Tennessee (5-0)
vs.
Louisiana Tech (2-3)

Nicky Anosike

The #4-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols (5-0) travel to old nemesis Louisiana Tech (2-3) for a 7:00 p.m. CT match-up on CSTV in the Thomas Assembly Center on the Ruston campus.

LADY VOLS AT A GLANCE

This is the Lady Vols' 33rd season under Head Coach Pat Summitt...She has compiled a staggering 918-177 overall record... 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...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 marks the Lady Vol debut for former senior manager #10 Elizabeth Curry, JC transfers #00 Shannon Bobbitt and #33 Alberta Auguste...True freshman, #2 Cait McMahan, a 5-4 guard from Maryville, Tenn., and #34 Nicci Moats, a 6-2 forward from Daleville, Va., also see their first action in the Orange and White this season.

THE 4-1-1 ON THE LADY TECHSTERS

Louisiana Tech (2-3) rebounded on Sat., Nov. 25 with a win over Grambling State, 70-50, in the consolation game of the La Quinta Inn Lady Eagle Classic hosted by Southern Mississippi. The Lady Techsters lost a heartbreaker to Eastern Kentucky, 86-84, on Nov. 24 in the first round of the Classic. EKU's Crystal Jones' jumper with :03 remaining in the game lifted the Colonels to the victory. Jones' game-winning play came after the Lady Techsters tied the contest on a Ty Moore jumper following a Tamika Kursh missed free throw with :10 left. After an EKU timeout, Jones drove into the lane and made the shot. Tech has experienced a slow start to the season. Western Kentucky knocked-off the Lady Techsters, 73-60, in the home season opener and a trip to Stephen F. Austin resulted in a 65-55 loss. Tech put its first win of the 2006-07 season on the board with a 77-59 win at Iowa on Nov. 21. Tennessee coach Pat Summitt will be looking for her 300th career win on the road (she is 299-78 all-time).

OUR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

The Lady Vols have a relatively light schedule this week. UT travels to Louisiana Tech on Nov. 28 for a game televised on CSTV. Tennessee then has four days to prepare for a game at #2-ranked North Carolina on Sun., Dec. 3 in an 8 p.m. ESPN primetime telecast.

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 3-0 on TV this season.

ON THIS DAY

UT is 9-0 in games played on Nov. 28. The Lady Vols are 4-0 at home, 3-0 on the road and 2-0 on neutral courts. The last time out on Nov. 28, the Lady Vols registered an narrow 52-48 victory over Temple in Knoxville in 2004.

LOOKING BACK

Last year at this time, the Lady Vols were 4-0 and enjoying Thanksgiving in the Virgin Islands at the Paradise Jam. UT had just defeated #10 Maryland, 80-75.

PLAYING 12 RANKED TEAMS

Tennessee will play 12 teams in 14 games and five of the nation's top 10 teams ranked in the AP and USA TODAY ESPN polls: 2. North Carolina, 5. Duke, 7. Connecticut, 8. Georgia, 9. LSU, 11. Stanford, 13/12. Arizona St., 14. Vanderbilt, 20/24. Kentucky 21/19. UCLA, 23/21. George Washington, and 25/NR Texas.

UT'S OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER

In all games, this is how Tennessee has shot from the field: 50%FG: Chattanooga (.579), MTSU (.565), Arizona St. (.548), UCLA (.531), Stanford (.500); 40%FG: none; 30%FG: none,

DEEE ----- FENSE

In all games, this is how the opposition has shot from the field: 50%FG: none, 40%FG: Arizona St. (.469), Stanford (.456), MTSU (.453), UCLA (.451), Chattanooga (.431), 30%FG: none; 20%FG: none

2006-07 WON-LOSS DIFFERENTIAL

Wins: +30 (1), +24 (1), +23 (1), +17 (1), +9 (1), Losses: none

UPCOMING OPPONENT - #2 RANKED NORTH CAROLINA

The #2-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels (6-0) captured the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic on Nov. 26, 2006, with a 94-69 victory over Arkansas in the title game. The trip to the Islands marked the only journey for the Tar Heels outside of the Carolinas until a Jan. 2, 2007, junket to open ACC play at Georgia Tech. UNC's six victories have come at the expense of East Tennessee (96-35), Winston-Salem State (83-32), Elon (90-36) - all at home - and Sacramento State (99-38), Gonzaga (101-63) and Arkansas (94-69) in Hawaii. Before meeting the Lady Vols on Dec. 3 in Chapel Hill, UNC will take on UNC Greensboro on Nov. 30. Carolina currently has five players averaging double-figures led by senior guard Ivory Latta with 14.2 ppg, junior forward Erlana Larkins averaging 13.7 ppg, senior forward Camille Little tossing in 11.3 ppg, 6-3 rookie post Jessica Breland with 11.2 ppg and sophomore forward Rashanda McCants rounding out the double-digit averages with 10.2 ppg.

