TOP 25 ROUNDUP Ohio State routs Bowling Green

The 10th-ranked Buckeyes were 13 of 20 from 3-point range.
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COLUMBUS -- Bowling Green picked the wrong night to play No. 10 Ohio State.
Two nights after a listless exhibition win, the Buckeyes shrugged aside an early deficit to beat Bowling Green 89-41 Friday night in the Women's NIT.
"They're loaded," Bowling Green coach Curt Miller said, shaking his head. "They're a legitimate Final Four contender of a team. And they looked it tonight."
Jessica Davenport and Ashley Allen each scored six of their 17 points during a 17-0 first-half run to lead the Buckeyes, who will host Saint Joseph's on Sunday in the second round of the 16-team tournament. The Hawks beat Boston University 51-49 on Friday night.
The Falcons put the clamps on Davenport early, which paved the way for almost everybody else in the lineup to contribute. All 12 Buckeyes scored and nine played at least 17 minutes.
"I think that's what happens when you try to take away one part of our offense," Davenport said.
Ohio State was 13-of-20 from 3-point range and hit 57 percent of its shots from the field.
Allen, playing her first game after missing almost all of last year and the second half of the 2002-2003 season with knee injuries, hit a career-high five 3-pointers and was 6-of-7 from the field.
Caity Matter chipped in with 12 points and seven assists, but it all started with the 6-foot-4 Davenport.
"Jessica Davenport is such a good player she dictates the defense," Miller said. "Our game plan was to sag and make them make shots. When Ohio State makes shots, they make you look silly."
No Bowling Green player hit double figures, with Casey McDowell and Megan Thorburn each scoring nine points.
The Buckeyes led 37-23 at the break and then scored 23 of the first 30 points of the second half for a 60-30 lead.
"They're tremendously talented," Miller said. "It's a team full of McDonald's All-Americans playing against a team of White Castle All-Americans."
No. 3 LSU 65, Arizona St. 54
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Seimone Augustus scored 25 points, and LSU won the Women's Sports Foundation Classic title.
Temeka Johnson added 11 points and seven assists for LSU (2-0). Kylan Loney paced Arizona State (1-1) with 12 points, and Emily Westerberg added 11 points and eight rebounds
No. 6 Duke 89, Davidson 69
DURHAM, N.C. -- Mistie Williams and Monique Currie scored 20 points apiece, leading Duke in the first round of the Preseason WNIT.
The Blue Devils, who lost AP Player of the Year Alana Beard and Iciss Tillis from last season's team, had only eight players available for this game. Wanisha Smith added 14 points for the Blue Devils.
No. 10 Notre Dame 92,Illinois St. 73
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Courtney LaVere scored 18 points and Meagan Duffy added 15 points and eight assists to lead Notre Dame in the opening round of the preseason WNIT.
Charel Allen scored 14 points in her first college game, Jacqueline Batteast added 13, Teresa Borton 11 and Crystal Erwin 10 as the Irish had six players in double figures for the first time since 1999.
Men
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Hakim Warrick scored 20 points and Syracuse held Princeton to five free throws over the final 8:41 in a 56-45 victory Friday night in the second round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
No. 6 Syracuse (2-0) advanced to the semifinals next Thursday at Madison Square Garden against the winner of the quarterfinal between Birmingham-Southern and No. 12 Mississippi State.
Princeton (1-1), which beat Bucknell 61-48 in the first round, built an early lead and held its own until the closing minutes.
No. 12 Mississippi St. 55,Birmingham-Southern 48
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Winsome Frazier scored 18 points and sparked a second-half run to lead Mississippi State.
Mississippi State (2-0) struggled offensively for the second straight game without preseason All-America Lawrence Roberts, shooting just 34 percent in the first half on the way to a 25-22 lead.