KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Alexa Middleton scored a career-high 21 points as No. 13 Tennessee capitalized on sizzling 3-point shooting Sunday to beat Navy 85-55 and win a home opener for the 17th consecutive season.Tennessee (2-0) hasnt lost a home opener since a 69-64 decision against Louisiana Tech in 1999.The Lady Volunteers shot 12 of 14 from 3-point range, with Middleton going 6 of 7. After connecting on just 25.4 percent of its 3-pointers last season, Tennessee has made 56.4 percent (22 of 39) of its 3-point attempts this season.Mercedes Russell had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Tennessee. Jordan Reynolds had 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Diamond DeShields added 14 points.Ashanti Kennedy scored 16 points and Taylor Dunham added 14 for Navy (0-2).This game was a mismatch in terms of height.Navys tallest player was 6-foot freshman forward Laurel Jaunich, and its other four starters were 5-8 or shorter. Tennessees starting lineup included four players taller than 6 feet, including the 6-6 Russell.Navy briefly led early in the second quarter and only trailed 43-35 at the half. Tennessee gradually put the game out of reach by consistently connecting from 3-point range while Navy cooled off.The Lady Vols were 8 of 9 from 3-point range in the second half. After shooting 5 of 11 from 3-point range in the first half, Navy was 1 of 9 the rest of the way.THE TAKEAWAYNavy: Two games into the season, its already apparent just how heavily Navy will have to rely on outside shooting to compensate for its lack of height. Tennessee outrebounded Navy 47-29. Through its first two games, Navy has been outrebounded 94-51 and has shot 19 of 46 from 3-point range.Tennessee: Middleton has shown remarkable scoring punch in the first two games of the season after averaging just 3 points per game last season and 3.8 points per game in 2014-15. The 5-9 junior had 18 points off the bench in a season-opening victory at James Madison and followed that up with an even more productive performance Sunday. Middleton is 10 of 11 from 3-point range thus far.UP NEXTNavy hosts Hofstra on Friday.Tennessee is at East Tennessee State on Tuesday. Nmd Schuhe Sale Deutschland . Robinson finished with 17 points, all but two in the second half, and Lawson had 14 after halftime and finished with a game-high 11 assists as the Nuggets handed Dallas its first home loss in eight games this season. J.J. Hickson led Denver with 22, and Kenneth Faried added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Adidas Gazelle Damen Günstig . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. 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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The ever-changing New England defense, still searching for answers, hopes to build on last weeks effort when the Patriots visit the New York Jets this Sunday.The Patriots sacked San Franciscos Colin Kaepernick five times -- all in the first half -- in a 30-17 win over the 49ers after getting 16 sacks in the previous nine games.Thats what weve been trying to do all year is get after the quarterback, continue to put pressure on him to make bad decisions, defensive lineman Trey Flowers, who leads the team with four sacks, said Wednesday. Last week it was definitely a step forward in the right direction.Since the end of last season, New England has sported a defense in transition. It started in the offseason when the Patriots dealt sacks leader Chandler Jones to Arizona. Then, Rob Ninkovich, second in sacks in 2015, was suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the leagues drug policy.During the season, Jamie Collins, weeks after winning AFC defensive player of the week honors, was exiled to Cleveland. Last week, Jabaal Sheard, who started the first eight games and had 3+ sacks, second on the team, was left off the traveling squad and was at the Celtics game Friday night while his team was on the West Coast.Then, this week, a report surfaced that Alan Branch, seventh on the team in tackles, was about to be hit with a four-game drug suspension -- and that he was appealing. He was still at practice this week.The Patriots 21 sacks are 10 off the league lead, and they have forced just seven turnovers on defense, none in the last three games, four of them in the second game of the season against Miami.The constant changes led to Kyle Van Noy making his Patriots debut last week, almost a month after he was acquired from Detroit -- and he had a sack, matching his two plus-season total with the Lions.I was happy to play, happy to contribute, Vann Noy said Wednesday.ddddddddddddellow linebacker Shea McLellin,a free agent signing in the spring, made his first start with the team. And rookie linebacker Elandon Roberts, a sixth-round draft pick, is getting all kinds of playing time and has 26 tackles.The secondary has been torched too often. The Patriots have five interceptions on the season, two by the departed Collins.On his regular Tuesday conference call, defensive coordinator Matt Patricia bristled at a question concerning frustration over Collins and Sheard, and looking for answers this late in a season.Its getting toward Thanksgiving, he said. Were going to try to play our best football here moving forward with whoever is out there and try to get better no matter what. I certainly, me as a coach, Ill answer that one, always look at myself first, and Ill always try to make sure Im doing everything I can to help our team prepare to win, and do the best job I can week in and week out, which is what I really try to do.From that standpoint, those guys know that. Were always trying to do whatever it takes to help the team win.Game notes tom Brady skipped practice, not an unusual occurrence for the 39-year-old quarterback who was listed on the injury report as not participating (knee). Star TE Rob Gronkowski (chest) did practice. ... Patriots coach Bill Belichick, asked about the struggling Darrelle Revis, his former cornerback, said Wednesday, You just go back to our game (last year) -- really, he had a big interception against us down there. I would never underestimate that player. Hes got good skills, hes a good competitor. I would never underestimate him. ... TE Rob Gronkowski (chest) practiced Wednesday.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '