TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Women's college basketball
No. 1 Duke 84, No. 16 Texas 70
AUSTIN, Texas -- Monique Currie scored 23 points and Duke survived a surge from Texas' new freshmen-heavy lineup for a tough victory. Mistie Williams added 14 points and Alison Bales had 13 rebounds for the Blue Devils (6-0), who got their stiffest test of the season after winning their first five games by at least 26 points.
No. 2 Tennessee 74, No. 12 Stanford 67
STANFORD, Calif. -- Candace Parker had 21 points, 12 rebounds, three steals, two assists and a blocked shot, and Tennessee ended Stanford's 23-game home winning streak. The Cardinal's streak in Maples Pavilion started after their 70-66 overtime loss to Tennessee on Dec. 14, 2003, then it was the Lady Vols who spoiled things again with a late second-half run to beat Stanford for the 10th straight time dating to a 1996 Cardinal win.
No. 6 Rutgers 57, Iowa 51
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Cappie Pondexter scored 22 points and Rutgers held off Iowa to win the Hawkeye Challenge tournament. The victory also capped an emotional weekend for Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer, who coached against her old team for the first time since leaving Iowa City to take the Scarlet Knights' job. Stringer spent 12 years at Iowa, building the program into a national powerhouse, before leaving in 1995.
No. 9 Maryland 102,Mount St. Mary's 53
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Crystal Langhorne scored a season-high 30 points, and Maryland scored at least 100 points for the second straight game and third time this season. Jade Perry had a career-high 23 points and 13 rebounds, Shay Doron scored 18 and Ashleigh Newman added 10 for the Terrapins (6-1).
No. 11 Notre Dame 77, Wisconsin 72
MADISON, Wis. -- Megan Duffy scored 20 points to lead Notre Dame, which won its first six games for the fourth time in school history. Lindsay Schrader added 13 points and Melissa D'Amico and Tulyah Gaines each scored 11 for the Irish (6-0).
No. 13 Michigan State 82,Pepperdine 64
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Liz Shimek matched her career-high with 28 points and Michigan State won a school-record 16th straight home game. Shimek shot 13-for-15 from the field and had a game-best 12 rebounds for the Spartans (4-2)
No. 17 Georgia 72, Georgia Tech 66
ATHENS, Ga. -- Megan Darrah and Sherill Baker each scored 16 points to lead Georgia past previously unbeaten Georgia Tech in the teams' first meeting in Athens since 1989. Janese Hardrick scored 14 points in a reserve role for Georgia (5-2).
No. 19 Vanderbilt 82, Old Dominion 77
NORFOLK, Va. -- Caroline Williams scored 20 points and Vanderbilt rallied in the second half to beat Old Dominion. Dee Davis added 16 points and 10 assists for Vanderbilt (6-2), while Rachel Brockman and Liz Sherwood had 10 apiece.
Penn State 78,No. 24 Texas Tech 72, 2OT
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Courtney Molinaro scored on a breakaway layup and hit three key foul shots, and Kamela Gissendanner finished with 34 points for Penn State. Romana Vynuchalova also hit two late foul shots as the Lady Lions (3-3) pulled away in the second overtime after squandering a 13-point lead in regulation.
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