PARKER NAMED LADY VOL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Candace Parker was tabbed the Lady Vol Athlete of the Week on Nov. 27, after leading her team to victories over No. 11 Stanford, 77-60 and Middle Tennessee, 88-64. The Naperville, Ill., native averaged 20.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in the two games. Parker connected on both three-point attempts and made 65 percent of her shots from the field. Additionally, she dished four assists and nabbed six steals in the pair of contests. She also slammed home her second dunk of the 2006-07 season and fourth of her career in the win over the Cardinal.

SUMMITT GOES FOR WIN NUMBER 300 TONIGHT

University of Tennessee Lady Vol basketball coach Pat Summitt will be looking to notch her 300th career victory on the road at Louisiana Tech. Summitt has fashioned a 299-78 all-time record in hostile arenas - which equates to an amazing 80 percent winning mark on the road in 33 seasons at the helm of the Lady Vols.

LOUISIANA TECH NOTEBOOK

Shan Moore scored 18 points to lead Louisiana Tec (2-3) to a 70-50 win over Grambling State in the consolation game of the 2006 La Quinta Inn Lady Eagle Classic hosted by Southern Mississippi on Nov. 25. Tech, which lost 86-84 to Eastern Kentucky on a last second shot on Nov. 24, held the Lady Tigers to only 23 percent shooting for the game while also forcing 30 turnovers. After Grambling opened the game hitting 5-of-8 shots from the field, GSU missed 30 of its next 33 attempts as Tech built its lead. Moore scored 12 of her game-high 18 points in the first half as the Lady Techsters built a 38-24 halftime lead, one that did not come easily. Grambling State cut the Tech lead to 15-14 on a Keva Wilson jumper at the 14:22 mark of the opening stanza before the Lady Techsters used an 18-3 run over the next nine minutes to push the advantage to 33-17. Tech quickly pushed the margin out to 51-28 in the second half as GSU missed 12 of its first 13 shots in the period. Despite making only 6-of-29 field goals in the second half, Grambling kept the game respectable by connecting on 14-of-17 free throws. Ty Moore added 11 points and a game-high eight rebounds for Tech, which continued to struggle on the free throw line making only 14-of-28 as a team.

ALL-TIME SERIES MEETINGS

LA TECH SERIES

This marks the 39th meeting between the two schools dating back to the 1977-78 season. Since 1987, when the Lady Vols were a horrific 1-11 against the Techsters, UT began closing the gap and have won 20 of the last 26.

TOTALLY RANKED

Since the series began in 1978, both UT and Tech have been ranked in all but four of the 38 previous meetings between the two schools. The Lady Vols are 17-4 in games when they are ranked higher than Tech and 4-13 in games when they are ranked lower than the Lady Techsters. UT and LTU are great examples of programs that have sustained a winning tradition for nearly four decades.

VERSUS THE WAC

Tennessee has fashioned a 22-17 record all-time against two schools in the Western Athletic Conference. UT is 1-0 vs. San Jose St. and 21-17 against La Tech. LTU formerly played in the Sun Belt.

PROGRAM WINS

Both Tennessee and Louisiana Tech boast over 700 all-time wins at their Universities -- They are the only women's programs to achieve this statistic.

