[Lady Vols News]

The #5/4-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols (2-0) play on the road for the first time in the 2006-07 season and travel to #11-ranked Arizona State (4-0) for a high noon (MT) showdown Sun., Nov. 19 on FSN. This contest marks the second of three consecutive games for the Lady Vols versus ranked Pac-10 foes.

Eleventh-ranked Arizona State is off to a fast 4-0 start to the season after recording four wins over a six day span. Not only has ASU won its last 13 regular season games dating back to the 2005-06 season, the Sun Devils are riding a 26-game home court winning streak at the Wells Fargo Arena on the Tempe campus. The #5/4-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols better mind their P's and Q's when facing the Sun Devils on Sun., Nov. 19. Since 2004-05, the Sun Devils are 21-3 in their pre-conference regular season games. They have defeated five ranked teams in that span, including No. 11 Georgia and No. 8 UConn in 2004, No. 17 Vanderbilt and No. 18 New Mexico in 2005 and No. 18 New Mexico in 2006. ASU's only losses during that stretch came at No. 3 LSU in 2004 (54-65), at New Mexico in 2004 (45-61) and vs. No. 8 North Carolina in the 2005 Caribbean Classic in Cancun (72-79) last November.

LADY VOLS TAKE ON ARIZONA STATE IN THE DESERT

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Lady Vols knock off AZ State.

PARKER'S DOUBLE-DOUBLE LEADS LADY VOLS PAST ARIZONA STATE 83-74

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - No. 5 Tennessee needed its pressure defense to spark a couple of key runs to snap Arizona States 26-game home win streak.

Candace Parker scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Sunday to lead the Volunteers past the 11th-ranked Sun Devils 83-74.

The Volunteers (3-0) used a 15-3 run midway through the second half to break open a 52-48 game.

"(Coach Pat Summitt) made it a point to say we needed to go on a run because this team was going to fight until the end," Volunteer point guard Alexis Hornbuckle said. "And we took it upon ourselves to take pride in our defense and after that the offense just flowed. I think this team starts with defense."