WOMEN'S TOP 25 Texas topples No. 2 Duke
No. 7 ranked Purdue upended No. 5 Kansas State, 79-69.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Nina Norman and Tiffany Jackson scored 15 points apiece Sunday to lead No. 3 Texas to an 85-77 win over second-ranked Duke in the Women's Tip-Off Classic.
Heather Schreiber added 15 for the Longhorns (1-0), but fouled out with 8:35 to play. Jackson also had eight rebounds while Norman chipped in six rebounds and four assists.
Iciss Tillis led Duke with 18 points and 12 rebounds, but fouled out with 1:35 to play. Duke's Preseason All-American Alana Beard struggled from the field, shooting 4-of-17 while scoring 12 points.
No. 7 Purdue 79,No. 5 Kansas St. 69
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Shereka Wright had 16 points and six rebounds to lead Purdue in the Tip-Off Classic.
Erika Valek added in 16 points and seven assists, and Beth Jones had 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting from 3-point range for Purdue. Laurie Koehn scored 22 points, including four 3s, to lead the Wildcats.
Jones' fourth 3-pointer gave Purdue a 58-49 lead midway through the second half of the opener for both teams.
Oregon 76, No. 9 LSU 67
EUGENE, Ore. -- Cathrine Kraayeveld had 26 points and Andrea Bills 21 to lead Oregon in the championship game of the Women's Sports Foundation Classic.
The win was the first for the Ducks (2-0) against a top-10 team in three years.
Seimone Augustus led LSU (1-1) with 22 points.
No. 10 Texas Tech 88,Western Kentucky 47
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Jia Perkins scored 18 points, and Texas Tech cruised in a Women's Preseason NIT quarterfinal game.
Jametra Clark scored 15 points, LaToya Davis had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Alesha Robertson added 10 points for Tech (2-0).
Camryn Whitaker led the Toppers (1-1) with 11 points, and Carla Bartee finished with 10. Perkins scored Tech's first eight points, and the Raiders held WKU without a field goal for the first 7:03.
No. 16 Rutgers 65, Mississippi 50
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Cappie Pondexter had 21 points and eight assists to lead Rutgers in the quarterfinals of the Preseason NIT.
Michelle Campbell added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Scarlet Knights (2-0).
Genice Terry had 11 points to lead Mississippi (1-1).
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