LADY VOLS VS. BRUINS STAT COMPARISON

OUR LAST MEETING

Shanna Zolman scored 21 points and Candace Parker had 18 points and seven rebounds to lead top-ranked Tennessee to an 83-59 victory over Louisiana Tech on Dec. 15, 2005.. The Lady Vols (9-0) took advantage of 22 turnovers by the Lady Techsters (5-3). Nicky Anosike added 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting for the Lady Vols. Sybil Dosty played just 11 minutes but grabbed seven rebounds and added eight points for Tennessee. Zolman shot 5-for-7 from 3-point range. It was Tennessee's fifth straight victory in the series. Louisiana Tech was led by Aarica Ray-Boyd's 15 points. Tasha Williams added 13 and Shan Moore 10. Tennessee shot 46.6 percent from the floor, while Louisiana Tech shot 38.5 percent. The game was close for the first 13 minutes before Parker's lay-up with 14:15 left in the period gave the Lady Vols a 12-10 lead. Tennessee never trailed again. Louisiana Tech scored a field goal at the 16:16 mark in the first half and was unable to sink another one until 1:53 left in the half. With seven minutes left in the stanza and leading 17-14, Tennessee went on a 13-0 run. Zolman's trey gave the Lady Vols a 30-14 lead with 3:30 left in the half. The Lady Vols outscored Louisiana Tech 23-6 over the last seven minutes and led 40-20 at the break. Tech shot 23.1 percent from the floor in the first half, making 6 of 26 attempts, and committed 15 turnovers. Tennessee shot 50 percent and made nine turnovers. Zolman had 16 points at halftime, and Parker scored 13 in the first half. Tennessee built the lead to 25 early in the second stanza. The Lady Techsters rallied briefly with an 8-0 run, cutting it to 49-32 on Eboni Mangum's lay-up with 15:30 left, however, UT build the lead back to 25 points with just under 10 minutes left.

FOND MEMORY VS. TECH

The Lady Vols claimed their first NCAA title in 1987 with a 67-44 drubbing of the Lady Techsters at the Final Four in Austin, Texas.

LAST TIME IN RUSTON

In a contest that featured two of the most successful programs in the history of women's collegiate basketball, the No. 9/10 Tennessee Lady Vols defeated Louisiana Tech, 70-59, at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, La., on Dec. 15, 2004. The victory was UT's fifth straight win over the Lady Techsters and improved its all-time record to 20-17 against the longtime rival. The Big Orange jumped out to an early 5-0 lead after connecting on its first two shots from the floor. Tech would respond with an 8-0 run, though, to take a narrow 8-5 advantage. While neither team was able to build more than a four point lead during the next 10 minutes, the Lady Vols closed the opening session with an 11-1 run to take a 35-28 advantage into the locker room. The lead marked just the second time in the last five games that UT has led at the break. As it did to open the game, Tennessee struck first in the second half and scored the first five points, opening up a 12-point lead, 40-28. During the next 11 minutes, Tech would cut the margin to single digits on seven occasions but could get no closer than seven points. However, with the Orange and White up by 11 and a little more than eight minutes showing on the clock, the Lady Techsters rattled off a 6-0 run to cut the lead to just five with 6:33 to play. With a crowd of 6,612 cheering on the home team, freshman Alexis Hornbuckle answered Tech's challenge when she connected on a short jumper and was fouled, hitting the free throw and extending the margin back to eight points. Tech would get no closer the rest of the way as Tennessee held on for the 11-point triumph. Individually, the Lady Vols were paced by Hornbuckle, who totaled a career-high 17 points and five steals, and Shanna Zolman, who tallied 15 points and five boards. Additionally, three players just missed out on double-figure point totals, as Shyra Ely, Brittany Jackson and Sidney Spencer all scored nine points apiece.

DID YOU KNOW?

The Lady Vols have narrowly outscored the Lady Techsters 70.2 to 68.6 in their 37-game series......Despite the historical parity evidenced by a slim 20-17 series lead, Tennessee obliterated the Lady Techsters with stifling defense, 60-35, in Ruston, La., on Dec. 4, 2002...The 35 points scored by La Tech's was their lowest total ever and the 25-point margin of defeat was its worst setback in Thomas Assembly Center...

BEEN ON OUR DANCE CARD

Tennessee and Louisiana Tech are not NCAA postseason strangers. The Lady Vols and the Lady Techsters have been attending the Final Four on a pretty regular basis since 1982. In fact, there have been just five Final Fours all-time not attended by UT or La Tech - 1985, 1992, 1993, 2001 and 2006. Tennessee and Tech have attended six Big Dances together - 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1998. In fact, the Lady Vols celebrated their first NCAA Championship in 1987 with a 67-44 victory over the Lady Techsters and its most recent NCAA title in 1998 with a 93-75 win over the Techsters.

