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Fast Break

Basketball

Lady Vols win; Bjorklund returns

Glory Johnson tied a career high with 19 points and No. 9 Tennessee also got 16 points from freshman Shekinna Stricklen and 12 from freshman Kelley Cain in an 88-67 women’s basketball victory over DePaul on Sunday at Knoxville, Tenn.

The game marked the season debut for Lady Vols sophomore Angie Bjorklund (University High School), last season’s Southeastern Conference freshman of the year. She missed the first five games with a back injury. Bjorklund was 1 for 5 from the field and scored five points.

Tennessee coach Pat Summitt was worried about how her young team would respond, but didn’t have to fret for long — Tennessee jumped out to a 13-0 lead on her way to career victory No. 988.

“I was a little concerned going into this game how we would come out and play from a defensive standpoint,” Summitt said. “I was pleased.”

Tennessee plays at Gonzaga on Dec. 30.

Volleyball

Huskies draw Portland State

The University of Washington will host first- and second-round NCAA volleyball tournament games Friday and Saturday.

The fifth-ranked Huskies will play Big Sky Conference champion Portland State at 2 p.m. Friday, followed by Santa Clara against Kansas State. The winners play Saturday at 2 p.m.

The Huskies will host a regional the following weekend.

Portland State defeated Eastern Washington 3 games to 1 on Saturday to win the Big Sky conference tournament. The Eagles did not make the NCAA field.

This will be Washington’s 12th NCAA tournament appearance and its seventh straight. The Huskies, who finished second in the Pac-10 this season, won the national championship in 2005.

NFL

Sunday’s results

Miami 16, St. Louis 12
Carolina 35, Green Bay 31
N.Y. Giants 23, Washington 7
San Francisco 10, Buffalo 3
Baltimore 34, Cincinnati 3
Indianapolis 10, Cleveland 6
Tampa Bay 23, New Orleans 20
Atlanta 22, San Diego 16
Denver 34, N.Y. Jets 17
Kansas City 20, Oakland 13
Pittsburgh 33, New England 10
Minnesota 34, Chicago 14

Today’s game

Jacksonville at Houston,

5:30 p.m. TV: ESPN
Associated Press NFL Rewind, C4