COLLEGE ROUNDUP Women's Top 25
Michigan St. 65, No. 22 Ohio St. 64
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Kelli Roehrig scored 25 points and Lindsay Bowen added 16 as Michigan State blew a 20-point lead in the second half before beating Ohio State. Liz Shimek hit a 6-foot jumper with eight seconds remaining as the Spartans (14-8, 7-4 Big Ten) scored six of the last eight points and beat a ranked league opponent for the third time this season. Ohio State (17-6, 8-4) took a 62-59 lead on a 3-pointer by DiDi Reynolds with 2:34 remaining. Caity Matter, the nation's leader in 3-point shooting percentage, had 22 points and was 6-for-13 from long range to spark Ohio State's comeback.
No. 12 Penn St. 80, No. 9 Purdue 68
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Jess Brungo scored 23 points and Kelly Mazzante added 16 for Penn State (21-5, 11-1 Big Ten). Purdue's (19-4, 8-3) Shereka Wright scored 24 points and hit her first 13 shots -- seven field goals and six free throws. Wright finished 8-of-13 from the floor and hit all eight of her free throws.
No. 2 Duke 82, Georgia Tech 43
DURHAM, N.C. -- Alana Beard scored 23 points and Duke held Georgia Tech to 29 percent shooting. Iciss Tillis had 14 points, eight rebounds and six steals for the Blue Devils (25-1, 11-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Fallon Stokes led Georgia Tech (15-8, 4-7) with 11 points and seven rebounds, and Megan Ifom added 10 points.
No. 4 LSU 85, Alabama 43
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Seimone Augustus had 16 points in just 18 minutes for Louisiana State. Ke-Ke Tardy added 11 points and Aiysha Smith 10 for LSU (21-1, 9-1 Southeastern Conference). Natasha Gamble scored 16 points, including 8-of-8 free throws, for Alabama (11-12, 1-9).
Washington 92, No. 6 Stanford 68
SEATTLE -- Giulina Mendiola scored 13 of her 20 points in the second half as Washington (18-6, 10-4 Pac-10) remained unbeaten at home. The Cardinal (19-3, 11-2) were led by Nichole Powell's 20 points. Chelsea Trotter and Kelley Sujminski each had 14 for Stanford.
No. 8 North Carolina 72, Florida St. 56
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Coretta Brown had 22 points and seven assists to help North Carolina. Nikita Bell added 15 points and Candace Sutton 12 for the Tar Heels (22-2, 11-1 ACC). Tasheika Morris scored 20 points for Florida State (15-7, 7-4).
No. 10 Louisiana Tech 87, Fresno St. 62
RUSTON, La. -- Amber Obaze scored 19 points to lead Louisiana Tech (20-2, 12-0 Western Athletic Conference) to its 18th straight win. Obaze shot 9-of-17 from the field and had five rebounds for the Techsters. Cheryl Ford added 16 points and Erica Smith had 11 for Louisiana Tech. Fresno State (12-10, 6-6) was led by Omelogo Udeze and Artitta Lane, who had 14 points apiece.
No. 13 Arkansas 70, Kentucky 60
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Dana Cherry scored 15 points to lead Arkansas (19-5, 6-3 SEC). Sara Potts scored 16 points and Raquel Ellis had a career-high 14 for the Wildcats (9-12, 2-7).
No. 14 Georgia 97,No. 15 South Carolina 91, 2OT
ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia overcame a 19-point deficit in regulation. Mary Beth Lycett and Kara Braxton scored 19 points apiece to lead the Lady Bulldogs (17-5, 8-1 SEC), who completed a season sweep of the Gamecocks (17-6, 5-5). South Carolina's Petra Ujhelyi hit a 3-pointer as the horn sounded to send the game to overtime tied at 72.
No. 17 Minnesota 64, Northwestern 61
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Corrin Von Wald scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Minnesota to a come-from-behind victory. Lindsay Whalen added 18 points for the Golden Gophers (18-4, 7-4 Big Ten). Suzanne Morrison led the Wildcats (7-17, 2-11) with 17 points.
No. 18 Vanderbilt 67, Mississippi 60
OXFORD, Miss. -- Jenni Benningfield scored 25 points to lead Vanderbilt (16-7, 6-4 SEC). Abi Ramsey had 16 points and Chantelle Anderson added 13 points and five blocks for the Commodores. Carletta Brown scored 19 points, Genice Terry 13 and Ashley Johnson 11 for Ole Miss (12-11, 1-9).
No. 20 UC Santa Barbara 77, Illinois 72
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Lindsey Taylor scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead UC Santa Barbara. Jess Hansen added 14 points for the Gauchos (18-3). Karen Hagberg led Illinois (14-8) with 19 points, Aminata Yanni scored 16 and Angelina Williams and Tiffanie Guthrie added 12 each.
-- Associated Press