Kelley Cain scored 19 points to lead the UT Lady Vols past Vanderbilt, 69-60, on Monday night.

Pat Summitt's team improves to 21-2 and still has only a single conference defeat.

Tennessee Game Notes: vs. Vanderbilt, February 8, 2010, Game #23 – 21-2, 9-1 SEC

Notes…

Tonight’s starters: junior Angie Bjorklund, sophomores Kelley Cain, Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen, and freshman Kamiko Williams
Four Lady Vols scored in double figures: Cain (19), Bjorklund (10), Brewer (10) and Johnson (10)

Bjorklund finished with 10 points, putting her two from 1,000 for her career; she will become the 34th Lady Vol to eclipse the 1,000 point mark
This game started a week-long stretch of playing the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 teams in the SEC standings
Vanderbilt used a 9-2 run to build a 16-14 lead at the 9:26 mark of the first half and an 8-2 run to take a 28-20 lead at the 4:08 point
Tennessee used an 8-0 run over the last 2:35 to tie the game at 28 at the half
The first half saw six ties and two lead changes
UT’s largest lead of the first half was five (12-7) at 15:58; it’s largest deficit was eight (20-28) at 4:08
Tennessee was tied at the half for the second time this year; in those games, UT is 1-1
Tennessee took its first lead (52-51) of the second half on an Alicia Manning fastbreak layup at the 5:33 mark
The game saw six ties and three lead changes
Tennessee led on the boards, 41-30. It is the 22nd time this season UT has led on the glass
Tennessee outscored Vanderbilt 36-20 in the paint; UT’s bench outscored VU’s bench 20-6
The Lady Vols made a three-pointer for the 396th consecutive game
Tonight’s attendance was 6,005
The Lady Vols are on the road at Ole Miss on Thursday, Feb. 11. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. CT (9 p.m. ET) in Oxford with CSS carrying the action. The game against the Rebels will be Tennessee’s first of three “Pink Zone” games this season.

The win tonight…

Gives the Lady Vols a regular season sweep of Vanderbilt
Gives the Lady Vols a 55-7 all-time mark against Vanderbilt
Gives the Lady Vols a 22-5 record against the Commodores at Vanderbilt
Gives the Lady Vols a 417-66 record all-time against teams from the SEC
Gives the Lady Vols a 283-40 mark in SEC Conference games
Gives the Lady Vols a 194-25 mark against teams ranked 11-25 in the ESPN/USA Today poll
Gives the Lady Vols a 7-2 mark against ranked foes this season
Gives the Lady Vols an 19-2 record in TV games this season
Gives the Lady Vols a 157-35 mark against SEC foes on the road under Summitt
Gives the Lady Vols a 8-2 record on the road this season
Head Coach Pat Summitt’s career record now stands at 1,026-195 (.840) all time

Freshman Taber Spani:

Played for the first time since the Auburn game on Jan. 28

Finished with two points in 12 minutes

Freshman Kamiko Williams:

Made her second career start, finished with four points, one steal and one rebound

Sophomore Alyssia Brewer:

Finished with 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting and grabbed seven boards

Tallied her 17th career double figure scoring game

Sophomore Kelley Cain:

Had UT’s first basket – a layup off a Bjorklund assist at the 19:16 mark

Scored a career high 19 points

Notched her 22nd career double figure scoring effort

Is in eighth place in the UT record books with 119 career blocks; Teresa Geter is seventh with 135

Ties Ashley Robinson for sixth in the UT single season record books with 70 blocks on the season

Sophomore Glory Johnson:

Scored all 10 points and grabbed all eight rebounds in 12 second half minutes

Sophomore Shekinna Stricklen:

Finished with six points, six rebounds and five assists, playing all 40 minutes

Junior Angie Bjorklund:

Scored 10 points, grabbed four rebounds and added two assists

Is two points from 1,000 career points; she will become the 34th Lady Vol with 1,000 career points

Is in third place in the UT annals with 201 career three pointers made; Kara Lawson is second with 256

Is tied for fifth place in the UT single season record books with 71 threes on the year with Shannon Bobbitt; Kara Lawson is fourth with 77

Post-Game Quotes

February 8, 2010

Tennessee Head Coach: Pat Summit
Opening Statement
“Obviously, I’m really proud of our basketball team because we could have lost that game but we didn’t give up and we did step up late in the game. I had a lot of people contribute down the stretch. This Vanderbilt team defensively put a lot of pressure on us and disrupted us at times but I thought that in the last 10 minutes, our composure was where it needed to be. We played the best defense of the night down the stretch. Overall, this was a big win for us.”

On importance of Kelley Cain
“I don’t know of another post player in the women’s game that has the size and skill set that she has. She is rebounding out of area and she is moving better in the paint. She is a lot more mobile and aggressive now that her knee is stronger.”

On closing the 1st half
“It was good to have a little momentum going into halftime, and I thought we had a good halftime session. Overall, it was very positive and it needed to be because we needed to feel good about ourselves coming out of the locker room. ”

On scoring down the stretch
“I thought we played with a lot more freedom offensively. We were pushing the ball hard, we were hitting open players, and we had a lot more people touch the ball. Our post game stepped up big as well as our guard play. Down the stretch, I thought we played with a lot more intensity and freedom. ”

Tennessee Player: Angie Bjorklund
On Kelley Cain’s block that led to the go ahead basket
“Before the game, we really talked about getting our energy up and getting excited. I think there were a couple of plays before that block that got us excited because we were running up and down the court in celebration. It helps us when we stay hyped. ”

On the time it took to make 3’s
“They were very aggressive on our guards. They did a great job of switching out on the screens and they knew our sets pretty well. The guard’s focus tonight was getting the ball inside. ”

Tennessee Player: Kelley Cain
On coming back in the 2nd half
“We have a confidence about ourselves this year and we know that if we get down, we have to take it one play at a time to gradually get ourselves back in the game. We never hung our heads low and we always kept it positive. That’s what got us through this game.”