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No. 9 Stanford extends win streak to 13
Jan 18 2007 11:58PM (CT)
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Cissy Pierce scored a career-high 14 points, Kristen Newlin grabbed 10 of her 13 rebounds in the first half and No. 9 Stanford won its 13th consecutive game, 70-48 over Oregon on Thursday night.
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No. 8 LSU runs home win streak to 40
Jan 18 2007 11:47PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU got off to a fast start for a change and cruised to its 40th consecutive victory at home. Sylvia Fowles scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the eighth-ranked Lady Tigers beat Kentucky 76-58 on Thursday night.
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Buckeyes' big run turns away Badgers
Jan 18 2007 11:28PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Jessica Davenport scored 16 points and Brandie Hoskins had 15, leading No. 5 Ohio State to a 74-51 victory over Wisconsin on Thursday night.
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Brooks paces No. 9 Oregon past Stanford
Jan 18 2007 11:09PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Aaron Brooks had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 9 Oregon to a 66-59 win against Stanford on Thursday night.
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No. 2 Tar Heels shut down G.T. 78-31
Jan 18 2007 11:09PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Georgia Tech played the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 women's basketball teams in two of its last three games and didn't see much difference _ both looked like onrushing trains to the decimated Yellow Jackets.
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No. 14 Duke rolls past Wake Forest 62-40
Jan 18 2007 11:03PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke isn't the high-scoring machine it has been in recent years. The way the Blue Devils are playing defense, they can get away with less offense.
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No. 12 Purdue routs Northwestern 73-41
Jan 18 2007 11:02PM (CT)
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Fahkara Malone scored 13 points and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton added 12 to lead No. 12 Purdue to a 73-41 victory over Northwestern on Thursday night.
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Medders sparks Iowa State past Texas
Jan 18 2007 10:50PM (CT)
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Lyndsey Medders scored 23 points and had six assists to lead Iowa State past No. 22 Texas 67-56 Thursday.
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No. 17 Texas A&M manhandles Colorado
Jan 18 2007 10:28PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Takia Starks, A'Quonesia Franklin and La Toya Micheaux scored 13 points apiece to lead No. 17 Texas A&M to a 74-58 win over Colorado on Thursday night.
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Mississippi runs past South Carolina
Jan 18 2007 10:25PM (CT)
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Ashley Awkward scored 22 points and hit four 3-pointers, and No. 24 Mississippi used a big early run to beat South Carolina 76-57 on Thursday night.
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Lady Raiders cruise past Arkansas State
Jan 18 2007 10:23PM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Chrissy Givens scored 27 points to lead No. 20 Middle Tennessee State to its 13th consecutive victory, an 82-54 win over Arkansas State on Thursday night.
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Parker sits, but No. 4 Lady Vols win big
Jan 18 2007 10:03PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt never hoped for a game without Candace Parker, but she and the No. 4 Lady Vols found it wasn't too bad. Sidney Spencer scored 18 points and Shannon Bobbitt added 13 in Tennessee's 73-44 victory over Mississippi State on Thursday night.
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Duke overcomes slow start, tops Wolfpack
Jan 18 2007 9:52PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Brittany Mitch had nothing to do with Duke's biggest victory of the season last week against Maryland. The freshman made up for it by saving her team from a letdown.
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No. 11 G.W. off to best start at 15-2
Jan 18 2007 9:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kimberly Beck scored 17 points and No. 11 George Washington pulled away after halftime to beat Rhode Island 61-45, giving the Colonials the best start in the program's history.
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Lucas-Perry sparks No. 23 Spartans
Jan 18 2007 9:26PM (CT)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Victoria Lucas-Perry scored 23 and Myisha Bannister added 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 23 Michigan State past Michigan 66-48 Thursday night.
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No. 16 Georgia rallies past No. 14 Vandy
Jan 18 2007 9:18PM (CT)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Ashley Houts scored a career-high 21 points and No. 16 Georgia broke open a close game with a 10-0 second-half run to beat No. 14 Vanderbilt 83-71 Thursday night.
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NAACP urges fair probe of Duke case
Jan 18 2007 8:08PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The state chapter of the NAACP on Thursday called on those involved with the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case _ from defense attorneys to state bar officials _ to stop talking publicly while the state attorney general's office begins its review.
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No rape charges for Navy football player
Jan 18 2007 7:56PM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Rape and drug charges have been dropped against a former Navy football player accused of assaulting two female midshipmen, but the Naval Academy said Thursday it will court-martial him on lesser counts.
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Orsillo leads Arizona State over UCLA
Jan 18 2007 5:17PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona State's noisiest home game was also one of its best. Danielle Orsillo scored 16 points to lead five Arizona State players in double figures and the 10th-ranked Sun Devils routed UCLA 92-52 on Thursday.
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Wright shakes off bad game to lift Heels
Jan 18 2007 5:16PM (CT)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Brandan Wright wouldn't let one bad game get under his skin. That's a freshman trait North Carolina fans can learn to love.
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Brown, Powlus named assistants for Irish
Jan 18 2007 4:56PM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - New York Jets defensive backs coach Corwin Brown will be introduced as Notre Dame's defensive coordinator Friday and former Irish player Ron Powlus will be named quarterbacks coach.
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Buckeyes' guards help beat Northwestern
Jan 18 2007 12:48AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State's point-guard tandem of Mike Conley Jr. and Jamar Butler showed they could do more than pass in leading the seventh-ranked Buckeyes past Northwestern 73-41 on Wednesday night.
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Reynolds, Villanova upset No. 20 Irish
Jan 18 2007 12:43AM (CT)
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Scottie Reynolds played the early part of this season like a respectful freshman, deferring his shots, trying to pass and play team basketball. One problem: Villanova coach Jay Wright didn't recruit Reynolds to be an unselfish shooter.
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Purdue's scheme can't slow No. 2 Badgers
Jan 18 2007 12:22AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was stunned by just how open Purdue left some of his outside shooters Wednesday night. That was by design, and it nearly worked.
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Auburn gets rare win over Top 25 team
Jan 18 2007 12:17AM (CT)
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn finally found a way to beat a ranked team, and it meant another jarring defeat for No. 22 Tennessee.
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LSU picks up Davis, beating Ole Miss
Jan 18 2007 12:13AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - For the second straight game, LSU's Glen Davis was kept under control on the offensive end. For the second straight game, his teammates picked up the slack.
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15 3s help Vandy upset No. 10 Alabama
Jan 18 2007 12:10AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Vanderbilt Commodores know they can shoot well. In Wednesday night's 94-73 victory, they showed No. 10 Alabama just how good they can be.
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Officials acknowledge refereeing mistake
Jan 18 2007 12:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Women's Basketball Officiating Consortium ruled Wednesday that the game officials made a series of mistakes that led to them to count the game-winning basket in South Dakota State's victory over Minnesota on Sunday.
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No. 7 Sooners overcome turnovers to win
Jan 18 2007 12:08AM (CT)
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - It's not that dozens of turnovers don't bother Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale. They just haven't cost the Sooners yet.
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Bad weather cancels No. 17 Aggies' game
Jan 18 2007 12:07AM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - The women's basketball game between No. 17 Texas A&M and Colorado was postponed Wednesday night because of inclement weather.
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