WOMEN'S ROUNDUP | Top 25
No. 5 Texas Tech 77, Wyoming 26
LUBBOCK, Texas -- LaToya Davis scored 14 points, and fifth-ranked Texas Tech held Wyoming without a basket for the first nine minutes of the second half.. The Lady Raiders (8-0) limited the Cowgirls to 10 points after the break -- two more than the NCAA record for fewest in a half. Jia Perkins scored 12 points, Cisti Greenwalt and Alesha Robertson added 11 apiece, and Chesley Dabbs finished with 10 for Texas Tech. Ashley Elliott scored 12 points for Wyoming (0-4).
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. 20 Oregon 62, Colorado St. 50
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Andrea Bills had 17 points and eight rebounds, and Carolyn Ganes added 16 points for Oregon (6-1). The Ducks played their first game without center Cathrine Kraayeveld, who injured her right knee in practice Tuesday and will probably have season-ending surgery. Kraayeveld is Oregon's leading scorer at 17.2 points a game. Melissa Dennett had 14 points and eight rebounds to lead the Rams (3-3). Lindsay Thomas had eight points and 14 rebounds, but was 2-of-10 from the field as the Rams shot just 29 percent. Joy Jenkins hit a 3-pointer to give Colorado State a 46-45 lead with 6:14 remaining. But Oregon went on an 8-0 run and finished by scoring 17 of the game's final 21 points. The Ducks shot 36.2 percent and outrebounded the Rams 46-41.
No. 21 TCU 67, Arkansas 62
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Amy Pack's 3-pointer in overtime gave TCU the lead and Tracy Wynn hit four free throws in the final 22 seconds. Pack's shot with 4:32 remaining broke a 55-55 tie, and Wynn scored six points in overtime for TCU (5-0). Arkansas (4-2) forced the overtime when Rochelle Vaughn hit a free throw to tie the score 53-53. Ebony Shaw led TCU with 20 points and 11 rebounds and Adrienne Ross added 13 points. Shameka Christon led Arkansas with 28 points and 10 rebounds, and Ruby Vaden had 16 points and 14 rebounds.
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.
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