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No. 10 Baylor routs Oklahoma State
Feb 4 2006 11:58PM (CT)
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson had no doubt how the Lady Bears would follow their most embarrassing loss of the season _ with a decisive win.
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Green excels as Florida beats Kentucky
Feb 4 2006 11:46PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Taurean Green and Joakim Noah gave No. 8 Florida a rare streak against Kentucky. Green scored a career-high 29, Noah added a career-best 26 and the Gators beat the Wildcats 95-80 Saturday night to extend their winning streak over the Southeastern Conference's most storied program to three games.
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Penn State rallies past No. 6 Illinois
Feb 4 2006 11:35PM (CT)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Rich McBride's 3-pointer came a split-second too late and Penn State rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit to upset No. 6 Illinois 66-65 Saturday night, ending the Fighting Illini's home winning streak at 33 games.
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Michigan State holds off Northwestern
Feb 4 2006 11:33PM (CT)
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - It was a special night for Shannon Brown. The Illinois native scored 22 points, including the 1,000th of his career, and Maurice Ager added 21 to lead No. 12 Michigan State to a 77-66 victory over Northwestern on Saturday night.
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Boston College nips Virginia Tech
Feb 4 2006 11:13PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Jared Dudley is showing Boston College that he can be its top scoring option. With leading scorer Craig Smith limited to 28 minutes by foul trouble, Dudley scored 26 points and made two foul shots with five seconds left to give the No. 15 Eagles a 74-73 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday night.
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Paris stays hot as Oklahoma tops Missouri
Feb 4 2006 10:52PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Courtney Paris recorded her 15th straight double-double with 27 points and 16 rebounds to help No. 11 Oklahoma end Missouri's 11-game home winning streak with an 88-73 victory on Saturday night.
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UConn struggles but beats West Virginia
Feb 4 2006 10:40PM (CT)
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut had more turnovers than assists, shot a season-low 32 percent and played wildly out of control in stretches. About the only positive coach Geno Auriemma could point to Saturday night was the final score: UConn 58, West Virgina 50.
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Memphis holds off Rice for 10th straight
Feb 4 2006 10:35PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Memphis point guard Darius Washington, Jr. is used to opposing fans teasing him for his tearful reaction to the free throws he missed in last year's Conference USA championship.
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Iowa stays unbeaten at home, tops Michigan
Feb 4 2006 9:18PM (CT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - After a lackluster start, No. 23 Iowa needed something to shake out of its funk. The Hawkeyes found it in Jeff Horner's bloody nose.
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Washington St. sweeps rival Washington
Feb 4 2006 8:43PM (CT)
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Enough of the circus shots, Washington State coach Dick Bennett told his players at the half. And just like they did Jan. 7 in Seattle, the Cougars came out with a solid second period _ with lots more rebounds and focused shots _ to rally for a 77-64 victory on Saturday, sweeping the No. 16 Washington Huskies for the first time in 12 years.
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Wiggins leads Stanford past Oregon St.
Feb 4 2006 8:28PM (CT)
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Tara VanDerveer has produced two remarkably successful decades at Stanford. Her current players, such as Candice Wiggins, watched the coach on television growing up and developed an admiration for VanDerveer's style.
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Thorburn scores 28 as Utah tops New Mexico
Feb 4 2006 8:06PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Shona Thorburn scored 28 points and Kim Smith reached 2,000 career points to help lead Utah to a 75-62 win over No. 16 New Mexico on Saturday.
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No. 14 UCLA holds on to beat Arizona
Feb 4 2006 7:33PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - If UCLA needed more proof its program is on the upswing, the 14th-ranked Bruins got it with their largest margin of victory over Arizona since 1983. Arron Afflalo scored a career-high 27 points and UCLA survived a second-half drought for an 84-73 victory Saturday, the Bruins' first win at home over the Wildcats in four years.
