TOP 25 ROUNDUP Women's college basketball

No. 9 North Carolina 71,No. 4 Connecticut 65
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina closed with a 16-5 run to upset Connecticut in the Jimmy V Women's Classic, the three-time defending national champions' earliest loss since 1995. Ivory Latta pulled up for a go-ahead 3-pointer with less than two minutes left for North Carolina (2-0). UConn (1-1) played without freshman point guard Ketia Swanier for most of the second half -- she left with a concussion after getting elbowed by a teammate -- and finished with 28 turnovers. Latta finished with 16 points and Erlana Larkins added points for UNC, and Camille Little added 13. Ann Strother led UConn with 17 points and Barb Turner had 14.
No. 1 Tennessee 64, N.C. State 54
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brittany Jackson drew fouls twice in the final minutes with the shot clock winding down and made four free throws, helping Tennessee in the Jimmy V Women's Classic. Shyra Ely scored 15 points and Alexis Hornbuckle added 11 for the Lady Vols, and Jackson finished with nine. Tiffany Stansbury led the Wolfpack with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
No. 5 Georgia 78, No. 2 Texas 64
ATHENS, Ga. -- Freshman Tasha Humphrey scored all but three of her 27 points in the second half display for Georgia, which rallied from a 15-point deficit. Humphrey hit 10-of-15 shots from the field, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out two assists and had a steal. Tiffany Jackson scored a career-high 27 points for Texas (1-1).
No. 3 LSU 80, Southern Miss 35
HOUMA, La. -- Seimone Augustus had 16 points in a rout of Southern Mississippi. LSU (4-0) dominated the first half and held Southern Miss to 13 first-half points, which tied a record low for the Lady Eagles. LSU set a school record with 27 steals. Shannon Stueber had 11 points for Southern Miss.
No. 7 Stanford 82, Pacific 26
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Stanford allowed its third-lowest points total ever and Candace Wiggins scored 15 points in the win. Thirteen players scored for Stanford (2-0), which extended its winning streak against Pacific to six games. Stanford, playing at a temporary home while its campus court receives upgrades, played without fifth-year senior guard Susan King Borchardt, out with a stress fracture in her left foot. No one scored more than five points for Pacific (1-1), which is seeking to extend its school record of six straight winning seasons.
No. 15 Michigan St. 82,No. 18 Boston College 78, OT
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Kristin Haynie and Liz Shimek each had 19 points to help Michigan State rally past Boston College in the Spartan Classic championship game. Haynie, the tournament MVP, had six points in overtime and finished with nine rebounds and four steals. Shimek, an all-tournament choice, added a game-high 11 rebounds and had four blocked shots for the Spartans (2-0). Jessalyn Deveny had 17 points and Kathrin Ress added 16 for the Eagles (1-1). Both players had 10 rebounds and made the all-tournament team.
No. 16 Purdue 107,Ind.-Pur.-Ft. Wayne 39
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Natasha Bogdanova scored 23 points in a rout over Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne. Erin Lawless scored 22 points, including 10 in the first half on 4-of-5 shooting. Emily Heikes added 10 points and 13 rebounds. Vera Bibbs led IPFW with 12 points and seven rebounds. Purdue began the game with an 11-0 run before sophomore Molly Martin got the Mastodons on the scoreboard with a 3-pointer nearly four minutes into the half. Purdue led 54-20 at halftime.
No. 19 Kansas State 85, Pepperdine 53
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kendra Wecker had 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead Kansas State. Brie Madden scored a career-high 18 points and Megan Mahoney added 15 for the Wildcats, who had five players score in double figures. Wecker, a preseason All-American, had her 37th career double-double, moving her within two of Kansas State record-holder Nicole Ohlde. The Wildcats have won 34 consecutive regular-season home games. Jennifer Lacy scored 13 for Pepperdine.
No. 21 Oklahoma 76, Texas St. 57
NORMAN, Okla. -- Erin Higgins scored 12 points and Chelsi Welch and Casey Walker added 10 each for Oklahoma. Higgins was 4-for-7 from 3-point range, but the Sooners (2-0) got most of their scoring inside against the smaller Wildcats. Texas State (0-2), which trailed 42-25 at halftime, never got closer than 14 points in the second half. Tori Talbert had 22 points for Texas State and Tamara Thompson scored 11.
Villanova 73, No. 23 Penn State 65
RADNOR, Pa. -- Jackie Adamshick scored 21 points and Liad Suez added 20, handing Penn State its third straight road loss. Tanisha Wright led Penn State (0-3) with 22 points, and Ashli Schwab had 20. Villanova (0-1), which led the nation in 3-point field goals two of the last three seasons, knocked down 9-of-20 3-pointers, including 4-for-8 in the second half. Suez and Adamshick combined to go 8-of-15 from behind the arc.
No. 24 Maryland 73, Siena 52
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Shay Doron scored 21 points to lead Maryland. The Saints (0-1) cut the Maryland lead to 47-40 on Michelle Blot's 3-pointer, but the Terps responded with a 17-5 run. Kalika France finished with 15 points and seven rebounds for the Terps (2-0). Laura Harper posted her first career double-double, with 12 points and 14 boards. Doron had career-highs of seven assists and five steals.
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