WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Top 25 Roundup

No. 2 LSU 74, North Texas 43
DENTON, Texas -- Aiysha Smith scored 14 of her 16 points in the first half, and LSU continued its best start in six years.
The Lady Tigers (11-0) won their first 14 games in the 1996-1997 season. The Lady Eagles (4-6) have lost four in a row and six of their past seven games.
Wendlyn Jones added 15 points for LSU, and Seimone Augustus scored 12. Emily Britt and Vilma Grismanauskaite paced North Texas with 10 points each.
No. 7 Purdue 76, Tulane 66
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Erika Valek matched a season high with 23 points, Beth Jones added 15 and Lindsey Hicks 14. They combined to shoot 18-for-33 and scored 28 of their points in the second half while leading a decisive 10-2 run.
The Boilermakers (10-1) needed that after a four-point halftime lead turned into a one-point deficit early in the second half.
Kelly Nadeau, who led Tulane (8-3) with 14 points, quickly hit three 3-pointers, and Muci Harris added one. That gave the Green Wave a 42-41 lead four minutes into the second half.
No. 8 Texas Tech 94, Rutgers 81
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Plenette Pierson matched her career high with 31 points and also had 17 rebounds as Texas Tech won its 10th straight.
Natalie Ritchie added 18 points and Cisti Greenwalt 14 for the Lady Raiders (10-1). Cappie Pondexter scored 29 to lead Rutgers (6-3).
Oklahoma St. 60, No. 9 Arkansas 58
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Meghan Craig scored the winning basket as time expired, giving Oklahoma State the upset. Lori Allen had 14 points and nine rebounds to lead the Cowgirls (4-7).
Trisha Skibbe and Craig each added 12. Shameka Christon scored 17 and Dana Cherry had 16 to lead Arkansas (10-2).
No. 10 Minnesota 98, Michigan 70
MINNEAPOLIS -- Lindsay Whalen scored 30 points and Corrin Von Wald had 13 of her 18 points in the first half for Minnesota.
The Golden Gophers (12-0, 1-0 Big Ten), off to their best start ever and sporting the highest ranking in the program's 29-year history, won their conference opener for just the second time in nine seasons.
Stephanie Gandy had 23 points on 10-for-12 shooting for the Wolverines (9-3, 0-1), who've lost two of three since a brief appearance in the Top 25.
No. 11 North Carolina 72, Georgia Tech 67
ATLANTA -- Coretta Brown scored 23 points and Leah Metcalf had 15 as North Carolina withstood Fallon Stokes' career-high 34 points.
The Tar Heels (11-1, 1-0 ACC) have won seven straight. Georgia Tech (11-2, 0-1) had won a school-record 10 straight.
Louisville 92, No. 12 Vanderbilt 82
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Sara Nord scored 25 points, and Lori Nero added 22 as Louisville withstood Ashley McElhiney's school-record 17 assists to beat Vanderbilt. Sabrina Minter added 18 points for the Cardinals (7-4).
Chantelle Anderson scored 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting to lead the Commodores (8-3), and Jenni Benningfield added 18.
No. 15 Penn State 86, Wisconsin 55
MADISON, Wis. -- Kelly Mazzante scored 26 points, and No. 15 Penn State never trailed against Wisconsin in the Big-Ten opener for both.
Reserve Jennifer Brenden added a career-high 15 points, all in the first half, for Penn State (10-2), which beat the Badgers for the seventh time in their last eight meetings.
Lello Gebisa set career highs with 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead Wisconsin (2-8), off to its worst start since the 1987-88 season.
No. 17 Texas 64Texas A & amp;M-Corpus Christi 37
AUSTIN, Texas -- Heather Schreiber had 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead Texas. Stacy Stephens added 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Lady Longhorns (7-3).
Texas A & amp;M-Corpus Christi (6-6) was led by Terra Andrews' 11 points.
No. 18 Mississippi St. 78, Xavier 64
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Tan White scored 23 points and LaToya Thomas added 14 for Mississippi State (10-2).
Xavier (7-3) was led by Tara Boothe with 22 points.
No. 20 Arizona 96, Oregon 65
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Shawtinice Polk had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Krista Warren added 18 points as Arizona gave coach Joan Bonvicini won her 200th game with the Wildcats (8-3, 2-1).
Oregon (5-7, 1-2) got 19 points from Carolyn Ganes.
No. 21 Wis.-Green Bay 93Cleveland St. 73
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Natalie Yudt scored a career-high 20 points to lead six Wisconsin-Green Bay (10-2, 2-0 Horizon League) players in double figures. Mandy Sichting led the Vikings (1-9, 0-1) with 14 points.
No. 22 UC Santa Barbara 65Brigham Young 51
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Lindsay Taylor had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 22 UC Santa Barbara benefitted from 27-percent shooting by Brigham Young.
Mia Fisher added 13 points for the Gauchos (6-2), who took the lead for good with an early 12-0 run.
Brigham Young (7-4), led by Jennifer Leitner's 18 points and 17 rebounds, got no closer than eight points thereafter.
The Gauchos opened the second half with a 15-4 run to make it 50-29. Lisa Willett scored seven of her 12 points in the spurt, making a 3-pointer and two layups.
No. 25 Colorado 76, Buffalo 47
AMHERST, N.Y. -- Kate Fagan and Randie Wirt each scored 15 points as Colorado(10-1) won its seventh straight. Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe had 15 points to lead Buffalo (7-2).
-- Associated Press