COLLEGE BASKETBALL Women’s Top 25 games

Penn St. 80, No. 20 Pittsburgh 74

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Tyra Grant (Ursuline High) scored 19 points, and Mashea Williams and Kam Gissendanner each added 16 as Penn State won the WBCA Classic.

Janessa Wolfe scored 14 points and tournament MVP Brianne O’Rourke added 10 for Penn State (3-0). Shavonte Zellous had 14 points for Pittsburgh (2-1) while Jania Sims and Mallorie Winn each had 13, and Taneisha Harrison had 12 points. Penn State is 16-1 against Pittsburgh in State College and has not lost to the Panthers in Happy Valley since 1988.

No. 16 Ohio State 63, Marist 57

COLUMBUS — Marscilla Packer scored 26 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Ohio State over Marist, the team that ended the Buckeyes’ NCAA tournament hopes last season. Freshman center Jantel Lavender had 13 points and 14 rebounds for Ohio State (1-0), which lost three-time Big Ten player of the year Jessica Davenport and two other seniors from last year’s squad. Erica Allenspach and Lynzee Johnson, two of six Ohioans on the Marist (0-1) roster, each had 12 points.

No. 22 Texas 92, Missouri State 55

AUSTIN, Texas — Brittainey Raven scored 22 points and Texas gave Gail Goestenkors her first victory in burnt orange in the Longhorns’ season opener. Carla Cortijo added 17 points as five Longhorns scored in double figures. Texas scored its most points in a a season opener since 1987. The Longhorns shot 29-of-33 on free throws and forced 29 Missouri State turnovers. Tahnee Balerio scored 20 points, hitting five 3-pointers, to lead Missouri State (0-1). Goestenkors spent the last 15 seasons at Duke, building the Blue Devils into a national power before heading west to take over Texas soon after Hall of Fame coach Jody Conradt retired when the Longhorns failed to make the NCAA tournament for the second straight year.

No. 1 Tennessee 76, Chattanooga 56

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Candace Parker scored 23 points and had five steals, and Tennessee opened the season with a win over Chattanooga. The Lady Vols won their season opener for the eighth straight year and improved to 31-3 in openers under coach Pat Summitt. Laura Hall led Chattanooga with 15 points, and Shanara Hollinquest added 13.

No. 2 Connecticut 98, Stony Brook 35

STORRS, Conn. — Freshman Maya Moore had 21 points and 10 rebounds in her college debut, leading Connecticut in its season opener. Mel Thomas also scored 21, including five 3-pointers for the Huskies, who have won their last 199 home games against unranked teams. Tina Charles added 16 points on 8-of-12 shooting for Connecticut. Dana Ferraro had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Seawolves (1-1).

No. 4 Maryland 76, No. 6 Oklahoma 66

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Marissa Coleman had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Maryland beat Oklahoma in the second game of the State Farm Tip-Off Classic. Laura Harper added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Terrapins (2-0). Ashley Paris scored 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting and Danielle Robinson added 15 points for the Sooners (0-1), who made the score respectable by outscoring Maryland 13-1 during the final 2:09.

Courtney Paris, last year’s Associated Press player of the year, finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, extending her NCAA-record streak of games with double figures in both categories to 62. She also set the school record for career rebounds with 1,075, breaking Molly McGuire’s 25-year-old school career rebounding record of 1,071 with an offensive rebound.

No. 5 LSU 73, TCU 54

BATON ROUGE, La. — Sylvia Fowles had 16 points and six rebounds to lead LSU over TCU in the second round of the Preseason WNIT. TCU (1-1) led by as many as nine points in the first half, but LSU (2-0) used scoring runs of 8-0 and 13-0 to build a 14-point lead with 3:27 left in the half. But the Lady Frogs scored the last seven points of the half to cut the gap to 35-28 at halftime.

No. 8 North Carolina 75, No. 12 Arizona State 60

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Erlana Larkins had 20 points and 11 rebounds to help North Carolina to a victory in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic. Rashanda McCants scored a career-high 18 points and Jessica Breland added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Tar Heels (2-0). North Carolina outrebounded the Sun Devils 50-39 and forced 29 turnovers, scoring 21 points off those miscues. Danielle Orsillo scored 16 of her career-high 21 points in the first half and Jill Noe added 13 for Arizona State (0-1), which was held to three field goals in the final 10 minutes.

No. 9 Georgia 84, George Mason 56

ATHENS, Ga. — Tasha Humphrey dominated the inside with 21 points and Ashley Houts controlled the perimeter with 17 points and seven steals to lead Georgia. Angel Robinson had 10 rebounds for Georgia (2-0), who outrebounded George Mason 44-42. The Lady Dogs scored 25 points off 26 Patriot turnovers. Lateisha Wade led George Mason (0-1) with 12 points.

No 10. Duke 57, Denver 37

DENVER — Abby Waner scored 16 points and Duke used a 19-0 run in the second half to pull away from Denver. Waner, from suburban Denver, had two 3-pointers and kept constant pressure on Denver’s guards as Duke turned a 29-25 deficit into a 44-29 lead. Joy Cheek added 11 points in the Blue Devils season opener and first game under coach Joanne P. McCallie, who replaced Gail Goestenkors, who left Duke to coach at Texas.

Nnenna Akotaobi led Denver with nine points. The Pioneers shot 27 percent in the second half while falling to 0-11 against ranked teams.

Associated Press