WE ENJOYED THE 90s AND NOW THE 00s

It's hard to believe that the Tennessee versus Louisiana Tech series has spanned into four decades -- the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. If you ask the Lady Vols which decade they've enjoyed the most it would be the 90's where Tennessee finally found a little winning dominance over the Techsters with a 10-4 record after suffering through the 80's (4-11) and the 70's (1-2). UT's 21st century record stands at 6-0 as the Lady Vols now lead the series, 21-17.

GET STREAKY WITH ME

During the 1999-2000 season, Louisiana Tech broke UT's 40-game home court winning streak that started right after UConn broke the Lady Vols' NCAA leading 69-game winning streak on Jan. 6, 1996. In the Nov. 30, 1998 meeting in Ruston, Tech had won 52-consecutive games dating back to 1995 when UT was the second-to-the-last team to beat the Lady Techsters in the Thomas Assembly Center. The Lady Vols preserved their 69-game streak by snapping Tech's 52-game streak with a 92-73 win.

TECH HAD TO GET BY UT FOR ITS TWO NCAA TITLES

Louisiana Tech has been crowned NCAA Champions twice since 1982. On both occasions, the Lady Techsters had to get by Tennessee for their two titles. In 1982, Tech beat the Lady Vols, 69-46, in the semifinals in Norfolk, Va. In 1988, the defending NCAA Champion Lady Vols were defeated by Tech, 68-59, in the semifinals in Tacoma, Wash. In 1994, Tech knocked the Lady Vols off in the semifinals of the Mideast Regionals, 71-68. The Lady Techsters would have won the NCAA title that year but a buzzer-beater trey by North Carolina's Charlotte Smith upset them, 60-59.

CAN THIS TEAM DEFEND THE 3?

Coach Pat Summitt has not been pleased with the Lady Vols' commitment to defending the three-pointer. On the season, UT's opponents have connected on 7.4 treys per game and are shooting at a 43 percent clip of their attempts. Chattanooga recorded a school record 31 attempts from three-point land versus the Lady Vols. MTSU registered 13-26 (50%) from three-point land.

LADY VOL BITS & PIECES FROM THE MTSU GAME

Tennessee made 10 three-pointers, tying for the 10th most in program history...All 11 Lady Vols saw playing time... Candace Parker...Scored in double-figures for the fifth time this season and the 19th game in a row dating back to last season and moved into fourth place in career field goal percentage (.462) with her 7-of-9 shooting... Alexis Hornbuckle... Extended her streak of games with a steal to 41 and now has at least one steal in 62 of 69 career games. She moved into a tie for 21st place in the Lady Vol record books with 174 career thefts...Sidney Spencer-Scored in double figures for the fifth time this season, the sixth time in a row dating back to the North Carolina game on March 28, 2006. The streak of six consecutive double-digit scoring outings is the longest of her career. She also made four three-pointers, the most by a Lady Vol this season...Alex Fuller-The first of four Lady Vols to reach double-digits in the game. Her 12 points are a career-high and her two three-pointers tied a career-high...Nicky Anosike-Had a season-high 13 points, marking her 15th career game with a double-digit output. She moved into a tie for 13th place for career blocks (88)...Nicci Moats-Scored her first points as a Lady Vol.

NEW SCHOOL RECORD Sophomore Candace Parker broke Michelle Snow's school record for most dunks in a career in the game with #11 Stanford on Nov. 24. Parker's one-handed slam with 10:55 left in the first half was the fourth of Parker's career and the second of the season. Snow registered three dunks (1998-2002) during her career.

A TALE OF TWO HALVES

After opening games shooting at .613 (UTC), .531 (UCLA), .516 (Arizona St.) - UT had its first stinker in the opening 20 minutes making just 13-31 field goals for a season-low .419 shooting percentage in the first half against Stanford ...UT responded with .609 accuracy in the second half (14-23) for the best second half field goal performance of the season...

