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Colonials Exit NCAA Tourney With 66-53 Loss To Lady Vols

Simmonds leads George Washington With 14 points.

March 21, 2006

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Candace Parker showed she doesn't have to dunk to be dazzling, and Tennessee is heading to the regional semifinals for the 25th straight year.

Shanna Zolman scored 19 points and Parker had 15, and the No. 6 Lady Vols started fast and led throughout in a 66-53 victory over George Washington on Tuesday night.

Tennessee advanced to the semifinals of the Cleveland Regional against Rutgers or TCU.

The Lady Vols (30-4) also reached 30 victories for the 16th time in Pat Summitt's 32 years as coach, and looked like contenders for a seventh national championship.

Parker never attempted a dunk like the two she pulled off in her history-making first round game against Army, but still showed enough razzle-dazzle to get the crowd roaring.

The loudest cheers came when she took an alley-oop pass from Zolman and banked in a layup, and when she sliced to - and under - the basket for a nifty reverse layup.

George Washington (23-9) trailed by double digits almost the whole way after the Lady Vols' opened with a 16-2 burst. After 11 minutes, Zolman had 11 points and Parker had 10, both exceeding the Colonials' total, and Tennessee was up 25-8.

George Washington missed its first nine shots, but used an 11-3 run to begin the second half to get within 43-34 with 13:50 to go. But Zolman and Sidney Spencer hit back-to-back 3-pointers, sparking a 13-0 run that put the Colonials back in a hole.

Jessica Simmonds led the Colonials with 14 points and Jessica Adair had 13 points and 11 rebounds. The Colonials shot just 30 percent and were outrebounded 53-37.

 

 

George Washington never got closer than 10 in the last 13 minutes, even when Parker went to the bench with four fouls and 7:48 to play. The Colonials lost to the Lady Vols for the second time this season, the first by 59-43 in Washington on Dec. 7.

Spencer added 12 points and Nicky Anosike had nine and 12 rebounds.