Thursday, February 15, 2007
No. 1 Duke 73, Boston College 52
DURHAM, N.C. -- Freshman Bridgette Mitchell scored a season-high 20 points and Wanisha Smith added 13 points for Duke (27-0, 12-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which have won at least 12 conference games for 10 straight seasons, an ACC record. Kathrin Ress scored 16 points for the Eagles (12-13, 2-9).
No. 3 Tennessee 81, Mississippi 69
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Candace Parker had 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Tennessee had a decisive run in the first half. The Lady Vols (24-2, 11-0 Southeastern Conference) took the lead before halftime with an 11-0 run while Mississippi's Armintie Price was on the bench with two fouls. Price, who is second in scoring in the SEC behind Parker, scored nine of her 13 points in the second half for Mississippi (19-8, 8-4). She was averaging 18.7 points a game. Shannon Bobbitt added 15 points and Alexis Hornbuckle had 12 for Tennessee. Danetra Forrest scored 11 points for Ole Miss, while Ashley Awkward, Carla Bartee and Bianca Thomas added 10 apiece, and Jada Mincy had 10 rebounds.
No. 6 Maryland 74, Florida State 60
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Crystal Langhorne scored 14 points and grabbed a dozen rebounds for Maryland. Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver also had 14 points to pace Maryland's balanced scoring attack. Shay Doron adding 12 and Laura Harper had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Alicia Gladden led Florida State with 13 points. Britany Miller added 12 despite being in foul trouble.
No. 7 LSU 86, Arkansas 65
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Sylvia Fowles had 23 points and 20 rebounds, and LSU (23-4, 9-2 Southeastern Conference) went on a 24-0 run in the second half. LSU has won 10 straight over Arkansas (18-9, 3-8).
No. 8 George Washington 64,Charlotte 59
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Sarah-Jo Lawrence scored 16 points, Jessica Adair added 14 points and 14 rebounds and George Washington pulled away late to win its 15th consecutive game. Jazmine Adair also had 14 points for the Colonials, who trailed by two with just under seven minutes left. Lisa Steele then scored five straight points, part of a game-ending 13-6 run, as the Colonials (22-2, 11-0 Atlantic 10) overcame 22 turnovers to match the second-longest winning streak in school history. Sabrina Gregory scored 17 points, and Danielle Burgin and Wendy Stywalt added 12 each for the 49ers (17-9, 8-3).
No. 11 Georgia 82, Kentucky 72, OT
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Tasha Humphrey had a game-high 28 points and 10 rebounds as Georgia survived. Five different Bulldogs scored in double figures and in overtime as Georgia outscored Kentucky 16-6 in the extra period. Georgia's Janese Hardrick finished with 12 points, six of them in overtime.
No. 12 Vanderbilt 84, Mississippi St. 64
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Caroline Williams scored 24 points and Vanderbilt dominated the first half. Clara Thomas added 12 points and Jennifer Risper 10 for the Commodores (22-4, 8-3 SEC), who scored 20 points off Mississippi State's 15 first-half turnovers. Marneshia Richard had 15 points for Mississippi State (16-10, 6-5). Alexis Rack added 14 and Tysheka Grimes 11.
No. 16 Purdue 59, Michigan 54
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Katie Gearlds scored 21 points and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton added 19 to lead Purdue. Gearlds' 3-point field goal with 1 minute remaining gave Purdue (22-5, 11-2 Big Ten) a 55-50 lead after Wisdom-Hylton had broken a 50-50 tie. Carly Benson, who led Michigan (10-16, 3-10) with 15 points, drew the Wolverines to within three with a late basket, but FahKara Malone's free throws with 21.7 seconds pushed Purdue's lead back to five. Wisdom-Hylton blocked a Benson 3-point shot before Gearlds capped the win with two more free throws.
No. 17 Middle Tennessee 66,Fla. International 59
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Chrissy Givens scored 17 points and had nine rebounds to lead Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders (24-3, 16-0 Sun Belt Conference) won their 21st straight game, the second-longest active streak in the nation. Marquita Adley scored a game-high 23 points to lead Florida International (15-9, 9-6).
No. 24 Michigan St. 68,Northwestern 63
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Victoria Lucas-Perry had 19 of her 25 points in the first half and Michigan State held on to beat Northwestern. Lucas-Perry hit seven of her first eight shots, including four 3-pointers, but the 24th-ranked Spartans (20-6, 11-2 Big Ten) let a 20-point lead dwindle to two twice in the final minutes. Allyssa DeHaan scored 12 points and had three blocked shots to move within 23 of the Big Ten season mark of 136 rejections. Aisha Jefferson had 10 points and also blocked three shots. A.J. Glasauer scored 18 points and Kristin Cartwright, Beth Marshall and Julie Bielawski each had 10 for the Wildcats (7-20, 1-13). Lucas-Perry had three more points than Northwestern's team late in the first half. But the Wildcats scored the last eight points of the period to cut it to 36-24 and dominated the last 20 minutes with 64 percent shooting from the field.
No. 25 James Madison 88,George Mason 60
HARRISONBURG, Va. -- Meredith Alexis scored 20 points to become James Madison's career scoring leader and the Dukes hit a school-record 12 3-pointers. Alexis broke Holly Rilinger's record of 1,607 points, finishing with 1,618. She also grabbed nine rebounds, extending her school and Colonial Athletic Association record to 1,220 as James Madison (23-2, 14-0) won its 15th straight and 25th in a row at home. Tracy Ann Holness scored 18 points, and Lateisha Wade had 14 points and eight assists for George Mason (8-16, 2-12), which trailed 52-38 at halftime and by as many as 31 later. The Dukes outrebounded the Patriots 43-33 and hit eight first-half 3-pointers. Tamera Young led James Madison with 21 points, Lesley Dickinson had five 3-pointers and scored 19 points and Jasmin Lawrence had 12. Andrea Benvenuto added 11 assists.
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