TOP 25 ROUNDUP | Women's basketball
No. 8 Penn St. 82, Maryland 65
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Kelly Mazzante scored 33 points and Penn State pulled away in the second half. The Nittany Lions (4-1) never trailed and finished with a 37-19 rebounding edge. The Nittany Lions got eight points from Tanisha Wright in a 16-2 run that made it 51-35. Mazzante went 5-for-10 from 3-point range and 13-for-22 from the field. Wright scored 13 points and Jessica Brungo had 12 to help the Nittany Lions win their sixth straight against Maryland (4-1). Alli Spence had 22 points, including five 3-pointers, and Shay Doron scored 19 for the Terrapins.
No. 2 Texas 88, Texas St. 27
AUSTIN, Texas -- Stacy Stephens scored 19 points and Texas (7-0) set a school record by allowing only nine second-half points. Tiffany Jackson added 18 points for the Longhorns.
No. 7 Purdue 68, Valparaiso 57
VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Shereka Wright had 18 points and six rebounds and Katie Gearlds added 16 points for Purdue (5-0). Suzie Hammel had 15 points for Valparaiso (2-4).
No. 11 Georgia 65, Houston 52
ATHENS, Ga. -- Kara Braxton had 22 points and 12 rebounds to help Georgia improve to 4-1. Chandi Jones scored 20 points for Houston (5-1), but was 6-of-19 from the field.
No. 13 North Carolina 101,Tenn.-Martin 63
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Candace Sutton scored 19 points and La'Tangela Atkinson had 13 points and 15 rebounds for North Carolina. Nikita Bell added 12 points for the Tar Heels (5-0). Julie Young and Chandra Carey led the Skyhawks (1-2) with 11 points apiece.
No. 16 Oklahoma 85, SMU 63
DALLAS -- Caton Hill had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Leah Rush added 13 points for Oklahoma (5-0). Kim Walter led the Mustangs (1-3) with 13 points.
No. 17 Colorado 81, Colorado St. 74
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Tera Bjorklund scored 28 points and Kate Fagan had 16 for Colorado (6-1). Joy Jenkins and Lindsay Thomas had 17 points each for Colorado State (3-2).
No. 23 Virginia Tech 79,Old Dominion 72
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Dawn Chriss had a career-high 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Virginia Tech. Ieva Kublina also scored 21 points and had eight rebounds for Virginia Tech (5-0), and Erin Gibson added 20 points and nine rebounds. Shareese Grant led Old Dominion (3-3) with 21 points.
-- Associated Press
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