UT-STANFORD WRAP-UP

The 77 points were the fewest scored by the Lady Vols this season...All Lady Vols who played scored...UT missed only one free throw, shooting at a 94.7 percent clip... Individually, Candace Parker... Sank her first three-point attempt of the season, recorded her second dunk of the season, her first career dunk against a ranked opponent, Was the first of two Lady Vols to reach double-figures, Eclipsed the 20-point plateau for the third straight game and the 13th time in her career, Surpassed 700 points for her career, Recorded five blocks, tying for the 10th-most in a single game by a Lady Vol (She now has 93 for her career, moving past Tiffani Johnson (89) and Cindy Noble (91) into 10th place in the Lady Vol record books); Alexis Hornbuckle...Extended her streak of games with a steal to 40. She has made at least one steal in 61 of 68 career game; Sidney Spencer... Scored in double figures for the fourth time this season, the 31st time in her career.

UT LEADS PAC-10 AT 3-0

The Tennessee Lady Vols have finished their Pac-10 slate with a 3-0 record against three ranked teams in consecutive games. During the stretch of wins over #20/21 UCLA, at #11 Arizona State and #11 Stanford in the last week, UT averaged 81.0 ppg and gave up 64.7 ppg for a 16.3 scoring margin. The Lady Vols shot .528 from the field, .455 from three point land and .760 from the line. UT forced the opposition in an average of 23.0 turnovers per game while coming up with 14.0 steals per contest. Individually, Candace Parker tossed in 24.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg and registered two dunks.

FIFTY IS NIFTY

With the victory over Stanford, Tennessee has now claimed 52 victories all-time against teams from the Pac-10. Outside of the Southeastern Conference (365 wins), the Lady Vols have recorded 77 wins over teams from the ACC and 66 victories over BIG EAST Conference schools. The Pac-10 ranks as the fourth most defeated conference by Tennessee.

FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON: STATE LOVE & PAC-10 EAST

In the first month of the 2006-07 season, the Lady Vols have eight foes scheduled. Three teams hail from the state of Tennessee as the Lady Vols will face Chattanooga (a 102-72 win), Middle Tennessee (an 88-64 win) and Coach Pat Summitt's alma mater, UT-Martin (Dec. 5). UT will seem like a member of the Pac-10, eastern division, as the Lady Vols face three ranked Pac-10 schools in consecutive games: #20/21 UCLA (an 83-60 win), at #11 Arizona State (an 83-74 win ) and #11 Stanford (a 77-60 win). Trips to long-standing rival Louisiana Tech (Nov. 28) and #2-ranked North Carolina (Dec. 3) round out the first month of the season.

Candace Parker EARNS SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR

Tennessee Lady Vol sophomore basketball standout Candace Parker was named the SEC Player of the Week (Nov. 13-19) for her performances in wins over #20/21 UCLA (83-60) and at #11 Arizona State (83-74). Last season, Parker received the league's Freshman of the Week honor on four occasions, and the Player of the Week award once during her rookie campaign. In two games, Parker averaged 23.5 points and eight rebounds along with four steals and a pair of blocks. In the game against Arizona State, the Naperville, Ill., native picked up her 11th career double-double and first of the season with 25 points and 10 rebounds. She shot 10-of-15 from the field against UCLA and stayed perfect from the line (2-of-2) for 22 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block to earn Philips Player of the Game accolades. The scoring occurrences marked the 35th and 36th double figure games in her 39-game career. The match-ups were also the 10th and 11th game with 20 or more points.

LADY VOL SPOILERS

The Lady Vols have enjoyed the role of spoiler snapping long-standing winning streaks on a number of opponent's home floors over the years. Last Sunday, Tennessee halted Arizona State's 26-game winning streak at Wells Fargo Arena with an 83-74 win. Last season, Stanford had amassed a 23-game winning streak at Maples Pavilion before the Lady Vols grabbed a 74-67 win on Dec. 4, 2005.

FREE THROW WOES

Good thing that the Lady Vols exploded to as much as a 24-point lead against Arizona State. Had Tennessee been forced to rely on relief from the charity stripe down the stretch, it would have been a bad outcome. UT made only 12-21 free throws against the Sun Devils for just 57.1 percent. Candace Parker missed four (7-11), Shannon Bobbitt missed the front end of two 1+1 situations (0-2) and Alex Fuller, uncharacteristically, missed both of her bonus tosses (0-2).

UCLA WAS 370TH WIN VS. RANKED

Tennessee's victory over UCLA improved its record 2-0 on the season and gave the Lady Vols their 370th all-time win over a ranked foe. The Big Orange is 370-145 in games against Top-25 ranked opposition. At halftime, Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt challenged her team to get off to a quick start in the second half and hunker down on defense. Challenge answered. Tennessee opened the second half with a 10-0 run and UCLA did not score a field goal until 3:55 into the second stanza. Individually: Alexis Hornbuckle...Extended her streak of games with at least one steal to 38 straight contests; Sidney Spencer...The first of three Lady Vols to reach double-figures -- it was the 29th double-digit game of her career; Candace Parker...Scored in double-figures for the 35th time in her 38-game career -- it was her 11th career contest of 20 or more points. No dunks against the Bruins. However, her repertoire of shots was simply amazing; Nicky Anosike...Surpassed the 500-point plateau for her career -- she now has 503 career points and Alex Fuller...Scored a career-high 10.

NEW UNIFORM PATCH

This year, University of Tennessee student-athletes who achieve a 3.0 GPA or better in the classroom have a "VS" patch on their uniform. The "VS" stands for Vol Scholar. Every Lady Vol basketball player (except for the newcomers -- rookies Cait McMahan and Nicci Moats and junior college transfers Alberta Auguste and Shannon Bobbitt) are proudly displaying the patch on their uniform jerseys this season.

THREE 100 POINT GAMES

In the two preseason exhibition tilts and in the first game of the season, the Tennessee Lady Vols registered at least 100 points in all three contests. It marks the first time in program history that a Lady Vol team had tallied triple digits in back-to-back-to-back contests. UT dropped in 102 points against Chattanooga in the season opener and recorded games of 104 points versus Carson-Newman and 101 points against the Houston Jaguars in a pair of exhibition match-ups.

"SOMETHING SPECIAL"

In her first handful of games in a Lady Vol uniform, 5'2" junior point guard Shannon Bobbitt has quickly become a crowd favorite. The diminutive Bobbitt is so quick with the ball, she has left defenders shaking their heads more than once. Hailing from Manhattan, N.Y., Bobbitt earned her hoops rep on some of the toughest courts in the city. The guys at the famed hoops mecca, Rucker Park, nicknamed her "something special." After watching some of her moves in the first two games, a more accurate nickname might be "the ankle breaker."

CANDACE JAMS

Lady Vol sophomore All-American Candace Parker gave Lady Vols fans the dunk they had been waiting to see at Thompson-Boling Arena. On Nov. 12, 2006, with UT leading Chattanooga, 75-43, Parker stole the ball from the Lady Mocs' Brooke Hand near the sideline. The 6-4 forward took off for the other end of the court and slammed the rock in with her right hand with 16:02 left in the game as cheers shook the Arena. The rangy soph brought the crowd to their collective feet in Thompson-Boling Arena again recording her first dunk against a ranked opponent throwing one down at the 10:55 mark in the first half against #11 Stanford on Nov. 24. Parker elected to finger roll a couple of shots last year but never dunked at home. She finally dunked twice as a rookie in the NCAA First Round game versus Army last season. Prior to Parker's dunking exploits, Michelle Snow dunked three times as a Lady Vol. Unfortunately, the dunks occurred on the road at Maui, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. In Snow's final game at Thompson-Boling Arena, she went in to dunk against Notre Dame in the waning seconds of UT's NCAA Second Round victory over the Irish, but she was fouled instead and the dunk never went down. Parker's dunk against #11 Stanford passed Snow for the Lady Vol records for "dunks in a career" with four.

FIRST GAME IMPRESSIONS

The 102-72 win over Chattanooga improves Tennessee to 68-3 in 100-point games...Tennessee made its first six shots of the game from the field and its first 11 free throws...In the first half, the Lady Vols shot a sizzling 60 percent from beyond the arc, connecting on six of 10 attempts...Every Lady Vols saw playing time in the first half... Chattanooga broke the opponent record for three-pointers in a game with 13...The previous opponent record was 12, by Stanford in Knoxville on Dec. 21, 1992...The Lady Vols reached the century scoring mark when rookie Cait McMahan drove the length of the floor for a lay up with just over five minutes remaining in the game...This was the first 100+ point season-opening game for the Lady Vols since a 112-39 victory over Stetson on Nov. 26, 1989...Shannon Bobbitt was the first of six Lady Vols to reach double-figure scoring...Alex Fuller tied a career high in blocks (2) in the first half and scored a career-high nine points...Cait McMahan's first bucket in a Lady Vol uniform came when she snuck around the defense for her first career lay-up...Alexis Hornbuckle extended her streak of games to 37 with at least one steal and she shattered her own career-best mark with seven steals against UTC...Candace Parker scored in double-figures for the 15th consecutive game dating back to last season and dunked for the first time at home in her 37-game career -- It was the first recorded dunk by a woman in a game in Thompson-Boling Arena history.