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Steele leads Alabama over No. 24 LSU
Feb 4 2006 6:57PM (CT)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama found a way to cool down Darrel Mitchell and No. 24 LSU. The Crimson Tide's man-to-man defense consistently disrupted the Tigers' offense and Ronald Steele went 6-for-6 from the free throw line over the final 1:52 en route to a 67-62 victory on Saturday.
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Pondexter helps Rutgers hold off DePaul
Feb 4 2006 6:52PM (CT)
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer is starting to feel pretty good about her ninth-ranked Scarlet Knights. Cappie Pondexter scored 18 of her 27 points in the second half and Rutgers held off No. 13 DePaul 67-57 on Saturday.
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BYU routs conference rival Air Force
Feb 4 2006 6:47PM (CT)
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Ambrosia Anderson and Dani Kubik each scored 13 points to help No. 19 BYU beat Air Force 67-44 Saturday to stay undefeated in the Mountain West Conference.
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No. 13 Tennessee beats Mississippi
Feb 4 2006 6:26PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has already won more Southeastern Conference games than it did all last season. And there is still a month to go. Behind C.J. Watson's 18 points, the 13th-ranked Volunteers beat Mississippi 86-72 on Saturday, their fifth straight win that made them 12-0 at home.
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Sumpter no closer to decision on return
Feb 4 2006 6:23PM (CT)
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Curtis Sumpter still hasn't decided whether he'll return to play for No. 4 Villanova this season or take a medical redshirt after having two ACL surgeries on his left knee.
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Foster gets hot as Ohio St. tops Minnesota
Feb 4 2006 6:17PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - After a month of not being able to hit a shot, Je'Kel Foster broke out of his lengthy slump in a big way. Foster made a career-high seven 3-pointers in eight attempts and scored 25 points to lead No. 20 Ohio State to a 67-53 victory over Minnesota on Saturday.
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Stout leads Northern Iowa past Indiana St.
Feb 4 2006 6:16PM (CT)
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Grant Stout had 17 points, 13 rebounds and six blocked shots and No. 25 Northern Iowa won its first home game as a ranked team, beating Indiana State 83-56 on Saturday.
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Tucker dominates as Texas tops Texas A&M
Feb 4 2006 6:14PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - No. 7 Texas was watching its lead slip away with every possession. Joseph Jones was dominating the paint and Texas A&M was disrupting the offense with a trapping defense that bottled up the ball at midcourt.
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Villanova rallies to stun Marquette
Feb 4 2006 6:03PM (CT)
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Villanova's shots were off the mark like they've rarely been all season and time was running out. The only people who had no worries about pulling out the victory were all inside the Wildcats' huddle.
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NCAA ends hearing into OSU allegations
Feb 4 2006 5:33PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State likely will be waiting three to five weeks to find out whether its athletic program will face more sanctions over alleged NCAA violations after a hearing Saturday to determine whether self-imposed punishments were adequate.
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Gay sparks No. 1 Connecticut past Indiana
Feb 4 2006 4:55PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Top-ranked Connecticut was too big, too strong and too poised to let a hostile environment or some pesky 3-point shooters end its winning streak. The Huskies simply overpowered another ranked opponent.
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Westerbert leads Arizona St. past USC
Feb 4 2006 4:48PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Emily Westerberg matched her career high with 26 points and No. 18 Arizona State pulled away in the final 8 minutes to beat Southern California 79-72 on Saturday.
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No. 2 Duke nicks Fla. St. 97-96 in OT
Feb 4 2006 4:39PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - J.J. Redick realized he was part of something special while the game was still going on. From 26 ties and 17 lead changes to amazing individual performances to an extra 5 minutes, this had a little bit of everything.
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No. 11 West Virginia remains unbeaten
Feb 4 2006 3:48PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia remained the only unbeaten team in the Big East because of another 3-point binge. The Mountaineers hit seven 3-pointers in their first 10 shots of the second half and went on to a 66-57 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday.
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Former Miss. football coach Vaught dies
Feb 4 2006 12:13PM (CT)
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - John Vaught, who led Mississippi to six Southeastern Conference titles and 18 postseason bowl appearances in 25 seasons as football coach, has died at 96.
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