No. 22 Texas 63, No. 4 Tennessee 62



No. 22 Texas 63, No. 4 Tennessee 62
AUSTIN, Texas -- Freshman Nina Norman hit a 3-pointer with one second remaining. Norman's 3-pointer gave Texas (6-2) a 63-60 lead, but the Longhorns were hit with a technical foul when they ran onto the court in celebration thinking time had expired. Tennessee (8-2) cut it to one when Kara Lawson hit two free throws, but the Lady Vols couldn't get one last shot off on a cross-court inbounds pass as time expired. Heather Schreiber scored 18 points for Texas. Her 3-pointer with one minute remaining tied it at 60. Lawson had 24 points for Tennessee. Norman, who is in the starting lineup because Jamie Carey is out with mononucleosis, grabbed the rebound off a Tennessee miss and ended up with the ball in the final seconds for the last shot.
SMU 71, No. 15 Oklahoma 68
NORMAN, Okla. -- Andrea Cossey made a 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining, leading SMU. The loss snapped Oklahoma's 25-game home winning streak. The Sooners' last loss at home was Jan. 6, 2001 against Iowa State. With 30 seconds left and the Sooners (8-3) trailing 68-66, Dionnah Jackson was fouled as she made a turnaround jumper. She missed the free throw and the game remained tied at 68. The Mustangs (5-3) brought the ball up court and called time. They then worked the ball to Cossey, who caught it on the left wing, squared up and sank the shot. The Sooners had a chance to tie but Laura Andrews missed a 3-pointer as time expired. Cossey scored all 16 of her points in the second half. Shanta Ramdhanny led all scorers with 22 points for SMU. Chelsi Welch had a career-high 18 to lead Oklahoma. Jackson finished with 15. SMU's Kim Walter, the team's second-leading scorer, left in the first half with a dislocated knee.
No. 5 Stanford 69, Boston University 55
BOSTON -- Chelsea Trotter scored 16 points to carry Stanford. The Cardinal (6-1) bounced back from their only loss of the season, a 71-56 defeat at No. 4 Tennessee on Wednesday. The Terriers cut Stanford's lead to 45-36 with 11:48 left, but Stanford responded with a 16-3 run highlighted by 3-pointers from Kelley Suminski and Sebnem Kimyacioglu. Katie Terhune scored 19 points to lead Boston U., and Marisa Moseley added 11 points. T'Nae Thiel added 10 points and 15 rebounds for Stanford. This was the first time in 20 years the Terriers had faced an opponent ranked as high as Stanford.
No. 6 Purdue 70, No. 19 Boston College 54
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Shereka Wright scored a season-high 27 points and Erika Valek added 15 points and nine rebounds to lead Purdue. The Boilermakers (8-1) led by five midway through the second half before a 15-0 run put the game away. Becky Gottstein led Boston College (6-2) with 22 points and Jessalyn Deveny added 13. Amber Jacobs, its second leading scorer at 14.3, was held to two points and missed all nine shots before fouling out. Purdue shot 19-for-31 from the line. Boston College was only 7-for-10.
No. 12 Notre Dame 82,Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne 54
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Courtney LaVere and Alicia Ratay scored 20 points each and Jacqueline Batteast added 16 as Notre Dame dominated inside. Notre Dame (6-1) held IPFW (2-8) to eight points inside. Teresa Borton had three of Notre Dame's eight blocks and added 11 rebounds for Irish, which outrebounded the Mastodons 46-33. The Mastodons (2-8), in their second season in Division I, were led by 17 points from Amy Gearlds, who missed two games with a separated left shoulder. Geneva Murdock had 12 points and Courtney Nicley added 11. The Irish shot 50 percent to 32 percent for the Mastodons.
Alabama 70, No. 24 BYU 59
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Beth Vice scored 15 points and led Alabama's torrid 3-point shooting in the first half. Alabama (8-2) was 7-of-8 from 3-point range in taking a 43-29 halftime lead. Vice, who celebrated her 23rd birthday Saturday, was 3-for-3 from long range in the half. Erin Thorn had 16 points and Julie Sullivan added 15 for BYU (6-3), which, missed all 12 of its 3-pointers in the second half. Alabama scored its final 13 points from the free throw line.
No. 2 LSU 91, Southwest Texas 40
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Temeka Johnson scored all 15 of her points in the first half to lead LSU (9-0). The Tigers scored 61 points in the first half on 69 percent shooting and are off to their best start since 1996-97. Seimone Augustus had 12 points and Ke-Ke Tardy and Patty Hanten each added nine for LSU. Kisha James had six assists and seven points. Alcise Johnson and Julie Brooks each had 10 points for Southwest Texas (1-7). The Bobcats shot 26 percent and turned the ball over 29 times. Southwest Texas was held scoreless for almost the first seven minutes of the second half.
No. 17 Louisiana Tech 67,New Mexico 54
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Trina Frierson scored 17 points and Cheryl Ford grabbed 18 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech. The Lady Techsters trailed 36-33 one minute into the second half, then used a 13-1 run over the next five minutes to take a 46-37 lead. New Mexico (8-3) got no closer than eight points the rest of the way. Jordan Adams led New Mexico with 19 points, while Chelsea Grear scored 16 and had 10 rebounds. The 6-foot-3 Adams hit 9-of-26 shots while working against the Lady Techsters' bigger front line.
No. 25 Wis.-Green Bay 80, Fairfield 52
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Chandra Johnson scored 20 points and Elizabeth Dudley added 16 as Wisconsin-Green Bay celebrated its first national ranking with a rout. Natalie Yudt chipped in 15 points for the Phoenix (8-2). Coach Kevin Borseth substituted freely after his team shot 75 percent from the floor on its way to a 52-21 halftime lead. The Stags (1-7), who have struggled since losing leading scorer Schrene Isidora to a knee injury after three games, never were in it after the early minutes and lost for the sixth straight time. Johnson scored three consecutive baskets to cap a 17-0 run as the Phoenix built a 24-5 lead that quickly erased any concerns or nerves they might have had over playing for the first time as a ranked team. The Phoenix cracked the rankings last week after an 80-75 loss to seventh-ranked Kansas State and a victory over Wichita State to go with impressive wins over TCU, Ohio State, Oregon, Wisconsin and Miami earlier.