EXHIBIONISTS I TELL YOU

In two 2006-07 preseason exhibition tilts against Carson-Newman and the Houston Jaguars, the Lady Vols averaged 102.5 ppg while giving up 50.0 ppg. UT connected on 49.7 percent from the field and cashed in on 70.2 percent from the line. UT's defense forced 35.5 turnovers per game and came away with 22.0 steals per outing.

SIX IN DOUBLE-FIGS

Another interesting stat from the exhibition contests found six Lady Vols registering double-digits. Leader of the pack was sophomore forward Alex Fuller who tossed in 15.5 ppg while also grabbing a team leading 11.5 rpg. Fuller was followed in the scoring parade by senior Dominique Redding (15.0 ppg), sophomore Candace Parker (15.0 ppg), junior Alexis Hornbuckle (15.0 ppg), junior Nicky Anosike (12.5 ppg) and senior Sidney Spencer (11.5 ppg). Junior College transfers Shannon Bobbitt and Alberta "Bird" Auguste were impressive in their Lady Vol debut. Bobbitt started at point guard and averaged 9.5 ppg, 6.0 apg and 3.5 spg. Auguste averaged 7.5 ppg, grabbed 5.5 rpg and handed out 4.0 apg.

62 INCHES OF DYNAMITE Lady Vol junior college transfer Shannon Bobbitt is listed at 5'2" and is the shortest player on the roster since Diane Brady donned uniform number 20 for Tennessee during the 1973-75 seasons.

PARKER NAMED TO AP A-A

Lady Vols' Candace Parker was named to yet another preseason All-America team earning the nod from the Associated Press on Nov. 9, 2006. Joining Parker (45 votes) on the team was leading vote getter Courtney Paris of Oklahoma (47 votes out of 50). Also named to the team was North Carolina's Ivory Latta (43), Stanford's Candice Wiggins (35) and Maryland's Crystal Langhorne (28). Parker, the 2006 SEC rookie of the year, is returning for her second season at Tennessee after winning a bronze medal with the U.S. national team at the world championships in Brazil.

WOODEN AWARD NOMINEES

Tennessee Lady Vols Candace Parker and Alexis Hornbuckle were named to the list of 30 preseason candidates for the 2006-07 John R. Wooden Women's Award. Defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Maryland and No. 2-ranked North Carolina placed three athletes each on the list, while Duke, Rutgers and Tennessee each added two players. The 30 candidates are comprised of the top returning players. The award, which is voted on by sports writers and broadcasters, is entering its fourth year.

PARKER UP FOR THE WADE

Lady Vol basketball star Candace Parker has been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year for the 2006-2007 season. The list is comprised of 25 student-athletes who are members of an NCAA Division I institution and are selected based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability. The national awards committee who selects these candidates is comprised of leading basketball coaches, journalists and basketball administrators.

In 2006, Parker guided the Lady Vols to a 31-5 record, the SEC Tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA Elite Eight during her rookie season. The Naperville, Ill., native led the team in scoring (17.3 ppg), rebounding (8.3 rpg) and blocks (2.4 bpg) and was named a Kodak/WBCA All-American. Parker became the first female to dunk in an NCAA Tournament game and the only woman to dunk twice in the same contest, when she slammed two home against Army in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on March 19, 2006. She was a first team All-SEC selection, the SEC Freshman of the Year and the conference tournament MVP after hitting the game-winning shot to lift Tennessee past LSU, 63-62.

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 269-16 (.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 16 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 16 all-time losses at Thompson-Boling Arena have come at the hands of just nine teams: Florida (2006), LSU (2006), Duke (2004), 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 WIN

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 422-40 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 16 in Thompson-Boling Arena since 1987.

220 OF 233 AT HOME

UT has won 220 of their last 233 games in Thompson-Boling Arena dating back to 2-1-91. UT's 13 losses during this time have been to Florida, LSU, Duke, Louisiana Tech, UConn (four times), Stanford, Texas (three times) and Georgia (OT).

