Knoxville, TN (My Sportsbook) - Pat Summitt made basketball history Thursday night, becoming the first Division I head coach to win 1,000 games, as the 12th-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols beat Georgia, 73-43, before an enthusiastic crowd at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Summitt was denied her first chance at the milestone Monday after Tennessee lost, 80-70, at second-ranked Oklahoma, but three nights later her team was up to the task and beat a squad coached by Andy Landers, who has logged 804 lifetime wins.

The 56-year-old Summitt, in her 35th year coaching the Lady Vols, has piled up the accolades during her career with a staggering 1,000-187 record. She became the first Division I basketball coach - man or woman - to reach the milestone.

Thursday brought another special moment for Summitt on the court that bears her name. as the Lady Vols (17-5, 6-2 SEC) ran out to a 32-24 lead at halftime and then pulled away against Georgia (15-8, 5-3) early in the second half to beat the Lady Bulldogs for the eighth straight time.

Landers has more wins (14) against Summitt than any other coach, but Georgia was no match for the Lady Vols on this special night.

After the game concluded and while conducting a television interview on the court, a couple Lady Vols doused Summitt with a container filled of confetti.

The Lady Vols, who have seven freshmen on their roster, got 20 points and 10 rebounds from Glory Johnson, and 13 points, 10 rebounds and five assists from Alex Fuller. Kelley Cain tallied 12 points, and Angie Bjorklund ended with 11 points and seven assists.

After the game, Summitt received several honors. The first star on the new Knoxville River Walk will be in Summitt's name. She was also presented with some jewelry.

"We may be young and we may be inexperienced, but our goal is to be in St. Louis at the Final Four," said Summitt during a postgame on-court ceremony. "That is something that we talk about. I think if you have a vision, you have to talk about a vision. Tonight we'll talk about that vision, and that's where we want to be."

Enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000, Summitt has won eight Division I basketball championships, including the last two years. She's a seven-time NCAA coach of the year and has engineered the Lady Vols to 14 SEC regular season titles and 13 SEC Tournament championships.

In the 1974-75 season, then known as Pat Head, she became a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, and was named head coach of the Lady Vols at just 22 years of age.

It all started on January 10, 1975. That night, there where just 53 spectators to witness her first victory, 69-32 over Middle Tennessee State in UT's Alumni Gym. Since that time no other coach has lived up to Summitt's standards. She has never had a losing season, has had 32 consecutive 20-win campaigns, and over the last decade, she has averaged 31.7 wins and just 4.4 losses per season.

She has compiled the best record ever at the NCAA Tournament at 104-19. That includes an amazing 18 No. 1 seeds and her team has 27 straight appearances in the Sweet 16.

Summitt has also managed to keep her cool throughout all the hoopla with just 16 technical fouls in 1,187 games.

Christy Marshall had 16 points and eight rebounds to pace the Lady Bulldogs, who were hampered by 35.4 percent shooting, including a 6-of-25 clip in the second half.