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The word “wow” got a good workout Thursday night. It was the first word out of Pat Summitt’s mouth in response to her 1,000th career coaching victory at Tennessee. It also applied to virtually every aspect of the Lady Vols’ play in a resounding 73-43 SEC women’s basketball victory over Georgia before a joyous crowd of 16,058 at Thompson-Boling Arena. “We’re really excited we played a 40-minute game,’’ senior forward Alex Fuller said. “We played the entire game, instead of a half or 30 (minutes).” Four Lady Vols scored in double figures. Glory Johnson and Fuller led the way with...

CLEVELAND — After a night of hard-nosed, — blue-collar work, Tuesday officially went down in Tennessee women’s basketball history as a banner day. In the days leading up to a 59-46 victory over Rutgers at Quicken Loans Arena, various Lady Vols struggled to explain what winning a national championship would mean. They were very familiar with the effort involved, however, parlaying a gritty defense and dominant rebounding into the salvation for suspect scoring. Candace Parker led three double scorers with 17 points, hitting four consecutive free throws inside the final two minutes as Tennessee (34-3) pulled away down the stretch...

NORFOLK, Va. -- Tennessee's Candace Parker became the fourth woman to dunk in a college game -- and the first do it twice -- when the Lady Vols played Army in the first round of the NCAA tournament Sunday. The first came when the 6-foot-4 redshirt freshman took an outlet pass from Sidney Spencer and jammed one-handed on a breakaway 6:12 into the game. With the large contingent of Tennessee fans roaring even before the attempt, Parker threw it down as Army's Margaree King looked on helplessly. Later, with 14:18 to go in the second half, she was in the...

Pat gets 900th win By TERESA M. WALKER, AP Sports Writer January 19, 2006 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt didn't have to wait long to get her 900th career victory. Shanna Zolman led five Lady Vols in double figures with 16 points, and top-ranked Tennessee rallied from its biggest deficit this season in beating No. 19 Vanderbilt 80-68 Thursday night, giving Summitt her 900th win in her first shot at the milestone. Tennessee (18-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) had never gone through a first half without leading at least once until this game, and the Lady Vols...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Pat Summitt stands alone at the top of NCAA basketball. The Tennessee coach broke Dean Smith's career victory record Tuesday night, getting No. 880 in the Lady Vols' 75-54 win over Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Summitt tied Smith at 879 with an easy win over Western Carolina in the first round Sunday night and passed the former North Carolina men's coach with another convincing victory. Summitt improved to 880-171, while Smith was 879-254 when he retired in 1997 after 36 years with the Tar Heels. Top-seeded Tennessee (28-4), seeking its seventh...