WOMEN'S HOOPS Top 25 roundup



No. 18 Ohio St. 67, St. John's 53
COLUMBUS -- Michelle Munoz scored 12 points off the bench to lead Ohio State to a win over St. John's in the Buckeye Classic. Candace Dark added 11 points for Ohio State (6-1), which will face Penn in the championship game Sunday. Penn beat Dayton 90-69 in the other first round game. Ohio State never trailed, opening the game on an 11-3 run in the first four minutes. The Buckeyes led by as many as 17 in the first half, and went into the break with a 31-21 lead. Ohio State shot 53.1 percent from the floor, compared to the Red Storm's 32.8 field goal percentage. Angie Clark scored 15 points and had 12 boards for St. John's (4-5), and Kim Macmillan scored 12 of her 14 points off 3-pointers.
No. 3 Duke 105, Northwestern State 53
BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Alana Beard scored 19 points to lead Duke to victory. Iciss Tillis scored on a layup with three minutes to play to hit the 100-point mark for the Blue Devils (7-1). Beard's driving basket and then steal and assist ignited a string of 22 straight points.
No. 5 Texas 71, No. 10 Georgia 58
AUSTIN, Texas -- Heather Schreiber had 25 points and nine rebounds, and fifth-ranked Texas rode a 20-7 surge in the second half to victory over Georgia. The Longhorns (10-1) won their 25th straight at home.
No. 14 Colorado 69, USC 67
LOS ANGELES -- Tera Bjorklund scored 19 points, Emily Waner had 15, and Colorado overcame a 12-point halftime deficit. Randie Wirt added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Buffs (8-1).
No. 15 North Carolina 77, S. Carolina 53
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Freshman Ivory Latta scored 16 points in her return home to South Carolina to lead North Carolina. Fellow freshman Camille Little added 15 points, and Candace Sutton had 10 points and 10 rebounds for North Carolina (9-1).
No. 16 LSU 97, SE Louisiana 47
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Doneeka Hodges scored 20 points to lead LSU to its seventh straight victory. Seimone Augustus added 15 points and Temeka Johnson had 14 for the Tigers (8-2). Tish Guy scored 11 points for the Lions (3-3).
No. 19 Utah 51, Weber St. 38
SALT LAKE CITY -- Mandie Little had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Kelsy Stireman added a season-high 15 points and seven steals for Utah, which won its 21st straight home game. Little made six of 11 shots and had five of her rebounds on the offensive end to lift the Utes (7-3).
No. 23 Auburn 54, Army 37
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Natasha Brackett scored 20 points, and Mandisa Stevensen grabbed 15 rebounds and had eight points to help Auburn (8-2) increase its winning streak to fourth games. Jen Hansen led Army (6-2) with nine points.
-- Associated Press