This time, Lady Vols rout Irish

Posted January 05, 2008 10:00 pm

Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Tennessee coach Pat Summitt thinks losing to Stanford may have been just what the third-ranked Lady Volunteers needed.

Since then, the Lady Vols have put together back-to-back complete-game efforts, beating No. 15 DePaul by 34 on Wednesday and No. 14 Notre Dame 87-63 on Saturday.

"I think our loss to Stanford got our attention," Summitt said. "I think our team had been a team that would come out and play hard and play well in spurts. But in terms of consistency and sense of urgency, I did not think we had played that way until DePaul. I thought DePaul we had 40 minutes of intensity. I thought we had the intensity here today."

Angie Bjorklund matched a career high with seven 3-pointers for 21 points, and Candace Parker added 20 points to boost the Lady Vols (12-1). Bjorklund said the Irish left her wide open because they were double- and triple-teaming Parker.

Tennessee improved to 19-0 all time against the Irish (12-2), who had their winning streak stopped at 10 games.

Charel Allen led the Irish with 17 points. Bartlett High School product Lindsay Schrader finish with 7.

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