WOMEN'S ROUNDUP | Top 25

No. 5 Texas Tech 77, Wyoming 26
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech coach Marsha Sharp has stressed balance this season, and the Lady Raiders responded against Wyoming. LaToya Davis scored 14 points and five Texas Tech players scored in double figures as the Raiders won their eighth straight game. Texas Tech matched a school record for fewest points allowed, shot 52 percent from the field and got 50 points from its reserves. "That's the kind of balance we're working for," Sharp said. "I was really proud of the way players came off the bench and contributed." Tech (8-0) held Wyoming (0-4) without a field goal for the first nine minutes of the second half, and limited the Cowgirls to 10 points in the second period, two more than the NCAA record for fewest points in a half. It was the fewest points allowed by Tech since an 84-26 win over McMurry in 1978. Jia Perkins scored 12 points and moved past Sheryl Swoopes into fourth place on the school's career scoring list with 1,649 points. "I think that says something about just how important Jia has been to this program," Sharp said. Cisti Greenwalt and Alesha Robertson added 11 points for Tech, and Chesley Dabbs finished with 10. "I was just trying to come in and give us a spark off the bench," said Dabbs, who shot 5-of-5 from the field. "I just tried to shoot it like I shoot it in practice, and they were going in." Texas Tech scored the first nine points of the second half, turning a 33-16 halftime lead into a 42-16 advantage. The Lady Raiders completed the lopsided victory by scoring the final 18 points. Two free throws by Perkins gave Tech a 30-9 lead with 2:45 left in the opening half. Perkins' points capped a 10-2 run. Ashley Elliott scored 12 points to lead Wyoming, which went 6-for-23 in the first half and committed 10 turnovers. "We're a young team and we're still trying to learn to compete in some situations," said Wyoming head coach Joe Legerski. "No doubt, this was a difficult situation for us." The Cowgirls never recovered from their slow start. "What we need to do is step up and make a couple of shots early," Legerski said. "We started poorly and shot poorly, and from there it got difficult because we began to take shots that were not in the offense. The score started jumping by tens because of their pressure and pace."
No. 11 Georgia 72, North Carolina St. 58
ATHENS, Ga. -- Kara Braxton scored 17 points, and Christi Thomas shook off her early shooting woes to add 14 for Georgia. Thomas missed her first eight shots before making five of her last six. Sherill Baker also had 14 points, and Alexis Kendrick added 11 for the Lady Bulldogs (5-1). Marquetta Dickens scored 11 points and Kaayla Chones 10 for North Carolina State (3-3).
No. 12 Kansas State 94, Saint Louis 54
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Megan Mahoney had 12 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds, and Kendra Wecker added 18 points to lead Kansas State past Saint Louis in the championship game of the Wildcat Classic. Mahoney scored all her points in the second half to become the second Kansas State player to have a triple-double. Kansas State (5-2) shot 64 percent from the floor in the first half and put the game out of reach early.
No. 25 Michigan St. 55, Kent St. 48
KENT -- Victoria Lucas-Perry scored 13 points and Rene Haynes and Julie Pagel hit key 3-pointers down the stretch. Haynes hit a 3-pointer with 7:22 left to give the Spartans (5-1) a 47-43 lead. After a layup by Andrea Csaszar of Kent State (2-2) cut the lead to one, Pagel hit a 3-pointer with 4:17 left to push the lead to 50-46 and start a 8-2 run to finish the game. Michigan State jumped to a 13-3 lead before Heather Harris hit the first of five 3-pointers to start a 14-2 run that gave the Golden Flashes a 17-15 lead. Harris hit two foul shots to give Kent State its biggest lead 32-29 with 15:41 left. Pagel, who finished with six points, scored on a 3-point play with 12 minutes left to give Michigan State the lead for good, 37-34. Lucas-Perry hit 4-of-10 shots, including 3-of-9 3-pointers as the Spartans hit 33 percent of its shots to 30 percent for Kent State. Harris was 6-of-11 from the field and hit 5-of-6 3-pointers. Csaszar scored 13 points.
-- Associated Press