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Florida 95, No. 5 Tennessee 93, OT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee lost at home to an unranked team for the second time in school history and first time in 22 years. Unranked Kentucky beat Tennessee earlier this year, making this the only season since the women's rankings started in 1976 that the Lady Vols have lost to more than one unranked team. Tennessee lost 66-63 at Kentucky on Jan. 26. The Lady Vols (25-4, 11-3 Southeastern Conference) had never lost to an unranked team in Thompson-Boling Arena, which opened in 1987. Unranked Cincinnati beat then-No. 12 Tennessee 72-69 on Nov. 26, 1984, in the university's old arena. It was only the 16th loss for Tennessee in Thompson-Boling Arena. Florida won for the first time in Knoxville, becoming is second SEC team to win for the first time here. LSU did it in February. Brittany Davis scored a career-high 29 points and Sha Brooks added 25 for the Gators (20-7, 8-6), who improved to 2-34 all-time against Tennessee. Sarah Lowe added 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists while Danielle Santos and Dalila Eshe each scored 13 points for Florida.
No. 3 LSU 62, Mississippi St. 48
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Seimone Augustus scored 27 points to lead LSU to its second consecutive Southeastern Conference title. Augustus set a school record in starting her 132nd straight game and moved into second place on the school's all-time scoring list (2,513), surpassing Julie Gross. The Lady Tigers (25-2, 13-1) led by as many as 20 points in the second half. Robin Porter led Mississippi State (6-21, 1-13) with 17 points.
No. 4 Maryland 89, Northern Colorado 53
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Kristi Toliver scored 17 points, Crystal Langhorne had 16, and Maryland completed the winningest regular season in school history. Laura Harper scored 14 points, Shay Doron added 13 and Marissa Coleman had 10 rebounds for the Terrapins (26-3), who have won four straight and 12 of 13. Jabrenta Hubbard scored 18 and Danielle Hagen had 13 for Northern Colorado (13-15), playing its third season in Division I.
No. 9 Oklahoma 73, Nebraska 45
NORMAN, Okla. -- Erin Higgins scored 17 points, Courtney Paris recorded her 21st double-double in a row with 15 points and 13 rebounds and Oklahoma pulled away from Nebraska early in the second half. Oklahoma (25-4, 15-0 Big 12) has won 13 straight games and snapped Nebraska's three-game win streak. Keira Hardy scored 10 to lead the Cornhuskers Nebraska (15-11, 7-8).
No. 12 Purdue 66, Wisconsin 63
MADISON, Wis. -- Katie Gearlds scored 19 points, including the go-ahead basket, in Purdue's victory. Gearlds hit a long jumper over two defenders to break a 61-61 tie with 1:02 remaining, and Purdue held on after Janese Banks' 3-pointer at the buzzer fell short for the Badgers.
No. 13 Georgia 74, Auburn 61
ATHENS, Ga. -- Tasha Humphrey scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Georgia. Sherill Baker also scored 22 for the Bulldogs (20-7, 10-4 Southeastern Conference), who posted their 22nd 20-win season under coach Andy Landers. Freshman center KeKe Carrier scored 26 points and had nine rebounds to lead the Tigers (13-14, 4-10), who have lost six of seven games in February.
Florida State 71,No. 17 Boston College 60
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Ganiyat Adeduntan scored 20 points and Holly Johnson added 15 to help Florida State hand the Eagles their fourth straight loss. Johnson scored nine of her 15 points during a decisive 13-2 run midway through the second half, and the Seminoles (19-9, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) completed their most successful regular season in ACC play. Brooke Queenan led the Eagles (19-10, 6-8) with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
No. 17 Temple 91, Rhode Island 79
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Candice Dupree scored 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for Temple. It was the most points the Owls (21-7, 12-4 Atlantic 10) had scored in 12 years when they beat West Virginia 91-89 in overtime. Tanya Rhodes and Safi Mojidi each scored 20 points for Rhode Island (8-19, 5-11). Rhodes also had 10 rebounds.
No. 22 Minnesota 71, Northwestern 33
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota clinched the third seed in the Big Ten tournament and tied a school record for fewest points allowed. Kelly Roysland scored 11 points and April Calhoun added 10 to lead the way for the Gophers (19-8, 11-5 Big Ten). The Gophers also allowed 33 points in a 64-33 win over St. Francis in the opening round of last year's NCAA tournament. The 38-point winning margin was Minnesota's largest of the season. Ifeoma Okonkwo had 12 points to lead the Wildcats (6-21, 2-14).
No. 24 Vanderbilt 88, South Carolina 71
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Dee Davis scored 14 points and had 10 assists for Vanderbilt. The Commodores (19-9, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) went 9-for-10 from the free-throw line over the final two minutes, taking its largest lead on Jen Risper's foul shot with 25 seconds. Iva Sliskovic scored 20 points for South Carolina (17-10, 7-7), with Melanie Johnson adding 17 points and 10 rebounds.
No. 25 Texas A & amp;M 64, Iowa St. 53
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- A'Quonesia Franklin scored 18 points to pace Texas A & amp;M. Franklin hit 7-of-15 from the field, including 4-of-9 from behind the arc. Takia Starks added 11 points and Danielle Gant came off the bench to score 10 for the Aggies (21-7, 10-5 Big 12). Brittany Wilkins led Iowa State (15-11, 6-9) with 12 points and Lisa Bildeaux added 11 points and had eight rebounds.
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