WOMEN'S COLLEGE ROUNDUP | Sunday's games



Ohio St. 76, Illinois 57
COLUMBUS -- Caity Matter scored 25 points and LaToya Turner added 19 to lift Ohio State in the Buckeyes' final regular season home game. Matter hit a 3-pointer and a layup during a 13-1 run that gave Ohio State (17-8, 9-5 Big Ten) the lead for good at 13-3 with 14:43 remaining in the first half. The Buckeyes led 34-25 at halftime and maintained a double digit lead through most of the second half. Cindy Dallas, who entered the game averaging a conference-leading 10 rebounds, had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Illinois (10-15, 4-10). The Illini's Angelina Williams added 12 points and Tiffanie Guthrie had 11 rebounds. Jessica Davenport added 12 points for the Buckeyes, who won their fourth straight.
No. 7 Penn St. 70, Iowa 58
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Tanisha Wright scored 24 points, helping Penn State overcome Kelly Mazzante's worst game of the season. Mazzante, the Big Ten's No. 2 scorer with a 21.1 average, had a career-low four points on 2-for-12 shooting before fouling out in just 22 minutes. However, the Lions (21-4, 13-1) got plenty of contributions from others. Jess Strom added 17 points and five assists, and Jess Brungo made three 3-pointers and scored 15 points. Reicina Russell grabbed 17 rebounds. Kristi Faulkner led Iowa (15-10, 9-5) with 18 points.
No. 9 Texas Tech 62, No. 1 Texas 49
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech earned its first regular season victory against a top-ranked team. LaToya Davis matched her career high with 15 points and Jolee Ayers-Curry added a season-high 14 for the Raiders (23-4, 9-4 Big 12). Heather Schreiber and Nina Norman each scored 14 points for Texas (23-3, 11-2), which had its nine-game winning streak snapped.
No. 3 Tennessee 85, Mississippi 69
OXFORD, Miss. -- Shyra Ely and Shanna Zolman each scored 21 points and led a decisive second-half run to help Tennessee (22-2, 12-0) remain unbeaten in the Southeastern Conference. Freshman Arminitie Price scored 32 points on 14-of-17 shooting for the Rebels (15-11, 6-6). Tasha Butts and Sidney Spencer each scored 13 points for Tennessee.
No. 4 Duke 72, Maryland 50
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Alana Beard had 24 points and 10 rebounds to help Duke clinch its fourth straight Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title. Monique Currie scored 14 points, Mistie Bass added 12 and Lindsey Harding had seven assists and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils (22-3, 13-1). The Terrapins (15-11, 7-8) got 16 points from Delvona Oliver. Kalika France scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half.
No. 5 Purdue 59,No. 20 Michigan State 56
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Shereka Wright had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Boilermakers (23-2, 13-1 Big Ten) to their 14th straight win. Kristin Haynie scored 13 of her team-high 19 points in the first half for Michigan State (19-6, 9-5).
No. 8 Kansas St. 93, Missouri 90, 2 OT
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kendra Wecker scored nine of her 26 points in the second overtime to help the Wildcats overcome a 15-point second-half deficit and win their eighth straight. Evan Unrau had a career-high 40 points, the most in the Big 12 this season and one shy of the school record for Missouri (13-11, 4-9). Unrau also had had 15 rebounds for the Tigers. Nicole Ohlde had 23 points, Megan Mahoney added a season-high 20 and Laurie Koehn had 19 for Kansas State (21-3, 12-1).
No. 11 Minnesota 73, Northwestern 46
MINNEAPOLIS -- Janel McCarville scored 20 points and Shannon Schonrock added 18 for the Gophers (20-5, 9-5 Big Ten). Alex Mueller was 4-of-6 from 3-point range and had 16 points for Northwestern (8-18, 1-14).
Vanderbilt 68, No. 14 Auburn 60
AUBURN, Ala. -- Abi Ramsey scored 13 of her 22 points in the second half to help Vanderbilt rally from an early 10-point deficit. Carla Thomas scored 16 points and Hillary Hager added 12 for the Commodores (18-7, 6-6 SEC). Natasha Brackett scored 19 points to lead Auburn (20-6, 8-4).
No. 17 TCU 73, No. 12 DePaul 53
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Sandora Irvin had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and TCU eliminated DePaul from the Conference USA regular season title race. Kim Ortega had 12 points for TCU (22-4, 11-2) and Natasha Lacy and Tiffany Evans each added 10 points. Ashley Luke led DePaul (22-4, 10-3) with 15 points, and Khara Smith had 14 points and 16 rebounds.
No. 15 LSU 78, Mississippi St. 61
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Seimone Augustus had 25 points and 11 rebounds to help LSU (21-5, 9-3 SEC). Temeka Johnson had 18 points and six assists for LSU, while Wendlyn Jones added 16 points. Tan White had 22 points and 11 rebounds for Mississippi State (12-13, 6-6) and Tiania Burns scored 14 points.
No. 18 Georgia 73, South Carolina 50
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Georgia didn't miss Kara Braxton in this one. The Bulldogs (18-7, 7-5 SEC) played for the first time since the 6-foot-6 Braxton was thrown off the team by coach Andy Landers for violating team rules. The rotation of Alexis Kendrick, Jessica Pierce, Sherill Baker and Hardrick combined for 27 of Georgia's 38 points in the first half. All four of them finished in double figures: Pierce and Kendrick at 14, and Baker and Hardrick 10. Freshman Lauren Simms had 12 points to lead South Carolina (10-15, 1-11).
No. 21 Houston 77, Marquette 64
HOUSTON -- Chandi Jones scored 26 points and Houston clinched at least a share of the Conference USA regular season title. Sancho Lyttle added 21 points and 10 rebounds for Houston (23-3, 12-1). Carolyn Kieger led Marquette (18-8, 8-5) with 13 points.
-- Associated Press