WOMEN'S TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Sunday's games



No. 1 Duke 67, No. 4 North Carolina 62
DURHAM, N.C. -- Alison Bales had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Duke pulled away late to finish the first unbeaten regular season in Atlantic Coast Conference history. Fellow senior Lindsey Harding added 15 points in her final home game for the Blue Devils (29-0, 14-0), who held the Tar Heels without a field goal for seven minutes down the stretch while outscoring them 9-0. Abby Waner added 13 points for Duke. Ivory Latta led North Carolina (27-3, 11-3) with 19 points, but finished 6-of-17 from the field.
No. 2 Tennessee 73,No. 12 Vanderbilt 53
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Candace Parker had 21 points and 14 rebounds for Tennessee (27-2, 14-0 Southeastern Conference), which also got 14 points from Shannon Bobbitt and 10 from Sidney Spencer. The Commodores (24-5, 10-4) were led by Carla Thomas with 23 points.
No. 6 Maryland 76, Boston College 60
BOSTON -- Crystal Langhorne scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Maryland clinched third place in the ACC. Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman each scored 12 points, and Shay Doron had 11 for Maryland (26-4, 10-4). Langhorne scored 13 of her points in the final 12:12. Kathrin Ress led BC (13-15, 3-11) with 26 points.
No. 7 LSU 70, Alabama 27
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Sylvia Fowles had 12 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks in 17 minutes and got the rest of the day. The victory ended the only losing streak of the season for LSU (24-6, 10-4 Southeastern Conference) at two games. Alabama (10-19, 0-14), which has lost 14 in a row, did not have any players score in double figures. Navonda Moore led the Tide with eight points.
No. 8 Stanford 56, USC 53
STANFORD, Calif. -- Jayne Appel scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half, including a go-ahead basket with 36 seconds left as Stanford clinched a share of the Pac-10 title. The Cardinal (25-4, 17-1) struggled without Candice Wiggins, the two-time conference player of the year who sat out her second straight game with an injured hamstring. Shay Murphy led USC (16-12, 10-8) with 13 points and Chloe Kerr added 11.
No. 9 George Washington 56, Temple 53
WASHINGTON-- Kenan Cole's jumper broke a late tie and the Colonials (25-4, 14-0) clinched their sixth straight Atlantic 10 regular season title. Sarah-Jo Lawrence had 19 points for GW, 15 in the first half. Fatima Maddox had 17 points for Temple (23-6, 13-1), which had its nine-game winning streak broken.
No. 11 Georgia 69, Arkansas 51
ATHENS, Ga. -- Senior Cori Chambers halted a shooting slump in her final home game, scoring 17 points as the Lady Dogs (24-5, 11-3) clinched the second seed in the SEC tournament. Dominique Washington and Lauren Ervin scored 14 apiece for Arkansas (18-12, 3-11).
No. 13 Oklahoma 72, Missouri 57
NORMAN, Okla. -- Courtney Paris scored 33 points and set Oklahoma's career mark for offensive rebounds. Paris pulled down 21 rebounds, including seven on the offensive end, to record her 54th consecutive double-double. Her 314th offensive rebound in the second half broke Phylesha Whaley's mark for Oklahoma (22-4, 12-3 Big 12). EeTisha Riddle had 12 points for Missouri (17-11, 5-10).
No. 16 Texas A & amp;M 63, No. 14 Baylor 58
WACO, Texas -- Danielle Gant scored 18 of her 22 points in the second half for the Aggies (22-5, 12-3 Big 12). Bernice Mosby scored 24 points for Baylor (24-5, 11-4).
No. 15 Purdue 58, Illinois 48
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Katie Gearlds scored 21 points and the Boilermakers took advantage of 16 Fighting Illini turnovers. Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton scored 14 points for Purdue (25-5, 14-2 Big Ten). Jenna Smith led Illinois (18-10, 10-6) with 18 points.
No. 20 Michigan State 57, Minnesota 50
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Victoria Lucas-Perry scored 13 points in her final regular season home game. The Spartans (22-7, 13-3 Big Ten) trailed 35-31 before a Lucas-Perry 3-pointer triggered a 10-0 run midway through the second half. Allyssa DeHaan had eight points and eight blocked shots. Emily Fox had 15 points for the Golden Gophers (15-14, 7-9).
Old Dominon 62,No. 22 James Madison 57
NORFOLK, Va. -- Sherida Triggs scored 15 points to lead the Monarchs (19-8, 14-1 Colonial Athletic Association), who also got 11 points from Tamara Ransburg. The Dukes' Dukes' Meredith Alexis scored 12 points.
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