500 GAMES VERSUS 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 372-145 (.703) versus ranked teams. Last year, Tennessee was 13-3 versus ranked teams.

LADY VOL STREAKS

The last time the Lady Vols lost at home was against Florida, 95-93 OT on Feb. 26, 2006 -- since then, UT has won four games at home. The last time UT lost on the road was on Jan. 26, 2006 at Kentucky, since then, UT has won four road games. 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 then, UT has not played on a neutral court.

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.

TWO LADY VOLS TO BE INDUCTED

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announced its ninth group of inductees, the Class of 2007, on Nov. 12, 2006, and former Lady Vol Olympians and All-Americans Bridgette Gordon and Daedra Charles-Furlow were named as two of the six members to be inducted. Joining Gordon and Charles-Furlow are players Andrea Lloyd Curry (University of Texas) and Pam Kelly Flowers (Louisiana Tech); coach Andy Landers (University of Georgia) and sportswriter Mel Greenberg (Philadelphia Inquirer). DAEDRA CHARLES-FURLOW - The Tennessee great was a two-time National Champion (1989, 1991), two-time Kodak All-American and became the first player from the Southeastern Conference to win the Wade Trophy in 1991; Olympic bronze medalist in 1992. BRIDGETTE GORDON - A Tennessee standout helped to lead the Lady Vols to four NCAA Final Four appearances, winning two national championships (1987 and 1989) and earning the Women's Final Four Most Outstanding Player honor in 1989; one of two collegiate members on the gold-medal winning USA Olympic Team in 1988. Charles-Furlow and Gordon join Coach Pat Summitt (1999), Cindy Noble and Patricia Roberts (2000), Holly Warlick (2001) and Cindy Brogdon (2002) as Tennessee Lady Vol members of the WBHOF. The six individuals in the Class of 2007 will be formally inducted as members of the Hall of Fame during a weekend of induction festivities to be held Friday and Saturday, June 8-9, 2007, in Knoxville, Tenn.

OPENING DAY RECORD

Over the last 33 years on opening day, the Lady Vols have won 30 times and lost just three contests. Coach Pat Summitt lost her very first game as a college head coach -- a heartbreaking one-point decision at home to Mercer, 84-83, on Dec. 7, 1974. The next time UT lost an opening game was in Knoxville on Nov. 21, 1981, to Stephen F. Austin, 80-74. Most recently, UT fell in their first contest of the 1999-2000 campaign dropping a 69-64 decision to Louisiana Tech in Thompson-Boling Arena on Nov. 14, 1999. Until the loss to the Lady Techsters, the Lady Vols had won 18 consecutive season openers.

FIRST ACTION FOR "CAITY-MAC"

Lady Vol rookie point guard Cait McMahan saw her first career action in an Orange and White uniform against Chattanooga. "Caity-Mac" entered the game midway through the first half to thunderous cheers from the Tennessee crowd. In her debut, she tossed in four points, grabbed three rebounds and dished two assists. A 5-4 point guard, McMahan missed the first two exhibition games of the season. The feisty freshman had arthroscopic surgery on her right knee on Oct. 20, 2006 by Dr. Greg Mathien, UT team orthopaedist. She was cleared to return to the practice floor on Nov. 6.

FIVE LADY VOL GAMES TO BE VIDEO STREAMED

The 2006-07 University of Tennessee Lady Vol basketball team already has a record 21 regular season games scheduled for television and five home games have been added for video streaming on utladyvols.com. Tennessee fans will have the opportunity to watch Lady Vol games versus Chattanooga (Sun., Nov. 12), Stanford (Fri., Nov. 24), UT-Martin (Tues., Dec. 5), George Washington (Thurs., Dec. 7) and West Virginia (Wed., Dec. 20) via the internet. Listeners will be able to hear Mickey Dearstone's radio play-by-play while watching the live action from Thompson-Boling Arena. The Yahoo! Sports University of Tennessee School Pass costs $4.95 per month and features: UT football, men's and women's basketball, baseball and "Vol Calls" radio broadcasts as well as the Pat Summitt TV Show, the Phillip Fulmer TV Show and the Bruce Pearl TV Show during the season. An additional option is the College Pass subscription, which includes broadcasts for more than 100+ schools, and costs $9.95 per month.