107 and #16/18 Texas, 102. The 1987-88 team hit triple digits in seven games to lead the NCAA.

IN OVERTIME

The Lady Vols are 24-13 all-time in overtime games. The most OT games in a year was tied in 2003-04 with four as the Lady Vols went 3-1 in overtime losing to Georgia, 68-66, and defeating Auburn, 68-61, DePaul, 96-89, and Stanford, 70-66. It tied the mark set in 1996-97, when the Lady Vols were 3-1 in overtime contests losing to Georgia, 94-93, and defeating Texas, 68-65, Vanderbilt, 92-79 and LSU, 100-99. UT's 22 points in the OT against Florida (2-3-05), was the most ever scored by the Lady Vols in a single overtime. UT's most recent OT affair was a 95-93 loss to Florida on 2-26-06.